Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
August 19, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 19, 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 4, Oakland Athletics 5

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Backman 2b 4 1 1 0
  Gagne ss 1 0 1 0
Gladden lf 5 1 2 2
Puckett cf 4 0 0 0
Hrbek 1b 4 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 4 1 2 0
Bush rf 3 1 0 0
Harper c 4 0 1 2
Dwyer dh 4 0 1 0
Newman ss,2b 4 0 0 0
Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
  Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
  Wayne p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 8 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson R. lf 4 2 2 1
Lansford 3b 5 0 1 1
Canseco rf 4 0 1 1
Parker dh 4 1 1 1
Henderson D. cf 4 0 1 0
Hassey c 3 0 1 0
  Steinbach ph,c 1 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 4 1 1 1
Phillips 2b 4 0 2 0
Gallego ss 2 0 0 0
  Javier ph 1 0 0 0
  Weiss ss 1 1 0 0
Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 10 5
Minnesota 002 200 000 0481
Oakland 000 012 010 15100
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Aguilera   6.0 6 3 3 0 4
  Berenguer   1.1 3 1 1 0 0
  Wayne  L (3-4) 2.0 0 1 0 1 0
  Reardon   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.1
10
5
4
1
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Davis  W (14-5) 10.0 8 4 4 1 2
Totals
10.0
8
4
4
1
2

  E–Bush (2).  DP–Minnesota 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Minnesota Gaetti (11,off Davis); Harper (14,off Davis); Gladden (15,off Davis).  HR–Minnesota Gladden (6,3rd inning off Davis 1 on, 2 out), Oakland McGwire (22,5th inning off Aguilera 0 on, 2 out); R Henderson (9,6th inning off Aguilera 0 on, 0 out); Parker (17,6th inning off Aguilera 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–R Henderson (3,by Wayne).  SB–R Henderson 2 (58,2nd base off Berenguer/Harper,3rd base off Berenguer/Harper).  CS–Phillips (8,2nd base by Berenguer/Harper).  IBB–Wayne (4,R Henderson).  U-HP–Dan Morrison, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Mark Johnson, 3B–John Shulock.  T–2:39.  A–44,123.
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