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July 18, 1988

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Top 9	R	H	E
Twins	5	15	2
Red Sox	6	11	0

Top 9	R	H	E
Twins	5	15	2
Red Sox	6	11	0

Greg Gagne Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.500	.262
OBP	.500	.311
At Bats	4	282
Hits	2	74
• Singles	0	47
• Doubles	2	12
• Triples	0	5
• Home Runs	0	10
Walks	0	15
RBI’s	0	33

Lee Smith Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
4	4	12

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Fenway Park - July 18, 1988

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Out

Lee Smith

Rich Gedman

Todd Benzinger

Marty Barrett

Wade Boggs

Jody Reed

Mike Greenwell

Ellis Burks

Kevin Romine

Greg Gagne

Tim Laudner

Mark Davidson

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Minnesota Twins	5	15	2	12
Boston Red Sox	6	11	0	7
Winning Pitcher	Dennis Lamp
Losing Pitcher	Bert Blyleven
Save	Lee Smith
Game Winning RBI	Larry Parrish
Attendance	33,397
Time of Game	3 hours 16 minutes

View Box Score

Count: 0-2, 2 Outs

Count: 0-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Gagne hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 9 Laudner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Romine. Laudner reaches second base with a double. Puckett scores. Davidson moves to third.

Top 9 Larkin hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Mark Davidson pinch runs for Kent Hrbek. Gaetti strikes out.

Top 9 Hrbek hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Puckett moves to second.

Top 9 Lee Smith now pitching. Puckett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 8 Reed hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Berenguer fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Gedman hits a fly ball into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Romine bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.

Bottom 8 Al Newman now playing second base. Benzinger hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Puckett. Benzinger reaches second base with a double.

Top 8 Bush hits a fly ball towards left. Greenwell catches it and throws to Reed who relays to Benzinger to double up Moses.

Top 8 Gladden strikes out.

Top 8 John Moses pinch hits for Steve Lombardozzi. Moses bunts towards the right side of the infield. Barrett fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 7 Rice hits a fly ball into right field. Bush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Burks strikes out.

Bottom 7 Greenwell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gaetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Gagne hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 7 Laudner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barrett fields it and throws to second for the out. Gaetti moves to third.

Top 7 Bob Stanley now pitching. Larkin takes first base on ball four.

Top 7 Gaetti hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Romine. Gaetti reaches second base with a double.

Top 7 Hrbek hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 7 Todd Benzinger now playing first base. Kevin Romine now playing right field. Puckett hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Boggs hits a line drive into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Juan Berenguer now pitching. Barrett hits a popup towards center. Puckett settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Puckett. Reed scores. That run is unearned.

Bottom 6 Reed hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gedman scores. Reed moves to second.

Bottom 6 Gedman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Puckett. Gedman reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 6 Parrish hits a fly ball into right field. Bush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rice tags and scores.

Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Rice moves to third.

Bottom 6 Benzinger bunts towards the mound. Blyleven fields it and throws to first for the out. Rice moves to second.

Bottom 6 Rice hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 6 Bush hits a ball on the ground towards first. Parrish scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bush for the out.

Top 6 Gladden hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Gagne scores. Gladden moves to second.

Top 6 Lombardozzi hits a popup towards short. Reed settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Gagne hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greenwell. Gagne reaches second base with a double.

Top 6 Laudner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Burks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 5 Greenwell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boggs moves to second.

Bottom 5 Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne misplays the ball. That's an error on Gagne.

Bottom 5 Barrett hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Bottom 5 Reed hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 5 Gedman hits a fly ball into right field. Bush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Parrish hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Larkin hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Barrett reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Dennis Lamp now pitching. Gaetti hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bush moves to third.

Top 5 Hrbek hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Bush moves to second.

Top 5 Puckett hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gladden tags and scores.

Top 5 Bush hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gladden moves to third.

Top 5 Gladden hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Benzinger hits a fly ball into right field. Bush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Rice takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 Burks hits a fly ball into left field. Gladden settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Greenwell moves to third.

Bottom 4 Greenwell hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Bush. Greenwell reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 4 Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blyleven fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Lombardozzi hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Gagne hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Burks. Gagne reaches second base with a double. Burks throws the ball in to Barrett who relays the ball to Boggs who tags Gagne trying to catch an extra base, for the out.

Top 4 Laudner hits a fly ball into right field. Benzinger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Barrett hits a fly ball into right field. Bush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Reed hits a popup towards third. Gaetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Gedman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hrbek scoops it up and throws to first, with Blyleven covering, for the out.

Top 3 Larkin hits a line drive into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Gaetti takes first base on ball four.

Top 3 Hrbek hits a fly ball into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Puckett hits a line drive into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Parrish hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 2 Benzinger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 2 Rice hits a fly ball into right field. Bush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Bush hits a fly ball into right field. Benzinger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Gladden hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Greenwell. Gladden reaches second base with a double.

Top 2 Lombardozzi hits a popup into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Gagne hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barrett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Burks hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lombardozzi scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Greenwell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boggs scores.

Bottom 1 Boggs hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Gladden. Boggs reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 1 Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Reed hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lombardozzi scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Laudner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Curry fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Larkin is walked intentionally.

Top 1 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Greenwell. Gaetti reaches second base with a double. Hrbek moves to third.

Top 1 Hrbek hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Gladden scores.

Top 1 Puckett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Parrish scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Puckett for the out. Gladden moves to third.

Top 1 Bush hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barrett scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gladden moves to second.

Top 1 Gladden takes first base on ball four.

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