Minnesota Twins vs Cleveland Indians
July 20, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1996 at Jacobs Field. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 5, Cleveland Indians 6

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 5 1 2 1
Becker cf 6 1 2 0
Molitor 1b 6 0 1 2
Cordova lf 4 1 2 0
Stahoviak dh 3 1 0 0
Kelly rf 5 0 1 1
Hollins 3b 5 0 1 0
Meares ss 4 1 1 1
  Hale ph 1 0 1 0
  Reboulet pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Durant c 4 0 0 0
Aldred p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
  Milchin p 0 0 0 0
  Naulty p 0 0 0 0
  Stevens p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 5 11 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 6 2 5 0
Vizquel ss 5 0 4 2
Carreon 1b 3 0 1 1
  Giles ph 1 0 0 0
  Espinoza 1b 2 1 1 1
Belle lf 4 1 1 1
Ramirez rf 5 0 3 0
Murray dh 4 0 0 1
Baerga 2b 5 0 0 0
Thome 3b 3 1 0 0
Alomar, Jr. c 3 1 1 0
  Burnitz ph 1 0 0 0
  Pena c 1 0 0 0
Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
  Graves p 0 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
  Shuey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 6 16 6
Minnesota 020 300 000 005112
Cleveland 001 100 201 016160
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Aldred   6.1 10 4 4 1 4
  Guardado   0.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Trombley   1.1 1 0 0 1 2
  Milchin   0.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Naulty   1.2 1 0 0 2 1
  Stevens  L (1-2) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
10.1
16
6
6
4
8
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Tavarez   3.2 8 5 5 2 2
  Graves   3.1 2 0 0 1 5
  Mesa   3.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Shuey  W (3-2) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
11.0
11
5
5
4
11

  E–Becker (3), Meares (12).  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Minnesota Cordova (27,off Tavarez); Kelly (12,off Tavarez); Meares (17,off Tavarez); Becker (20,off Tavarez); Knoblauch (27,off Graves), Cleveland Lofton (26,off Aldred); Vizquel 2 (26,off Aldred 2).  3B–Cleveland Ramirez (3,off Trombley).  HR–Cleveland Belle (32,4th inning off Aldred 0 on, 0 out); Espinoza (4,11th inning off Stevens 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Durant (4,off Shuey); Vizquel (7,off Milchin).  IBB–Knoblauch (4,by Shuey); Thome (7,by Trombley); Belle (10,by Naulty).  SB–Hollins (5,2nd base off Graves/Alomar); Vizquel (22,2nd base off Trombley/Durant).  IBB–Trombley (2,Thome); Naulty (3,Belle); Shuey (2,Knoblauch).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–3:59.  A–43,433.
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