Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox
August 2, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1996 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 10, Boston Red Sox 11

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 4 2 2 0
Becker cf 4 3 3 2
Molitor dh 4 1 2 2
Cordova lf 5 0 1 2
Stahoviak 1b 3 0 0 1
Hollins 3b 4 1 1 0
Lawton rf 5 1 2 1
Walbeck c 3 0 0 0
  Hale ph 1 0 1 1
  Reboulet pr,ss 1 1 0 0
Meares ss 3 0 0 0
  Myers ph,c 2 1 1 0
Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
  Naulty p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 10 13 9
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bragg cf,rf 5 1 2 1
Pozo 2b 5 0 0 0
Vaughn 1b 5 0 1 0
Naehring 3b 3 3 0 0
Jefferson dh 5 3 4 2
Stanley c 4 2 3 3
  Hatteberg c 1 0 1 0
  Valentin pr 0 1 0 0
Greenwell lf 3 0 2 2
  Tinsley cf 0 1 0 0
O'Leary rf,lf 5 0 2 2
Rodriguez ss 3 0 0 0
  Frye ph,ss 0 0 0 0
Gordon p 0 0 0 0
  Belinda p 0 0 0 0
  Slocumb p 0 0 0 0
  Brandenburg p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 11 15 10
Minnesota 002 021 05010131
Boston 401 001 10411151
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Aguilera   5.0 11 6 5 0 0
  Trombley   2.0 1 1 1 1 2
  Naulty  L (3-2) 1.2 3 4 4 3 1
Totals
8.2
15
11
10
4
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Gordon   6.0 9 5 5 3 6
  Belinda   1.1 1 2 1 0 1
  Slocumb   0.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Brandenburg  W (2-3) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
10
9
4
8

  E–Lawton (3), Bragg (2).  DP–Minnesota 1, Boston 1.  2B–Minnesota Becker (22,off Gordon); Molitor (27,off Gordon), Boston Greenwell (9,off Aguilera); Jefferson (19,off Aguilera).  HR–Minnesota Lawton (3,6th inning off Gordon 0 on, 0 out), Boston Bragg (8,1st inning off Aguilera 0 on, 0 out); Stanley (19,6th inning off Aguilera 0 on, 0 out); Jefferson (13,9th inning off Naulty 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Stahoviak (1,off Gordon); Greenwell (3,off Aguilera).  HBP–Hollins (9,by Brandenburg).  SB–Becker 2 (12,2nd base off Gordon/Stanley,2nd base off Slocumb/Hatteberg).  WP–Slocumb (5).  HBP–Brandenburg (3,Hollins).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–3:20.  A–28,041.
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