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Athletics 1 @ Twins 2
Metropolitan Stadium
September 11, 1972

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Oakland Athletics, played on September 11, 1972 at Metropolitan Stadium. The home team Twins beat the visiting Athletics with a score of 2 to 1.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 11, 1972 
Visiting Team
Oakland Athletics
R: 1 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 1
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 2 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 4
Runs: 2
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 4
Winning PitcherWayne Granger  
Losing PitcherRollie Fingers  
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Game Winning RBIRich Reese 

Game Info

DateSeptember 11, 1972 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamOakland Athletics 
Home TeamMinnesota Twins 
Visiting Starting PitcherVida Blue  
Home Starting PitcherJim Perry  
BallparkMetropolitan Stadium 
CityBloomington 
StateMN 
Attendance 
Time of Game2 hours 27 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Jim Evans
1B: Larry Barnett
2B: Dave Phillips
3B: Nestor Chylak

Oakland Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bert Campaneris  Shortstop 
Joe Rudi  Left Fielder 
Matty Alou  Right Fielder 
Reggie Jackson  Center Fielder 
Mike Epstein  First Baseman 
Gene Tenace  Catcher 
Sal Bando  Third Baseman 
Dal Maxvill  Second Baseman 
Vida Blue  Pitcher 
Dick Williams  Manager 

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Cesar Tovar  Left Fielder 
Danny Thompson  Shortstop 
Harmon Killebrew  First Baseman 
Bobby Darwin  Right Fielder 
Steve Braun  Third Baseman 
Steve Brye  Center Fielder 
Dan Monzon  Second Baseman 
Phil Roof  Catcher 
Jim Perry  Pitcher 
Frank Quilici  Manager 

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Athletics 1 @ Twins 2
Metropolitan Stadium
September 11, 1972

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 9/11/1972, game 1 -- Oakland at Minnesota (N)

  Oakland            AB  R  H RBI    Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI
Campaneris B, ss      5  0  0  0   Tovar C, lf           3  1  1  0   
Rudi J, lf            4  0  2  0   Thompson D, ss        3  1  1  0   
Alou M, rf            4  0  1  0   Killebrew H, 1b       3  0  1  1   
Jackson R, cf         4  0  1  0   Reese R, 1b           1  0  1  1   
Epstein M, 1b         4  0  1  0   Darwin B, rf          3  0  0  0   
Tenace G, c           3  0  1  0   Braun S, 3b           3  0  0  0   
Lewis A, pr           0  0  0  0   Brye S, cf            3  0  1  0   
Kubiak T, 2b          0  0  0  0   Monzon D, 2b          2  0  1  0   
Alyea B, ph           1  0  0  0   Carew R, ph-2b        1  0  1  0   
Cullen T, 2b          0  0  0  0   Roof P, c             3  0  1  0   
Bando S, 3b           4  1  2  1   Perry J, p            2  0  0  0   
Maxvill D, 2b         2  0  1  0   LaRoche D, p          1  0  0  0   
Mincher D, ph         0  0  0  0   Granger W, p          0  0  0  0   
Mangual A, ph         1  0  0  0                                      
Locker B, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Hegan M, ph           0  0  0  0                                      
Fingers R, p          0  0  0  0                                      
Blue V, p             2  0  0  0                                      
Duncan D, ph-c        2  0  1  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36  1 10  1                        28  2  8  2

Oakland          000 000 001 --  1
Minnesota        100 000 001 --  2
  0 outs when winning run was scored.

  Oakland              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Blue V                6.0  5  1  1  1  3
Locker B              2.0  1  0  0  0  3
Fingers R (L)         0.0  2  1  1  0  0

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Perry J               6.1  7  0  0  0  3
LaRoche D             2.1  1  0  0  0  5
Granger W (W)         0.1  2  1  1  1  0

DP -- Oakland 2
LOB -- Oakland 9, Minnesota 4
2B -- Reese R
3B -- Brye S
HR -- Bando S
CS -- Rudi J
SH -- Thompson D
WP -- Locker B
T -- 2:27
A -- 0

    

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