Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
July 28, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 1990 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 4, Minnesota Twins 9

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson R. dh 4 2 3 2
  Canseco O. ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Weiss ss 3 0 1 1
Canseco J. rf 4 0 1 0
Hassey c 4 0 1 0
Jose cf 4 0 1 0
McGwire 1b 4 1 2 1
Jennings lf 4 0 1 0
Gallego 2b 3 0 0 0
  Quirk ph 1 0 0 0
Blankenship 3b 3 1 1 0
  Henderson D. ph 1 0 0 0
Welch p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Klink p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 11 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Newman ss 4 2 1 0
Bush rf,1b 3 1 1 1
Puckett cf 4 0 1 0
  Mack cf 1 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 5 1 2 1
Hrbek 1b 4 1 3 0
  Castillo ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Harper dh 3 2 1 0
Ortiz c 4 1 3 3
Moses lf 3 1 1 2
Hale 2b 2 0 0 2
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Drummond p 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 13 9
Oakland 000 021 1004110
Minnesota 305 100 00x9130
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Welch  L (16-4) 2.0 7 7 7 3 2
  Nelson   3.1 5 2 2 2 0
  Klink   2.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
13
9
9
5
4
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson  W (2-2) 6.1 10 4 4 0 3
  Drummond   1.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Aguilera   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
1
6

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1, Minnesota 2.  2B–Oakland Weiss (15,off Erickson), Minnesota Bush (7,off Nelson); Ortiz (6,off Nelson).  3B–Oakland R Henderson (3,off Erickson), Minnesota Moses (1,off Welch).  HR–Oakland McGwire (27,6th inning off Erickson 0 on, 1 out); R Henderson (19,7th inning off Erickson 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Hale 2 (2,off Nelson 2).  HBP–Bush (4,by Welch).  IBB–Harper (2,by Welch).  SB–Newman (10,2nd base off Welch/Hassey).  WP–Nelson (1), Erickson (2).  HBP–Welch (3,Bush).  IBB–Welch (3,Harper).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–2:37.  A–51,017.
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