Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
May 4, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1984 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 1, Minnesota Twins 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 0 0 0
Heath c 4 0 0 0
Lopes 2b,rf 4 0 0 0
Kingman dh 4 1 2 1
Lansford 3b 4 0 1 0
Murphy cf 4 0 1 0
Almon 1b 3 0 1 0
  Morgan ph 1 0 0 0
Davis rf 1 0 0 0
  Burroughs ph 1 0 0 0
  Wagner 2b 0 0 0 0
Phillips ss 3 0 1 0
Burris p 0 0 0 0
  Sorensen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Brown cf 4 0 1 0
Teufel 2b 3 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 4 0 0 0
Bush dh 4 0 1 0
Gaetti lf 3 1 1 0
Hatcher 1b 4 1 1 0
Castino 3b 2 1 1 1
Laudner c 4 0 1 1
Jimenez ss 3 0 1 0
Viola p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 2
Oakland 000 000 001160
Minnesota 000 002 01x371
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Burris  L (2-1) 6.0 5 2 2 2 5
  Sorensen   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
2
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Viola  W (2-3) 7.2 4 0 0 2 4
  Davis  SV (5) 1.1 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
5

  E–Teufel (1).  2B–Oakland Kingman (2,off Viola), Minnesota Jimenez (2,off Burris); Bush (7,off Burris); Brown (7,off Burris); Laudner (2,off Burris); Hatcher (5,off Sorensen).  HR–Oakland Kingman (11,9th inning off Davis 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Teufel (1,by Burris); Gaetti (1,by Burris).  IBB–Castino (2,by Burris).  CS–Davis (4,2nd base by Viola/Laudner); Murphy (1,2nd base by Viola/Laudner).  SB–Gaetti (1,2nd base off Burris/Heath).  WP–Burris (1).  HBP–Burris 2 (2,Teufel,Gaetti).  IBB–Burris (1,Castino).  T–2:23.  A–10,155.
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