Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers
September 18, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1998 at Tiger Stadium. 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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Minnesota Twins 4, Detroit Tigers 5

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Latham cf 5 0 0 0
Hocking lf,2b,lf 5 0 0 0
Molitor dh 5 0 1 0
Lawton rf 3 1 1 1
Coomer 3b 5 1 1 0
Walker 2b 3 1 1 0
  Ochoa lf 0 0 0 0
  Ortiz ph 1 0 0 0
  Gates 2b 0 0 0 0
Meares ss 4 1 1 3
Mientkiewicz 1b 3 0 0 0
Valentin c 4 0 0 0
Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 5 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 5 1 2 0
Higginson lf 4 1 1 0
Encarnacion rf 5 1 1 1
Clark 1b 5 1 2 2
Easley 2b,ss 4 1 1 1
Gonzalez dh 3 0 1 1
Randa 3b 4 0 1 0
Siddall c 3 0 0 0
  Berroa ph 1 0 0 0
  Bako c 0 0 0 0
Cruz ss 2 0 1 0
  Catalanotto ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Moehler p 0 0 0 0
  Bochtler p 0 0 0 0
  Runyan p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Brunson p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 10 5
Minnesota 000 000 400 00450
Detroit 300 000 001 015101
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Hawkins   8.0 5 3 3 1 6
  Aguilera   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Guardado   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Trombley  L (5-5) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
10.0
10
5
5
1
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Moehler   7.0 5 4 4 2 2
  Bochtler   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Runyan   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Jones   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Brunson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Anderson  W (5-1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
5
4
4
4
4

  E–Easley (11).  DP–Minnesota 1, Detroit 1.  2B–Minnesota Molitor (27,off Moehler), Detroit Gonzalez (34,off Aguilera).  HR–Minnesota Lawton (20,7th inning off Moehler 0 on, 0 out); Meares (9,7th inning off Moehler 2 on, 0 out), Detroit Easley (25,9th inning off Aguilera 0 on, 2 out); Clark (33,11th inning off Trombley 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Gonzalez (8,off Hawkins).  SB–Hunter (42,2nd base off Hawkins/Valentin).  U-HP–Drew Coble, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Larry Young.  T–3:11.  A–13,661.
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