Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
August 10, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 10, 1979 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 6, Minnesota Twins 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 5 0 0 0
  Edwards ss 1 0 0 0
Murphy cf 4 1 0 0
Gross 3b 5 1 2 0
Revering 1b 5 1 2 1
Newman c 5 1 1 2
Page dh 5 1 2 1
Armas rf 4 0 1 0
  Murray pr,rf 1 1 0 0
Chalk 2b 3 0 3 0
Picciolo ss 2 0 0 0
  Heath ph,lf 1 0 1 2
Morgan p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 6 12 6
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell rf 4 0 1 2
  Rivera ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Wilfong 2b 5 0 1 0
Landreaux cf 5 1 3 0
Goodwin dh 4 0 0 0
  Morales ph,dh 0 0 0 0
Adams lf 3 1 2 1
  Edwards lf 2 0 0 0
Smalley ss 5 1 2 0
Wynegar c 4 1 1 1
Jackson R. 1b 3 1 2 1
Cubbage 3b 2 0 1 0
  Norwood ph 0 0 0 0
  Castino 3b 1 0 0 0
Redfern p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson D. p 0 0 0 0
  Serum p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 13 5
Oakland 000 004 001 016120
Minnesota 030 010 010 005130
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Morgan   7.2 10 5 5 3 2
  Hamilton   1.1 2 0 0 3 0
  Heaverlo  W (4-9) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
13
5
5
6
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Redfern   5.1 7 4 4 1 3
  Jackson   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Serum   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Marshall  L (10-10) 4.2 4 2 2 1 5
Totals
11.0
12
6
6
3
8

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1, Minnesota 2.  2B–Oakland Revering (19,off Redfern); Gross (17,off Redfern); Newman (10,off Redfern), Minnesota Smalley 2 (22,off Morgan,off Hamilton); Landreaux (19,off Morgan); Adams (11,off Morgan); Wynegar (10,off Morgan).  3B–Oakland Armas (2,off Marshall), Minnesota Landreaux (4,off Heaverlo).  SH–Picciolo (8,off Serum); Cubbage (5,off Morgan); Landreaux (8,off Hamilton).  SF–Heath (1,off Marshall).  HBP–R Jackson (8,by Morgan); Morales (2,by Heaverlo).  IBB–Morales (4,by Hamilton); Wynegar (4,by Hamilton).  SB–Wilfong (8,2nd base off Morgan/Newman).  WP–D Jackson (3).  HBP–Morgan (2,R Jackson); Heaverlo (3,Morales).  IBB–Hamilton 2 (2,Morales,Wynegar).  U-HP–Rocky Roe, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–3:14.
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