Baltimore Orioles vs Minnesota Twins
April 9, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1989 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Minnesota Twins 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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Baltimore Orioles 8, Minnesota Twins 1

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 5 0 0 0
Bradley lf 5 2 2 2
Devereaux rf 4 2 2 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 5 1 2 2
Milligan 1b 4 1 1 3
  Melendez 1b 0 0 0 0
Sheets dh 4 0 1 0
Melvin c 4 1 3 0
Worthington 3b 3 1 1 1
Gonzales 2b 4 0 0 0
Ballard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 12 8
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 4 0 0 0
Backman 2b 4 0 0 0
Puckett cf 4 0 2 0
Gaetti 3b 4 0 1 0
Hrbek dh 4 1 1 1
Larkin 1b 3 0 1 0
Castillo rf 3 0 1 0
Laudner c 3 0 0 0
Gagne ss 3 0 1 0
Viola p 0 0 0 0
  Wayne p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Baltimore 300 002 0038120
Minnesota 000 000 100171
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Ballard  W (1-0) 9.0 7 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
0
1
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Viola  L (0-2) 6.0 5 5 5 1 7
  Wayne   3.0 7 3 3 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
1
8

  E–Gagne (1).  DP–Baltimore 2.  2B–Baltimore Melvin (1,off Wayne); Worthington (2,off Wayne), Minnesota Puckett (2,off Ballard); Castillo (2,off Ballard).  3B–Baltimore Bradley (2,off Viola).  HR–Baltimore Milligan (1,1st inning off Viola 2 on, 2 out); C Ripken (2,6th inning off Viola 1 on, 2 out); Bradley (1,9th inning off Wayne 1 on, 2 out), Minnesota Hrbek (2,7th inning off Ballard 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Worthington (1,off Wayne).  SB–Melvin (1,2nd base off Viola/Laudner).  CS–Melvin (1,3rd base by Viola/Laudner).  U-HP–Terry Cooney, 1B–Drew Coble, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:40.  A–42,307.
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