Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers
August 15, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1988 at Tiger Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Minnesota Twins 2, Detroit Tigers 1

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 4 0 0 0
Moses rf 4 2 4 1
Puckett cf 4 0 2 0
Hrbek 1b 3 0 0 1
Gaetti 3b 3 0 1 0
  Newman 3b 1 0 0 0
Bush dh 2 0 0 0
Laudner c 4 0 2 0
Gagne ss 4 0 0 0
Lombardozzi 2b 3 0 0 0
Viola p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 9 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Brookens 3b 4 0 0 0
Salazar lf 4 1 1 0
Trammell ss 4 0 2 0
Lemon rf 4 0 1 1
Knight 1b 4 0 0 0
Herndon dh 3 0 0 0
  Sheridan pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Heath c 4 0 0 0
Pettis cf 3 0 0 0
Walewander 2b 2 0 2 0
  Whitaker ph,2b 1 0 1 0
Terrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Minnesota 001 000 100290
Detroit 100 000 000170
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Viola  W (19-4) 9.0 7 1 1 1 7
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
1
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Terrell  L (6-10) 9.0 9 2 2 3 3
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
3
3

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 3.  2B–Detroit Trammell (22,off Viola).  HR–Minnesota Moses (2,7th inning off Terrell 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Hrbek (6,off Terrell).  IBB–Bush (10,by Terrell).  SB–Gaetti (7,2nd base off Terrell/Heath).  CS–Walewander (3,2nd base by Viola/Laudner).  IBB–Terrell (4,Bush).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Drew Coble.  T–2:37.  A–32,700.
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