Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
August 12, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1996 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."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Minnesota Twins 1, Oakland Athletics 11

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 2 0 0 0
  Hale ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Becker cf 3 0 0 0
Molitor dh 4 0 0 0
Stahoviak 1b 3 0 0 0
  Coomer ph,1b 1 0 1 0
Cordova lf 3 0 0 0
  Lawton lf 1 0 0 0
Myers c 1 0 0 0
  Walbeck c 2 1 1 0
Kelly rf 4 0 2 0
Hollins 3b 3 0 1 0
Reboulet ss 3 0 0 1
Robertson p 0 0 0 0
  Parra p 0 0 0 0
  Hansell p 0 0 0 0
  Stevens p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Mashore lf 1 1 1 0
  Bournigal pr,2b 2 1 0 0
Batista 2b,3b 4 2 1 1
Brosius 3b,lf,1b 4 1 0 0
McGwire 1b 3 3 3 4
  Herrera rf 1 0 0 0
Berroa rf,lf 5 3 4 5
Steinbach c 5 0 3 1
Williams dh 4 0 0 0
Young cf 4 0 1 0
Bordick ss 3 0 0 0
Prieto p 0 0 0 0
  Johns p 0 0 0 0
  Witasick p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 11 13 11
Minnesota 000 000 100150
Oakland 403 201 01x11130
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Robertson  L (5-11) 3.0 7 7 7 3 2
  Parra   2.0 3 2 2 2 1
  Hansell   2.0 2 1 1 1 2
  Stevens   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
11
11
6
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Prieto  W (3-5) 7.0 4 1 1 3 7
  Johns   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Witasick   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
3
7

  E–None.  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Oakland Batista (5,off Parra).  3B–Oakland Mashore (1,off Robertson).  HR–Oakland McGwire 2 (41,1st inning off Robertson 2 on, 1 out,6th inning off Hansell 0 on, 1 out); Berroa 3 (29,1st inning off Robertson 0 on, 1 out,3rd inning off Robertson 2 on, 0 out,8th inning off Stevens 0 on, 2 out).  SB–Mashore (4,2nd base off Robertson/Myers).  WP–Prieto (4).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Dale Scott, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–2:32.  A–10,071.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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