Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
June 26, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 26, 1989 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 3, Minnesota Twins 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson R. lf 4 0 2 1
Henderson D. cf 5 0 1 0
Parker dh 4 0 1 0
  Blankenship pr,dh,2b 1 0 0 0
Steinbach c 5 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 3 2 2 0
McGwire 1b 4 0 2 2
Hubbard 2b 3 0 0 0
  Phillips ph,ss 1 0 1 0
Javier rf 4 0 0 0
Gallego ss 2 1 0 0
  Hassey ph 1 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Burns p 0 0 0 0
Moore p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 9 3
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Backman 2b 3 1 1 0
  Newman 2b 1 0 0 0
Bush rf 5 1 1 1
Puckett cf 5 1 3 3
Dwyer dh 4 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 4 0 1 0
Hrbek 1b 3 0 1 0
Laudner c 4 0 1 0
Moses lf 3 0 1 0
Gagne ss 4 1 1 0
Rawley p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Oakland 001 000 101 0390
Minnesota 002 001 000 14100
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Moore   8.0 8 3 3 0 3
  Nelson   1.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Burns  L (4-2) 0.2 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.2
10
4
4
2
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Rawley   7.2 6 2 2 3 1
  Reardon  W (2-2) 2.1 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
10.0
9
3
3
4
2

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1, Minnesota 1.  2B–Oakland R Henderson (14,off Rawley); Lansford (18,off Reardon); Phillips (10,off Reardon), Minnesota Gaetti (7,off Moore); Gagne (14,off Moore).  3B–Minnesota Puckett (2,off Moore).  HR–Minnesota Puckett (5,10th inning off Burns 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–R Henderson (1,by Reardon).  SH–Backman (3,off Moore).  SB–Lansford 2 (12,2nd base off Rawley/Laudner 2); Bush (3,2nd base off Moore/Steinbach).  IBB–Reardon (1,R Henderson).  U-HP–Mark Johnson, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–3:00.  A–31,914.
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