Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
April 16, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1977 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 1, Minnesota Twins 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 3 1 1 0
  Alexander pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Lintz 2b 2 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 0 0
  Scott 2b 0 0 0 0
Page lf 4 0 0 0
Allen 1b 4 0 0 0
Sanguillen c 4 0 1 1
Gross 3b 4 0 0 0
McKinney dh 3 0 0 0
Armas rf 3 0 2 0
Picciolo ss 3 0 0 0
Blue p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Terrell 3b 3 0 0 0
Smalley ss 4 0 0 0
Carew 1b 4 0 1 1
Hisle cf 3 0 0 0
Ford rf 2 1 0 0
Kusick dh 2 1 2 1
Gorinski lf 3 0 0 0
Randall 2b 3 0 1 0
Borgmann c 3 1 1 0
Zahn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 5 2
Oakland 100 000 000140
Minnesota 010 010 01x351
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  L (0-1) 8.0 5 3 3 3 8
Totals
8.0
5
3
3
3
8
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Zahn  W (2-0) 9.0 4 1 1 1 6
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
1
6

  E–Smalley (4).  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Oakland Armas (1,off Zahn), Minnesota Kusick (2,off Blue); Carew (2,off Blue).  HBP–Lintz (1,by Zahn).  SH–Terrell (1,off Blue).  IBB–Kusick (1,by Blue).  SB–Hisle (4,2nd base off Blue/Sanguillen).  WP–Blue 2 (2), Zahn (1).  HBP–Zahn (1,Lintz).  IBB–Blue (1,Kusick).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–2:25.  A–6,946.
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