Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
April 8, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 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."

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Minnesota Twins 3, Oakland Athletics 1

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Cubbage 3b 4 1 0 0
  Castino 3b 0 0 0 0
Smalley ss 4 1 2 1
Landreaux lf 3 0 0 0
Jackson 1b 5 0 0 0
Adams dh 3 0 1 1
Wynegar c 2 0 1 0
Sofield rf 3 0 2 1
Norwood cf 4 0 0 0
Wilfong 2b 4 1 1 0
Zahn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Burke lf 4 0 0 0
Wallis rf 4 0 0 0
Page dh 4 0 0 0
Newman c,1b 3 1 1 0
Klutts 3b,ss 3 0 0 0
Armas cf 3 0 1 0
Revering 1b 2 0 0 1
  Gross 3b 0 0 0 0
Edwards 2b 3 0 1 0
Picciolo ss 2 0 0 0
  Essian ph,c 1 0 0 0
Norris p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 1
Minnesota 200 000 001370
Oakland 010 000 000132
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Zahn  W (1-0) 9.0 3 1 1 0 7
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
0
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Norris  L (0-1) 7.2 5 2 1 7 6
  Heaverlo   1.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
7
6

  E–Revering (1), Essian (1).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Minnesota Adams (2,off Norris); Sofield (1,off Norris).  HBP–Smalley (1,by Norris).  SF–Revering (1,off Zahn).  CS–Adams (1,2nd base by Norris/Newman).  HBP–Norris (1,Smalley).  U-HP–Jim Cuneo, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Tony Patch, 3B–Roy Roth.  T–2:10.  A–3,326.
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