Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
April 12, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 1980 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 6, Oakland Athletics 0

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Jackson 1b 5 0 0 0
Landreaux lf 5 3 4 1
Smalley ss 4 1 0 0
Adams dh 3 0 2 2
  Morales ph,dh 1 0 1 0
  Rivera pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Sofield cf 3 1 1 0
Wynegar c 4 0 0 1
Powell rf 4 0 1 2
Wilfong 2b 2 0 1 0
Castino 3b 3 0 0 0
Zahn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 10 6
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 0 0
Murphy cf 4 0 1 0
Essian dh 4 0 2 0
Newman c 4 0 0 0
Heath rf 3 0 0 0
Revering 1b 3 0 0 0
Klutts 3b 3 0 0 0
Guerrero ss 3 0 0 0
Picciolo 2b 3 0 0 0
Kingman p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
  Lysander p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 3 0
Minnesota 000 201 0306101
Oakland 000 000 000030
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Zahn  W (1-0) 9.0 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
0
1
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kingman  L (0-1) 5.1 5 3 3 2 2
  Lacey   2.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Lysander   1.2 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
2
2

  E–Castino (1).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Minnesota Landreaux 2 (2,off Kingman 2).  3B–Minnesota Powell (1,off Lysander).  HR–Minnesota Landreaux (1,8th inning off Lacey 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Sofield (1,off Kingman); Castino (2,off Kingman).  HBP–Wilfong (1,by Lacey).  SB–Wilfong (1,2nd base off Kingman/Newman).  HBP–Lacey (1,Wilfong).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:21.  A–5,783.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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