Minnesota Twins vs Baltimore Orioles
August 23, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1997 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. 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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Minnesota Twins 4, Baltimore Orioles 5

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 5 1 2 0
Brede rf 2 1 0 0
  Jackson ph 0 0 0 0
  Lawton ph,rf 1 1 0 0
Molitor dh 5 1 2 2
Coomer 3b 4 0 2 2
Stahoviak 1b 3 0 0 0
Steinbach c 4 0 1 0
Cordova lf 4 0 0 0
Becker cf 4 0 1 0
Hocking ss 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Swindell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 3 0 0 0
Reboulet 2b 4 0 0 0
Surhoff lf 4 2 2 1
Berroa rf 4 2 2 2
  Webster c 0 0 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 3 1 0 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 3 0 2 2
Baines dh 3 0 0 0
Hoiles c 3 0 1 0
  Tarasco rf 0 0 0 0
Bordick ss 3 0 0 0
Mussina p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 7 5
Minnesota 100 010 200480
Baltimore 110 100 02x570
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez   7.0 5 3 3 4 8
  Swindell  L (7-3) 1.0 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
4
9
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Mussina   5.0 7 2 2 1 11
  Rhodes   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Mathews   1.0 1 2 2 1 1
  Orosco  W (5-3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Myers  SV (40) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
3
16

  E–None.  2B–Minnesota Steinbach (21,off Mussina); Coomer (19,off Mussina), Baltimore Berroa (19,off Rodriguez).  HR–Minnesota Molitor (8,7th inning off Mathews 1 on, 0 out), Baltimore Surhoff (15,1st inning off Rodriguez 0 on, 2 out); Berroa (22,8th inning off Swindell 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Stahoviak (4,by Mussina).  SB–Brede (4,2nd base off Mussina/Hoiles); Knoblauch (49,2nd base off Mussina/Hoiles); Palmeiro (5,2nd base off Rodriguez/Steinbach).  HBP–Mussina (2,Stahoviak).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Ed Hickox, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–3:07.  A–48,263.
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