Cleveland Indians vs Minnesota Twins
September 29, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 29, 1986 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Cleveland Indians 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

Cleveland Indians 5, Minnesota Twins 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 1 2 1
Clark rf 3 1 0 0
Carter 1b 4 1 2 2
Hall lf 4 1 1 0
Snyder ss 4 0 1 0
  Nixon pr 0 0 0 0
Tabler dh 4 0 0 1
Jacoby 3b 4 0 1 0
Bando c 3 0 0 0
Bell 2b 3 1 1 1
  Mullins 2b 0 0 0 0
Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Davidson rf 4 0 0 0
Hatcher 1b 3 0 0 1
  Hrbek 1b 0 0 0 0
Puckett cf 4 1 1 0
Gaetti 3b 4 1 2 1
Brunansky dh 3 0 1 1
Laudner c 3 0 0 0
  Salas ph 1 0 0 0
  Reed c 0 0 0 0
Beane lf 3 1 2 0
  Bush ph,lf 1 0 1 1
Gagne ss 3 1 1 0
  Smalley ph 1 0 0 0
  Lombardozzi 2b 0 0 0 0
Espinoza 2b,ss 3 2 2 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
  Portugal p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 10 4
Cleveland 001 200 110583
Minnesota 002 200 02x6100
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Swindell  L (4-2) 7.0 9 6 3 0 6
  Jones   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
3
0
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  W (16-14) 8.0 7 5 5 1 9
  Portugal  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
1
9

  E–Butler (3), Jacoby (23), Bell (1).  2B–Cleveland Hall (27,off Blyleven); Jacoby (29,off Blyleven); Snyder (20,off Portugal), Minnesota Gagne (22,off Swindell).  HR–Cleveland Bell (1,3rd inning off Blyleven 0 on, 2 out); Carter (28,4th inning off Blyleven 1 on, 0 out); Butler (4,8th inning off Blyleven 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Hatcher (4,off Swindell); Brunansky (7,off Jones).  CS–Carter (7,2nd base by Blyleven/Laudner); Davidson (3,2nd base by Swindell/Bando).  BK–Swindell (2).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Dan Morrison, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:33.  A–6,232.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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