Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
September 12, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 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 3, Minnesota Twins 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Batista 2b 5 0 0 0
Brosius 3b 5 0 0 0
Berroa rf 4 1 1 0
  Herrera rf 1 0 1 0
McGwire dh 2 0 1 0
  Moore pr,dh 0 1 0 0
  Stairs ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Lesher lf 4 1 1 3
Steinbach c 5 0 0 0
Giambi 1b 4 0 0 0
Young cf 4 0 0 0
Bordick ss 4 0 1 0
Prieto p 0 0 0 0
  Acre p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
  Corsi p 0 0 0 0
  Mohler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 3 5 3
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 5 1 2 1
Becker cf 3 0 2 0
Molitor dh 5 0 1 1
Walker 3b 4 0 1 0
  Reboulet 3b,1b 1 0 0 0
Cordova lf 4 1 2 1
Stahoviak 1b 3 0 0 0
  Coomer ph,1b 1 0 0 0
  Hale ph 0 0 0 0
  Raabe ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Kelly rf 3 1 1 0
Myers c 3 0 0 0
  Walbeck ph,c 2 0 0 0
Meares ss 4 1 1 1
Aldred p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Stevens p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 10 4
Oakland 000 000 003 000350
Minnesota 000 001 011 0014101
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Prieto   8.0 8 2 2 3 2
  Acre   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Groom   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Corsi   1.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Mohler  L (5-3) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
11.2
10
4
4
4
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Aldred   8.1 4 3 3 1 6
  Trombley   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Guardado   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Stevens  W (3-3) 2.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
12.0
5
3
3
3
7

  E–Meares (20).  DP–Oakland 4, Minnesota 1.  2B–Oakland Herrera (15,off Stevens), Minnesota Meares (24,off Prieto); Knoblauch (34,off Prieto); Kelly (16,off Mohler).  HR–Oakland Lesher (4,9th inning off Aldred 2 on, 1 out), Minnesota Cordova (15,9th inning off Acre 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Lesher (1,off Aldred); Bordick (4,off Guardado).  HBP–McGwire (7,by Aldred); Kelly (6,by Prieto).  SF–Meares (7,off Mohler).  SB–Moore (1,2nd base off Aldred/Myers).  CS–Becker (5,2nd base by Prieto/Steinbach).  WP–Prieto (6).  HBP–Prieto (7,Kelly); Aldred (6,McGwire).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Ed Hickox, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–3:22.  A–9,712.
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