New York Yankees vs Minnesota Twins
August 11, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 11, 1997 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The New York Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 11, Minnesota Twins 0

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Jeter ss 5 1 2 1
Sojo 2b,1b 5 2 3 0
Williams cf 5 2 2 1
Martinez 1b 4 1 2 4
  Kelly ph,2b 1 0 0 0
O'Neill rf 4 1 2 1
  Pose pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Hayes 3b 5 1 1 2
Curtis lf 5 1 5 1
Whiten dh 4 1 3 0
Girardi c 5 1 1 1
Pettitte p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 11 21 11
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 4 0 2 0
Hocking ss 4 0 2 0
Molitor dh 3 0 0 0
Steinbach c 3 0 0 0
  Miller c 1 0 0 0
Cordova lf 3 0 0 0
  Becker rf 1 0 0 0
Coomer 3b 4 0 1 0
Jackson cf 4 0 0 0
Colbrunn 1b 4 0 0 0
Lawton rf,lf 1 0 0 0
Robertson p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 5 0
New York 004 301 00311210
Minnesota 000 000 000050
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Pettitte  W (14-7) 8.0 5 0 0 3 9
  Mecir   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
3
9
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Robertson  L (7-11) 3.1 9 7 7 4 2
  Rodriguez   4.2 11 4 4 1 3
  Guardado   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
21
11
11
5
5

  E–None.  DP–Minnesota 3.  2B–New York Hayes (14,off Robertson); Curtis 2 (15,off Robertson,off Rodriguez); Jeter (20,off Robertson), Minnesota Hocking (8,off Pettitte).  HR–New York Martinez (38,4th inning off Robertson 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Sojo (4,off Robertson).  IBB–Williams (5,by Robertson).  SB–Sojo (3,3rd base off Robertson/Steinbach); Williams (10,2nd base off Robertson/Steinbach).  WP–Robertson (8).  IBB–Robertson (2,Williams).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Bill Miller, 3B–Al Clark.  T–3:12.  A–22,301.
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