Minnesota Twins vs Toronto Blue Jays
September 1, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 1, 1989 at Skydome. The Toronto Blue Jays 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

Minnesota Twins 3, Toronto Blue Jays 7

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Newman 3b 4 0 2 0
Backman 2b 4 1 1 0
Puckett cf 4 1 1 1
Hrbek 1b 4 0 0 1
Gladden lf 4 0 0 0
Bush rf 3 0 0 0
Gagne ss 3 1 2 0
Hale dh 3 0 1 0
Laudner c 2 0 0 0
  Baker ph 1 0 0 0
  Webster c 0 0 0 0
Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
  Booker p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 2
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 1 3 1
Lee 2b 4 0 0 0
Bell lf 3 0 0 1
McGriff 1b 3 0 1 0
Gruber 3b 4 2 2 1
Fernandez ss 4 0 1 0
Borders c 4 1 1 0
Mazzilli dh 1 2 0 0
Hill rf 4 1 1 4
Stottlemyre p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 9 7
Minnesota 000 210 000370
Toronto 011 401 00x790
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Guthrie  L (1-1) 4.0 7 6 6 2 2
  Booker   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Cook   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
7
7
4
4
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre  W (6-5) 8.0 7 3 3 0 4
  Wells   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
0
4

  E–None.  DP–Minnesota 1, Toronto 1.  2B–Toronto Wilson (9,off Guthrie); McGriff (26,off Booker).  3B–Minnesota Puckett (4,off Stottlemyre).  HR–Toronto Gruber (15,2nd inning off Guthrie 0 on, 1 out); Hill (1,4th inning off Guthrie 3 on, 1 out).  SF–Bell (10,off Guthrie).  SB–Gagne (11,2nd base off Stottlemyre/Borders); Fernandez (15,2nd base off Guthrie/Laudner); Mazzilli (1,2nd base off Booker/Laudner).  WP–Guthrie (1), Booker (1), Stottlemyre (4).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Gary Cederstrom.  T–2:17.  A–49,350.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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