Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
April 25, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 25, 1978 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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Minnesota Twins 3, Oakland Athletics 4

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Cubbage 3b 3 0 0 0
  Wolfe ph,3b 4 0 0 0
Smalley ss 4 0 0 0
Carew 1b 7 0 1 1
Adams dh 3 0 1 0
  Kusick ph,dh 4 0 0 0
Ford cf 5 1 3 1
Wynegar c 5 0 1 0
Powell rf 5 1 1 0
Norwood lf 4 0 0 0
  Chiles ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Randall 2b 6 1 2 0
Zahn p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 52 3 9 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Edwards 2b 7 0 0 0
Guerrero ss 7 0 1 0
Page dh 4 0 2 0
Alexander lf 3 0 1 0
  Murphy lf 0 0 0 0
  Essian ph 0 0 0 0
  Dilone lf 2 0 1 1
Revering 1b 5 0 0 0
Armas cf 6 1 3 0
Gross 3b 4 1 2 0
  Staggs pr 0 0 0 0
  Perez 3b 1 0 0 0
Newman c 6 0 0 0
Thomasson rf 5 2 2 3
Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
  Coleman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 4 12 4
Minnesota 010 000 200 000 00392
Oakland 030 000 000 000 014122
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Zahn   9.0 7 3 0 3 2
  Johnson  L (1-3) 4.2 5 1 1 3 3
Totals
13.2
12
4
1
6
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford   6.1 3 3 1 4 0
  Lacey   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Heaverlo   6.1 5 0 0 1 2
  Coleman  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
14.0
9
3
1
6
3

  E–Cubbage (1), Smalley (5), Gross (5), Thomasson (1).  DP–Minnesota 2.  2B–Minnesota Powell (3,off Langford).  HR–Minnesota Ford (3,2nd inning off Langford 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Thomasson (2,2nd inning off Zahn 2 on, 2 out).  IBB–Powell (1,by Heaverlo); Thomasson (1,by T Johnson); Page (1,by T Johnson).  SH–Perez (1,off T Johnson).  HBP–Page (1,by Zahn).  CS–Alexander (2,2nd base by Zahn/Wynegar).  WP–Zahn (1).  BK–T Johnson (1).  HBP–Zahn (2,Page).  IBB–T Johnson 2 (3,Thomasson,Page); Heaverlo (3,Powell).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–3:41.  A–4,808.
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