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Minnesota Twins @ Boston Red Sox

1986-09-06 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 31236 · sunny, dry · Wind to CF · 2:47

Boston Red Sox defeated Minnesota Twins 3–2. Oil Can Boyd earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Oil Can Boyd L: George Frazier SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Dale Ford · 1B: Rick Reed · 2B: Tim Tschida · 3B: Rich Garcia · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Kirby Puckett	4	0	1	2	0
Roy Smalley	4	0	1	0	2
Kent Hrbek	4	0	0	0	1
Gary Gaetti	4	0	1	0	1
Tom Brunansky	4	0	0	0	2
Randy Bush	3	0	1	0	0
Jeff Reed	3	1	1	0	0
Steve Lombardozzi	3	0	0	0	2
Greg Gagne	3	1	1	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wade Boggs	4	1	2	0	1	0
Marty Barrett	5	0	2	1	0	1
Bill Buckner	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Rice	4	0	3	1	0	0
Don Baylor	2	1	0	0	1	0
Dwight Evans	3	0	0	0	1	0
Tony Armas	4	0	1	1	0	1
Rich Gedman	4	0	0	0	0	0
Spike Owen	2	0	0	0	0	0
La Schelle Tarver	1	0	0	0	0	1
Pat Dodson	1	0	1	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mark Portugal	6.1	4	1	0
George Frazier	2.1	4	3	3
Keith Atherton	0.0	1	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Oil Can Boyd	9.0	6	0	9

Play-by-play

Top 1

Kirby Puckett: 4/P4D
Roy Smalley: 8/F8
Kent Hrbek: 7/F7DW

Bot 1

Wade Boggs: 13/G1
Marty Barrett: S7/G56
Bill Buckner: 8/F8D
Jim Rice: S9/L89.1XH(942)

Top 2

Gary Gaetti: 53/G5
Tom Brunansky: 63
Randy Bush: 9

Bot 2

Don Baylor: 9
Dwight Evans: W
Tony Armas: 5
Rich Gedman: 53

Top 3

Jeff Reed: S7/G56
Steve Lombardozzi: K
Greg Gagne: S7/G6.1-2
Kirby Puckett: D8/L78XD.2-H;1-H
Roy Smalley: K/C
Kent Hrbek: 41(B)/G34

Bot 3

Spike Owen: 13/G13
Wade Boggs: D7/F7DW
Marty Barrett: 4/P4
Bill Buckner: 43/G4

Top 4

Gary Gaetti: S8/F78
Tom Brunansky: K
Randy Bush: CS2(26)
Randy Bush: S9/G34
Jeff Reed: 7

Bot 4

Jim Rice: 9
Don Baylor: 53
Dwight Evans: 8

Top 5

Steve Lombardozzi: 5/FL
Greg Gagne: K
Kirby Puckett: 7/L

Bot 5

Tony Armas: 53
Rich Gedman: 7/L
Spike Owen: 4/BP

Top 6

Roy Smalley: S6/G4M
Kent Hrbek: 6/L
Gary Gaetti: 7
Tom Brunansky: 4

Bot 6

Wade Boggs: 6
Marty Barrett: 8
Bill Buckner: 53

Top 7

Randy Bush: 31/G3
Jeff Reed: 43/G4
Steve Lombardozzi: K

Bot 7

Jim Rice: S8/G6M
Don Baylor: HP.1-2
Dwight Evans: 5(2)/FO/G5L.1-3(E5/TH2);B-1
Tony Armas: S7/L7S.3-H(UR);1-2
Rich Gedman: 54(1)3/GDP/G56

Top 8

Greg Gagne: 53/G56
Kirby Puckett: 7/F7
Roy Smalley: K

Bot 8

La Schelle Tarver: K23
Wade Boggs: D7/F7DW
Marty Barrett: K/C
Bill Buckner: W
Jim Rice: S7/G56.2-H;1-2
Don Baylor: W.2-3;1-2
Dwight Evans: 8/F78D

Top 9

Kent Hrbek: K
Gary Gaetti: K
Tom Brunansky: K

Bot 9

Tony Armas: K
Rich Gedman: 3/G3
Pat Dodson: S4/G34
Wade Boggs: W.1-2
Marty Barrett: S9/L34D.2-H;1-2

Notes & reviews

Through the hole vacated by Owen; Reed fell rounding 2B but scrambled back when Rice bobbled it.
Hit on the right arm
Lombardozzi: diving stop but no throw

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