Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
May 21, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1998 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 6, Minnesota Twins 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 6 0 2 0
Roberts dh 6 2 1 0
Higginson rf 4 2 3 2
Clark 1b 5 1 4 1
Easley 2b 5 0 1 2
Gonzalez lf 6 0 2 0
Randa 3b 4 1 1 0
Oliver c 4 0 1 0
  Tomberlin pr 0 0 0 0
  Bako c 2 0 0 0
Cruz ss 5 0 2 1
Worrell p 0 0 0 0
  Florie p 0 0 0 0
  Runyan p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 6 17 6
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Walker 2b 4 0 0 0
  Hocking ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Meares ss 5 0 0 0
Molitor dh 4 2 2 0
Cordova lf 5 1 2 2
Lawton cf 5 0 1 1
Coomer 1b 4 0 0 0
Ochoa rf 4 0 0 0
Steinbach c 4 0 2 0
  Latham pr 0 0 0 0
  Valentin c 0 0 0 0
Shave 3b 2 0 0 0
  Gates ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Milton 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 3 7 3
Detroit 012 000 000 036170
Minnesota 100 002 000 00371
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Worrell   7.0 6 3 3 1 6
  Florie   2.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Runyan   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Brocail  W (2-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Jones  SV (8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
7
3
3
1
7
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Milton   6.0 9 3 3 3 1
  Swindell   3.1 5 0 0 0 0
  Trombley  L (1-2) 1.0 3 3 2 1 0
  Guardado   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
11.0
17
6
5
5
2

  E–Valentin (3).  DP–Minnesota 2.  2B–Detroit Randa (9,off Milton); Cruz (6,off Milton); Roberts (5,off Milton); Hunter (7,off Trombley); Easley (14,off Trombley), Minnesota Molitor 2 (6,off Worrell 2); Steinbach (8,off Worrell).  HR–Detroit Higginson (9,3rd inning off Milton 1 on, 0 out), Minnesota Cordova (1,6th inning off Worrell 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Randa (1,by Guardado).  SH–Gates (1,off Florie).  SB–Randa (3,2nd base off Guardado/Valentin).  CS–Cruz (1,3rd base by Milton/Steinbach).  IBB–Guardado (4,Randa).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Gary Cederstrom, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–3:16.  A–12,347.
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