Minnesota Twins vs Toronto Blue Jays
September 3, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1989 at Skydome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 9, Toronto Blue Jays 4

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Newman 3b 3 2 1 0
  Hale ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Gagne ss 5 2 2 2
Gladden lf 4 2 1 1
Puckett cf 5 1 2 0
  Moses cf 0 0 0 0
Harper c 3 0 2 1
  Webster ph,c 1 0 1 0
Larkin 1b 3 1 1 1
Castillo rf 3 1 1 3
Laudner dh 2 0 0 0
  Hrbek ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Backman 2b 4 0 0 0
Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 11 8
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Moseby cf 4 1 2 1
Wilson rf 4 0 1 0
  Hill rf 1 0 0 0
Bell lf 4 0 1 1
  Ducey lf 0 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 3 0 1 0
  Olerud 1b 1 1 1 0
Whitt c 3 0 1 0
  Virgil c 1 0 0 0
Fernandez ss 3 0 0 0
  Lee ss 1 0 0 0
Gruber 3b 3 1 0 0
Mazzilli dh 3 1 1 0
Liriano 2b 3 0 1 2
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Gozzo p 0 0 0 0
  Ward p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Minnesota 012 210 3009113
Toronto 001 000 003491
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Aguilera  W (1-3) 7.0 6 1 0 2 5
  Gonzalez   2.0 3 3 3 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
3
7
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  L (8-9) 4.1 6 6 6 2 0
  Gozzo   2.2 4 3 2 0 0
  Ward   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Wells   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
9
8
2
1

  E–Gagne (15), Harper 2 (7), Gruber (21).  DP–Minnesota 2, Toronto 1.  2B–Toronto Moseby (19,off Gonzalez).  3B–Minnesota Larkin (1,off Flanagan).  HR–Minnesota Gagne (8,3rd inning off Flanagan 1 on, 1 out); Castillo (6,4th inning off Flanagan 1 on, 0 out); Gladden (7,5th inning off Flanagan 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Larkin (5,off Flanagan).  SF–Castillo (2,off Flanagan); Larkin (4,off Gozzo).  HBP–Harper (5,by Gozzo); Mazzilli (2,by Gonzalez).  SB–Liriano (14,2nd base off Aguilera/Harper).  HBP–Gonzalez (4,Mazzilli); Gozzo (1,Harper).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Gary Cederstrom, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–2:44.  A–49,073.
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