Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
April 9, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1990 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 8

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 5 0 0 0
Bush rf 4 0 2 0
  Mack ph 1 0 0 0
Puckett cf 5 1 3 0
Hrbek 1b 4 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 4 0 0 0
Harper c 4 0 2 1
Larkin dh 2 1 1 0
Gagne ss 4 1 2 2
Newman 2b 3 0 0 0
  Castillo ph 1 0 0 0
  Baker 2b 0 0 0 0
Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 10 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson R. lf 4 1 2 0
Lansford 3b 5 1 2 0
Canseco rf 3 1 1 0
McGwire 1b 3 1 0 1
Henderson D. cf 3 2 2 3
Steinbach c 4 1 1 1
Javier dh 4 0 1 2
Gallego 2b 3 0 0 0
Weiss ss 3 1 2 0
Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 11 7
Minnesota 000 011 0103101
Oakland 103 100 30x8111
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson  L (0-1) 4.0 7 5 4 3 1
  Berenguer   2.1 2 3 3 3 2
  Leach   1.2 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
8
7
6
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart  W (1-0) 5.2 7 2 2 0 1
  Nelson   1.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Honeycutt  SV (1) 2.1 1 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
2
3

  E–Gaetti (1), Lansford (1).  DP–Minnesota 2.  2B–Minnesota Gagne (1,off Honeycutt), Oakland Lansford (1,off Anderson); R Henderson (1,off Anderson).  HR–Minnesota Gagne (1,5th inning off Stewart 0 on, 0 out), Oakland D Henderson (1,7th inning off Berenguer 1 on, 1 out); Steinbach (1,7th inning off Berenguer 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Weiss (1,off Berenguer).  SF–McGwire (1,off Anderson).  SB–Puckett (1,2nd base off Stewart/Steinbach).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–2:50.  A–48,219.
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