Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
July 23, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 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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Oakland Athletics 4, Minnesota Twins 14

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips ss,2b 5 1 2 0
Murphy cf 3 1 1 0
  Hancock rf 1 0 1 1
Morgan 2b 3 0 2 0
  Hill pr,ss 0 1 0 1
Kingman dh 4 0 1 0
  Atherton p,pr,dh,p 0 0 0 0
  Burroughs ph 1 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 4 0 2 1
  Wagner 3b 0 0 0 0
Bochte 1b 3 0 0 1
Heath c,lf 4 0 0 0
Davis rf,cf 4 0 0 0
Almon lf 3 0 2 0
  Tettleton c 0 1 0 0
Burris p 0 0 0 0
  Rainey p 0 0 0 0
  Torrez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 11 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Puckett cf 5 1 2 2
Brown lf 5 2 2 3
Engle c 4 2 2 2
Hrbek 1b 4 2 2 2
Bush dh 5 3 4 0
Teufel 2b 3 1 1 2
Brunansky rf 5 1 1 2
Gaetti 3b 4 1 1 1
Jimenez ss 5 1 2 0
Butcher p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 14 17 14
Oakland 100 000 0124111
Minnesota 031 032 50x14170
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Burris  L (9-5) 4.0 7 7 4 3 1
  Rainey   2.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Torrez   0.2 6 5 5 1 1
  Atherton   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
17
14
11
4
2
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Butcher  W (8-6) 9.0 11 4 4 4 5
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
4
5

  E–Morgan (7).  DP–Oakland 1, Minnesota 1.  2B–Oakland Almon (4,off Butcher); Morgan (19,off Butcher); Hancock (1,off Butcher), Minnesota Bush (14,off Burris); Brown (9,off Torrez).  HR–Minnesota Engle (4,6th inning off Rainey 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Hill (2,off Butcher); Teufel (4,off Rainey).  CS–Almon (4,2nd base by Butcher/Engle).  T–2:33.  A–19,830.
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