Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox
August 16, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1998 at Fenway Park. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 6, Boston Red Sox 3

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 3 2 1 0
Gates 3b 4 2 2 0
Lawton rf 5 0 4 1
Cordova dh 5 1 1 1
Coomer 1b 5 0 1 1
Walker 2b 3 0 0 0
  Hocking 2b 0 0 0 0
Ochoa lf 4 0 0 1
Steinbach c 5 0 3 0
Meares ss 4 1 1 0
Milton p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 13 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lewis rf 3 0 0 0
  Benjamin 2b 0 0 0 0
Valentin 3b 4 1 1 0
Vaughn dh 4 1 2 1
Garciaparra ss 3 0 0 0
Stanley 1b 4 0 0 0
O'Leary lf 4 0 0 0
Buford cf 3 0 1 2
  Merced ph 1 0 0 0
Varitek c 3 0 1 0
Sadler 2b 2 0 0 0
  Bragg ph,rf 1 1 1 0
Avery p 0 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
  Swindell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Minnesota 220 200 0006131
Boston 000 000 210360
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Milton  W (7-9) 6.0 3 2 2 2 4
  Trombley   1.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Guardado   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera  SV (30) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
2
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Avery  L (8-5) 3.0 9 6 6 3 1
  Reyes   4.0 3 0 0 1 2
  Swindell   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
5
5

  E–Ochoa (4).  DP–Minnesota 1, Boston 2.  2B–Minnesota Cordova (17,off Avery); Gates (11,off Avery); Lawton (31,off Avery), Boston Vaughn (25,off Guardado).  HBP–Walker (2,by Avery).  IBB–Walker (7,by Reyes).  WP–Avery (6).  HBP–Avery (4,Walker).  IBB–Reyes (2,Walker).  U-HP–Martin Foster, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Terry Craft.  T–3:05.  A–30,893.
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