Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
April 13, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 13, 1987 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Minnesota Twins 3, Oakland Athletics 6

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Newman ss 4 1 1 0
Bush rf 4 1 0 0
Puckett cf 3 1 1 1
Hrbek 1b 2 0 1 2
Gaetti 3b 4 0 1 0
Brunansky lf 4 0 0 0
Smalley dh 4 0 2 0
Lombardozzi 2b 4 0 0 0
Nieto c 2 0 0 0
  Salas ph 1 0 0 0
Viola p 0 0 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 2b 1 1 0 0
Griffin ss 5 1 2 1
Lansford 3b,1b 5 0 2 3
Cey 1b 3 0 1 0
  Murphy pr,cf 1 0 1 1
Canseco lf 5 0 2 1
Steinbach c 4 0 0 0
McGwire rf,1b 1 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 1 0
  LeMaster pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Tettleton dh 3 1 0 0
Javier cf,rf 2 2 1 0
  Davis ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 10 6
Minnesota 000 002 010361
Oakland 001 000 23x6100
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Viola   6.2 7 3 3 6 3
  Frazier  L (1-1) 1.1 3 3 3 1 2
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
7
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Plunk   7.0 6 3 3 5 4
  Howell  W (1-1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
5
7

  E–Lombardozzi (3).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Minnesota Smalley 2 (4,off Plunk 2), Oakland Canseco (2,off Viola).  HR–Minnesota Puckett (5,8th inning off Plunk 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Phillips (1,off Viola); Tettleton (1,off Frazier).  CS–Gaetti (1,2nd base by Plunk/Steinbach); Phillips (2,2nd base by Viola/Nieto).  SB–Griffin (1,2nd base off Viola/Nieto).  WP–Plunk 2 (3).  U-HP–Dale Scott, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–3:08.  A–14,447.
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