Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
August 9, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1970 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 6, Minnesota Twins 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 3 0 0 0
Monday cf 4 0 0 0
Davis lf 4 1 1 0
  Jackson rf 0 0 0 0
Bando 3b 3 1 0 0
Mincher 1b 3 3 2 4
Alou rf,lf 4 1 2 0
Fernandez c 4 0 1 1
Green 2b 4 0 0 0
Odom p 2 0 0 0
  Roland p 1 0 0 0
  Grant p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 6 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar lf,cf 3 0 2 2
Thompson 2b 4 0 1 0
Oliva rf 4 0 0 0
Killebrew 3b 4 1 2 1
Reese 1b 4 0 0 0
Holt cf 2 0 0 0
  Renick ph,lf 2 0 1 0
Cardenas ss 4 1 1 0
Mitterwald c 3 0 1 0
  Quilici pr 0 0 0 0
Kaat p 2 1 0 0
  Alyea ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Manuel ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Oakland 000 300 102660
Minnesota 000 120 000381
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Odom   5.1 7 3 3 0 1
  Roland  W (2-2) 2.1 0 0 0 1 2
  Grant  SV (19) 1.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Kaat  L (10-8) 7.0 4 4 4 1 5
  Williams   2.0 2 2 1 2 1
Totals
9.0
6
6
5
3
6

  E–Renick (2).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Minnesota Renick (8,off Grant).  3B–Minnesota Tovar (9,off Odom).  HR–Oakland Mincher 2 (20,4th inning off Kaat 2 on, 2 out,7th inning off Kaat 0 on, 1 out), Minnesota Killebrew (34,4th inning off Odom 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Bando (2,by Kaat).  SB–Davis (2,2nd base off Kaat/Mitterwald).  CS–Alou (3,2nd base by Kaat/Mitterwald).  WP–Grant (1).  IBB–Kaat (6,Bando).  U-HP–Emmett Ashford, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:23.  A–41,339.
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