Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
September 11, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 11, 1972 at Metropolitan Stadium. 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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Oakland Athletics 2, Minnesota Twins 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 1 1
Rudi lf 4 0 1 0
Alou rf 4 0 1 0
Jackson cf 4 0 0 0
Epstein 1b 2 0 0 0
  Odom pr 0 0 0 0
Bando 3b 4 0 1 0
Duncan c 4 1 1 0
Maxvill 2b 1 0 0 0
  Marquez ph 1 0 0 0
  Kubiak 2b 0 0 0 0
Horlen p 1 0 0 0
  Mincher ph 1 0 0 0
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
  Hegan ph 1 0 1 0
  Lewis pr 0 1 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 1
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar lf 3 3 2 0
Carew 2b 4 0 1 0
Braun 3b 3 0 2 2
Killebrew 1b 3 0 0 0
  Reese 1b 0 0 0 1
Darwin rf 4 0 0 0
Nettles cf 3 0 0 0
Thompson ss 3 0 0 0
Borgmann c 3 0 0 0
Blyleven p 3 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 5 3
Oakland 000 010 010261
Minnesota 100 001 01x351
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Horlen   4.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Locker   3.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Fingers  L (8-8) 0.2 0 1 0 1 1
  Knowles   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
5
3
2
3
4
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  W (13-16) 9.0 6 2 2 1 10
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
1
10

  E–Epstein (11), Thompson (29).  DP–Oakland 1, Minnesota 1.  2B–Oakland Duncan (12,off Blyleven).  SH–Maxvill (2,off Blyleven).  HBP–Epstein (9,by Blyleven).  SB–Lewis (4,2nd base off Blyleven/Borgmann); Tovar (16,2nd base off Horlen/Duncan).  CS–Campaneris (13,2nd base by Blyleven/Borgmann).  WP–Blyleven (7).  HBP–Blyleven (8,Epstein).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:23.  A–8,506.
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