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Twins 4 @ Athletics 3
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
September 29, 1968
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Minnesota Twins, played on September 29, 1968 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium. The home team Athletics were bested by the visiting Twins with a score of 4 to 3.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 29, 1968 
Visiting Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 4 H: 10 E: 2 LOB: 10
Runs: 4
Hits: 10
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Oakland Athletics
R: 3 H: 7 E: 0 LOB: 3
Runs: 3
Hits: 7
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 3
Winning Pitcher—Jim Merritt  
Losing Pitcher—Jim Nash  
Save—Al Worthington  
Game Winning RBI—Rich Rollins 

Game Info

DateSeptember 29, 1968 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamMinnesota Twins 
Home TeamOakland Athletics 
Visiting Starting PitcherJim Merritt  
Home Starting PitcherJim Nash  
BallparkOakland-Alameda County Stadium 
CityOakland 
StateCA 
Attendance8,884 
Time of Game2 hours 32 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Jerry Neudecker
1B: John Rice
2B: Larry Napp
3B: Bill Haller

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Cesar Tovar  Center Fielder 
Rich Reese  First Baseman 
Harmon Killebrew  Third Baseman 
Graig Nettles  Left Fielder 
George Mitterwald  Catcher 
Pat Kelly  Right Fielder 
Ron Clark  Shortstop 
Frank Quilici  Second Baseman 
Jim Merritt  Pitcher 
Cal Ermer  Manager 

Oakland Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bert Campaneris  Shortstop 
Reggie Jackson  Right Fielder 
Danny Cater  First Baseman 
Sal Bando  Third Baseman 
Mike Hershberger  Left Fielder 
Rick Monday  Center Fielder 
Dick Green  Second Baseman 
Dave Duncan  Catcher 
Jim Nash  Pitcher 
Bob Kennedy  Manager 

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Twins 4 @ Athletics 3
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
September 29, 1968

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         Game of 9/29/1968 -- Minnesota at Oakland (D)

  Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI    Oakland            AB  R  H RBI
Tovar C, cf           4  1  3  1   Campaneris B, ss      4  1  2  0   
Reese R, 1b           5  1  2  0   Jackson R, rf         3  2  1  2   
Killebrew H, 3b       3  0  0  0   Rudi J, ph            0  0  0  0   
Hernandez J, ss       2  0  1  0   Lewis A, pr           0  0  0  0   
Nettles G, lf         2  0  0  0   Hunter C, p           0  0  0  0   
Allison B, ph         0  0  0  0   Cater D, 1b           4  0  2  1   
Roseboro J, ph-c      1  0  0  0   Bando S, 3b           4  0  1  0   
Mitterwald G, c       3  0  1  0   Hershberger M, lf-rf  4  0  0  0   
Look B, ph            0  0  0  1   Monday R, cf          4  0  1  0   
Roland J, pr          0  0  0  0   Green D, 2b           3  0  0  0   
Perry J, p            0  0  0  0   Duncan D, c           3  0  0  0   
Perranoski R, p       0  0  0  0   Nash J, p             2  0  0  0   
Worthington A, p      1  0  0  0   Lindblad P, p         0  0  0  0   
Kelly P, rf           4  0  0  0   Krausse L, p          0  0  0  0   
Clark R, ss-3b        3  0  0  0   Donaldson J, ph       1  0  0  0   
Rollins R, ph-3b      1  0  1  1   Gosger J, lf          0  0  0  0   
Quilici F, 2b         4  1  1  1                                      
Merritt J, p          2  0  0  0                                      
Carew R, ph           1  0  1  0                                      
Hall T, pr            0  1  0  0                                      
Holt J, lf            1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     37  4 10  4                        32  3  7  3

Minnesota        001 000 030 --  4
Oakland          000 102 000 --  3

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Merritt J (W)         7.0  6  3  2  0  5
Perry J               0.1  1  0  0  0  0
Perranoski R*         0.0  0  0  0  1  0
Worthington A (S)     1.2  0  0  0  0  1

  Oakland              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Nash J (L)+           7.0  8  4  4  1  8
Lindblad P#           0.0  1  0  0  0  0
Krausse L             1.0  1  0  0  1  2
Hunter C              1.0  0  0  0  1  2
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 8th
  + Pitched to 3 batters in 8th
  # Pitched to 1 batter in 8th

E -- Mitterwald G, Kelly P
DP -- Oakland 1
LOB -- Minnesota 10, Oakland 3
2B -- Cater D, Monday R, Carew R
3B -- Campaneris B
HR -- Quilici F, Jackson R
SB -- Tovar C 2, Campaneris B
CS -- Monday R, Campaneris B
HBP -- by Hunter C (Tovar C)
PB -- Duncan D
T -- 2:32
A -- 8884

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