Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
July 3, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 3, 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 5, Minnesota Twins 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 4 0 1 0
Easley 2b 5 2 3 1
Higginson rf 5 0 3 0
Clark 1b 4 1 0 1
Gonzalez lf 4 1 2 2
Berroa dh 4 0 0 0
  Beamon ph,dh 1 0 1 1
Alvarez 3b 4 0 0 0
Bako c 4 0 1 0
Cruz ss 4 1 1 0
Castillo p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Runyan p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 12 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 4 1 1 0
Meares ss 4 1 1 0
Lawton rf 5 0 2 2
Coomer dh 5 0 1 0
Merced 1b 2 0 0 0
Ochoa lf 3 0 0 0
  Cordova ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Walker 2b 4 1 3 0
Steinbach c 4 1 1 2
Hocking 3b 3 0 0 0
  Stahoviak ph 1 0 0 0
  Gates 3b 0 0 0 0
Tewksbury p 0 0 0 0
  Naulty p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
Detroit 000 001 110 25120
Minnesota 000 000 210 1491
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Castillo   7.0 4 2 2 2 3
  Anderson   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Runyan   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Brocail  W (4-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Jones  SV (13) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
10.0
9
4
4
3
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Tewksbury   8.0 8 3 3 2 1
  Naulty  L (0-2) 1.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Guardado   0.1 1 1 1 1 1
  Carrasco   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
12
5
5
3
2

  E–Merced (5).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Higginson (22,off Tewksbury); Easley (16,off Naulty), Minnesota Walker (21,off Castillo).  3B–Minnesota Lawton (3,off Anderson).  HR–Detroit Gonzalez (10,7th inning off Tewksbury 0 on, 0 out), Minnesota Steinbach (6,7th inning off Castillo 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Hunter (2,off Tewksbury); Meares (2,off Anderson).  IBB–Gonzalez (1,by Tewksbury); Clark (2,by Guardado); Merced (2,by Anderson).  CS–Alvarez (2,2nd base by Tewksbury/Steinbach); Hunter (7,2nd base by Naulty/Steinbach); Walker (2,2nd base by Brocail/Bako).  SB–Walker (9,2nd base off Castillo/Bako); Meares (5,2nd base off Jones/Bako).  WP–Tewksbury (3).  IBB–Anderson (1,Merced); Tewksbury (1,Gonzalez); Guardado (6,Clark).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Mark Johnson, 2B–Chuck Meriwether, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–3:09.  A–10,818.
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