Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers
May 2, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1990 at Tiger Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 8, Detroit Tigers 2

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 5 0 0 0
Larkin 1b 3 1 1 1
Puckett cf 4 1 1 0
Hrbek dh 2 2 2 0
Gaetti 3b 4 2 2 6
Manrique 2b 4 0 1 0
  Newman 2b 0 0 0 0
Bush rf 4 0 0 0
  Moses rf 0 0 0 0
Harper c 4 2 2 1
Gagne ss 4 0 0 0
West p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 9 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 2b 4 0 0 1
Trammell ss 3 0 0 0
Jones lf 4 1 1 1
Ward rf 4 0 0 0
Fielder 1b 3 0 1 0
Lemon dh 3 0 0 0
Heath c 4 0 0 0
Williams cf 3 1 1 0
Romero 3b 2 0 0 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Nunez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 3 2
Minnesota 000 303 101890
Detroit 100 010 000230
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
West  W (2-3) 9.0 3 2 2 4 5
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
4
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  L (2-3) 7.0 8 7 7 2 3
  Nunez   2.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
8
8
3
3

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Minnesota Harper (7,off Morris); Larkin (8,off Morris), Detroit Fielder (2,off West); Williams (1,off West).  HR–Minnesota Gaetti 2 (3,4th inning off Morris 2 on, 2 out,6th inning off Morris 2 on, 1 out); Harper (2,9th inning off Nunez 0 on, 1 out), Detroit Jones (1,1st inning off West 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Hrbek (1,by Morris).  SB–Larkin (1,2nd base off Morris/Heath).  IBB–Morris (4,Hrbek).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–John Shulock.  T–2:27.  A–10,665.
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