Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
May 25, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 25, 1997 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 6, Minnesota Twins 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Mashore cf 5 0 1 0
Giambi dh 3 1 1 0
  Lennon ph,dh 2 0 0 1
Canseco rf 2 0 1 0
  Berroa rf 3 1 1 1
McGwire 1b 5 1 3 2
  Sheldon pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Stairs lf 4 0 1 0
Spiezio 2b 4 1 1 0
Williams c 4 1 1 1
Brosius 3b,ss,3b 4 0 0 0
Bournigal ss 2 0 1 1
  Magadan ph,3b,1b 2 0 0 0
Prieto p 0 0 0 0
  Small p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 11 6
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 2 2 1 0
Jackson cf 4 1 2 2
Molitor dh 5 0 1 1
Steinbach c 3 0 0 0
  Lawton pr 0 1 0 0
Kelly rf 4 1 1 0
Stahoviak 1b 4 0 0 0
Coomer 3b 3 0 0 1
  Hocking pr,3b 1 1 0 0
Becker lf 5 0 3 2
Meares ss 4 1 1 1
Tewksbury p 0 0 0 0
  Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Naulty p 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 9 7
Oakland 012 001 002 06111
Minnesota 002 120 010 1791
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Prieto   6.0 7 5 5 4 6
  Small   2.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Taylor  L (1-3) 1.2 1 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.2
9
7
7
7
9
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Tewksbury   5.0 8 3 3 0 5
  Swindell   0.1 1 1 1 2 0
  Trombley   1.2 0 0 0 1 4
  Guardado   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Naulty   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Aguilera  W (2-1) 2.0 2 2 2 2 0
Totals
10.0
11
6
6
5
11

  E–Brosius (4), Coomer (5).  DP–Oakland 2, Minnesota 1.  2B–Oakland Mashore (8,off Tewksbury).  3B–Minnesota Kelly (1,off Prieto); Becker (1,off Small).  HR–Oakland McGwire (16,3rd inning off Tewksbury 1 on, 1 out); Berroa (10,9th inning off Aguilera 0 on, 0 out), Minnesota Meares (5,3rd inning off Prieto 0 on, 1 out); Jackson (2,5th inning off Prieto 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Bournigal (2,off Swindell); Spiezio (2,off Aguilera); Jackson (1,off Small); Kelly (1,off Taylor).  SB–Knoblauch (23,2nd base off Prieto/Williams).  WP–Prieto (4).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Dale Scott, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–3:37.  A–37,408.
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