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Twins 3 @ Athletics 2
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
April 16, 1972
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Minnesota Twins, played on April 16, 1972 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium. The home team Athletics were bested by the visiting Twins with a score of 3 to 2.

Game Summary

DateApril 16, 1972 
Visiting Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 3 H: 4 E: 1 LOB: 5
Runs: 3
Hits: 4
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 5
Home Team
Oakland Athletics
R: 2 H: 6 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 2
Hits: 6
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Winning Pitcher—Ray Corbin  
Losing Pitcher—Catfish Hunter  
Save—Wayne Granger  
Game Winning RBI—Rod Carew 

Game Info

DateApril 16, 1972 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamMinnesota Twins 
Home TeamOakland Athletics 
Visiting Starting PitcherDick Woodson  
Home Starting PitcherCatfish Hunter  
BallparkOakland-Alameda County Stadium 
CityOakland 
StateCA 
Attendance9,051 
Time of Game2 hours 22 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Marty Springstead
1B: Russ Goetz
2B: Hank Morgenweck
3B: John Rice

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Cesar Tovar  Right Fielder 
Danny Thompson  Shortstop 
Rod Carew  Second Baseman 
Harmon Killebrew  First Baseman 
Charlie Manuel  Left Fielder 
Bobby Darwin  Center Fielder 
Eric Soderholm  Third Baseman 
Rick Dempsey  Catcher 
Dick Woodson  Pitcher 
Bill Rigney  Manager 

Oakland Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bert Campaneris  Shortstop 
Joe Rudi  Left Fielder 
Reggie Jackson  Right Fielder 
Sal Bando  Third Baseman 
Mike Epstein  First Baseman 
Bobby Brooks  Center Fielder 
Gene Tenace  Catcher 
Dick Green  Second Baseman 
Catfish Hunter  Pitcher 
Dick Williams  Manager 

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Twins 3 @ Athletics 2
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
April 16, 1972

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         Game of 4/16/1972 -- Minnesota at Oakland (D)

  Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI    Oakland            AB  R  H RBI
Tovar C, rf           3  1  0  0   Campaneris B, ss      4  0  0  0   
Thompson D, ss        4  0  0  0   Rudi J, lf            4  0  0  0   
Carew R, 2b           4  0  1  1   Jackson R, rf         3  0  0  0   
Killebrew H, 1b       3  0  0  0   Bando S, 3b           3  1  1  0   
Manuel C, lf          3  1  1  0   Brown L, 3b           0  0  0  0   
Brye S, lf            1  0  0  0   Epstein M, 1b         2  0  0  0   
Darwin B, cf          2  1  1  2   Odom J, pr            0  0  0  0   
Soderholm E, 3b       3  0  0  0   Knowles D, p          0  0  0  0   
Dempsey R, c          4  0  0  0   Brooks B, cf          4  0  1  0   
Woodson D, p          1  0  0  0   Tenace G, c           4  1  2  1   
Nettles J, ph         1  0  1  0   Green D, 2b           3  0  2  0   
Corbin R, p           0  0  0  0   Hunter J, p           1  0  0  1   
Braun S, ph           1  0  0  0   Hegan M, 1b           0  0  0  0   
LaRoche D, p          0  0  0  0                                      
Granger W, p          0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     30  3  4  3                        28  2  6  2

Minnesota        000 020 010 --  3
Oakland          001 100 000 --  2

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Woodson D             4.0  3  2  2  2  3
Corbin R (W)          3.0  1  0  0  2  0
LaRoche D             0.2  1  0  0  1  1
Granger W (S)         1.1  1  0  0  0  0

  Oakland              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hunter J (L)          8.0  4  3  3  3  4
Knowles D             1.0  0  0  0  1  1

E -- Dempsey R
DP -- Minnesota 1, Oakland 1
LOB -- Minnesota 5, Oakland 9
2B -- Tenace G, Carew R
HR -- Darwin B
SB -- Campaneris B, Bando S
SH -- Green D, Hunter J 2, Hegan M
HBP -- by Woodson D (Epstein M), by Hunter J (Tovar C)
T -- 2:22
A -- 9051

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