Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
September 16, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 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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Minnesota Twins 4, Oakland Athletics 5

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 5 1 2 1
Newman 2b 5 0 2 1
Puckett rf,cf 4 0 1 0
Gaetti 3b 5 0 1 1
Harper c 5 1 2 0
  Liriano pr 0 0 0 0
  Ortiz c 0 0 0 0
Larkin 1b 4 0 0 0
  Hrbek ph,1b 0 0 0 0
Mack cf 4 0 0 0
  Bush ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Castillo dh 4 1 1 1
Gagne ss 4 1 1 0
Tapani p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 4 10 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
McGee cf 5 0 1 0
Jennings lf 4 1 0 0
Canseco rf 4 1 1 2
Baines dh 4 0 1 0
  Lewis pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Hassey ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 5 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 4 2 3 0
Steinbach c 4 1 1 2
Weiss ss 4 0 2 1
Randolph 2b 3 0 2 0
Young p 0 0 0 0
  Chitren p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 11 5
Minnesota 040 000 000 004100
Oakland 000 400 000 015110
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Tapani   4.0 4 4 4 2 1
  Smith   3.2 5 0 0 1 0
  Berenguer  L (8-4) 3.0 2 1 1 2 4
Totals
10.2
11
5
5
5
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Young   1.2 7 4 4 1 0
  Chitren   6.1 1 0 0 0 6
  Honeycutt   1.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Eckersley  W (4-2) 1.1 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
11.0
10
4
4
2
10

  E–None.  DP–Minnesota 3.  2B–Minnesota Harper (40,off Young), Oakland McGwire (14,off Berenguer).  HR–Oakland J Canseco (37,4th inning off Tapani 1 on, 0 out); Steinbach (9,4th inning off Tapani 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Randolph (6,off Smith).  IBB–Steinbach (1,by Berenguer).  CS–Gladden (9,2nd base by Honeycutt/Steinbach); Hrbek (2,2nd base by Eckersley/Steinbach); Weiss (3,2nd base by Berenguer/Harper).  IBB–Berenguer (4,Steinbach).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Drew Coble, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–3:10.  A–38,043.
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