Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
July 15, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 15, 1977 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Minnesota Twins 7, Oakland Athletics 8

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Cubbage 3b 5 1 2 0
Smalley ss 4 1 2 3
Carew 1b 5 1 2 0
Wynegar c 6 1 3 1
Bostock lf 5 0 1 0
Hisle cf 4 1 2 2
Adams dh 1 0 0 0
  Kusick ph,dh 2 0 0 0
  Chiles ph,dh 1 0 0 0
  Terrell ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Ford rf 6 1 3 1
Wilfong 2b 2 1 0 0
  Bulling ph 0 0 0 0
  Gomez pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Zahn p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson T. p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson D. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 7 15 7
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Scott ss,3b 5 1 3 0
Perez 2b 3 0 0 0
Sanguillen c,1b 4 1 3 1
Gross 3b 1 1 0 0
  Crawford ph 1 1 0 0
  Picciolo ss 3 0 0 0
McKinney 1b 2 1 1 0
  Murray pr 0 0 0 0
  Newman c 2 0 0 0
Page lf 3 2 2 2
Tyrone rf 3 1 1 2
Armas cf 4 0 0 1
Hosley dh 3 0 2 1
  Alexander pr,dh 3 0 1 1
Medich p 0 0 0 0
  Torrealba p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 13 8
Minnesota 221 010 000 107152
Oakland 000 420 000 118133
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Zahn   4.0 5 5 2 4 2
  Johnson T.   5.1 7 2 2 6 3
  Johnson D.  L (1-4) 1.0 1 1 0 2 0
Totals
10.1
13
8
4
12
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Medich   1.1 6 4 3 0 1
  Torrealba   3.0 5 2 1 3 1
  Bair   2.2 0 0 0 2 2
  Lacey   3.0 4 1 1 1 1
  Giusti  W (3-3) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
11.0
15
7
5
7
5

  E–Cubbage (11), Wynegar (3), Tyrone (3), Medich (2), Torrealba (4).  DP–Minnesota 2, Oakland 2.  2B–Minnesota Ford (14,off Lacey), Oakland Sanguillen (9,off Zahn); Tyrone (2,off Zahn); McKinney (4,off T Johnson); Page (16,off T Johnson).  HR–Minnesota Wynegar (6,10th inning off Lacey 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Wilfong (3,off Torrealba); Cubbage (5,off Torrealba); Page (4,off T Johnson); Perez (5,off T Johnson).  SF–Smalley (3,off Bair); Armas (4,off Zahn); Tyrone (2,off T Johnson).  IBB–Carew (11,by Bair); Bulling (1,by Lacey); Sanguillen (2,by T Johnson); Armas (2,by T Johnson).  HBP–Page (3,by T Johnson).  SB–Cubbage (1,2nd base off Medich/Sanguillen); Hisle (15,2nd base off Torrealba/Sanguillen); Scott 3 (13,2nd base off T Johnson/Wynegar 2,3rd base off T Johnson/Wynegar); Page (23,2nd base off D Johnson/Wynegar).  CS–Alexander (10,2nd base by T Johnson/Wynegar).  HBP–T Johnson (3,Page).  IBB–T Johnson 2 (6,Sanguillen,Armas); Bair (2,Carew); Lacey (5,Bulling).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Fred Spenn.  T–4:03.  A–4,559.
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