New York Yankees vs Minnesota Twins
May 8, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1998 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 5, Minnesota Twins 1

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 5 2 2 0
Jeter ss 4 1 1 1
O'Neill rf 5 0 2 2
Martinez 1b 4 0 1 0
Williams cf 5 0 1 1
Strawberry dh 3 0 0 0
Raines lf 4 0 1 0
  Curtis lf 0 0 0 0
Posada c 4 1 2 1
Brosius 3b 4 1 1 0
Irabu p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 11 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Walker 2b 3 0 0 0
  Ochoa ph 0 0 0 0
  Hocking 2b 0 0 0 0
Molitor dh 3 0 0 0
Lawton cf 3 1 2 0
Coomer 3b 4 0 1 0
Ortiz 1b 4 0 1 1
Steinbach c 4 0 0 0
Merced rf 4 0 0 0
Meares ss 3 0 1 0
Latham lf 3 0 0 0
Radke p 0 0 0 0
  Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
New York 000 010 1035110
Minnesota 000 100 000151
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Irabu  W (2-0) 7.0 5 1 1 1 3
  Stanton   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Nelson  SV (2) 1.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
3
4
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Radke  L (3-3) 7.0 7 2 2 2 0
  Swindell   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Trombley   0.1 2 3 3 1 0
  Guardado   0.2 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
4
1

  E–Ortiz (2).  DP–New York 1, Minnesota 1.  PB–Posada (1).  2B–Minnesota Meares (10,off Irabu).  3B–Minnesota Lawton (1,off Irabu).  HR–New York Posada (5,5th inning off Radke 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Knoblauch 2 (9,2nd base off Radke/Steinbach 2).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Gary Cederstrom, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–3:11.  A–22,612.
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