Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
April 6, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 6, 1979 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Minnesota Twins 5, Oakland Athletics 3

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Cubbage 3b 5 1 1 1
  Castino 3b 0 0 0 0
Smalley ss 3 0 1 1
Landreaux lf 3 0 1 0
Jackson 1b 4 1 2 1
Adams dh 4 1 1 1
Wynegar c 4 0 1 1
Sofield rf 2 0 0 0
  Rivera ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Norwood cf 4 1 1 0
Wilfong 2b 2 0 0 0
  Morales ph 0 0 0 0
  Randall pr,2b 1 1 0 0
Goltz p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Burke lf 4 0 1 0
Dilone rf 4 0 0 0
Page dh 4 1 1 0
Newman c 3 1 1 0
  Murray pr 0 0 0 0
Revering 1b 4 1 2 1
Edwards 2b 4 0 0 1
Armas cf 3 0 1 1
Klutts 3b 3 0 2 0
Picciolo ss 3 0 0 0
Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
Minnesota 000 003 200581
Oakland 010 000 101380
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Goltz  W (1-0) 8.1 8 3 3 1 3
  Marshall  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
1
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  L (0-1) 5.2 4 3 3 2 0
  Lacey   0.2 3 2 2 0 0
  Hamilton   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo   2.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
2
0

  E–Cubbage (1).  DP–Minnesota 2.  2B–Minnesota Adams (1,off Langford), Oakland Revering (1,off Goltz); Klutts (1,off Goltz).  3B–Minnesota Norwood (1,off Lacey), Oakland Page (1,off Goltz).  SH–Smalley (1,off Langford).  HBP–Morales (1,by Lacey).  CS–Burke (1,2nd base by Goltz/Wynegar).  HBP–Lacey (1,Morales).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Tony Patch, 2B–Jim Cuneo, 3B–Roy Roth.  T–2:09.  A–10,387.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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