Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers
June 17, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 17, 1998 at Tiger Stadium. 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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Minnesota Twins 2, Detroit Tigers 6

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 4 0 0 0
Walker 2b 4 1 3 0
Molitor dh 3 0 2 1
Merced 1b 2 0 1 0
  Ochoa ph 1 0 0 0
  Hocking 3b 0 0 0 0
Cordova lf 4 0 0 0
Lawton rf 3 1 1 0
Coomer 3b,1b 4 0 0 0
Steinbach c 4 0 0 0
Meares ss 4 0 0 0
Milton p 0 0 0 0
  Naulty p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 4 2 1 0
Bartee dh 3 0 1 1
Higginson rf 3 1 1 1
Clark 1b 4 2 2 4
Easley 2b 4 0 1 0
Gonzalez lf 4 0 3 0
Oliver c 4 0 1 0
Ripken 3b 4 0 0 0
Cruz ss 4 1 0 0
Florie p 0 0 0 0
  Runyan p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 10 6
Minnesota 010 010 000272
Detroit 000 120 30x6101
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Milton  L (3-6) 6.0 7 3 1 0 3
  Naulty   2.0 3 3 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
1
1
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Florie  W (5-2) 6.1 7 2 2 4 2
  Runyan   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Brocail   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
4
5

  E–Walker (4), Meares (13), Clark (7).  DP–Minnesota 1, Detroit 1.  2B–Minnesota Lawton (15,off Florie); Walker (18,off Florie).  3B–Detroit Higginson (2,off Milton).  HR–Detroit Clark 2 (14,4th inning off Milton 0 on, 1 out,7th inning off Naulty 2 on, 2 out).  IBB–Molitor (2,by Florie); Higginson (2,by Naulty).  SF–Bartee (1,off Milton).  SB–Gonzalez (5,2nd base off Milton/Steinbach); Hunter (19,2nd base off Naulty/Steinbach); Easley (6,2nd base off Naulty/Steinbach).  WP–Florie 2 (5).  IBB–Naulty (1,Higginson); Florie (4,Molitor).  U-HP–Martin Foster, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–2:37.  A–10,152.
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