Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
April 15, 1982 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 1982 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Oakland Athletics 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

Oakland Athletics 5, Minnesota Twins 11

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 2 1 2
Murphy cf 4 0 0 0
Meyer dh 5 1 1 2
Armas rf 4 0 0 0
Gross 3b 4 0 1 1
Spencer 1b 4 0 2 0
Lopes 2b 3 0 1 0
Kearney c 3 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Newman c 0 0 0 0
Stanley ss 1 1 0 0
  Burroughs ph 0 0 0 0
  Picciolo ss 0 0 0 0
  Rudi ph 0 1 0 0
Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Owchinko p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 6 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Eisenreich cf 4 1 3 2
  Ward ph,lf 1 1 1 1
Wilfong 2b 4 1 1 0
Engle rf 5 0 0 1
Hrbek 1b 4 1 2 1
Gaetti 3b 5 1 0 1
Johnson dh 5 2 4 3
Mitchell lf,cf 4 1 1 0
Wynegar c 3 1 1 1
  Washington pr 0 1 0 0
  Butera c 0 0 0 0
Faedo ss 4 1 2 1
Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 11 15 11
Oakland 000 003 002562
Minnesota 001 013 06x11150
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  L (1-1) 5.2 10 5 5 2 5
  Owchinko   1.1 2 2 2 2 2
  Jones   1.0 3 4 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
15
11
7
4
8
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Williams  W (2-0) 6.0 4 3 3 5 1
  Davis  SV (1) 3.0 2 2 2 3 4
Totals
9.0
6
5
5
8
5

  E–Gross 2 (2).  DP–Oakland 1, Minnesota 1.  2B–Oakland Lopes (1,off Williams); Meyer (1,off Williams); Spencer (1,off Williams).  HR–Oakland Henderson (1,9th inning off Davis 1 on, 0 out), Minnesota Eisenreich (1,3rd inning off Langford 0 on, 1 out); Wynegar (1,5th inning off Langford 0 on, 0 out); Hrbek (5,6th inning off Langford 0 on, 0 out); Johnson (3,8th inning off Jones 2 on, 2 out).  IBB–Lopes (1,by Williams).  SB–Henderson (9,2nd base off Williams/Wynegar).  CS–Wilfong (1,2nd base by Langford/Kearney).  IBB–Williams (1,Lopes).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–2:52.  A–15,064.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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