Athletics 5 – 2 Minnesota Twins
28 September 1988 · MIN03
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | Three Hit Batsmen · 3 | Athletics | 1 in 2,479 games |
| 17 | final score 5–2 | 1 in 34 games | |
| 5 | 6 strikeouts | Todd Burns | 1 in 12 pitcher-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Minnesota Twins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
Box score
Athletics batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Polonia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Stan Javier | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Parker | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Dave Henderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Don Baylor | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Hassey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Steinbach | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Glenn Hubbard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Doug Jennings | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Phillips | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Weiss | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2B |
| Totals | 34 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
Athletics pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Burns | 7.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Rick Honeycutt | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gene Nelson | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dennis Eckersley | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Minnesota Twins batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Gladden | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Tom Herr | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Randy Bush | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Eric Bullock | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kirby Puckett | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gene Larkin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jim Dwyer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tim Laudner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Moses | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Steve Lombardozzi | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Al Newman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 31 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
Minnesota Twins pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bert Blyleven | 9.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 |