Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
June 7, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 7, 1989 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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Minnesota Twins 2, Oakland Athletics 3

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Backman 2b 4 0 0 0
  Gagne ph 1 0 0 0
Moses lf 3 0 0 0
Puckett cf 4 0 2 0
Dwyer dh 3 0 1 0
  Laudner ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 4 1 2 0
Bush rf 3 0 1 0
  Gladden ph 1 0 1 0
Larkin 1b 3 1 0 0
Newman ss 3 0 1 1
Mercado c 2 0 0 0
  Castillo ph 1 0 0 0
  Harper c 1 0 1 1
Viola p 0 0 0 0
  Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
  Shields p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 3b 3 1 2 1
Blankenship rf 3 0 1 0
  Polonia ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Henderson cf 4 0 2 1
McGwire dh 3 0 0 0
  Parker ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Steinbach c 4 0 0 0
Hubbard 2b 4 0 1 0
Arndt 1b 4 1 1 0
Javier lf,rf 2 0 0 0
Gallego ss 3 1 0 0
Welch p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Burns p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 2
Minnesota 000 000 101291
Oakland 000 030 00x381
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Viola  L (4-8) 6.0 6 3 1 1 8
  Berenguer   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Shields   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
3
1
1
9
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Welch  W (8-4) 6.1 5 1 1 2 2
  Nelson   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Burns  SV (3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
2
3

  E–Gaetti (7), Hubbard (3).  DP–Oakland 2.  2B–Minnesota Puckett (22,off Welch).  SF–Newman (2,off Nelson).  SH–Javier (2,off Viola).  WP–Viola 2 (3), Welch (2).  U-HP–Steve Palermo, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:33.  A–27,396.
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