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 Minnesota Twins defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 2, Minnesota Twins 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Murphy cf 5 0 2 0
Heath lf 5 0 1 1
  Murray lf 1 0 0 0
Gross 3b 4 1 2 0
Revering 1b 6 0 2 0
Essian c 6 0 1 1
Page dh 5 0 0 0
  Newman ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Armas rf 5 0 0 0
Chalk 2b 4 0 1 0
Picciolo ss 5 1 2 0
Kingman p 0 0 0 0
  Minetto p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Norris p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 2 11 2
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell rf 6 0 1 0
Wilfong 2b 5 1 3 0
Landreaux cf 6 1 3 1
Adams lf 5 0 2 0
Smalley ss 4 0 0 1
Goodwin dh 2 0 0 0
  Morales ph,dh 3 0 0 0
Wynegar c 6 0 2 0
  Norwood pr 0 1 0 0
Jackson R. 1b 5 0 1 0
Cubbage 3b 3 0 1 0
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson D. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 3 13 2
Oakland 100 010 000 0002111
Minnesota 000 002 000 0013132
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kingman   5.0 6 2 2 1 1
  Minetto   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Todd   1.0 0 0 0 3 0
  Hamilton   0.2 0 0 0 1 2
  Norris   3.0 4 0 0 0 3
  Heaverlo  L (4-10) 1.2 3 1 1 4 1
Totals
11.2
13
3
3
9
7
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson   9.0 8 2 2 2 7
  Jackson  W (3-3) 3.0 3 0 0 1 5
Totals
12.0
11
2
2
3
12

  E–Revering (11), Smalley (21), Erickson (2).  DP–Minnesota 2.  2B–Oakland Heath (6,off Erickson), Minnesota Adams (12,off Kingman); Wynegar (11,off Heaverlo).  3B–Oakland Picciolo (2,off Erickson).  SH–Murphy (7,off Erickson); Powell (5,off Todd); Wilfong (19,off Heaverlo).  SF–Smalley (8,off Minetto).  IBB–Morales (5,by Todd); Landreaux (2,by Heaverlo); Smalley (7,by Heaverlo); R Jackson (4,by Heaverlo).  SB–Page (13,2nd base off Erickson/Wynegar); Gross (4,2nd base off D Jackson/Wynegar).  WP–Todd (4).  IBB–Todd (8,Morales); Heaverlo 3 (18,Landreaux,Smalley,R Jackson).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–3:56.  A–13,742.
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