Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
May 23, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1999 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 3, Minnesota Twins 8

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 5 0 0 0
Christenson cf 5 0 0 0
Giambi 1b 3 1 1 0
Jaha dh 4 1 1 0
Stairs rf 4 1 2 3
Saenz 3b 4 0 0 0
Spiezio 2b 2 0 1 0
Macfarlane c 4 0 2 0
Tejada ss 2 0 0 0
Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Rigby p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Walker 2b 5 2 3 0
  Hunter cf 0 0 0 0
Hocking cf,2b 4 2 2 1
Coomer 3b 5 0 0 0
Lawton rf 3 2 1 0
Cordova dh 4 1 3 3
Mientkiewicz 1b 5 0 1 0
Allen lf 4 1 2 2
Pierzynski c 4 0 1 1
Guzman ss 4 0 2 1
Milton p 0 0 0 0
  Mays p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 15 8
Oakland 000 003 000371
Minnesota 510 200 00x8150
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Heredia  L (3-4) 3.0 8 8 8 2 2
  Rigby   3.2 6 0 0 1 4
  Jones   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
15
8
8
3
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Milton  W (2-4) 5.0 3 2 2 4 5
  Mays   1.1 3 1 1 2 1
  Miller   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Wells   2.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
6
8

  E–Tejada (7).  DP–Oakland 2, Minnesota 1.  2B–Oakland Stairs (8,off Milton); Giambi (8,off Milton); Spiezio (9,off Mays); Macfarlane (4,off Wells), Minnesota Guzman (4,off Heredia); Cordova (7,off Heredia); Walker 2 (12,off Heredia,off Rigby); Hocking (3,off Heredia).  HR–Oakland Stairs (11,6th inning off Mays 2 on, 0 out).  HBP–Spiezio (1,by Milton); Cordova (2,by Heredia).  IBB–Lawton (4,by Heredia).  CS–Tejada (2,2nd base by Milton/Pierzynski).  WP–Rigby (2).  HBP–Heredia (6,Cordova); Milton (1,Spiezio).  IBB–Heredia (2,Lawton).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Dan Morrison, 3B–Ed Hickox.  T–3:12.  A–12,881.
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