Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
May 26, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1976 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 6, Oakland Athletics 1

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Bostock cf 4 0 1 0
Hisle lf 4 1 3 3
Carew 1b 3 0 1 0
Braun 3b 5 1 3 1
Wynegar c 4 0 0 0
Ford rf 3 2 2 1
Kusick dh 3 1 0 0
Randall 2b 4 0 0 0
Gomez ss 4 1 1 0
Goltz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 11 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North rf 4 1 1 0
  Alexander rf 0 0 0 0
Campaneris ss 4 0 1 0
Baylor lf 4 0 0 0
McMullen 1b 4 0 1 0
Williams dh 4 0 1 0
Bando 3b 3 0 0 0
Washington cf 3 0 0 0
Garner 2b 3 0 0 0
Haney c 1 0 0 0
  Hosley ph,c 2 0 0 0
Mitchell p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
  Abbott p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 4 0
Minnesota 000 111 2016111
Oakland 000 100 000141
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Goltz  W (4-2) 9.0 4 1 0 1 8
Totals
9.0
4
1
0
1
8
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Mitchell  L (1-3) 5.1 5 3 2 2 3
  Lindblad   1.1 1 2 2 2 0
  Todd   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Abbott   1.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
6
5
4
5

  E–Wynegar (6), Baylor (5).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Minnesota Bostock (3,off P Mitchell); Hisle (6,off Abbott), Oakland McMullen (3,off Goltz).  HR–Minnesota Ford (8,5th inning off P Mitchell 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Hisle (7,off P Mitchell).  HBP–Ford (4,by Todd).  SB–Carew 2 (16,2nd base off P Mitchell/Haney,2nd base off Abbott/Hosley); Hisle (5,2nd base off P Mitchell/Hosley); North (21,2nd base off Goltz/Wynegar).  CS–Hisle (2,3rd base by Abbott/Hosley).  WP–Goltz (5), P Mitchell (2).  HBP–Todd (4,Ford).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:38.  A–2,740.
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