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Twins
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
April 16, 1972
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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 April 16, 1972 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | April 16, 1972 |
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Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
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Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | April 16, 1972 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dick Woodson |
Home Starting Pitcher | Catfish Hunter |
Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium |
City | Oakland |
State | CA |
Attendance | 9,051 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 22 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Marty Springstead 1B: Russ Goetz 2B: Hank Morgenweck 3B: John Rice |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
Name | Position |
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Cesar Tovar | Right Fielder |
Danny Thompson | Shortstop |
Rod Carew | Second Baseman |
Harmon Killebrew | First Baseman |
Charlie Manuel | Left Fielder |
Bobby Darwin | Center Fielder |
Eric Soderholm | Third Baseman |
Rick Dempsey | Catcher |
Dick Woodson | Pitcher |
Bill Rigney | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bert Campaneris | Shortstop |
Joe Rudi | Left Fielder |
Reggie Jackson | Right Fielder |
Sal Bando | Third Baseman |
Mike Epstein | First Baseman |
Bobby Brooks | Center Fielder |
Gene Tenace | Catcher |
Dick Green | Second Baseman |
Catfish Hunter | Pitcher |
Dick Williams | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Twins
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
April 16, 1972
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Hunter
Tovar strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Hunter
Thompson hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Hunter
Carew hits a popup towards short. Campaneris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Woodson
Campaneris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rudi vs. Woodson
Rudi is called out on strikes. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Woodson
Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Hunter
Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bando fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manuel vs. Hunter
Manuel hits a popup towards short. Campaneris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Darwin vs. Hunter
Darwin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Soderholm vs. Hunter
Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bando vs. Woodson
Bando hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Woodson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Epstein vs. Woodson
Epstein is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brooks vs. Woodson
Brooks hits a ball on the ground towards second. Carew scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dempsey vs. Hunter
Dempsey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hunter fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodson vs. Hunter
Woodson hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Hunter
Tovar hits a fly ball into center field. Brooks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
-
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tenace vs. Woodson
Tenace hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Manuel. Tenace reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Green vs. Woodson
Green bunts towards first. Killebrew scoops it up and throws to first, with Woodson covering, for the out. Tenace moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hunter vs. Woodson
Hunter bunts towards the mound. Woodson fields it and throws to first for the out. Tenace scores. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Woodson
Campaneris takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rudi vs. Woodson
There goes Campaneris. The throw from Dempsey and he is safe. Campaneris steals second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rudi vs. Woodson
Rudi takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jackson vs. Woodson
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jackson for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Hunter
Thompson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Hunter
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Green scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Hunter
Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bando fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bando vs. Woodson
Bando hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Epstein vs. Woodson
There goes Bando. The throw from Dempsey and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Epstein vs. Woodson
Epstein hits a fly ball into center field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Brooks vs. Woodson
Brooks strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Tenace vs. Woodson
Tenace hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bando scores. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Green vs. Woodson
Green strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manuel vs. Hunter
Manuel hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Darwin vs. Hunter
Darwin hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Soderholm vs. Hunter
Soderholm takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dempsey vs. Hunter
Dempsey hits a fly ball into center field. Brooks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. Hunter
Jim Nettles pinch hits for Dick Woodson.
Nettles hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Soderholm moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tovar vs. Hunter
Tovar hits a fly ball into center field. Brooks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thompson vs. Hunter
Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. Rudi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Corbin
Ray Corbin now pitching.
Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Corbin
Campaneris hits a fly ball into left field. Manuel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rudi vs. Corbin
Rudi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Hunter
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards first. Epstein scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Carew for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Hunter
Killebrew hits a fly ball into center field. Brooks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manuel vs. Hunter
Manuel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Green scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Corbin
Steve Brye now playing left field.
Jackson hits a popup towards first. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bando vs. Corbin
Bando takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Epstein vs. Corbin
Epstein takes first base on ball four. Bando moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brooks vs. Corbin
Brooks hits a fly ball into center field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tenace vs. Corbin
Tenace hits a line drive towards third. Soderholm reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Darwin vs. Hunter
Darwin strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Soderholm vs. Hunter
Soderholm hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Green settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dempsey vs. Hunter
Dempsey hits a fly ball into center field. Brooks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Corbin
Green hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hunter vs. Corbin
Hunter bunts towards first. Killebrew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hunter for the out. Green moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Campaneris vs. Corbin
Campaneris hits a fly ball into right field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Green moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rudi vs. Corbin
Rudi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Braun vs. Hunter
Steve Braun pinch hits for Ray Corbin.
Braun hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Hunter
Tovar is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Hunter
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hunter fields it and throws to first for the out. Tovar moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Carew vs. Hunter
Carew hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rudi. Carew reaches second base with a double. Tovar scores. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Killebrew vs. Hunter
Killebrew takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brye vs. Hunter
Brye strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. LaRoche
Dave LaRoche now pitching.
Jackson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bando vs. LaRoche
Bando is called out on strikes. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Epstein vs. LaRoche
Epstein hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brooks vs. LaRoche
Blue Moon Odom pinch runs for Mike Epstein.
Brooks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Odom moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tenace vs. Granger
Wayne Granger now pitching.
Tenace hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Darwin vs. Knowles
Larry Brown now playing third base. Darold Knowles now pitching. Mike Hegan now playing first base.
Darwin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Soderholm vs. Knowles
Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brown fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dempsey vs. Knowles
Dempsey strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Twins, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Granger
Green hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hegan vs. Granger
Hegan bunts towards first. Killebrew scoops it up and throws to first, with Carew covering, for the out. Green moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Campaneris vs. Granger
Campaneris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out. Green moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rudi vs. Granger
Rudi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 4/16/1972 -- Minnesota at Oakland (D) Minnesota AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI Tovar C, rf 3 1 0 0 Campaneris B, ss 4 0 0 0 Thompson D, ss 4 0 0 0 Rudi J, lf 4 0 0 0 Carew R, 2b 4 0 1 1 Jackson R, rf 3 0 0 0 Killebrew H, 1b 3 0 0 0 Bando S, 3b 3 1 1 0 Manuel C, lf 3 1 1 0 Brown L, 3b 0 0 0 0 Brye S, lf 1 0 0 0 Epstein M, 1b 2 0 0 0 Darwin B, cf 2 1 1 2 Odom J, pr 0 0 0 0 Soderholm E, 3b 3 0 0 0 Knowles D, p 0 0 0 0 Dempsey R, c 4 0 0 0 Brooks B, cf 4 0 1 0 Woodson D, p 1 0 0 0 Tenace G, c 4 1 2 1 Nettles J, ph 1 0 1 0 Green D, 2b 3 0 2 0 Corbin R, p 0 0 0 0 Hunter J, p 1 0 0 1 Braun S, ph 1 0 0 0 Hegan M, 1b 0 0 0 0 LaRoche D, p 0 0 0 0 Granger W, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 30 3 4 3 28 2 6 2 Minnesota 000 020 010 -- 3 Oakland 001 100 000 -- 2 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO Woodson D 4.0 3 2 2 2 3 Corbin R (W) 3.0 1 0 0 2 0 LaRoche D 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 Granger W (S) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 Oakland IP H R ER BB SO Hunter J (L) 8.0 4 3 3 3 4 Knowles D 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 E -- Dempsey R DP -- Minnesota 1, Oakland 1 LOB -- Minnesota 5, Oakland 9 2B -- Tenace G, Carew R HR -- Darwin B SB -- Campaneris B, Bando S SH -- Green D, Hunter J 2, Hegan M HBP -- by Woodson D (Epstein M), by Hunter J (Tovar C) T -- 2:22 A -- 9051
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