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Athletics
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
April 17, 1977
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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 April 17, 1977 at Metropolitan Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | April 17, 1977 |
|---|---|
| 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 | April 17, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jim Umbarger |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Mike Pazik |
| Ballpark | Metropolitan Stadium |
| City | Bloomington |
| State | MN |
| Attendance | 5,921 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 49 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Haller 1B: Ron Luciano 2B: (none) 3B: Ken Kaiser |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bill North | Center Fielder |
| Manny Sanguillen | Catcher |
| Mitchell Page | Left Fielder |
| Dick Allen | First Baseman |
| Rich McKinney | DH |
| Wayne Gross | Third Baseman |
| Tony Armas | Right Fielder |
| Rodney Scott | Second Baseman |
| Rob Picciolo | Shortstop |
| Jack McKeon | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jerry Terrell | Third Baseman |
| Roy Smalley | Shortstop |
| Rod Carew | First Baseman |
| Larry Hisle | Center Fielder |
| Craig Kusick | DH |
| Dan Ford | Right Fielder |
| Bob Gorinski | Left Fielder |
| Bob Randall | Second Baseman |
| Glenn Borgmann | Catcher |
| Gene Mauch | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
April 17, 1977
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
North vs. Pazik
North 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--
Sanguillen vs. Pazik
Sanguillen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Pazik, and towards Smalley, who fields it and throws to first for the out. North moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Page vs. Pazik
Page hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Randall catches it and throws to second with Smalley covering, to double up North. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terrell vs. Umbarger
Terrell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smalley vs. Umbarger
Umbarger fires to first and has Terrell trapped. There's the throw to Scott who tags Terrell for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smalley vs. Umbarger
Smalley hits a popup towards short. Picciolo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Umbarger
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allen vs. Pazik
Allen hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McKinney vs. Pazik
McKinney strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Pazik
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carew fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Armas vs. Pazik
Armas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Terrell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hisle vs. Umbarger
Hisle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kusick vs. Umbarger
Kusick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hisle moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ford vs. Umbarger
Ford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hisle scores. Kusick moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gorinski vs. Umbarger
Gorinski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kusick scores. Ford moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Randall vs. Umbarger
Randall hits a fly ball into left field. Page settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Borgmann vs. Umbarger
Borgmann takes first base on ball four. Ford moves to third. Gorinski moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cubbage vs. Norris
Mike Norris now pitching. Mike Cubbage pinch hits for Jerry Terrell.
Cubbage hits a popup towards short. Picciolo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Smalley vs. Norris
Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Scott fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Scott. Ford scores. Gorinski moves to third. Borgmann moves to second. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Carew vs. Norris
Carew hits a line drive for a triple. There's an error on the play. Gorinski scores. Borgmann scores. Smalley goes all the way around to score. Carew moves all the way to home. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hisle vs. Norris
Hisle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Page. Hisle reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kusick vs. Norris
Kusick takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ford vs. Langford
Rick Langford now pitching.
Ford takes first base on ball four. Hisle moves to third. Kusick moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gorinski vs. Langford
Gorinski strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Pazik
Mike Cubbage now playing third base.
