Minnesota Twins vs Baltimore Orioles
August 17, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1998 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. 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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Minnesota Twins 2, Baltimore Orioles 3

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 4 1 2 0
Gates 3b 4 0 2 1
Lawton rf 4 0 0 0
Coomer 1b 4 0 1 0
Walker 2b 4 0 0 0
Cordova lf 4 0 0 0
Ortiz dh 3 1 0 0
Meares ss 3 0 1 0
Valentin c 3 0 1 1
Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 5 1 2 0
Anderson cf 3 1 0 0
Baines dh 3 0 1 2
Palmeiro 1b 3 0 1 1
Ripken, Jr. 3b 4 0 3 0
Surhoff lf 4 0 0 0
Webster c 3 0 0 0
Greene rf 4 0 0 0
  Becker rf 0 0 0 0
Bordick ss 3 1 2 0
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Key p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 9 3
Minnesota 100 000 100270
Baltimore 000 030 00x390
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Hawkins  L (7-12) 6.2 9 3 3 3 2
  Miller   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
3
3
4
2
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson  W (13-9) 7.0 7 2 2 1 10
  Key   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Benitez  SV (18) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
11

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Minnesota Nixon (5,off Erickson); Gates (12,off Erickson), Baltimore Bordick (19,off Hawkins).  HBP–Ortiz (5,by Erickson).  SF–Palmeiro (3,off Hawkins).  HBP–Erickson (7,Ortiz).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Drew Coble, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Larry Young.  T–2:50.  A–46,606.
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