Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
May 26, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 2001 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. 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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Oakland Athletics 5, Minnesota Twins 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Damon lf 4 0 0 0
Menechino 2b 3 1 0 0
Giambi 1b 4 2 3 1
Long cf 5 1 1 0
Tejada ss 5 0 3 3
Chavez 3b 5 0 0 0
Piatt rf 5 0 1 0
Saenz dh 3 1 1 0
  Jennings ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Hernandez c 4 0 0 0
Hudson p 0 0 0 0
  Magnante p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
  Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0
  Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 9 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Allen lf,rf 4 2 2 0
Hocking 1b,cf 3 1 1 1
Lawton dh 5 0 2 2
Buchanan rf 2 0 0 0
  Jones ph,lf 2 0 1 0
Koskie 3b 4 0 0 0
Hunter cf 2 0 0 0
  Mientkiewicz ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Maxwell ss 2 0 0 0
  Guzman ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Pierzynski c 4 1 2 0
Rivas 2b 4 0 0 0
Romero p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
  Cressend p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 3
Oakland 200 010 000 2591
Minnesota 100 001 100 1480
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hudson   6.2 4 3 3 5 6
  Magnante   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Mecir  W (2-4) 2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Isringhausen   0.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Guthrie  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
8
4
4
6
8
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Romero   6.1 6 3 3 2 1
  Guardado   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Wells  L (4-2) 1.1 1 2 2 1 1
  Hawkins   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Cressend   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
9
5
5
4
5

  E–Piatt (2).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Long (10,off Romero); Tejada 2 (10,off Romero,off Guardado); Saenz (8,off Romero); Jason Giambi (16,off Romero), Minnesota Allen (4,off Hudson); Lawton (8,off Hudson).  IBB–Koskie (3,by Hudson).  CS–Pierzynski (2,2nd base by Mecir/Hernandez); Lawton (4,3rd base by Guthrie/Hernandez).  WP–Hudson (6), Hawkins 2 (4), Cressend (1).  IBB–Hudson (3,Koskie).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Terry Craft, 2B–Bill Miller, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–3:45.
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