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Minnesota Twins @ New York Yankees

1995-07-15 · Night game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 20594 · night, dry · 3:16

Minnesota Twins defeated New York Yankees 8–5. Minnesota Twins put up 3 in the 1st. Eddie Guardado earned the win. Kirby Puckett went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	8	16
NYA	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	9

W: Eddie Guardado L: Scott Kamieniecki SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Mike Reilly · 1B: Rich Garcia · 2B: Dale Ford · 3B: Larry Young · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chuck Knoblauch	3	1	1	0	2	0
Rich Becker	5	1	3	1	0	1
Kirby Puckett	5	2	2	3	0	0
Pedro Munoz	4	2	2	1	1	1
Marty Cordova	5	0	2	2	0	0
Dan Masteller	5	0	1	0	0	0
Scott Leius	4	0	1	0	1	1
Matt Merullo	5	1	2	0	0	1
Jeff Reboulet	2	0	1	1	0	0
Pat Meares	2	1	1	0	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Luis Polonia	5	2	2	0	0	0
Wade Boggs	4	1	2	1	0	0
Dion James	3	1	1	1	0	0
Paul O'Neill	4	0	1	2	0	2
Don Mattingly	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bernie Williams	3	0	1	0	1	1
Mike Stanley	3	0	1	0	1	1
Tony Fernandez	3	0	0	1	0	1
Pat Kelly	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Leyritz	1	0	0	0	0	1

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Frankie Rodriguez	4.0	7	1	2
Eddie Guardado	4.0	1	0	4
Dave Stevens	1.0	1	1	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Scott Kamieniecki	3.1	7	2	1
Scott Bankhead	1.0	1	1	0
Bob Macdonald	1.2	1	0	1
Bob Wickman	2.0	6	1	2
Steve Howe	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Chuck Knoblauch: W
Rich Becker: S7/F7LS.1-2
Kirby Puckett: HR/L78XD.2-H;1-H
Pedro Munoz: 63/G6
Marty Cordova: S8/G4M
Dan Masteller: DGR/G5L.1-3
Scott Leius: K
Matt Merullo: 43/G4

Bot 1

Luis Polonia: S8/G6M
Wade Boggs: S9/G34.1-3
Dion James: S8/L89S.3-H;1-3
Paul O'Neill: WP.1-2
Paul O'Neill: S8/G6M.3-H;2-H;BX2(8E2)
Don Mattingly: 8/F78D
Bernie Williams: K
Mike Stanley: K

Top 2

Jeff Reboulet: 4/P9S
Chuck Knoblauch: 3/L3
Rich Becker: 7/F7M

Bot 2

Tony Fernandez: 13/BG13S
Pat Kelly: 4/P8RS
Luis Polonia: S6/G56
Wade Boggs: SB2
Wade Boggs: S8/L78S.2-H
Dion James: 46(1)/FO/G4

Top 3

Kirby Puckett: 53/G5
Pedro Munoz: HR/L9LD
Marty Cordova: 4/P9LS
Dan Masteller: 3/L3L

Bot 3

Paul O'Neill: 43/G4
Don Mattingly: 7/F7M
Bernie Williams: S8/G4M
Mike Stanley: CS2(24)

Top 4

Scott Leius: 53/G56
Matt Merullo: D7/L7LS
Jeff Reboulet: S7/L7M.2-H
Chuck Knoblauch: W.1-2
Rich Becker: S7/L7S.2XH(72);1-2
Kirby Puckett: 7/F7D

Bot 4

Mike Stanley: W
Tony Fernandez: 3/G3S.1-2
Pat Kelly: 7/L78D
Luis Polonia: 3/L34

Top 5

Pedro Munoz: W
Marty Cordova: 64(1)/FO/G6M.B-1
Dan Masteller: 46(1)/FO/G4M.B-1
Scott Leius: 54(1)/FO/G5

Bot 5

Wade Boggs: 43/G4
Dion James: 63/G6M
Paul O'Neill: K

Top 6

Matt Merullo: S8/G4M
Pat Meares: 64(1)/FO/G56.B-1
Chuck Knoblauch: 643/G4M.1-2
Rich Becker: K

Bot 6

Don Mattingly: 7/L7LS
Bernie Williams: 63/G56D
Mike Stanley: 53/G5

Top 7

Kirby Puckett: S1/BG25
Pedro Munoz: S8/G6M.1-3;B-2(TH)
Marty Cordova: S8/G6M.3-H;2-H
Dan Masteller: 16(1)3/GDP/G13
Scott Leius: W
Matt Merullo: K

Bot 7

Tony Fernandez: K
Pat Kelly: 7/F7M
Luis Polonia: 7/F78D

Top 8

Pat Meares: S56/G56
Chuck Knoblauch: S8/L89M.1-3
Rich Becker: S8/G6M/UINT.3-H;1-2
Kirby Puckett: 54(1)3/GDP/G56.2-3
Pedro Munoz: K

Bot 8

Wade Boggs: 43/G4
Jim Leyritz: K
Paul O'Neill: K

Top 9

Marty Cordova: 63/G6M
Dan Masteller: 43/G4
Scott Leius: S7/G56
Matt Merullo: 36(1)/FO/G34

Bot 9

Don Mattingly: S8/L78M
Bernie Williams: W.1-2
Mike Stanley: S8/L8RM.2-3;1-2
Tony Fernandez: 7/SF/L78D.3-H
Pat Kelly: 9/F89S
Luis Polonia: 64(1)/FO/G6M

Notes & reviews

the ball struck 2B umpire Dale Ford who was positioned on the infield in front of 2B; the ball was dead on the umpire interference, Chuck Knoblauch was awarded 2B and Rich Becker 1B; Pat Meares was erroneously allowed to score, even though he was not forced to advance

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