Baltimore Orioles vs Minnesota Twins
August 9, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1998 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 4, Minnesota Twins 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 4 1 1 1
Anderson cf 4 0 1 0
Davis dh 5 0 1 0
Palmeiro 1b 4 1 1 0
Hammonds rf 4 1 1 0
Surhoff lf 3 1 2 3
Ripken, Jr. 3b 4 0 1 0
Hoiles c 3 0 1 0
  Becker ph 0 0 0 0
Bordick ss 3 0 0 0
  Baines ph 1 0 0 0
Mussina p 0 0 0 0
  Munoz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 5 1 4 0
Gates 3b 5 2 3 1
Molitor dh 3 1 1 0
Ortiz 1b 4 0 0 0
Meares ss 4 0 3 2
Walker 2b 2 0 0 0
Steinbach c 4 0 1 1
Ochoa rf 4 1 2 0
Hocking lf 3 0 0 0
Serafini p 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 14 4
Baltimore 000 011 020490
Minnesota 001 002 20x5140
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Mussina  L (10-6) 7.0 12 5 5 3 11
  Munoz   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
5
5
3
11
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Serafini  W (5-4) 6.0 7 2 2 1 2
  Carrasco   1.2 1 1 1 1 3
  Guardado   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Trombley   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera  SV (28) 1.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
6

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Anderson (20,off Serafini); Palmeiro (28,off Serafini), Minnesota Ochoa (12,off Mussina); Gates (8,off Mussina); Meares (21,off Mussina).  HR–Baltimore Alomar (11,5th inning off Serafini 0 on, 1 out); Surhoff (16,8th inning off Guardado 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Hocking (3,off Mussina).  IBB–Molitor (5,by Mussina); Walker (5,by Mussina).  SB–Nixon 2 (28,2nd base off Munoz/Hoiles,3rd base off Munoz/Hoiles).  CS–Meares (4,2nd base by Mussina/Hoiles); Nixon (5,2nd base by Mussina/Hoiles).  WP–Mussina 2 (6), Guardado (1).  IBB–Mussina 2 (2,Molitor,Walker).  U-HP–Martin Foster, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–Fieldin Culbreth.  T–3:22.  A–16,780.
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