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Twins
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
September 27, 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 September 27, 1972 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 27, 1972 |
|---|---|
| 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 | September 27, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bert Blyleven |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ken Holtzman |
| Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium |
| City | Oakland |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 44 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jerry Neudecker 1B: Bill Kunkel 2B: Red Flaherty 3B: Bill Haller |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Cesar Tovar | Left Fielder |
| Rod Carew | Second Baseman |
| Harmon Killebrew | First Baseman |
| Bobby Darwin | Right Fielder |
| George Mitterwald | Catcher |
| Steve Brye | Center Fielder |
| Danny Thompson | Shortstop |
| Rick Renick | Third Baseman |
| Bert Blyleven | Pitcher |
| Frank Quilici | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Matty Alou | Right Fielder |
| Bert Campaneris | Shortstop |
| Sal Bando | Third Baseman |
| Joe Rudi | Left Fielder |
| Reggie Jackson | Center Fielder |
| Mike Epstein | First Baseman |
| Gene Tenace | Catcher |
| Dal Maxvill | Second Baseman |
| Ken Holtzman | Pitcher |
| Dick Williams | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Twins
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
September 27, 1972
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Holtzman
Tovar 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: ---
Carew vs. Holtzman
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Holtzman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Holtzman
Killebrew hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball 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: ---
Alou vs. Blyleven
Alou is called out on strikes. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Blyleven
Campaneris is called out on strikes. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bando vs. Blyleven
Bando hits a fly ball into right 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: ---
Darwin vs. Holtzman
Darwin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mitterwald vs. Holtzman
Mitterwald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brye vs. Holtzman
Brye hits a line drive towards first. Epstein catches it and steps on first to double up Mitterwald. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rudi vs. Blyleven
Rudi hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mitterwald settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Blyleven
Jackson hits a line drive into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Epstein vs. Blyleven
Epstein hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Holtzman
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Holtzman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Renick vs. Holtzman
Renick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thompson moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Blyleven vs. Holtzman
Blyleven bunts for a double play. Renick moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tovar vs. Holtzman
Tovar hits a fly ball into center field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tenace vs. Blyleven
Tenace hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mitterwald settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McNulty vs. Blyleven
Bill McNulty pinch hits for Dal Maxvill.
McNulty hits a ball on the ground towards third. Renick fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holtzman vs. Blyleven
Holtzman strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Holtzman
Ted Kubiak now playing second base.
Carew strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Holtzman
Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Holtzman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Darwin vs. Holtzman
Darwin hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Blyleven
Alou hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campaneris vs. Blyleven
Campaneris hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bando vs. Blyleven
Bando hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rudi vs. Blyleven
Rudi hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Carew fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitterwald vs. Holtzman
Mitterwald hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brye vs. Holtzman
Brye hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Mitterwald moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thompson vs. Holtzman
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Holtzman fields it and throws to home to get Mitterwald. Brye moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Renick vs. Holtzman
Renick hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Tenace fields it and throws to third for the out. Thompson moves to third. Renick moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Blyleven vs. Holtzman
Blyleven hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Holtzman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Blyleven
Jackson hits a fly ball into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Epstein vs. Blyleven
Epstein hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Carew reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tenace vs. Blyleven
Tenace strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Holtzman
Tovar hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Holtzman
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Holtzman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Holtzman
Killebrew strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marquez vs. Blyleven
Gonzalo Marquez pinch hits for Ted Kubiak.
Marquez strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holtzman vs. Blyleven
Holtzman hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Blyleven
Alou hits a line drive into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Darwin vs. Holtzman
Tim Cullen now playing second base.
Darwin strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitterwald vs. Holtzman
Mitterwald 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: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brye vs. Holtzman
Brye hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Holtzman
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cullen fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Blyleven
Campaneris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Renick fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bando vs. Blyleven
Bando hits a ball on the ground towards third. Renick fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rudi vs. Blyleven
Rudi hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Tovar. Rudi reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jackson vs. Blyleven
Jackson strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Renick vs. Holtzman
Renick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blyleven vs. Holtzman
Blyleven hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cullen scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Holtzman
Tovar hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Alou. Tovar reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Carew vs. Holtzman
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Holtzman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Epstein vs. Blyleven
Epstein strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tenace vs. Blyleven
Tenace hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mincher vs. Blyleven
Allan Lewis pinch runs for Gene Tenace. Don Mincher pinch hits for Tim Cullen.
