Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
April 15, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 1987 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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

Minnesota Twins 5, Oakland Athletics 2

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 4 3 1 0
Newman 2b 5 0 3 1
Puckett cf 5 0 2 2
Hrbek 1b 5 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 3 0 1 0
Bush rf 3 0 2 0
  Brunansky ph,rf 1 1 1 0
Smalley dh 4 0 0 0
Gagne ss 4 1 2 0
Nieto c 3 0 1 2
Smithson p 0 0 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 13 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Davis rf 4 0 1 1
Phillips 2b 3 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 3 1 1 0
Jackson dh 4 0 0 0
Canseco lf 4 0 0 0
Murphy cf 3 0 1 1
Nelson 1b 4 0 1 0
Tettleton c 3 0 0 0
  Cey ph 1 0 0 0
Griffin ss 3 1 1 0
Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Krueger p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
Minnesota 001 010 1205130
Oakland 000 000 110251
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Smithson  W (2-0) 7.1 4 2 2 1 5
  Frazier   1.1 1 0 0 1 2
  Reardon  SV (3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart  L (0-2) 6.2 9 3 2 2 4
  Krueger   1.1 3 2 2 0 1
  Rodriguez   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
5
4
2
5

  E–Griffin (4).  2B–Minnesota Bush (1,off Stewart); Newman (1,off Stewart); Gagne (2,off Krueger), Oakland Lansford (1,off Smithson); Murphy (2,off Smithson); M Davis (4,off Smithson); R Nelson (1,off Frazier).  SH–Nieto (2,off Stewart).  HBP–Lansford (2,by Smithson).  CS–Gaetti (2,2nd base by Stewart/Tettleton); Newman (1,2nd base by Rodriguez/Tettleton).  SB–Phillips 2 (2,2nd base off Smithson/Nieto,3rd base off Smithson/Nieto); Griffin (2,2nd base off Smithson/Nieto).  WP–Stewart (1).  HBP–Smithson (1,Lansford).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–2:53.  A–17,182.
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