Minnesota Twins vs Houston Astros
June 15, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 15, 1997 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 2, Houston Astros 3

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 4 1 2 0
Lawton rf 2 1 1 2
  Colbrunn ph 1 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
Molitor 1b 4 0 1 0
Steinbach c 4 0 0 0
Coomer 3b 4 0 1 0
Cordova lf 4 0 1 0
Becker cf,rf 3 0 0 0
Meares ss 4 0 1 0
Tewksbury p 2 0 0 0
  Stahoviak ph 1 0 1 0
  Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Kelly ph 1 0 0 0
  Jackson cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 1 2 1
Howard cf 4 0 1 1
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 4 0 0 0
Gonzalez lf 4 0 1 0
Bell rf 2 1 1 0
Spiers 3b 3 0 0 0
  Berry ph 0 0 0 0
Ausmus c 2 0 0 0
Listach ss 3 1 1 0
Holt p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery ph 1 0 0 0
  Lima p 0 0 0 0
  Mouton cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 6 2
Minnesota 200 000 000281
Houston 000 020 001360
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Tewksbury   6.0 6 2 2 2 2
  Swindell   2.0 0 0 0 1 3
  Guardado  L (0-2) 0.1 0 1 0 1 0
  Trombley   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.1
6
3
2
6
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Holt   7.0 7 2 2 4 4
  Lima   1.2 1 0 0 0 3
  Wagner  W (3-3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
4
7

  E–Steinbach (3).  DP–Minnesota 2.  2B–Minnesota Meares (15,off Holt), Houston Bell (8,off Tewksbury).  HR–Minnesota Lawton (5,1st inning off Holt 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Holt 2 (6,off Tewksbury 2).  SB–Stahoviak (2,2nd base off Holt/Ausmus); Biggio (9,2nd base off Tewksbury/Steinbach).  WP–Holt (1).  U-HP–Jeff Nelson, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Kerwin Danley, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–2:35.  A–28,218.
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