Baltimore Orioles vs Minnesota Twins
August 7, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 1998 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 16, Minnesota Twins 9

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 3 3 2 1
  Reboulet 2b 1 1 1 0
Anderson cf 6 3 5 4
Baines dh 5 1 2 5
  Hammonds ph,dh 0 0 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 4 1 1 0
  Hoiles ph,1b 0 0 0 1
Davis rf 4 1 1 0
  Becker pr,rf 1 1 0 0
Surhoff lf 5 1 2 1
Ripken, Jr. 3b 5 1 1 3
Webster c 5 2 3 1
Bordick ss 4 1 1 0
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Key p 0 0 0 0
  Mills p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 16 19 16
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 3 0 0 0
  Latham ph,cf 0 0 0 0
Lawton rf 2 1 1 0
  Ochoa ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Molitor dh 5 1 1 0
Ortiz 1b 5 1 2 1
Coomer 3b 5 2 1 0
Walker 2b 4 3 2 2
Cordova lf 5 1 3 3
Valentin c 4 0 0 1
Meares ss 4 0 1 2
  Hocking ss 0 0 0 0
Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Baptist p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 11 9
Baltimore 220 203 24116192
Minnesota 500 020 0029111
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson   4.0 8 7 6 4 4
  Smith   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Key  W (5-3) 0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Mills   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Orosco   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Benitez   1.0 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
9
8
6
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Hawkins   3.2 7 6 4 2 0
  Miller  L (0-1) 1.2 2 2 2 1 2
  Guardado   1.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Baptist   2.2 7 5 5 2 2
Totals
9.0
19
16
14
6
4

  E–Alomar (8), Palmeiro (5), Walker (10).  DP–Baltimore 1, Minnesota 2.  2B–Baltimore Anderson 2 (19,off Hawkins 2); Bordick (17,off Hawkins); Surhoff (29,off Guardado); Reboulet (6,off Baptist), Minnesota Meares (20,off Erickson); Walker (29,off Erickson).  HR–Baltimore Anderson 2 (12,2nd inning off Hawkins 1 on, 2 out,8th inning off Baptist 0 on, 0 out); Baines (6,6th inning off Guardado 2 on, 2 out); Ripken (9,8th inning off Baptist 2 on, 2 out), Minnesota Walker (9,9th inning off Benitez 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Alomar (4,off Hawkins); Hoiles (4,off Baptist).  IBB–Alomar (3,by Miller); Valentin (1,by Erickson).  SB–Lawton (12,2nd base off Erickson/Webster); Cordova (3,2nd base off Erickson/Webster).  CS–Nixon (4,2nd base by Erickson/Webster).  WP–Orosco (3), Hawkins (7), Miller (2).  IBB–Erickson (4,Valentin); Miller (1,Alomar).  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Fieldin Culbreth, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Martin Foster.  T–3:42.  A–13,662.
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