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Twins 7 @ Yankees 5
Yankee Stadium
August 5, 1988

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Minnesota Twins, played on August 5, 1988 at Yankee Stadium. The home team Yankees were bested by the visiting Twins with a score of 7 to 5.

Game Summary

DateAugust 5, 1988 
Visiting Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 7 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 7
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
New York Yankees
R: 5 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 5
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherFreddie Toliver  
Losing PitcherRick Rhoden  
SaveJeff Reardon  
Game Winning RBIGene Larkin 

Game Info

DateAugust 5, 1988 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamMinnesota Twins 
Home TeamNew York Yankees 
Visiting Starting PitcherFreddie Toliver  
Home Starting PitcherRick Rhoden  
BallparkYankee Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance 
Time of Game2 hours 48 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Ken Kaiser
1B: Dave Phillips
2B: Dan Morrison
3B: Vic Voltaggio

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
John Moses  Left Fielder 
Randy Bush  Right Fielder 
Kirby Puckett  Center Fielder 
Kent Hrbek  First Baseman 
Gary Gaetti  Third Baseman 
Gene Larkin  DH 
Brian Harper  Catcher 
Steve Lombardozzi  Second Baseman 
Al Newman  Shortstop 
Tom Kelly  Manager 

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Rickey Henderson  Left Fielder 
Claudell Washington  Center Fielder 
Don Mattingly  First Baseman 
Jack Clark  Right Fielder 
Ken Phelps  DH 
Luis Aguayo  Third Baseman 
Rafael Santana  Shortstop 
Joel Skinner  Catcher 
Alvaro Espinoza  Second Baseman 
Lou Piniella  Manager 

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Twins 7 @ Yankees 5
Yankee Stadium
August 5, 1988

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/5/1988, game 1 -- Minnesota at New York (D)

  Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Moses J, lf           4  1  1  1   Henderson R, lf       4  0  0  0   
Bush R, rf            2  0  0  0   Washington C, cf      5  2  3  3   
Davidson M, rf        0  0  0  0   Mattingly D, 1b       4  0  1  0   
Puckett K, cf         5  2  2  1   Clark J, rf           5  1  2  0   
Hrbek K, 1b           3  1  3  2   Phelps K, dh          5  0  0  0   
Gaetti G, 3b          5  0  0  0   Aguayo L, 3b          3  0  2  1   
Larkin G, dh          4  1  1  3   Santana R, ss         2  0  0  1   
Harper B, c           4  0  0  0   Winfield D, ph        1  0  0  0   
Lombardozzi S, 2b     3  1  1  0   Velarde R, ss         0  0  0  0   
Newman A, ss          3  1  1  0   Skinner J, c          3  0  0  0   
                                   Slaught D, ph         1  1  1  0   
                                   Espinoza A, 2b        3  0  0  0   
                                   Ward G, ph            1  1  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     33  7  9  7                        37  5 10  5

Minnesota        100 010 032 --  7
New York         000 101 003 --  5

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Toliver F (W)         7.1  5  2  2  4  6
Reardon J (S)         1.2  5  3  3  0  1

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Rhoden R (L)          8.1  8  7  7  5  1
Guante C              0.2  1  0  0  0  0

DP -- New York 1
LOB -- Minnesota 7, New York 9
2B -- Aguayo L, Puckett K, Moses J, Slaught D, Mattingly D
HR -- Puckett K, Larkin G, Washington C
SH -- Newman A
SF -- Moses J
HBP -- by Rhoden R (Bush R)
WP -- Toliver F
Balk -- Rhoden R
T -- 2:48
A -- 0

    

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