Toronto Blue Jays vs Minnesota Twins
September 12, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1989 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. 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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Toronto Blue Jays 2, Minnesota Twins 8

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Moseby cf 5 0 1 1
Wilson rf 4 1 2 0
Bell lf 4 0 1 0
McGriff 1b 3 0 0 0
Gruber 3b 4 0 0 0
Fernandez ss 2 0 0 0
  Liriano 2b 2 0 1 0
Borders c 3 1 1 0
  Whitt ph,c 1 0 0 0
Lee 2b,ss 4 0 1 0
Hill dh 4 0 1 0
Stottlemyre p 0 0 0 0
  Ward p 0 0 0 0
  Nunez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 8 1
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Newman 3b 3 3 2 0
Bush lf,rf 4 2 1 2
Puckett cf 3 1 2 1
Hrbek 1b 3 1 1 5
Harper c 4 0 0 0
Sorrento dh 4 0 2 0
Larkin rf 4 0 1 0
  Moses lf 0 0 0 0
Gagne ss 4 1 1 0
Backman 2b 3 0 1 0
  Baker 2b 0 0 0 0
West p 0 0 0 0
  Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
  Wayne p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 11 8
Toronto 100 000 100282
Minnesota 201 000 50x8111
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre  L (7-6) 6.1 9 5 5 2 0
  Ward   0.2 1 3 3 0 1
  Nunez   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
11
8
8
2
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
West  W (3-1) 7.0 6 2 1 1 7
  Berenguer   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Wayne   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
1
1
10

  E–Stottlemyre 2 (5), West (1).  DP–Toronto 1.  2B–Toronto Borders (9,off West).  HR–Minnesota Hrbek (22,7th inning off Ward 3 on, 1 out).  SH–Backman (4,off Stottlemyre).  SF–Hrbek (3,off Stottlemyre).  HBP–Puckett (3,by Ward).  SB–Newman (24,2nd base off Stottlemyre/Borders); Larkin (5,2nd base off Stottlemyre/Borders).  CS–Newman (9,2nd base by Stottlemyre/Borders).  WP–Ward (11).  HBP–Ward (4,Puckett).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–2:26.  A–14,849.
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