Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
June 8, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 8, 1996 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 2, Minnesota Twins 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 0 0 1
Gates 2b 4 0 0 0
Berroa rf 4 0 2 0
McGwire dh 3 0 0 0
Steinbach c 4 0 0 0
Lovullo 1b 4 1 1 0
Giambi 3b 4 0 1 0
Mashore lf 3 1 1 0
Bordick ss 4 0 2 1
Wojciechowski p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 4 0 2 0
Raabe 3b 3 0 0 1
Molitor dh 4 0 1 0
Cordova lf 3 1 1 0
Coomer 1b,rf 3 0 0 0
Kelly rf 2 1 2 0
  Meares ss 2 1 1 2
Reboulet ss,1b 3 0 1 1
  Hale ph 1 0 0 0
  Stahoviak 1b 0 0 0 0
Becker cf 4 0 1 0
Durant c 1 1 1 0
Robertson p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 10 4
Oakland 001 000 100271
Minnesota 001 102 00x4100
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Wojciechowski  L (5-3) 7.0 8 4 4 2 1
  Taylor   1.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
4
4
3
2
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Robertson  W (2-7) 6.2 6 2 2 1 7
  Trombley   1.2 0 0 0 0 3
  Guardado  SV (2) 0.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
11

  E–Bordick (6).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Mashore (1,off Robertson); Lovullo (4,off Robertson), Minnesota Durant (3,off Wojciechowski); Kelly (9,off Wojciechowski); Becker (9,off Wojciechowski); Cordova (14,off Taylor).  3B–Oakland Bordick (2,off Robertson).  HR–Minnesota Meares (5,6th inning off Wojciechowski 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Durant (3,off Wojciechowski).  SF–Raabe (1,off Wojciechowski).  IBB–Coomer (1,by Taylor).  SB–Knoblauch (11,2nd base off Wojciechowski/Steinbach); Kelly (8,2nd base off Wojciechowski/Steinbach); Cordova (5,2nd base off Wojciechowski/Steinbach).  CS–Knoblauch (5,2nd base by Wojciechowski/Steinbach).  IBB–Taylor (1,Coomer).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:37.
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