Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
October 2, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 2002 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Minnesota Twins 1, Oakland Athletics 9

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Jones lf 3 0 1 0
  Mohr lf 1 0 1 0
Guzman ss 3 1 1 1
Koskie 3b 3 0 0 0
LeCroy dh 4 0 2 0
Hunter cf 3 0 0 0
  Hocking rf 1 0 1 0
Mientkiewicz 1b 4 0 0 0
Cuddyer rf 1 0 0 0
  Kielty ph,rf,cf 2 0 0 0
Pierzynski c 2 0 0 0
  Prince c 2 0 0 0
Rivas 2b 2 0 1 0
Mays p 0 0 0 0
  Fiore p 0 0 0 0
  Lohse p 0 0 0 0
  Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 7 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Durham dh 3 3 1 0
Hatteberg 1b 4 1 2 1
  Mabry ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Tejada ss 4 1 1 1
Chavez 3b 4 2 2 3
Dye rf 4 1 1 0
Justice lf 5 1 2 3
  Byrnes lf 0 0 0 0
Ellis 2b 4 0 3 1
Long cf 4 0 2 0
Hernandez c 4 0 0 0
Mulder p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Koch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 14 9
Minnesota 000 001 000171
Oakland 300 510 00x9140
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Mays  L (0-1) 3.2 9 6 6 2 1
  Fiore   1.1 4 3 3 2 0
  Lohse   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Hawkins   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
14
9
9
4
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Mulder  W (1-0) 6.0 5 1 1 2 3
  Bradford   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Koch   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
5

  E–Jones (1).  DP–Minnesota 1, Oakland 2.  2B–Minnesota Mohr (1,off Bradford), Oakland Hatteberg (1,off Mays); Dye (1,off Mays); Tejada (1,off Mays); Ellis (2,off Fiore); Durham (3,off Fiore).  3B–Oakland Justice (1,off Fiore).  HR–Minnesota Guzman (1,6th inning off Mulder 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Chavez (1,1st inning off Mays 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Guzman (1,off Mulder).  HBP–Koskie (1,by Bradford); Durham (1,by Mays).  IBB–Chavez (1,by Mays).  WP–Fiore (1).  HBP–Mays (1,Durham); Bradford (1,Koskie).  IBB–Mays (1,Chavez).  U–Chuck Meriwether, Alfonso Marquez, Derryl Cousins, Joe West, Gerry Davis, Lazaro Diaz.  T–3:04.  A–31,953.
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