Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
September 21, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1970 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics 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, Oakland Athletics 6

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 3 0 0 0
Killebrew 1b 2 0 0 0
Oliva rf 3 0 0 0
Alyea lf 3 0 0 0
  Holt cf 0 0 0 0
Renick 3b 3 0 0 0
Mitterwald c 3 0 0 0
Thompson 2b 3 0 0 0
Perry p 2 0 0 0
  Allison ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 27 0 0 0
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 5 2 2 3
Rudi lf 2 0 1 0
  Hovley cf 2 0 1 0
Alou rf,lf 4 0 1 0
Mincher 1b 3 1 2 0
Bando 3b 3 1 1 0
Jackson cf,rf 3 0 0 0
Tenace c 2 1 0 0
Green 2b 4 1 1 1
Blue p 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 9 4
Minnesota 000 000 000001
Oakland 100 000 05x690
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  L (23-12) 8.0 9 6 2 5 3
Totals
8.0
9
6
2
5
3
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  W (2-0) 9.0 0 0 0 1 9
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
1
9

  E–Thompson (6).  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Oakland Alou (25,off Perry).  3B–Oakland Campaneris (4,off Perry).  HR–Oakland Campaneris (21,8th inning off Perry 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Blue (1,off Perry).  HBP–Mincher (2,by Perry); Bando (6,by Perry).  IBB–Jackson (11,by Perry); Tenace (2,by Perry).  HBP–Perry 2 (9,Mincher,Bando).  IBB–Perry 2 (10,Jackson,Tenace).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–John Rice, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:21.  A–4,284.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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