Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Athletics
May 2, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1964 at Municipal Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Kansas City Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Minnesota Twins 7, Kansas City Athletics 3

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Rollins 3b 5 1 1 0
Oliva rf 5 2 4 3
Allison 1b 5 1 1 1
Hall cf 5 1 1 1
Killebrew lf 5 2 2 2
  Green lf 0 0 0 0
Battey c 5 0 2 0
Versalles ss 5 0 0 0
Allen 2b 4 0 0 0
Stange p 3 0 0 0
  Dailey p 0 0 0 0
  Fischer p 0 0 0 0
  Pleis p 0 0 0 0
  Mincher ph 1 0 0 0
  Arrigo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 7 11 7
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Mathews cf 5 0 0 0
Causey ss 5 0 0 0
Charles 3b 5 2 3 0
Gentile 1b 2 0 0 0
  Edwards 1b 2 0 0 0
Colavito rf,lf 4 1 1 1
Lau c 4 0 2 2
Reynolds lf 2 0 1 0
  Jimenez ph 1 0 0 0
  Cimoli rf 1 0 0 0
  Tartabull rf 1 0 0 0
Green 2b 3 0 0 0
  Alusik ph 0 0 0 0
  Williams pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Monteagudo p 2 0 1 0
  Wyatt p 0 0 0 0
  Bryan ph 1 0 0 0
  Pfister p 0 0 0 0
  Handrahan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 3 8 3
Minnesota 002 000 001 047110
Kansas City 000 000 201 00380
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Stange   8.0 5 3 3 3 4
  Dailey   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Fischer   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Pleis   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Arrigo  W (1-0) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
11.0
8
3
3
5
7
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Monteagudo   7.0 5 2 2 1 2
  Wyatt   2.0 2 1 1 0 3
  Pfister  L (0-1) 1.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Handrahan   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
11.0
11
7
7
1
6

  E–None.  DP–Minnesota 2, Kansas City 1.  PB–Battey (3).  2B–Minnesota Battey (2,off Monteagudo); Oliva (4,off Monteagudo), Kansas City Charles (4,off Stange).  3B–Kansas City Lau (1,off Stange).  HR–Minnesota Oliva 2 (4,3rd inning off Monteagudo 1 on, 2 out,11th inning off Pfister 0 on, 0 out); Killebrew 2 (4,9th inning off Wyatt 0 on, 1 out,11th inning off Handrahan 0 on, 0 out); Allison (4,11th inning off Pfister 0 on, 0 out); Hall (3,11th inning off Pfister.  Team LOB–4.  IBB–Lau (1,by Fischer); Alusik (1,by Fischer).  Team–8.  SB–Charles (2,2nd base off Stange/Battey).  IBB–Fischer 2 (2,Lau,Alusik).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Sam Carrigan, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Eddie Hurley.  T–3:13.  A–8,159.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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