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Athletics
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
August 2, 1976
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Oakland Athletics, played on August 2, 1976 at Metropolitan Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 2, 1976 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 2, 1976 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mike Torrez |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Steve Luebber |
| Ballpark | Metropolitan Stadium |
| City | Bloomington |
| State | MN |
| Attendance | 14,833 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 23 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Lou DiMuro 1B: Bill Kunkel 2B: Dave Phillips 3B: Rich Garcia |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bert Campaneris | Shortstop |
| Don Baylor | Right Fielder |
| Joe Rudi | Center Fielder |
| Billy Williams | DH |
| Sal Bando | Third Baseman |
| Gene Tenace | First Baseman |
| Phil Garner | Second Baseman |
| Ken McMullen | Left Fielder |
| Jeff Newman | Catcher |
| Chuck Tanner | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Steve Braun | Left Fielder |
| Roy Smalley | Shortstop |
| Rod Carew | First Baseman |
| Butch Wynegar | Catcher |
| Lyman Bostock | Center Fielder |
| Mike Cubbage | Third Baseman |
| Larry Hisle | Right Fielder |
| Tony Oliva | DH |
| Bob Randall | Second Baseman |
| Gene Mauch | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
August 2, 1976
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Luebber
Campaneris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baylor vs. Luebber
Baylor hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rudi vs. Luebber
The umpire calls a balk on Luebber Baylor moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rudi vs. Luebber
There goes Baylor. The throw from Wynegar and he is out, Cubbage applying the tag. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rudi vs. Luebber
Rudi hits a line drive into right field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Braun vs. Torrez
Braun hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smalley vs. Torrez
Smalley hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Newman fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Newman. Braun moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Carew vs. Torrez
Carew bunts towards the mound. Torrez fields it and throws to first for the out. Braun moves to third. Smalley moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Wynegar vs. Torrez
Wynegar hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Baylor. Wynegar reaches second base with a double. Braun scores. Smalley scores. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bostock vs. Torrez
Bostock is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cubbage vs. Torrez
Cubbage hits a ball on the ground towards first. Tenace fields it and throws to second for the out. Wynegar moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hisle vs. Torrez
Hisle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Luebber
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bando vs. Luebber
Bando takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tenace vs. Luebber
Tenace takes first base on ball four. Bando moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Garner vs. Luebber
Garner hits a fly ball into right field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McMullen vs. Luebber
McMullen hits a fly ball into center field. Bostock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliva vs. Torrez
Oliva hits a fly ball into center field. Rudi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randall vs. Torrez
Randall hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Braun vs. Torrez
Braun hits a fly ball into left field. McMullen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smalley vs. Torrez
Smalley hits a fly ball into center field. Rudi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Luebber
Newman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campaneris vs. Luebber
Campaneris hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Newman moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Baylor vs. Luebber
Baylor hits a fly ball into center field. Bostock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rudi vs. Luebber
Rudi strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Williams vs. Luebber
Williams takes first base on ball four. Newman moves to third. Campaneris moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bando vs. Luebber
Bando hits a fly ball into center field. Bostock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Torrez
Carew hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wynegar vs. Torrez
Torrez fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Torrez. Carew moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Wynegar vs. Torrez
Wynegar hits a popup towards short. Campaneris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bostock vs. Torrez
Bostock is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cubbage vs. Torrez
Cubbage hits a line drive into right field. Baylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tenace vs. Luebber
Tenace hits a line drive into left field. Braun settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garner vs. Luebber
Garner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McMullen vs. Luebber
McMullen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Garner moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Newman vs. Luebber
Newman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall fields it and throws to second for the out. Garner moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Campaneris vs. Luebber
Campaneris hits a line drive into right field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hisle vs. Torrez
Hisle bunts towards the mound. Torrez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliva vs. Torrez
There's a wild pitch. Hisle moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Oliva vs. Torrez
Oliva hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hisle scores. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Randall vs. Torrez
Randall hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Torrez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Braun vs. Torrez
Braun hits a ball on the ground towards first. Tenace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Braun for the out. Randall moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smalley vs. Torrez
Smalley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Carew vs. Torrez
Carew is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baylor vs. Luebber
Baylor takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rudi vs. Luebber
Rudi takes first base on ball four. Baylor moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Williams vs. Luebber
Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Bostock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bando vs. Luebber
Bando is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tenace vs. Luebber
Tenace hits a popup, foul, towards first. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynegar vs. Torrez
Wynegar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris misplays the ball. That's an error on Campaneris. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bostock vs. Torrez
Bostock hits a fly ball into left field. McMullen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cubbage vs. Torrez
Cubbage hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garner fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garner vs. Luebber
Garner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Braun. Garner reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McMullen vs. Luebber
McMullen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Garner moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Newman vs. Luebber
Newman is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Campaneris vs. Luebber
Campaneris strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Baylor vs. Luebber
Baylor hits a line drive into center field. Bostock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hisle vs. Torrez
Hisle hits a line drive into right field. Baylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliva vs. Torrez
Oliva strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randall vs. Torrez
Randall hits a line drive into left field. McMullen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rudi vs. Luebber
Rudi hits a fly ball into right field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Luebber
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bando vs. Luebber
Bando hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Braun vs. Torrez
Braun hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Garner reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smalley vs. Torrez
Smalley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carew vs. Torrez
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Smalley moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wynegar vs. Torrez
Wynegar takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bostock vs. Torrez
Bostock hits a fly ball into center field. Rudi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tenace vs. Luebber
Tenace hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garner vs. Luebber
Garner hits a fly ball into right field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McMullen vs. Luebber
McMullen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cubbage vs. Torrez
Cubbage hits a line drive into left field. McMullen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hisle vs. Torrez
Hisle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris misplays the ball. That's an error on Campaneris. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliva vs. Torrez
Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hisle moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Randall vs. Torrez
Randall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
North vs. Luebber
Bill North pinch hits for Jeff Newman.
North hits a popup, foul, towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Luebber
Campaneris hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baylor vs. Luebber
Baylor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/2/1976 -- Oakland at Minnesota (N)
Oakland AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI
Campaneris B, ss 5 0 2 0 Braun S, lf 4 1 1 0
Baylor D, rf 4 0 1 0 Smalley R, ss 3 1 1 0
Rudi J, cf 3 0 0 0 Carew R, 1b 3 0 1 0
Williams B, dh 3 0 0 0 Wynegar B, c 3 0 1 2
Bando S, 3b 3 0 0 0 Bostock L, cf 3 0 0 0
Tenace G, 1b 3 0 1 0 Cubbage M, 3b 4 0 0 0
Garner P, 2b 4 0 2 0 Hisle L, rf 4 1 1 0
McMullen K, lf 4 0 2 0 Oliva T, dh 4 0 1 1
Newman J, c 2 0 0 0 Randall B, 2b 4 0 1 0
North B, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 0 8 0 32 3 7 3
Oakland 000 000 000 -- 0
Minnesota 200 100 00x -- 3
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez M (L) 8.0 7 3 2 2 3
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Luebber S (W) 9.0 8 0 0 6 4
E -- Newman J, Torrez M, Campaneris B 2
DP -- Oakland 1, Minnesota 2
LOB -- Oakland 11, Minnesota 9
2B -- Wynegar B, Garner P
CS -- Baylor D
SH -- Carew R
HBP -- by Torrez M (Bostock L)
WP -- Torrez M
Balk -- Luebber S
T -- 2:23
A -- 14833
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