Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
September 28, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 1988 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 5, Minnesota Twins 2

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia rf,lf 5 1 1 1
Javier cf,rf 5 1 1 0
Parker lf 4 1 3 1
  Henderson pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Baylor dh 4 1 1 1
Hassey c 0 0 0 0
  Steinbach c 2 0 0 0
Hubbard 2b 3 0 0 1
Jennings 1b 4 0 1 1
  Lansford 1b 0 0 0 0
Phillips 3b 3 0 0 0
Weiss ss 4 1 1 0
Burns p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 3 1 2 0
Herr 2b 3 0 1 0
Bush rf 3 0 0 0
  Harper ph 0 0 0 0
  Bullock ph,rf 1 0 1 1
Puckett cf 4 0 1 0
Larkin 1b 4 0 0 0
Dwyer dh 3 0 0 0
Laudner c 3 0 0 0
  Moses ph 1 0 0 0
Lombardozzi ss 3 1 2 1
Newman 3b 3 0 0 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 2
Oakland 010 040 000580
Minnesota 000 000 020270
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Burns  W (8-2) 7.2 6 2 2 2 6
  Honeycutt   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Nelson   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Eckersley  SV (45) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
8
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  L (10-17) 9.0 8 5 5 2 6
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
2
6

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Weiss (17,off Blyleven); Polonia (11,off Blyleven); Parker (17,off Blyleven), Minnesota Gladden (32,off Burns).  HR–Minnesota Lombardozzi (3,8th inning off Burns 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Hubbard (2,off Blyleven).  HBP–Baylor (12,by Blyleven); Hassey (4,by Blyleven); Phillips (1,by Blyleven).  CS–Lombardozzi (5,2nd base by Burns/Steinbach); Gladden (7,2nd base by Burns/Steinbach).  WP–Blyleven (5).  HBP–Blyleven 3 (16,Baylor,Hassey,Phillips).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:29.  A–47,620.
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