Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
August 19, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 19, 1991 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 8, Minnesota Twins 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson R. lf 3 1 1 3
Henderson D. dh 4 1 1 0
Canseco rf 5 2 2 1
Steinbach c 4 1 2 1
Jacoby 3b 5 1 3 0
Komminsk cf 4 1 1 1
McGwire 1b 3 1 1 1
Gallego 2b 4 0 0 0
Bordick ss 2 0 0 1
Slusarski p 0 0 0 0
  Chitren p 0 0 0 0
  Klink p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 11 8
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 4 0 1 0
Larkin rf 5 0 0 0
Puckett cf 4 2 2 1
Hrbek 1b 4 2 2 2
Davis dh 3 0 1 1
Harper c 4 1 2 0
Mack lf 4 1 2 0
Pagliarulo 3b 4 1 2 3
Newman ss 3 0 0 0
  Bush ph 1 0 1 0
  Leius pr 0 0 0 0
West p 0 0 0 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
  Bedrosian p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 13 7
Oakland 100 510 0018110
Minnesota 100 420 0007131
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Slusarski   4.0 7 6 6 1 1
  Chitren   1.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Klink  W (9-3) 2.1 3 0 0 1 1
  Eckersley  SV (34) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
2
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
West   3.2 6 6 6 3 4
  Leach   2.1 3 1 1 1 3
  Bedrosian  L (4-3) 3.0 2 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
6
9

  E–Mack (7).  DP–Oakland 2, Minnesota 1.  2B–Minnesota Hrbek (14,off Slusarski); Davis (27,off Slusarski); Bush (8,off Eckersley).  HR–Oakland Canseco (35,1st inning off West 0 on, 2 out); R Henderson (11,4th inning off West 2 on, 2 out), Minnesota Puckett (13,1st inning off Slusarski 0 on, 2 out); Pagliarulo (5,4th inning off Slusarski 2 on, 2 out); Hrbek (14,5th inning off Chitren 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Bordick (6,off West).  SB–R Henderson 3 (44,3rd base off West/Harper,2nd base off Leach/Harper,3rd base off Leach/Harper).  CS–R Henderson (16,Home by West/Harper); Bordick (3,2nd base by Bedrosian/Harper).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Gary Cederstrom, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–2:51.  A–45,544.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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