There goes Lewis. The throw from Mitterwald and he is out, Thompson applying the tag. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mincher vs. Blyleven
Mincher takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Holtzman vs. Blyleven
Blue Moon Odom pinch runs for Don Mincher.
There goes Odom. The throw from Mitterwald and he is safe. Odom steals second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hegan vs. Blyleven
Mike Hegan pinch hits for Ken Holtzman.
Hegan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Alou vs. Blyleven
Alou 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
Top 9
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Fingers
Dave Duncan now catching. Dick Green now playing second base. Rollie Fingers now pitching.
Killebrew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Darwin vs. Fingers
Rich Reese pinch runs for Harmon Killebrew.
Darwin strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mitterwald vs. Fingers
Mitterwald takes first base on ball four. Reese moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Soderholm vs. Knowles
Steve Braun pinch hits for Steve Brye. Darold Knowles now pitching. Eric Soderholm pinch hits for Steve Braun.
Soderholm hits a fly ball into left field. Rudi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thompson vs. Knowles
Thompson 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 9
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Blyleven
Rich Reese now playing first base. Jim Nettles now playing center field.
Campaneris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Renick fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bando vs. Blyleven
There goes Campaneris. The throw from Mitterwald and he is safe. Campaneris steals second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bando vs. Blyleven
Bando strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rudi vs. Blyleven
Rudi hits a popup towards first. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jackson vs. Blyleven
Jackson is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 10
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Renick vs. Knowles
Renick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blyleven vs. Knowles
Blyleven hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Duncan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tovar vs. Knowles
Tovar takes first base on ball four. Blyleven moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Carew vs. Knowles
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards first. Epstein scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Carew for the out. Blyleven moves to third. Tovar moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Reese vs. Knowles
Reese strikes out. View Play
Bottom 10
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Epstein vs. Blyleven
Epstein hits a ball on the ground towards third. Renick fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duncan vs. Blyleven
Duncan hits a fly ball into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Blyleven
Green hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Knowles vs. Blyleven
Knowles hits a fly ball into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 11
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Darwin vs. Locker
Bob Locker now pitching.
Darwin strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitterwald vs. Locker
Mitterwald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Locker
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Epstein scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nettles for the out. View Play
Bottom 11
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Blyleven
Alou hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Tovar. Alou reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Campaneris vs. Blyleven
Campaneris hits a line drive towards first. Reese reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bando vs. Blyleven
Bando hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Alou scores. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/27/1972, game 1 -- Minnesota at Oakland (N)
Minnesota AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI
Tovar C, lf 4 0 1 0 Alou M, rf 5 1 2 0
Carew R, 2b 5 0 0 0 Campaneris B, ss 5 0 1 0
Killebrew H, 1b 4 0 1 0 Bando S, 3b 5 0 1 1
Reese R, pr-1b 1 0 0 0 Rudi J, lf 4 0 1 0
Darwin B, rf 5 0 1 0 Jackson R, cf 4 0 0 0
Mitterwald G, c 4 0 1 0 Epstein M, 1b 4 0 0 0
Brye S, cf 3 0 2 0 Tenace G, c 3 0 1 0
Braun S, ph 0 0 0 0 Lewis A, pr 0 0 0 0
Soderholm E, ph 1 0 0 0 Duncan D, c 1 0 0 0
Nettles J, cf 1 0 0 0 Maxvill D, 2b 0 0 0 0
Thompson D, ss 4 0 1 0 McNulty B, ph 1 0 0 0
Renick R, 3b 4 0 2 0 Kubiak T, 2b 0 0 0 0
Blyleven B, p 4 0 0 0 Marquez G, ph 1 0 0 0
Cullen T, 2b 0 0 0 0
Mincher D, ph 0 0 0 0
Odom J, pr 0 0 0 0
Green D, 2b 1 0 1 0
Holtzman K, p 2 0 0 0
Hegan M, ph 0 0 0 0
Fingers R, p 0 0 0 0
Knowles D, p 1 0 0 0
Locker B, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
40 0 9 0 37 1 7 1
Minnesota 000 000 000 00 -- 0
Oakland 000 000 000 01 -- 1
1 out when winning run was scored.
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven B (L) 10.1 7 1 1 2 9
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman K 8.0 7 0 0 0 3
Fingers R 0.1 1 0 0 1 1
Knowles D 1.2 1 0 0 1 1
Locker B (W) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
DP -- Oakland 2
LOB -- Minnesota 9, Oakland 7
2B -- Rudi J, Tovar C, Alou M
SB -- Odom J, Campaneris B
CS -- Lewis A
T -- 2:44
A -- 0
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