Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
May 27, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 27, 1976 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 3, Oakland Athletics 5

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Bostock cf 5 0 2 2
Hisle lf 4 0 1 0
Carew 1b 5 0 2 0
Braun 3b 3 1 1 0
Wynegar c 4 0 1 0
Ford rf 2 1 1 1
Kusick dh 2 1 1 0
  Oliva ph,dh 1 0 0 0
  McKay pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Randall 2b 3 0 0 0
  Brye ph 1 0 0 0
  Terrell 2b 0 0 0 0
Gomez ss 4 0 0 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North rf 4 2 2 0
Campaneris ss 1 2 0 0
Baylor lf,1b 3 0 0 1
McMullen 1b 3 0 1 1
  Alexander pr,lf 0 0 0 0
  Tenace ph 1 0 0 0
  Hosley c 0 0 0 0
Williams dh 3 0 0 0
Bando 3b 3 0 1 1
Washington cf 4 0 0 0
Garner 2b 4 0 2 0
Haney c 3 0 2 0
  Lintz pr 0 1 0 0
  Tovar lf 0 0 0 0
Torrez p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 8 3
Minnesota 010 200 000392
Oakland 200 010 20x581
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  L (4-4) 8.0 8 5 3 4 5
Totals
8.0
8
5
3
4
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez  W (5-5) 7.1 8 3 1 3 3
  Fingers  SV (4) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
1
3
5

  E–Braun (2), Wynegar (7), Torrez (4).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Minnesota Braun (5,off Torrez).  SH–Kusick (1,off Torrez); Campaneris (3,off Blyleven).  HBP–Ford (5,by Torrez).  SF–Baylor (3,off Blyleven).  IBB–Williams (5,by Blyleven).  SB–Ford (5,3rd base off Fingers/Hosley); North (22,3rd base off Blyleven/Wynegar); Campaneris 2 (18,2nd base off Blyleven/Wynegar 2); Lintz (12,2nd base off Blyleven/Wynegar); Bando (2,2nd base off Blyleven/Wynegar).  CS–Hisle (3,2nd base by Torrez/Haney).  BK–Blyleven (2).  HBP–Torrez (2,Ford).  IBB–Blyleven (5,Williams).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:11.  A–3,720.
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