Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
July 26, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 1973 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 5, Minnesota Twins 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 5 0 1 0
North cf 5 2 2 1
Bando 3b 5 1 2 0
Jackson rf 4 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 4 2 3 3
  Hegan 1b 1 0 0 0
Rudi lf 4 0 0 0
Tenace c 3 0 3 1
Fosse dh 4 0 0 0
Kubiak 2b 5 0 0 0
Holtzman p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 11 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Terrell 3b,ss 5 0 2 1
Carew 2b 3 0 0 0
Darwin rf 5 1 2 0
Oliva dh 4 1 1 0
  Monzon pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Mitterwald c 5 2 2 5
Holt 1b 4 0 0 0
Hisle lf 4 0 2 0
Thompson ss 4 1 1 0
  Adams pr 0 1 0 0
  Braun 3b 0 0 0 0
Brye cf 3 0 2 1
Kaat p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
  Hands p 0 0 0 0
  Bane p 0 0 0 0
  Corbin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 12 7
Oakland 103 000 010 05110
Minnesota 000 013 001 27120
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman   7.2 8 4 4 1 2
  Fingers  L (3-6) 1.1 4 3 3 2 2
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
3
4
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Kaat   2.1 6 4 4 1 1
  Campbell   6.0 4 1 1 1 4
  Hands   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Bane   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Corbin  W (4-5) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.0
11
5
5
4
6

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1, Minnesota 1.  2B–Minnesota Brye (1,off Holtzman); Terrell (10,off Fingers); Oliva (14,off Fingers).  3B–Minnesota Thompson (2,off Holtzman).  HR–Oakland North (5,3rd inning off Kaat 0 on, 0 out); Johnson (13,3rd inning off Kaat 1 on, 1 out), Minnesota Mitterwald 2 (13,6th inning off Holtzman 2 on, 0 out,10th inning off Fingers 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Rudi (2,by Kaat); Oliva (3,by Holtzman).  IBB–Carew (7,by Fingers).  SB–North 2 (33,2nd base off Kaat/Mitterwald,3rd base off Kaat/Mitterwald); Carew (21,2nd base off Holtzman/Tenace).  HBP–Holtzman (2,Oliva); Kaat (4,Rudi).  IBB–Fingers (5,Carew).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Merlyn Anthony.  T–3:05.  A–26,679.
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