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picciolo vs. Pazik
Picciolo hits a fly ball into right field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
North vs. Pazik
North takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sanguillen vs. Pazik
Sanguillen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. North moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Page vs. Pazik
Page hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Page for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randall vs. Langford
Randall strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Borgmann vs. Langford
Borgmann strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cubbage vs. Langford
Cubbage hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Scott scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allen vs. Pazik
Allen hits a fly ball into right field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKinney vs. Pazik
McKinney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Pazik
Gross takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Armas vs. Pazik
Armas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smalley vs. Langford
Smalley strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Langford
Carew hits a line drive towards first. Allen reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hisle vs. Langford
Hisle hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Scott reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Pazik
Scott hits a fly ball into center field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picciolo vs. Pazik
Picciolo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Smalley. Picciolo moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
North vs. Pazik
North hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Picciolo scores. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sanguillen vs. Pazik
Sanguillen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. North moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Page vs. Pazik
Page takes first base on ball four. North moves to third. Sanguillen moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Allen vs. Pazik
Allen hits a fly ball into right field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. North tags and scores. Sanguillen tags and moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McKinney vs. Pazik
McKinney hits a line drive towards third. Cubbage reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kusick vs. Langford
Kusick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ford vs. Langford
Ford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gorinski vs. Langford
Gorinski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Randall vs. Langford
Randall hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Gorinski moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Borgmann vs. Langford
Borgmann hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Pazik
Gross 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, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Pazik
Armas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Pazik
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cubbage vs. Langford
Cubbage strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smalley vs. Langford
Smalley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carew vs. Langford
Carew hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Page. Carew reaches second base with a double. There goes Smalley trying to get to home. Page throws the ball in to Picciolo who relays the ball to Sanguillen, who tags Smalley, who came all the way from first, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hisle vs. Langford
Hisle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picciolo vs. Pazik
Picciolo hits a popup towards the mound. Pazik settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
North vs. Pazik
North hits a popup towards first. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanguillen vs. Pazik
Sanguillen hits a fly ball into right field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kusick vs. Bahnsen
Stan Bahnsen now pitching.
Kusick strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ford vs. Bahnsen
Ford hits a fly ball into center field. North settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gorinski vs. Bahnsen
Gorinski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Scott settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Pazik
Page hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allen vs. Pazik
Allen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McKinney vs. Pazik
McKinney hits a fly ball into center field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Pazik
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carew scoops it up and throws to first, with Pazik covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randall vs. Bair
Doug Bair now pitching.
Randall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Borgmann vs. Bair
Borgmann hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cubbage vs. Bair
Cubbage hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smalley vs. Bair
Smalley hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Armas who is chasing the ball. Smalley reaches third base with a triple. Cubbage goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Carew vs. Torrealba
Pablo Torrealba now pitching.
Carew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Smalley scores. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hisle vs. Torrealba
Hisle hits a line drive into center field. North settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kusick vs. Torrealba
Kusick strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 2 - Twins, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Schueler
Ron Schueler now pitching.
Armas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Schueler
Earl Williams pinch hits for Rodney Scott.
Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mallory vs. Schueler
Sheldon Mallory pinch hits for Rob Picciolo.
Mallory hits a line drive into left field. Gorinski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
North vs. Schueler
North hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Armas moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sanguillen vs. Schueler
Sanguillen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/17/1977 -- Oakland at Minnesota (D)
Oakland AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI
North B, cf 4 1 3 1 Terrell J, 3b 0 0 0 0
Sanguillen M, c 5 0 2 0 Cubbage M, ph-3b 4 1 1 0
Page M, lf 3 0 0 0 Smalley R, ss 4 2 1 1
Allen D, 1b 3 0 2 1 Carew R, 1b 5 1 3 4
McKinney R, dh 4 0 0 0 Hisle L, cf 4 1 1 0
Gross W, 3b 3 0 0 0 Kusick C, dh 4 1 1 0
Armas T, rf 3 0 0 0 Ford D, rf 3 1 1 1
Scott R, 2b 3 0 0 0 Gorinski B, lf 4 1 2 1
Williams E, ph 1 0 0 0 Randall B, 2b 4 0 1 0
Picciolo R, ss 3 1 1 0 Borgmann G, c 3 2 1 1
Mallory S, ph 1 0 0 0
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33 2 8 2 35 10 12 8
Oakland 000 020 000 -- 2
Minnesota 070 000 03x -- 10
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Umbarger J (L) 1.1 3 5 2 3 0
Norris M 0.1 2 2 0 1 0
Langford R 4.1 3 0 0 2 5
Bahnsen S 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Bair D 0.1 3 3 3 0 0
Torrealba P 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Pazik M (W) 8.0 7 2 2 3 1
Schueler R 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
E -- Scott R, Norris M, Smalley R
DP -- Minnesota 1
LOB -- Oakland 9, Minnesota 7
2B -- Hisle L, Carew R
3B -- Carew R, Smalley R
HR -- Borgmann G
CS -- Terrell J
SF -- Allen D
T -- 2:49
A -- 5921
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