Baltimore Orioles vs Minnesota Twins
July 26, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 1997 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 2, Minnesota Twins 1

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 6 0 0 0
Hammonds rf 5 0 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 4 0 1 0
Anderson cf 4 1 1 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 4 0 1 0
Surhoff lf 4 0 0 1
Berroa dh 4 1 0 0
Hoiles c 4 0 1 0
  Webster c 0 0 0 0
Bordick ss 3 0 1 1
  Tarasco ph 1 0 0 0
  Reboulet ss 0 0 0 0
Key p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 2 5 2
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 6 0 1 0
Kelly rf 3 1 2 1
  Lawton ph,rf,cf 3 0 1 0
Molitor dh 6 0 2 0
Steinbach c 5 0 0 0
Coomer 3b 5 0 3 0
Cordova lf 5 0 1 0
Colbrunn 1b 3 0 0 0
  Stahoviak ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Jackson cf 3 0 1 0
  Becker ph,cf 1 0 1 0
  Hocking ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Meares ss 5 0 1 0
Bowers p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
  Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 1 13 1
Baltimore 010 000 000 001252
Minnesota 001 000 000 0001131
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Key   7.0 8 1 1 0 5
  Benitez   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Mathews   2.2 3 0 0 0 1
  Orosco  W (3-2) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Myers  SV (28) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.0
13
1
1
1
8
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Bowers   5.2 4 1 1 3 3
  Trombley   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Swindell   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Aguilera  L (4-3) 2.2 1 1 1 3 3
  Guardado   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
12.0
5
2
2
6
8

  E–Hammonds (4), Key (2), Meares (10).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Bordick (13,off Bowers), Minnesota Coomer (15,off Key); Becker (14,off Mathews).  HR–Minnesota Kelly (4,3rd inning off Key 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Surhoff (5,off Aguilera).  CS–Surhoff (1,2nd base by Bowers/Steinbach); Knoblauch (6,2nd base by Key/Hoiles).  SB–Lawton (5,2nd base off Benitez/Hoiles).  WP–Myers (2).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Fieldin Culbreth, 2B–Gary Cederstrom, 3B–Drew Coble.  T–4:03.  A–24,806.
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