Boston Red Sox vs Minnesota Twins
August 7, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 1997 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. 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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Boston Red Sox 7, Minnesota Twins 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Frye 2b 4 2 2 1
Valentin 3b 4 1 1 1
Vaughn 1b 4 0 1 1
Jefferson dh 4 1 1 0
Cordero lf 4 1 2 0
O'Leary rf 4 1 1 1
Hatteberg c 3 0 0 1
Bragg cf 4 0 0 0
Benjamin ss 4 1 1 1
Sele p 0 0 0 0
  Brandenburg p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
  Lacy p 0 0 0 0
  Wasdin p 0 0 0 0
  Corsi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 9 6
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 5 1 2 2
Becker cf 3 0 1 1
Molitor dh 5 0 0 0
Stahoviak 1b 5 0 0 0
Steinbach c 4 1 0 0
Coomer 3b 4 0 0 0
Lawton rf 2 3 1 2
Cordova lf 3 0 1 1
Meares ss 2 1 0 0
  Myers ph 0 0 0 0
  Hocking pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Bowers p 0 0 0 0
  Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 5 6
Boston 050 020 000791
Minnesota 021 102 000651
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Sele  W (11-8) 5.1 4 6 4 4 4
  Brandenburg   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Mahay   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Lacy   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Wasdin   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Corsi  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
6
4
6
8
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Bowers  L (0-1) 4.0 7 7 6 0 3
  Swindell   4.0 2 0 0 0 6
  Aguilera   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
7
6
0
11

  E–Frye (11), Stahoviak (3).  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Minnesota Becker (16,off Sele).  3B–Boston Benjamin (1,off Bowers), Minnesota Cordova (1,off Sele); Knoblauch (9,off Brandenburg).  HR–Minnesota Lawton (7,2nd inning off Sele 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Hatteberg (1,off Bowers).  HBP–Cordova (2,by Sele).  SB–Frye (12,2nd base off Bowers/Steinbach); Becker 2 (12,2nd base off Sele/Hatteberg,2nd base off Lacy/Hatteberg).  HBP–Sele (12,Cordova).  U-HP–Ted Barrett, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Chuck Meriwether.  T–3:08.  A–11,899.
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