Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim vs Minnesota Twins
March 31, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on March 31, 2008 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 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

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2, Minnesota Twins 3

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim ab   r   h rbi
Figgins 3b 4 0 2 1
Matthews, Jr. dh 4 0 1 0
Guerrero rf 4 0 1 0
Anderson lf 4 0 0 0
Hunter cf 4 0 0 0
Kotchman 1b 4 1 3 0
  Willits pr 0 0 0 0
Kendrick 2b 4 1 1 0
Napoli c 3 0 1 0
Izturis ss 3 0 0 0
Weaver p 0 0 0 0
  Oliver p 0 0 0 0
  O'Day p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 1
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gomez cf 3 2 2 0
Mauer c 4 0 1 1
Cuddyer rf 4 0 1 1
Morneau 1b 3 0 0 0
Young lf 4 1 2 0
Monroe dh 3 0 0 0
  Kubel ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Lamb 3b 3 0 1 1
  Punto pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Harris 2b 4 0 2 0
Everett ss 4 0 0 0
Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Neshek p 0 0 0 0
  Nathan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 10 3
Los Angeles 000 020 000290
Minnesota 100 110 00x3100
  Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim IP H R ER BB SO
Weaver  L (0-1) 6.1 8 3 3 2 5
  Oliver  0.2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  O'Day  1 2.0 0 0 1 1 0
Totals
8.1
10
3
3
3
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Hernandez  W (1-0) 7.0 7 2 2 0 1
  Neshek  1 1.0 0 0 0 3 0
  Nathan  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
0
5

  E–None.  DP–Los Angeles 1. Kendrick-Kotchman, Minnesota 2. Harris-Morneau, Harris-Everett-Morneau.  2B–Los Angeles Figgins (1,off Hernandez); Matthews (1,off Neshek), Minnesota Gomez (1,off Weaver); Harris (1,off Weaver); Kubel (1,off O'Day).  Team LOB–5.  IBB–Lamb (1,by O'Day).  Team–9.  SB–Gomez 2 (2,2nd base off Weaver/Napoli 2); Young (1,2nd base off Weaver/Napoli); Cuddyer (1,2nd base off Weaver/Napoli).  U-HP–Charlie Reliford, 1B–Kerwin Danley, 2B–Brian Runge, 3B–Chris Guccione.  T–2:40.  A–49,596.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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