Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox
August 15, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1997 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 4, Boston Red Sox 5

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 5 0 2 1
Hocking ss 5 0 1 0
Molitor dh 5 0 0 0
Steinbach c 5 1 0 0
Lawton rf,cf 4 0 0 0
Cordova lf 5 1 1 0
Stahoviak 1b 3 1 2 1
Coomer 3b 3 0 1 0
Becker cf 2 1 1 0
  Kelly ph,rf 1 0 0 0
  Brede ph,rf 1 0 0 1
Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 8 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garciaparra ss 5 0 1 0
Valentin 3b 5 2 2 0
Vaughn 1b 4 0 2 1
  Benjamin pr 0 1 0 0
Jefferson dh 5 1 2 1
Cordero lf 3 1 1 0
O'Leary rf 4 0 3 3
Hatteberg c 4 0 0 0
Bragg cf 3 0 0 0
Frye 2b 4 0 0 0
Gordon p 0 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Corsi p 0 0 0 0
  Lacy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 11 5
Minnesota 002 000 002 0480
Boston 000 003 010 15111
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez   5.2 5 3 3 2 2
  Swindell   2.2 3 1 1 1 2
  Trombley   0.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Guardado  L (0-4) 0.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
3
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Gordon   7.0 4 2 2 1 5
  Henry   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Corsi   1.0 2 2 0 1 1
  Lacy  W (1-1) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
10.0
8
4
2
3
8

  E–Garciaparra (16).  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Minnesota Stahoviak (13,off Corsi).  3B–Minnesota Hocking (2,off Lacy), Boston Valentin (5,off Rodriguez).  IBB–Coomer (3,by Corsi); Lawton (2,by Lacy); Cordero (4,by Swindell).  SB–Knoblauch 3 (48,2nd base off Gordon/Hatteberg,3rd base off Gordon/Hatteberg,2nd base off Henry/Hatteberg); Valentin (5,2nd base off Swindell/Steinbach).  WP–Gordon (3).  IBB–Swindell (3,Cordero); Corsi (5,Coomer); Lacy (4,Lawton).  U-HP–Ted Barrett, 1B–Mike DiMuro, 2B–Terry Craft, 3B–Chuck Meriwether.  T–3:06.  A–25,328.
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