Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
August 13, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 13, 1980 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 2

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 1 2 1
Murphy cf 4 1 1 1
Page dh 3 1 2 0
Gross 3b 3 1 1 3
  McKay 3b 0 0 0 0
Armas rf 4 0 0 0
Essian c 4 0 1 0
Gonzalez 1b 2 1 0 0
Guerrero ss 4 0 1 0
  Picciolo ss 0 0 0 0
Cox 2b 4 1 0 0
Keough p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 8 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell rf 5 0 0 0
Wilfong cf 4 0 1 0
Smalley ss 4 0 1 0
Adams dh 4 0 0 0
  Landreaux pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Castino 3b 4 0 1 0
Wynegar c 4 0 1 0
Mackanin 2b 4 2 3 1
Sofield lf 4 0 2 0
Jackson 1b 2 0 0 0
Arroyo p 0 0 0 0
  Verhoeven p 0 0 0 0
  Kinnunen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 9 1
Oakland 000 004 002681
Minnesota 010 000 100292
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Keough  W (13-11) 9.0 9 2 1 2 5
Totals
9.0
9
2
1
2
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Arroyo  L (2-5) 5.1 6 4 4 2 1
  Verhoeven   3.1 2 2 1 3 1
  Kinnunen   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
6
5
5
2

  E–Guerrero (13), Smalley 2 (10).  PB–Essian (2).  2B–Oakland Essian (8,off Arroyo).  HR–Oakland Gross (12,6th inning off Arroyo 2 on, 1 out), Minnesota Mackanin (2,2nd inning off Keough 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Gross (7,by Verhoeven).  SB–Henderson 2 (60,2nd base off Arroyo/Wynegar,2nd base off Verhoeven/Wynegar).  CS–Page (5,2nd base by Arroyo/Wynegar); Gross (3,Home by Arroyo/Wynegar); Castino (3,2nd base by Keough/Essian).  IBB–Verhoeven (4,Gross).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Nick Bremigan.  T–2:50.  A–11,615.
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