Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
September 11, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 11, 1974 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 3, Minnesota Twins 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 4 1 0 0
Campaneris ss 5 0 1 0
Bando 3b 4 1 2 1
Jackson rf 4 0 0 0
Rudi lf 5 1 2 1
Tenace 1b,c 3 0 1 0
Washington C. dh 2 0 1 0
  Washington H. pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Fosse c 2 0 0 0
  Holt ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Green 2b 3 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
  Garner 2b 0 0 0 0
Abbott p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Odom p 0 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 7 2
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Brye cf 5 2 2 0
Carew 2b 4 2 1 1
Darwin rf 4 0 0 0
Oliva dh 3 0 0 0
  Killebrew ph,dh 2 1 1 2
Soderholm 3b 4 0 2 2
Braun lf 3 0 2 0
  Hisle ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Bourque 1b 3 0 0 0
  Kusick ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Thompson ss 4 0 1 0
Borgmann c 4 0 1 0
Decker p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 10 5
Oakland 000 001 020 0371
Minnesota 000 001 020 25101
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Abbott   7.0 6 1 1 0 3
  Fingers   0.1 1 2 0 1 1
  Lindblad   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Odom   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Knowles  L (3-3) 1.2 2 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.1
10
5
3
2
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Decker   8.0 7 3 3 4 7
  Campbell  W (8-7) 2.0 0 0 0 2 3
Totals
10.0
7
3
3
6
10

  E–Campaneris (20), Bourque (4).  DP–Oakland 1, Minnesota 1.  2B–Oakland Tenace (16,off Decker); C Washington (9,off Decker), Minnesota Brye (27,off Abbott); Soderholm (16,off Odom).  HR–Oakland Bando (21,8th inning off Decker 0 on, 1 out); Rudi (19,8th inning off Decker 0 on, 2 out), Minnesota Killebrew (13,10th inning off Knowles 1 on, 1 out).  SB–North (50,2nd base off Decker/Borgmann); H Washington (25,2nd base off Campbell/Borgmann).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Jim Odom, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–3:03.  A–3,982.
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