Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
April 16, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1986 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 5, Minnesota Twins 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips dh 4 1 1 0
Bochte 1b 3 2 1 2
  Henderson pr 0 0 0 0
  Kingman 1b 0 0 0 0
Murphy cf 3 0 0 0
Canseco rf 4 0 1 1
Baker lf 3 0 0 0
  Peters lf 2 0 1 0
Lansford 3b 4 1 2 0
Hill 2b 4 1 3 2
Griffin ss 4 0 0 0
Tettleton c 5 0 0 0
Andujar p 0 0 0 0
  Ontiveros p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Puckett cf 5 2 2 0
Bush lf 3 1 1 4
Hrbek 1b 5 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 5 0 1 0
Smalley dh 4 0 0 0
Salas c 5 2 3 1
Gaetti 3b 5 1 1 2
Lombardozzi 2b 3 0 0 0
Gagne ss 3 1 1 0
  Hatcher ph 1 0 0 0
  Pittaro ss 0 0 0 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 9 7
Oakland 002 002 100 0591
Minnesota 100 030 010 2791
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar   6.1 5 4 3 2 4
  Ontiveros   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Howell   2.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Atherton  L (1-1) 0.2 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.2
9
7
6
4
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven   8.1 8 5 5 7 8
  Davis  W (1-0) 1.2 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
10.0
9
5
5
7
11

  E–Lansford (1), Gagne (1).  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Minnesota Brunansky (2,off Andujar).  3B–Minnesota Puckett (1,off Andujar).  HR–Oakland Bochte (1,3rd inning off Blyleven 1 on, 1 out); Hill (1,6th inning off Blyleven 1 on, 2 out), Minnesota Bush (2,5th inning off Andujar 2 on, 1 out); Salas (1,8th inning off Howell 0 on, 1 out); Gaetti (3,10th inning off Atherton 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Hill (1,off Blyleven).  HBP–Lansford (1,by Blyleven).  IBB–Griffin (1,by Blyleven).  CS–Peters (1,Home by Blyleven/Salas); Phillips (1,2nd base by Blyleven/Salas).  SB–Gagne (1,2nd base off Andujar/Tettleton).  HBP–Blyleven (1,Lansford).  IBB–Blyleven (1,Griffin).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–3:13.  A–11,282.
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