Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox
June 24, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 24, 1989 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 2, Boston Red Sox 11

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 2 1 1 0
  Moses pr,rf,cf,p 2 0 1 0
Backman 2b 3 0 0 0
Puckett cf 3 0 0 0
  Castillo rf 1 0 0 0
Dwyer dh 3 0 0 0
  Laudner 1b 1 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 3 0 0 0
  Gagne ss 1 0 0 0
Bush rf,lf,cf 3 0 0 0
Larkin 1b,lf 2 0 0 0
Harper c 3 1 1 0
Newman ss,3b 2 0 1 1
Toliver p 0 0 0 0
  St. Claire p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 4 1
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Reed ss 4 2 2 0
Heep rf 5 2 3 1
Boggs 3b 2 1 0 1
Greenwell lf 5 1 1 3
Evans dh 1 2 1 1
Esasky 1b 3 2 2 4
Cerone c 5 0 1 1
Romine cf 4 1 0 0
Romero 2b 4 0 0 0
Gardner p 0 0 0 0
  Smithson p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 11 10 11
Minnesota 100 000 010242
Boston 000 225 20x11101
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Toliver  L (1-3) 4.1 5 4 4 5 1
  St. Claire   1.2 4 5 5 2 0
  Smith   1.0 1 2 0 1 0
  Moses   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
11
9
9
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Gardner   4.0 1 1 1 3 6
  Smithson  W (4-5) 4.0 3 1 1 1 4
  Smith   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
4
11

  E–Backman (5), Larkin (4), Gardner (1).  DP–Minnesota 2, Boston 2.  2B–Minnesota Newman (6,off Smithson), Boston Esasky (12,off Toliver); Cerone (5,off Toliver); Greenwell (15,off Toliver); Evans (12,off St Claire); Heep (3,off Smith).  HR–Boston Esasky (11,6th inning off St Claire 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Boggs (5,off Smith).  SB–Gladden 2 (16,2nd base off Gardner/Cerone 2).  WP–Gardner (2).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Larry Young.  T–2:56.  A–18,819.
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