Boston Red Sox vs Minnesota Twins
May 14, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 14, 1998 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 1, Minnesota Twins 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lewis cf,rf 4 0 1 0
Jefferson dh 2 0 1 0
  Leyritz ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Vaughn 1b 5 0 1 0
Hatteberg c 3 0 0 0
  Varitek ph,c 1 0 0 0
O'Leary lf 5 1 2 1
Cummings rf 3 0 0 0
  Buford ph,cf 2 0 1 0
Valentin 3b 1 0 0 0
  Merloni 3b 4 0 1 0
Benjamin ss 5 0 1 0
Lemke 2b 5 0 1 0
Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
  Wasdin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 1 9 1
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Walker 2b 5 0 1 1
Gates 3b 5 0 0 0
Molitor dh 5 0 2 0
Merced rf 5 0 2 0
  Hocking pr 0 1 0 0
Coomer 1b 5 0 1 0
Lawton cf 4 0 0 0
Ochoa lf 5 0 1 0
Valentin c 4 0 0 0
  Steinbach ph 1 0 0 0
Meares ss 4 1 2 1
Morgan p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Naulty p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 2 9 2
Boston 010 000 000 000191
Minnesota 000 010 000 001290
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez   8.0 6 1 1 1 11
  Gordon   3.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Wasdin  L (3-2) 0.2 3 1 1 1 2
Totals
11.2
9
2
2
2
14
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Morgan   7.0 8 1 1 1 6
  Guardado   1.0 0 0 0 2 2
  Naulty   3.0 1 0 0 0 4
  Trombley  W (1-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.0
9
1
1
3
12

  E–Wasdin (1).  DP–Minnesota 2.  2B–Boston Jefferson (7,off Morgan); Lewis (7,off Morgan), Minnesota Molitor 2 (4,off Martinez 2); Meares (11,off Martinez).  3B–Boston Buford (2,off Naulty).  IBB–Varitek (1,by Guardado); Lawton (1,by Wasdin).  SB–Lewis (5,2nd base off Guardado/Valentin); Meares (2,2nd base off Martinez/Hatteberg).  CS–Lemke (1,2nd base by Morgan/Valentin); Ochoa (3,2nd base by Martinez/Hatteberg).  IBB–Wasdin (2,Lawton); Guardado (3,Varitek).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Ed Hickox, 3B–Martin Foster.  T–3:41.  A–12,121.
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