Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
August 6, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 6, 1987 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 9

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 5 0 2 1
Lansford 3b 2 0 0 0
  Tettleton ph,c 2 1 1 0
Canseco lf 4 0 1 1
McGwire 1b 3 0 1 0
Henderson rf 4 1 2 1
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
Steinbach c,3b 4 1 1 0
Bernazard dh,2b 4 0 0 0
Murphy cf 2 0 0 0
Gallego 2b 3 1 1 1
  Polonia ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Newman 2b 3 2 1 0
Bush rf 1 2 0 0
  Davidson lf 0 0 0 0
Puckett cf 5 1 1 3
Hrbek 1b 4 2 2 1
Gaetti 3b 3 0 2 3
Larkin dh 4 0 0 1
Brunansky lf,rf 4 0 0 0
Laudner c 4 1 1 1
Gagne ss 5 1 2 0
Viola p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 9 9
Oakland 010 001 110491
Minnesota 201 400 11x990
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart  L (14-8) 3.1 4 7 5 5 4
  Cadaret   3.1 3 1 1 5 2
  Rodriguez   1.1 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
9
7
11
7
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Viola  W (12-7) 7.0 7 3 3 6 4
  Atherton   2.0 2 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
8
6

  E–Griffin (18).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Canseco (22,off Atherton), Minnesota Gagne (21,off Stewart); Puckett (19,off Stewart); Newman (14,off Cadaret); Gaetti (21,off Rodriguez).  3B–Minnesota Hrbek (1,off Rodriguez).  HR–Oakland Gallego (2,6th inning off Viola 0 on, 0 out); Henderson (2,7th inning off Viola 0 on, 1 out), Minnesota Hrbek (25,3rd inning off Stewart 0 on, 0 out); Laudner (13,7th inning off Cadaret 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Lansford (7,by Viola); Gaetti (1,by Stewart).  HBP–Stewart (4,Gaetti); Viola (3,Lansford).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–3:27.  A–39,177.
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