Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers
June 12, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 12, 1980 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Minnesota Twins 4, Detroit Tigers 8

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Castino 3b 4 1 1 1
Sofield lf 4 0 0 0
  Wynegar ph 1 0 1 0
Jackson 1b 5 0 2 0
Morales dh 3 1 0 0
  Adams ph,dh 0 0 0 0
Norwood rf 4 1 1 0
  Powell ph 1 0 0 0
Edwards cf 4 0 0 0
Mackanin ss 4 1 3 1
Butera c 4 0 2 0
Wilfong 2b 4 0 0 1
Redfern p 0 0 0 0
  Zahn p 0 0 0 0
  Kinnunen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 10 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Gibson cf 3 0 1 0
  Lentine ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Trammell ss 5 1 3 3
Kemp lf 5 0 1 1
Hebner 1b 3 0 0 0
  Corcoran ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Cowens rf 3 2 1 0
Summers dh 3 2 2 4
Parrish c 4 0 0 0
Brookens 3b 4 1 2 0
Whitaker 2b 2 2 1 0
Underwood p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 11 8
Minnesota 100 300 0004100
Detroit 002 202 20x8111
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Redfern   3.2 6 4 4 2 2
  Zahn  L (4-9) 2.0 2 2 2 3 1
  Kinnunen   2.1 3 2 2 1 2
Totals
8.0
11
8
8
6
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Underwood  W (1-4) 8.2 10 4 2 2 7
  Lopez  SV (6) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
2
3
7

  E–Brookens (5).  PB–Butera (1).  2B–Minnesota Mackanin 2 (7,off Underwood 2), Detroit Trammell 2 (6,off Redfern,off Zahn); Cowens (9,off Redfern).  3B–Detroit Brookens (1,off Kinnunen).  HR–Minnesota Castino (3,1st inning off Underwood 0 on, 0 out), Detroit Summers 2 (5,4th inning off Redfern 1 on, 0 out,7th inning off Kinnunen 1 on, 1 out).  CS–Gibson (7,2nd base by Redfern/Butera).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Vic Voltaggio, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:47.  A–15,630.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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