Minnesota Twins vs Cincinnati Reds
July 2, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 1998 at Cinergy Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 7, Cincinnati Reds 8

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 6 1 2 0
Lawton rf 4 3 2 2
Cordova lf 5 2 2 0
Merced 1b 2 0 1 0
  Shave ph,3b 1 0 0 0
  Gates ph,3b 0 0 0 0
Coomer 3b,1b 4 0 2 0
Walker 2b 3 0 1 1
  Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
  Ochoa ph 1 0 1 1
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
Steinbach c 4 1 1 1
Meares ss 5 0 1 0
Milton p 3 0 1 0
  Hocking 2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 14 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Sanders cf 4 2 3 2
Stynes lf 5 1 1 1
Larkin ss 3 1 1 0
Boone 2b 5 1 2 4
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
Perez 1b 3 0 1 0
Nieves rf 2 0 1 0
  Sullivan p 0 0 0 0
  Graves p 0 0 0 0
  Harris rf 1 1 1 0
Reese 3b,2b 4 1 0 0
Fordyce c 2 0 0 0
  Taubensee ph,c 2 0 1 1
Harnisch p 1 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Greene ph,rf,3b 1 1 0 0
Totals 33 8 11 8
Minnesota 100 001 2307140
Cincinnati 000 000 3418112
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Milton   6.0 4 0 0 6 2
  Swindell   0.2 2 3 3 1 0
  Trombley   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Carrasco   0.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Guardado   0.1 2 3 3 1 0
  Aguilera  L (3-5) 1.1 3 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.2
11
8
8
10
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Harnisch   6.0 9 4 3 4 4
  White   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Sullivan   0.1 3 3 3 0 0
  Graves   1.0 2 0 0 2 1
  Shaw  W (2-4) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
7
6
7
7

  E–B Boone (3), Fordyce (6).  DP–Minnesota 1, Cincinnati 2.  2B–Minnesota Coomer (13,off Harnisch); Cordova (13,off Harnisch), Cincinnati Sanders (9,off Swindell); Stynes (6,off Guardado); Harris (8,off Aguilera).  3B–Cincinnati Sanders (4,off Guardado).  HR–Minnesota Lawton (10,1st inning off Harnisch 0 on, 1 out); Steinbach (5,6th inning off Harnisch 0 on, 0 out), Cincinnati B Boone (11,7th inning off Swindell 2 on, 2 out).  IBB–Coomer (1,by White).  SH–Harnisch (3,off Milton).  SB–Nixon (18,2nd base off Sullivan/Fordyce).  CS–Sanders (6,2nd base by Milton/Steinbach).  WP–Milton (1), Graves (3).  IBB–White (1,Coomer).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–Mike Winters, 3B–C.B. Bucknor.  T–3:35.  A–16,528.
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