Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
July 17, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 1977 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 4, Oakland Athletics 1

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Cubbage 3b 5 1 3 0
Smalley ss 5 1 2 1
Carew 1b 4 1 1 1
Wynegar c 4 0 1 0
Bostock lf 4 0 1 1
Hisle cf 4 0 0 0
Adams dh 2 0 2 0
  Kusick ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Ford rf 4 1 1 0
Wilfong 2b 2 0 0 0
  Gomez ph,2b 1 0 0 1
Thormodsgard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 11 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Murray rf,cf 4 0 1 0
Perez 2b 4 1 1 0
Sanguillen c 4 0 2 0
  Alexander pr 0 0 0 0
  Newman c 0 0 0 0
Page lf 3 0 2 1
Gross 3b 3 0 0 0
McKinney 1b 4 0 0 0
Crawford dh 4 0 0 0
Armas cf 1 0 0 0
  Tyrone rf 3 0 0 0
Picciolo ss 3 0 0 0
Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
  Torrealba p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Minnesota 000 031 0004110
Oakland 000 000 010160
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Thormodsgard  W (7-6) 9.0 6 1 1 2 5
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  L (7-9) 4.1 6 3 3 2 5
  Lacey   1.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Torrealba   3.0 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
2
8

  E–None.  2B–Minnesota Cubbage (12,off Langford); Smalley (12,off Langford), Oakland Page (17,off Thormodsgard).  3B–Minnesota Ford (4,off Lacey).  SH–Gomez (2,off Lacey).  SB–Page (24,3rd base off Thormodsgard/Wynegar).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Fred Spenn, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:36.
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