Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
July 24, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 24, 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 9, Minnesota Twins 10

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Mallory rf 5 0 0 0
Perez 2b 6 0 0 0
Sanguillen 1b 6 0 0 0
Page lf 0 1 0 0
  Murray lf 4 2 1 0
Gross 3b 4 2 2 0
Armas cf 6 2 4 2
Crawford dh 6 1 3 3
Newman c 5 1 1 1
Picciolo ss 2 0 0 0
  McKinney ph 1 0 1 1
  Alexander pr 0 0 0 0
  Scott ss 2 0 0 0
Coleman p 0 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 9 12 7
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Cubbage 3b 4 2 1 1
  Kusick ph 0 0 0 0
  Wynegar ph,c 2 0 1 0
Smalley ss 6 1 3 2
Carew 1b 6 1 2 2
Bostock cf 6 1 2 2
Adams rf 3 0 1 0
  Gorinski ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Hisle dh 5 2 3 1
Chiles lf 3 0 1 0
  Ford rf 1 1 1 0
Bulling c 4 0 1 2
  Terrell pr,3b 1 1 0 0
Randall 2b 4 1 0 0
Schueler p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson D. p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson T. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 10 16 10
Oakland 020 100 221 1009122
Minnesota 004 010 003 10110163
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman   2.1 2 3 0 0 1
  Giusti   4.2 5 2 2 0 2
  Lacey   1.1 3 3 3 0 1
  Bair  L (1-1) 2.2 6 2 2 1 1
Totals
11.0
16
10
7
1
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Schueler   6.0 5 5 5 3 3
  Johnson D.   3.0 3 3 1 1 4
  Johnson T.  W (11-3) 3.0 4 1 1 1 3
Totals
12.0
12
9
7
5
10

  E–Perez (8), Sanguillen (3), Adams (2), Bulling (1), Terrell (4).  DP–Oakland 1, Minnesota 1.  2B–Oakland Crawford (5,off Schueler), Minnesota Hisle (25,off Coleman); Carew (21,off Giusti); Adams (8,off Giusti); Ford (18,off Lacey).  HR–Oakland Armas (10,2nd inning off Schueler 1 on, 1 out); Newman (2,9th inning off D Johnson 0 on, 0 out), Minnesota Cubbage (2,5th inning off Giusti 0 on, 0 out); Hisle (23,10th inning off Bair 0 on, 2 out); Bostock (8,12th inning off Bair 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Randall (3,off Lacey).  SB–Alexander (17,2nd base off D Johnson/Bulling); Murray 2 (6,2nd base off D Johnson/Bulling,3rd base off D Johnson/Bulling); Gross (2,2nd base off D Johnson/Bulling); Bostock (10,2nd base off Giusti/Newman).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–3:13.  A–30,400.
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