Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
July 19, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 19, 1997 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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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Minnesota Twins 7, Oakland Athletics 6

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 5 1 3 0
Becker cf 3 0 0 0
  Kelly ph,rf 2 1 1 1
Molitor dh 4 0 1 2
Stahoviak 1b 4 1 1 0
Cordova lf 4 0 0 1
  Jackson cf 0 0 0 0
Lawton rf,lf 4 0 1 1
Coomer 3b 3 1 1 0
Myers c 3 2 1 0
Meares ss 4 1 2 1
Stevens p 0 0 0 0
  Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 11 6
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Bellhorn 3b 5 0 2 0
Spiezio 2b 5 0 0 0
Stairs rf 1 0 0 0
  Lennon rf 2 1 1 0
McGwire 1b 3 0 0 0
Giambi lf 5 3 3 1
  Mashore pr 0 0 0 0
Canseco dh 5 2 3 4
Brosius cf 5 0 1 0
Batista ss 4 0 2 1
Mayne c 2 0 0 0
  Williams ph,c 1 0 0 0
Rigby p 0 0 0 0
  Wengert p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
  Small p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 12 6
Minnesota 000 021 4007111
Oakland 010 200 3006121
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Stevens   4.2 6 3 3 4 4
  Swindell  W (5-2) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Trombley   0.1 1 2 2 1 0
  Rodriguez   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Guardado   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Aguilera  SV (18) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
5
8
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Rigby   5.0 3 2 2 3 2
  Wengert  L (4-9) 1.0 5 4 4 0 1
  Groom   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Small   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Taylor   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
3
5

  E–Coomer (7), Giambi (1).  DP–Minnesota 1, Oakland 2.  2B–Minnesota Meares (21,off Rigby); Stahoviak (9,off Wengert); Molitor (20,off Small); Knoblauch (18,off Taylor), Oakland Bellhorn (1,off Stevens); Giambi (24,off Stevens); Batista (7,off Stevens); Canseco (18,off Stevens).  HR–Oakland Giambi (12,2nd inning off Stevens 0 on, 0 out); Canseco (19,7th inning off Rodriguez 2 on, 2 out).  SB–Canseco (7,2nd base off Stevens/Myers).  CS–Batista (1,2nd base by Swindell/Myers).  WP–Rigby (3).  U-HP–Gary Cederstrom, 1B–Drew Coble, 2B–Mark Johnson, 3B–Fieldin Culbreth.  T–3:23.  A–14,763.
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