Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
May 15, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1999 at Network Associates 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 5, Oakland Athletics 6

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Walker 2b 5 0 3 0
Hunter cf 5 0 0 0
Lawton rf 4 1 1 0
Coomer 3b 4 2 3 2
Mientkiewicz 1b 3 0 1 0
Allen lf 3 2 1 0
Koskie dh 4 0 1 2
Valentin c 4 0 0 0
Guzman ss 2 0 0 0
  Hocking ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 2b,lf 4 0 1 1
McDonald cf 4 0 0 0
Giambi 1b 4 1 1 1
Jaha dh 4 0 0 0
Stairs rf 4 1 1 1
Grieve lf 3 0 0 0
  Velandia 2b 0 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 3 2 2 0
Chavez 3b 3 1 1 2
Tejada ss 3 1 2 0
Oquist p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 8 5
Minnesota 000 102 0205101
Oakland 101 010 201683
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Hawkins   7.0 7 5 5 0 3
  Guardado  L (1-2) 1.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
8
6
6
0
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Oquist   5.0 7 2 2 2 3
  Jones   2.2 3 3 2 1 0
  Groom   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Mathews  W (5-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
3
3

  E–Guzman (6), Tejada 2 (6), Jones (1).  DP–Minnesota 1, Oakland 2.  2B–Minnesota Lawton (11,off Oquist); Koskie (4,off Jones), Oakland Tejada (13,off Hawkins); Phillips (9,off Hawkins).  HR–Minnesota Coomer 2 (5,4th inning off Oquist 0 on, 1 out,8th inning off Jones 0 on, 1 out), Oakland Giambi (9,1st inning off Hawkins 0 on, 2 out); Chavez (1,7th inning off Hawkins 1 on, 1 out); Stairs (8,9th inning off Guardado 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Lawton (3,2nd base by Oquist/Macfarlane); Mientkiewicz (1,2nd base by Oquist/Macfarlane).  WP–Hawkins (3).  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Larry Young.  T–2:43.  A–18,016.
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