Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
April 1, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 1, 1996 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Detroit Tigers 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

Detroit Tigers 6, Minnesota Twins 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Curtis cf 4 2 3 0
Higginson rf 4 0 1 1
Fryman 3b 4 0 2 3
Fielder 1b 5 0 0 0
Nieves lf 4 1 0 0
Williams dh 4 1 2 2
Lewis M. 2b 4 0 0 0
Flaherty c 3 1 1 0
Trammell ss 3 1 1 0
  Pride ph 1 0 0 0
  Gomez ss 0 0 0 0
Lira p 0 0 0 0
  Keagle p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Lewis R. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 10 6
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 4 1 2 1
Becker cf 4 1 0 0
Molitor dh 3 0 1 0
Cordova lf 3 1 1 1
Myers c 4 0 1 0
Hollins 3b 3 2 2 2
  Quinlan 3b 0 0 0 0
Stahoviak 1b 3 2 2 1
Meares ss 3 1 1 1
Lawton rf 4 0 2 2
Radke p 0 0 0 0
  Mahomes p 0 0 0 0
  Hansell p 0 0 0 0
  Stevens p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 8 12 8
Detroit 100 000 2216100
Minnesota 303 010 10x8121
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lira  L (0-1) 3.0 8 6 6 3 2
  Keagle   3.0 3 1 1 2 2
  Myers   1.1 1 1 1 0 3
  Lewis   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
12
8
8
5
9
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Radke  W (1-0) 6.0 5 1 1 2 8
  Mahomes   1.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Hansell   1.0 1 2 2 1 1
  Stevens  SV (1) 1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
5
10

  E–Quinlan (1).  DP–Detroit 1, Minnesota 1.  2B–Detroit Fryman (1,off Stevens), Minnesota Hollins (1,off Lira); Myers (1,off Keagle).  HR–Detroit E Williams (1,8th inning off Hansell 1 on, 0 out), Minnesota Stahoviak (1,7th inning off Myers 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Fryman (1,off Mahomes); Meares (1,off Keagle).  HBP–Knoblauch (1,by Lira).  SB–Knoblauch (1,2nd base off Lira/Flaherty).  CS–Cordova (1,2nd base by Keagle/Flaherty).  HBP–Lira (1,Knoblauch).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–2:54.  A–30,185.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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