Minnesota Twins vs Los Angeles Dodgers
October 9, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 9, 1965 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Minnesota Twins 0, Los Angeles Dodgers 4

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Versalles ss 3 0 2 0
Nossek cf 4 0 1 0
Oliva rf 4 0 1 0
Killebrew 3b 3 0 0 0
Battey c 3 0 0 0
  Zimmerman c 1 0 0 0
Allison lf 3 0 0 0
Mincher 1b 3 0 1 0
Quilici 2b 3 0 0 0
Pascual p 1 0 0 0
  Rollins ph 1 0 0 0
  Merritt p 0 0 0 0
  Valdespino ph 1 0 0 0
  Klippstein p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 5 0
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 4 0 1 1
Gilliam 3b 4 0 1 0
  Kennedy 3b 0 0 0 0
Davis cf 4 1 1 0
Fairly rf 4 1 1 0
Johnson lf 2 0 2 1
Lefebvre 2b 2 1 1 0
  Tracewski 2b 2 0 0 0
Parker 1b 3 1 1 0
Roseboro c 3 0 1 2
Osteen p 2 0 1 0
Totals 30 4 10 4
Minnesota 000 000 000050
Los Angeles 000 211 00x4101
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Pascual  L (0-1) 5.0 8 3 3 1 0
  Merritt   2.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Klippstein   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
4
4
2
1
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Osteen  W (1-0) 9.0 5 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
2
2

  E–Kennedy (1).  DP–Minnesota 1, Los Angeles 2.  2B–Minnesota Versalles (1,off Osteen), Los Angeles Gilliam (1,off Pascual); Johnson 2 (2,off Pascual 2); Fairly (1,off Pascual); Wills (1,off Merritt).  SH–Johnson (1,off Pascual); Osteen (1,off Merritt).  CS–Versalles (1,Home by Osteen/Roseboro); Johnson (1,2nd base by Klippstein/Zimmerman).  SB–Wills (1,2nd base off Pascual/Battey); Parker (1,3rd base off Pascual/Battey); Roseboro (1,2nd base off Pascual/Battey).  U–Red Flaherty (AL), Ed Sudol (NL), Bob Stewart (AL), Ed Vargo (NL), Tony Venzon (NL), Eddie Hurley (AL).  T–2:06.  A–55,934.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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