Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
September 24, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 1973 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 6

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Brye cf 4 1 2 2
Carew 2b 5 0 2 2
Oliva dh 5 1 2 0
Killebrew 1b 4 0 1 0
  Reese pr,1b 1 1 0 0
Holt rf 5 1 3 1
Hisle lf 4 0 1 0
Mitterwald c 5 1 3 2
Soderholm 3b 4 1 1 0
Terrell ss 4 1 1 0
Fife p 0 0 0 0
  Hands p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 7 16 7
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 2 0 0 0
  Hunter ph 1 0 1 0
  Kubiak ss 1 0 0 0
  Carty ph 1 0 1 0
Rudi lf 2 2 2 0
  Holtzman ph 0 0 0 0
  Conigliaro lf,cf 1 0 1 0
Bando 3b 1 2 0 0
  Andrews 2b 2 0 0 0
Jackson rf 3 1 1 3
  Davalillo rf 2 0 0 0
Johnson dh 5 0 1 1
Tenace 1b 2 0 1 1
  Blue ph 1 0 0 0
  Bourque 1b 1 0 0 0
Mangual cf 3 1 1 0
  Lewis pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Fosse c 4 0 0 0
Green 2b 1 0 0 0
  Knowles ph 0 0 0 1
  Garner 3b 0 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 1 0
  Trillo pr 0 0 0 0
Odom p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 10 6
Minnesota 000 020 5007160
Oakland 302 001 0006100
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Fife   3.0 5 5 5 2 2
  Hands  W (7-10) 5.0 5 1 1 2 2
  Campbell  SV (6) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
5
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Odom   6.0 9 4 4 2 3
  Lindblad   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Fingers  L (7-8) 2.2 6 2 2 0 3
Totals
9.0
16
7
7
2
6

  E–None.  DP–Minnesota 1, Oakland 2.  PB–Mitterwald (15).  2B–Minnesota Mitterwald (15,off Fingers), Oakland Rudi (25,off Fife); Mangual (3,off Hands); Carty (13,off Hands).  3B–Minnesota Brye (5,off Odom).  HR–Oakland Jackson (32,1st inning off Fife 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Knowles (1,off Hands).  HBP–Bando (4,by Fife).  IBB–Conigliaro (1,by Campbell).  SB–Lewis (6,2nd base off Hands/Mitterwald).  WP–Fife 2 (5), Hands 2 (5), Odom (8).  HBP–Fife (3,Bando).  IBB–Campbell (1,Conigliaro).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–2:48.  A–18,556.
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