Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
September 21, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1988 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
Moses lf 4 2 2 0
Herr 2b 3 0 0 0
Bush rf 3 0 1 0
  Christensen ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Puckett cf 4 1 2 1
  Davidson cf 0 0 0 0
Dwyer dh 2 0 0 1
Larkin 1b 4 0 0 0
Newman 3b 4 0 0 1
Nieto c 3 0 0 0
  Bullock ph 1 0 0 0
Baker ss 3 0 0 0
  Gaetti ph 1 0 0 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
  Straker p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 5 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf 3 1 0 0
Javier cf,rf 3 1 1 0
Parker 1b 4 1 2 2
  Lansford 1b 0 0 0 0
Baylor dh 3 0 0 0
  Blankenship pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Hassey c 4 1 3 1
Jennings rf 4 0 0 0
  Henderson cf 0 0 0 0
Phillips 3b 3 1 1 2
Weiss ss 4 0 1 1
Gallego 2b 4 1 1 0
Welch p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 6
Minnesota 011 000 010350
Oakland 003 030 00x691
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  L (10-16) 4.2 9 6 6 2 5
  Straker   2.1 0 0 0 1 2
  Atherton   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
3
8
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Welch  W (16-8) 7.0 5 3 2 3 5
  Cadaret   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Nelson   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley  SV (43) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
2
4
6

  E–Weiss (15).  DP–Minnesota 1.  PB–Hassey (7).  2B–Minnesota Moses (10,off Welch), Oakland Javier (12,off Blyleven); Weiss (15,off Blyleven).  3B–Oakland Phillips (4,off Blyleven).  HBP–Javier (2,by Blyleven).  CS–Bush (5,2nd base by Welch/Hassey).  HBP–Blyleven (13,Javier).  U-HP–Steve Palermo, 1B–Larry Young, 2B–Dan Morrison, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–2:42.  A–23,200.
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