Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
April 15, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 1977 at Metropolitan Stadium. 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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Oakland Athletics 3, Minnesota Twins 2

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 3 1 1 0
  Mallory cf 1 0 0 0
Lintz 2b 2 1 0 0
Page lf 4 0 2 2
Allen 1b 3 0 0 0
  Alexander pr 0 0 0 0
  Williams 1b 0 0 0 0
Sanguillen c 4 0 0 0
Gross 3b 4 0 1 0
McKinney dh 4 0 0 0
Armas rf 4 0 1 0
Picciolo ss 4 1 1 1
Torrez p 0 0 0 0
  Torrealba p 0 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Smalley ss 5 0 2 1
Carew 1b 4 1 2 1
Bostock cf 3 0 0 0
Hisle lf 4 0 2 0
Cubbage 3b 4 0 1 0
Chiles rf 2 0 0 0
  Terrell ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Kusick dh 4 0 0 0
Randall 2b 3 1 0 0
Borgmann c 3 0 0 0
Thormodsgard p 0 0 0 0
  Schueler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Oakland 000 030 000361
Minnesota 001 000 010271
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez  W (2-0) 7.0 5 2 1 3 2
  Torrealba   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Giusti  SV (2) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
3
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Thormodsgard  L (1-1) 7.0 6 3 3 2 4
  Schueler   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
3
4

  E–Page (1), Chiles (1).  DP–Oakland 1, Minnesota 1.  3B–Oakland North (1,off Thormodsgard).  HR–Oakland Picciolo (1,5th inning off Thormodsgard 0 on, 1 out), Minnesota Carew (1,8th inning off Torrez 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Randall (1,by Torrez).  SB–Lintz 2 (6,2nd base off Thormodsgard/Borgmann 2); Mallory (2,2nd base off Thormodsgard/Borgmann); Alexander (2,2nd base off Schueler/Borgmann); Bostock (3,2nd base off Torrez/Sanguillen).  HBP–Torrez (1,Randall).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–2:50.  A–14,788.
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