Houston Astros vs Minnesota Twins
June 5, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1999 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 6, Minnesota Twins 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 5 0 2 1
Bell rf 5 0 0 0
Bagwell dh,1b 2 2 1 0
Everett cf 4 2 2 0
Hidalgo lf 4 1 3 4
Ward 1b 4 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Spiers 3b 3 0 0 0
Bako c 3 0 0 0
  Eusebio ph,c 1 0 0 0
Bogar ss 3 1 1 0
Holt p 0 0 0 0
  Elarton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 9 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Walker 2b 5 1 2 3
  Valentin c 0 0 0 0
Hocking ss,cf 5 0 0 0
Cordova dh 3 0 0 0
Lawton rf,cf,rf 4 0 1 0
Coomer 3b 4 1 1 0
Mientkiewicz 1b 4 0 1 0
Allen lf 4 1 2 2
Pierzynski c 3 1 2 0
  Davidson ph,ss 0 0 0 0
Hunter cf 2 0 1 0
  Koskie ph,rf 1 1 1 0
  Gates ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Perkins p 0 0 0 0
  Mays p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
Houston 000 300 120690
Minnesota 010 000 3105111
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Holt   6.0 5 1 1 3 4
  Elarton  W (4-1) 1.0 3 3 3 0 1
  Powell   0.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Miller   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Wagner  SV (14) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
3
7
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Perkins   6.2 7 4 4 3 3
  Mays  L (0-2) 0.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Miller   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Wells   1.2 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
6
7

  E–Allen (5).  DP–Houston 1, Minnesota 2.  2B–Houston Bagwell (15,off Perkins); Bogar (10,off Perkins); Biggio (24,off Perkins); Hidalgo (16,off Mays), Minnesota Pierzynski (1,off Holt).  HR–Houston Hidalgo (11,4th inning off Perkins 2 on, 0 out), Minnesota Allen (5,2nd inning off Holt 0 on, 1 out); Walker (3,7th inning off Elarton 2 on, 0 out).  SH–Davidson (2,off T Miller).  U-HP–Bill Miller, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Fieldin Culbreth, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:57.  A–17,150.
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