Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
July 20, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1968 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 2, Minnesota Twins 1

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 6 1 2 0
Donaldson 2b 4 0 2 0
  Green 2b 1 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Aker p 0 0 0 0
Monday cf 4 0 2 0
Bando 3b 5 0 3 1
Jackson rf 4 0 0 0
Webster 1b 4 0 0 0
  Cater ph,1b 1 1 1 0
Duncan c 5 0 0 0
Gosger lf 4 0 1 0
  Hershberger lf 0 0 0 0
Nash p 4 0 0 0
  Segui p 0 0 0 0
  Rudi ph 1 0 1 1
  Kubiak 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 2 12 2
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar lf,ss 5 0 0 0
Reese 1b 5 0 4 0
Quilici 3b 5 0 1 0
Oliva rf 4 1 1 0
Carew 2b 5 0 2 1
Uhlaender cf 5 0 2 0
Look c 5 0 0 0
Renick ss 2 0 0 0
  Rollins ph 0 0 0 0
  Allison pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Chance p 3 0 0 0
  Roseboro ph 1 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
  Worthington p 0 0 0 0
  Kostro ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 1 10 1
Oakland 000 000 010 012122
Minnesota 000 000 001 001100
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Nash   8.0 8 1 1 1 6
  Segui  W (2-2) 2.0 2 0 0 2 4
  Aker  SV (8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
10
1
1
3
10
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Chance   9.0 8 1 1 2 12
  Perranoski  L (6-3) 1.1 4 1 1 1 1
  Worthington   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
12
2
2
3
13

  E–Bando (13), Hershberger (3).  DP–Oakland 1, Minnesota 1.  PB–Look (1).  2B–Oakland Cater (13,off Perranoski).  3B–Minnesota Oliva (3,off Nash).  IBB–Monday (4,by Chance); Hershberger (3,by Perranoski); Renick (1,by Nash); Rollins (1,by Segui); Oliva (8,by Segui).  SB–Campaneris (28,2nd base off Chance/Look); Gosger (3,2nd base off Chance/Look); Bando (6,2nd base off Perranoski/Look); Uhlaender (11,2nd base off Nash/Duncan); Carew (9,2nd base off Segui/Duncan).  IBB–Nash (6,Renick); Segui 2 (4,Rollins,Oliva); Chance (2,Monday); Perranoski (9,Hershberger).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Bob Stewart, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–3:19.  A–15,166.
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