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Double baseball game!
The day the Twins and Red Sox turned 10 double plays
The Twins Almanac is a website and active twitter feed that reports on the history of the team, its players and those athletes with a connection to Minnesota.
An old Twins Almanac tweet showed up in my own twitter feed last week, reminding me of a time when the Twins turned two triple plays against the Boston Red Sox in July 1990.
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I am familiar with that moment, but I was totally unfamiliar with what happened the following day: The Twins and Red Sox turned 10 double plays to tie a major league record.
Even better: Who remembers Twins infielder Fred Manrique?
The Twins won the World Series in 1987, then won 91 games the following season before slipping a bit in ‘89 and ‘90.
The Twins were 42-46 heading into a three-game series at Fenway Park on July 16-18, 1990.
The Twins won the opener 3-2, scoring two runs in the top of the ninth inning to earn the victory. Senor Smoke got the win to improve to 7-2 and closer Rick Aguilera picked up his 22nd save.
The next game they lost, shut out 1-0 by Boston starter Tom Bolton and Ex-T
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