Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
April 9, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1977 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 4, Oakland Athletics 7

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Wynegar c 3 1 1 1
Smalley ss 3 1 2 0
Carew 1b 4 1 1 1
Bostock cf 3 0 1 1
Hisle lf 3 0 0 1
Ford rf 4 0 0 0
Kusick dh 3 1 1 0
Cubbage 3b 3 0 1 0
Randall 2b 3 0 0 0
  Chiles ph 1 0 0 0
Goltz p 0 0 0 0
  Schueler p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 7 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 4 1 1 0
Scott 2b 2 2 1 1
Page lf 3 1 2 0
Allen 1b 4 0 2 2
  Alexander pr 0 1 0 0
  Tabb 1b 0 0 0 0
Sanguillen c 4 0 1 0
  Lintz pr 0 1 0 0
  Newman c 0 0 0 0
Gross 3b 4 0 1 2
Williams dh 3 1 1 1
Armas rf 3 0 1 0
Picciolo ss 4 0 0 0
Torrez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 10 6
Minnesota 201 100 000471
Oakland 201 011 02x7100
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Goltz   4.1 5 4 3 4 3
  Schueler  L (0-1) 2.2 3 3 3 1 0
  Johnson   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
7
6
5
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez  W (1-0) 9.0 7 4 4 3 2
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
3
2

  E–Smalley (1).  DP–Minnesota 2, Oakland 1.  2B–Minnesota Smalley (1,off Torrez), Oakland North (1,off Goltz); Scott (1,off Goltz).  HR–Oakland E Williams (1,6th inning off Schueler 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Smalley (1,off Torrez).  SF–Bostock (1,off Torrez); Wynegar (1,off Torrez).  SB–Carew (1,2nd base off Torrez/Sanguillen); Hisle (1,2nd base off Torrez/Sanguillen); Scott (1,2nd base off Goltz/Wynegar); Lintz (1,2nd base off T Johnson/Wynegar).  CS–Armas (1,2nd base by Schueler/Wynegar); Gross (1,2nd base by T Johnson/Wynegar).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Bill Deegan, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–2:37.  A–12,562.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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