Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
September 7, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1969 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 16, Oakland Athletics 4

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Uhlaender cf 5 2 2 0
Tovar 2b 3 3 2 0
  Manuel lf 2 0 0 0
Oliva rf 2 4 2 2
  Holt rf 1 0 0 0
Killebrew 3b 2 2 2 7
  Mitterwald c 2 0 0 0
Reese 1b 2 0 0 1
  Quilici pr,3b,2b 3 2 2 3
Nettles lf 2 0 0 0
  Renick ph,lf,3b 4 1 1 1
Roseboro c 3 0 1 0
  Nash 1b 2 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 4 0 1 1
Boswell p 4 1 2 1
  Grzenda p 0 1 0 0
Totals 41 16 15 16
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 5 1 3 0
Tartabull cf 5 0 1 0
Jackson rf 4 1 0 0
Bando 3b 3 2 0 0
Francona 1b 4 0 3 4
Green 2b 3 0 0 0
  Sprague p 1 0 0 0
Cater lf 4 0 0 0
Roof c 3 0 0 0
Talbot p 0 0 0 0
  Blue p 0 0 0 0
  Brooks ph 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Hershberger ph 1 0 1 0
  Nash p 0 0 0 0
  Kubiak 2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
Minnesota 350 420 00216150
Oakland 300 010 000480
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Boswell  W (16-10) 6.1 6 4 4 4 5
  Grzenda  SV (3) 2.2 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
5
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Talbot  L (5-9) 1.2 3 6 6 3 0
  Blue   0.1 1 2 2 1 0
  Lindblad   2.0 6 4 4 2 1
  Nash   1.0 2 2 2 0 1
  Sprague   4.0 3 2 2 3 3
Totals
9.0
15
16
16
9
5

  E–None.  2B–Oakland Francona (2,off Boswell); Campaneris (12,off Boswell).  3B–Oakland Francona (1,off Boswell).  HR–Minnesota Killebrew 2 (42,1st inning off Talbot 2 on, 1 out,2nd inning off Blue 3 on, 2 out); Oliva (22,5th inning off Nash 0 on, 1 out); Quilici (2,5th inning off Nash 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Reese (4,by Lindblad).  IBB–Oliva (12,by Sprague).  SB–Tovar (37,2nd base off Talbot/Roof); Uhlaender (14,2nd base off Sprague/Roof); Campaneris 2 (53,2nd base off Boswell/Roseboro,3rd base off Boswell/Roseboro).  WP–Grzenda (6).  HBP–Lindblad (2,Reese).  IBB–Sprague (6,Oliva).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Jake O'Donnell, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:47.  A–19,262.
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