Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
June 27, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 27, 1989 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."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 5, Minnesota Twins 11

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson R. lf 4 1 2 0
  Quirk ph,c 1 0 1 0
Phillips 2b,3b,lf 4 0 2 1
Henderson D. cf 4 0 1 0
  Hassey 1b 1 0 1 0
Parker dh 4 0 1 1
Lansford 3b 2 0 0 0
  Blankenship rf 1 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 3 1 0 0
  Hubbard 2b 1 0 0 0
Steinbach c,3b 5 0 2 0
Javier rf,cf 4 2 3 1
Gallego ss 4 1 1 2
Young p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Snyder p 0 0 0 0
  Corsi p 0 0 0 0
  Dawley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 14 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Newman 2b 5 2 2 0
Gagne ss 2 3 1 1
Puckett cf 4 1 3 3
Gaetti 3b 4 1 1 0
Castillo rf 3 0 0 1
  Larkin ph 1 0 1 2
  Bush pr,rf 1 1 0 0
Hrbek 1b 2 0 0 0
  Olson c 1 0 0 0
Harper dh 2 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph,dh 1 1 0 0
  Backman ph,dh 1 0 0 1
Laudner c,1b 5 1 1 1
Moses lf 4 1 2 1
Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Wayne p 0 0 0 0
  Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 11 11 10
Oakland 011 200 0105141
Minnesota 201 008 00x11110
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Young   5.0 5 4 4 4 0
  Nelson  L (2-3) 0.1 3 6 5 2 0
  Snyder   0.0 1 1 1 2 0
  Corsi   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Dawley   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
11
10
8
1
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Smith   3.2 7 4 4 2 0
  Wayne  W (3-0) 2.1 2 0 0 1 1
  Berenguer  SV (2) 3.0 5 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
14
5
5
4
2

  E–Lansford (6).  2B–Oakland D Henderson (9,off Wayne), Minnesota Larkin (15,off Snyder).  3B–Minnesota Gagne (3,off M Young).  HR–Oakland Gallego (2,4th inning off Smith 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Gallego (3,off Wayne).  SF–Parker (4,off Smith).  HBP–Lansford (5,by Berenguer).  IBB–Lansford (2,by Wayne); Puckett (5,by M Young); Gaetti (4,by Nelson).  SB–R Henderson (29,2nd base off Wayne/Laudner); Moses (8,2nd base off M Young/Steinbach).  CS–Phillips (5,2nd base by Smith/Laudner).  WP–M Young (2).  BK–Smith (1).  HBP–Berenguer (2,Lansford).  IBB–M Young (1,Puckett); Nelson (2,Gaetti); Wayne (3,Lansford).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Mark Johnson.  T–3:24.  A–37,891.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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