Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox
May 8, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1989 at Fenway Park. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 4, Boston Red Sox 2

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Newman 2b 3 1 0 1
Gladden lf 5 0 1 0
Puckett cf 5 0 2 1
Hrbek dh 4 1 2 0
Gaetti 3b 4 0 1 0
Bush rf 3 0 1 1
  Moses ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Larkin 1b 3 1 0 0
Laudner c 3 1 0 0
Gagne ss 4 0 0 0
Rawley p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 5 0 1 1
Barrett 2b 5 0 0 0
Burks cf 4 1 2 0
Greenwell lf 4 0 1 1
Rice dh 4 0 1 0
Evans rf 4 0 1 0
Esasky 1b 4 1 1 0
Reed ss 4 0 1 0
Cerone c 2 0 2 0
  Heep ph 1 0 0 0
Boddicker p 0 0 0 0
  Price p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 10 2
Minnesota 100 021 000470
Boston 000 000 0112103
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Rawley  W (2-4) 7.2 8 1 1 1 1
  Reardon  SV (4) 1.1 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
1
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Boddicker  L (2-3) 5.0 5 4 2 2 4
  Price   4.0 2 0 0 4 2
Totals
9.0
7
4
2
6
6

  E–Boggs (4), Reed (3), Boddicker (1).  DP–Boston 2.  2B–Minnesota Puckett (11,off Boddicker), Boston Burks (4,off Rawley); Reed (8,off Rawley); Rice (5,off Rawley); Boggs (9,off Reardon).  3B–Boston Burks (4,off Rawley).  SB–Newman 2 (2,2nd base off Boddicker/Cerone,2nd base off Price/Cerone).  CS–Bush (4,3rd base by Price/Cerone).  U-HP–Vic Voltaggio, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–2:37.  A–23,618.
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