Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
August 7, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 4, Minnesota Twins 9

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia cf 4 1 0 0
Lansford 3b 4 1 1 1
  Tettleton c 0 0 0 0
Canseco lf 2 1 0 0
McGwire 1b 2 1 0 1
Davis rf 3 0 1 1
Steinbach c,3b 3 0 1 1
Jackson dh 3 0 1 0
  Henderson ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Bernazard 2b 4 0 1 0
Griffin ss 3 0 0 0
  Gallego ss 0 0 0 0
Lamp p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  Leiper p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 5 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Bush rf 3 1 2 0
  Davidson ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Gagne ss 5 1 3 0
Puckett cf 4 0 1 1
Hrbek 1b 5 3 1 1
Gaetti 3b 4 2 1 0
Larkin dh 4 0 1 0
Brunansky lf,rf 4 1 1 2
Lombardozzi 2b 4 1 1 1
Butera c 4 0 1 1
Niekro p 0 0 0 0
  Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 12 6
Oakland 000 200 002454
Minnesota 401 031 00x9121
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Lamp  L (1-3) 0.1 4 4 3 1 0
  Eckersley   4.0 7 4 4 0 4
  Leiper   3.2 1 1 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
12
9
7
2
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (6-8) 8.0 5 4 2 4 3
  Schatzeder   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
4
2
4
3

  E–Bernazard (11), Griffin 3 (21), Hrbek (4).  DP–Minnesota 3.  2B–Minnesota Gaetti (22,off Lamp); Larkin (6,off Eckersley); Brunansky (13,off Eckersley).  3B–Minnesota Gagne (5,off Leiper).  HR–Minnesota Hrbek (26,3rd inning off Eckersley 0 on, 0 out).  SF–McGwire (5,off Niekro).  HBP–McGwire (5,by Niekro); Gaetti (2,by Eckersley).  IBB–Larkin (2,by Lamp).  SB–Polonia (23,3rd base off Niekro/Butera); Lansford (22,2nd base off Niekro/Butera); Lombardozzi (4,2nd base off Eckersley/Steinbach).  WP–Lamp (2), Leiper (2).  HBP–Eckersley (3,Gaetti); Niekro (7,McGwire).  IBB–Lamp (1,Larkin).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:51.  A–36,146.
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