Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
April 20, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1998 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 2, Oakland Athletics 3

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 5 0 0 0
Walker 2b 5 1 3 0
Molitor dh 4 0 1 0
Ortiz 1b 3 0 1 0
Cordova lf 3 0 0 1
Lawton rf 3 1 3 0
  Ochoa ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Steinbach c 2 0 1 0
Meares ss 4 0 1 1
Hocking 3b 4 0 0 0
Radke p 0 0 0 0
  Swindell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 10 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 1 0
Magadan 3b 2 0 2 0
  Mitchell ph 1 0 0 0
  Blowers 3b 0 0 0 0
Giambi dh 4 1 1 0
Stairs 1b 4 0 0 0
Grieve rf 4 1 2 2
Abbott ss 3 1 0 0
Hinch c 3 0 1 0
Spiezio 2b 2 0 0 0
Christenson cf 3 0 1 0
Haynes p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 8 2
Minnesota 010 000 0102100
Oakland 010 000 02x380
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Radke   7.0 6 1 1 3 7
  Swindell  L (0-1) 1.0 2 2 2 0 2
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
3
9
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Haynes   7.0 9 2 2 3 2
  Mathews   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Groom  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Taylor  SV (3) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
4
4

  E–None.  DP–Minnesota 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Minnesota Meares (8,off Haynes), Oakland Magadan (5,off Radke); Henderson (3,off Radke); Grieve (4,off Radke).  HR–Oakland Grieve (1,8th inning off Swindell 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Cordova (1,off Mathews).  SB–Lawton (2,2nd base off Haynes/Hinch).  CS–Lawton (1,2nd base by Haynes/Hinch); Spiezio (1,2nd base by Radke/Steinbach); Magadan (1,2nd base by Radke/Steinbach).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–John Shulock.  T–3:05.  A–5,000.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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