Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Athletics
August 9, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1962 at Municipal Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Kansas City Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 12, Kansas City Athletics 10

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Green cf,lf 4 3 4 0
Power 1b 5 3 2 1
Rollins 3b 6 2 2 4
Killebrew lf 4 1 0 0
  Tuttle cf 0 0 0 0
Allison rf 5 1 2 0
Battey c 5 0 3 2
Allen 2b 6 1 4 4
Versalles ss 6 1 1 1
Stange p 2 0 0 0
  Maranda p 0 0 0 0
  Pleis p 1 0 0 0
  Mincher ph 1 0 0 0
  Sullivan p 1 0 0 0
Totals 46 12 18 12
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tartabull cf 5 1 1 0
Charles 3b 5 2 2 4
Lumpe 2b 5 0 2 0
Siebern 1b 4 2 2 2
Jimenez lf 5 2 3 0
Alusik rf 5 1 2 3
  Del Greco pr 0 0 0 0
Causey ss 4 0 1 1
Azcue c 3 1 1 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
Pfister p 3 1 0 0
  Wyatt p 0 0 0 0
  Fischer p 0 0 0 0
  Cimoli ph 1 0 0 0
  McDevitt p 0 0 0 0
  Archer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 10 14 10
Minnesota 200 203 02312180
Kansas City 110 601 00110142
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Stange   3.0 6 7 7 2 0
  Maranda   0.2 2 1 1 1 0
  Pleis   2.1 3 1 1 0 1
  Sullivan  W (2-0) 3.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
10
10
3
2
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Pfister   5.0 10 6 6 3 3
  Wyatt   2.0 4 3 3 3 2
  Fischer   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  McDevitt  L (0-3) 0.1 2 3 3 1 0
  Archer   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
18
12
12
7
5

  E–Charles (9), McDevitt (1).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Minnesota Power (19,off Pfister); Allen (20,off Pfister), Kansas City Jimenez 2 (22,off Stange,off Sullivan); Charles (15,off Pleis).  3B–Kansas City Tartabull (5,off Stange).  HR–Kansas City Siebern (15,4th inning off Stange 0 on, 0 out); Alusik (8,4th inning off Stange 1 on, 0 out); Charles (14,4th inning off Maranda 2 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–14.  Team–7.  WP–Pfister (9).  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Bob Stewart.  T–3:05.  A–5,213.
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