Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox
August 17, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 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 5, Boston Red Sox 10

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 5 1 1 0
Becker cf 3 0 3 1
Molitor dh 4 0 0 1
Lawton rf 4 0 0 0
Coomer 3b 4 0 0 0
Brede 1b 3 1 1 0
Steinbach c 2 1 1 0
  Miller D. c 1 1 1 0
Kelly lf 4 1 2 3
Hocking ss 4 0 0 0
Tewksbury p 0 0 0 0
  Miller T. p 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garciaparra ss 4 2 2 1
Valentin 3b 4 2 1 0
Vaughn dh 5 2 2 2
Jefferson 1b 4 1 2 2
Cordero lf 4 0 1 1
O'Leary rf 4 1 1 1
Hatteberg c 4 1 2 1
Bragg cf 4 1 2 1
Frye 2b 4 0 1 1
Sele p 0 0 0 0
  Brandenburg p 0 0 0 0
  Lacy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 14 10
Minnesota 000 200 003590
Boston 300 300 40x10140
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Tewksbury  L (4-9) 4.0 9 6 6 0 3
  Miller   2.0 3 4 4 1 2
  Aguilera   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
14
10
10
1
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Sele  W (12-9) 7.0 4 2 2 4 4
  Brandenburg   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Lacy   1.0 4 3 3 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
5
4

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Minnesota Brede (6,off Sele); Becker (18,off Brandenburg); D Miller (1,off Lacy); Knoblauch (24,off Lacy), Boston Frye (24,off Tewksbury); Jefferson (25,off T Miller).  SF–Molitor (10,off Lacy); Garciaparra (5,off Tewksbury).  SB–Brede (3,2nd base off Sele/Hatteberg); Garciaparra (17,2nd base off T Miller/Steinbach).  WP–T Miller (4), Sele 2 (6).  U-HP–Terry Craft, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Ted Barrett, 3B–Mike DiMuro.  T–2:47.  A–30,387.
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