Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
August 31, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 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 4, Minnesota Twins 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Jorgensen rf 4 0 1 1
  Murray cf 0 0 0 0
Perez 2b 4 0 0 0
Page lf 4 1 2 0
Tabb 1b 3 0 0 1
Williams dh 4 0 0 0
Sanguillen c 3 1 1 0
Gross 3b 3 1 2 2
Tyrone cf,rf 3 0 0 0
Picciolo ss 3 1 0 0
Medich p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 6 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Chiles rf 4 0 0 0
Carew 1b 4 1 2 0
Wynegar c 4 1 2 2
Bostock lf 3 0 0 0
Hisle cf 4 1 1 1
Adams dh 4 0 1 0
Cubbage 3b 4 0 0 0
Randall 2b 3 0 0 0
Gomez ss 2 0 0 0
  Smalley ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Thormodsgard p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Oakland 001 021 000461
Minnesota 200 000 001360
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Medich  W (8-6) 8.1 6 3 3 1 3
  Bair  SV (3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
1
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Thormodsgard  L (10-10) 8.0 6 4 4 0 3
  Burgmeier   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
0
4

  E–Tabb (1).  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Oakland Jorgensen (3,off Thormodsgard).  3B–Oakland Page (7,off Thormodsgard).  HR–Oakland Gross (17,5th inning off Thormodsgard 1 on, 0 out), Minnesota Wynegar (8,1st inning off Medich 1 on, 1 out); Hisle (26,9th inning off Medich 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Tabb (1,off Thormodsgard).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:03.  A–6,318.
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