Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
September 29, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 29, 1968 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 4, Oakland Athletics 3

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar cf 4 1 3 1
Reese 1b 5 1 2 0
Killebrew 3b 3 0 0 0
  Hernandez ss 2 0 1 0
Nettles lf 2 0 0 0
  Allison ph 0 0 0 0
  Roseboro ph,c 1 0 0 0
Mitterwald c 3 0 1 0
  Look ph 0 0 0 1
  Roland pr 0 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
  Worthington p 1 0 0 0
Kelly rf 4 0 0 0
Clark ss,3b 3 0 0 0
  Rollins ph,3b 1 0 1 1
Quilici 2b 4 1 1 1
Merritt p 2 0 0 0
  Carew ph 1 0 1 0
  Hall pr 0 1 0 0
  Holt lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 1 2 0
Jackson rf 3 2 1 2
  Rudi ph 0 0 0 0
  Lewis pr 0 0 0 0
  Hunter p 0 0 0 0
Cater 1b 4 0 2 1
Bando 3b 4 0 1 0
Hershberger lf,rf 4 0 0 0
Monday cf 4 0 1 0
Green 2b 3 0 0 0
Duncan c 3 0 0 0
Nash p 2 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Krausse p 0 0 0 0
  Donaldson ph 1 0 0 0
  Gosger lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Minnesota 001 000 0304102
Oakland 000 102 000370
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Merritt  W (12-16) 7.0 6 3 2 0 5
  Perry   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Perranoski   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Worthington  SV (18) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
1
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Nash  L (13-13) 7.0 8 4 4 1 8
  Lindblad   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Krausse   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Hunter   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
3
12

  E–Mitterwald (3), Kelly (1).  DP–Oakland 1.  PB–Duncan (9).  2B–Minnesota Carew (27,off Nash), Oakland Cater (28,off Merritt); Monday (24,off Merritt).  3B–Oakland Campaneris (9,off Perry).  HR–Minnesota Quilici (1,3rd inning off Nash 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Jackson (29,6th inning off Merritt 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Tovar (17,by Hunter).  IBB–Nettles (1,by Nash); Roseboro (9,by Hunter).  SB–Tovar 2 (35,2nd base off Nash/Duncan,3rd base off Hunter/Duncan); Campaneris (62,2nd base off Merritt/Mitterwald).  CS–Monday (6,3rd base by Merritt/Mitterwald); Campaneris (22,Home by Worthington/Roseboro).  HBP–Hunter (4,Tovar).  IBB–Nash (12,Nettles); Hunter (10,Roseboro).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:32.  A–8,884.
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