Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
September 12, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1971 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 7, Oakland Athletics 5

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar cf 6 0 3 2
Carew 2b 6 1 2 1
Killebrew 1b 3 0 1 0
Oliva rf 5 1 1 1
Cardenas ss 4 0 0 0
Brye lf 4 0 0 0
Soderholm 3b 2 2 0 0
Mitterwald c 4 3 2 3
Perry p 2 0 0 0
  Strickland p 0 0 0 0
  Gebhard p 0 0 0 0
  Corbin p 0 0 0 0
  Alyea ph 0 0 0 0
  Kaat pr 0 0 0 0
  Luebber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 9 7
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 5 1 1 0
Monday cf 5 0 0 0
Jackson rf 4 2 3 3
Epstein 1b 5 0 1 0
Bando 3b 3 0 0 0
Mangual lf 4 1 0 0
Duncan c 4 0 2 0
  Anderson pr,2b 1 1 0 0
Green 2b 2 0 1 0
  Garrett ph 0 0 0 0
  Tenace ph,c 2 0 1 1
Blue p 3 0 0 0
  Hendrick ph 0 0 0 0
  Hegan ph 1 0 1 1
  Roland p 0 0 0 0
  Grant p 0 0 0 0
  Blefary ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 40 5 11 5
Minnesota 000 001 130 2790
Oakland 100 000 031 05111
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Perry   7.2 7 4 4 4 2
  Strickland   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Gebhard   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Corbin  W (8-10) 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Luebber  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
10.0
11
5
5
6
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blue   8.0 7 5 2 6 5
  Roland  L (1-2) 1.2 1 2 2 3 1
  Grant   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
9
7
4
9
6

  E–Green (11).  DP–Oakland 2.  2B–Minnesota Carew (16,off Blue).  3B–Oakland Campaneris (4,off Perry).  HR–Minnesota Mitterwald (13,8th inning off Blue 2 on, 2 out), Oakland Jackson 2 (29,8th inning off Perry 0 on, 0 out,9th inning off Corbin 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Perry (4,off Blue); Cardenas (5,off Blue).  SF–Jackson (6,off Perry).  IBB–Bando (11,by Perry).  IBB–Perry (10,Bando).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–John Rice, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–3:23.  A–13,747.
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