The Minnesota Twins were decisively beaten by the Oakland Athletics, 8 to 4, on May 23, 1997.

1997 Minnesota Twins

Final

OAK

Athletics

19-29

8

MIN

Twins

18-28

4

OAK

MIN

1

0

0

2

1

0

3

1

1

4

0

0

5

4

0

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

1

2

9

1

1

R

8

4

H

11

9

E

0

2

Top 2nd

OAK

MIN

Athletics

Single by George Williams; Mark McGwire scored.

1

0

Top 3rd

OAK

MIN

Athletics

Sacrifice fly by Jason Giambi; Rafael Bournigal scored.

2

0

Bottom 3rd

OAK

MIN

Twins

Double by Paul Molitor; Chuck Knoblauch scored.

2

1

Top 5th

OAK

MIN

Athletics

Double by Scott Brosius; George Williams scored.

3

1

Athletics

Double by Jason Giambi; Scott Brosius and Damon Mashore scored.

5

1

Athletics

Sacrifice fly by Mark McGwire; Jason Giambi scored.

6

1

Top 8th

OAK

MIN

Athletics

Single by Scott Brosius; Error by Ron Coomer; George Williams scored.

7

1

Bottom 8th

OAK

MIN

Twins

Terry Steinbach walked; Rich Becker scored.

7

2

Twins

Greg Myers walked; Paul Molitor scored.

7

3

Top 9th

OAK

MIN

Athletics

Sacrifice fly by Mark McGwire; Damon Mashore scored.

8

3

Bottom 9th

OAK

MIN

Twins

Double by Rich Becker; Pat Meares scored.

8

4

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Damon Mashore CF 3 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
Jason Giambi DH 3 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 2
Matt Stairs LF 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Mark McGwire 1B 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
Geronimo Berroa RF 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Scott Spiezio 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Williams C 4 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
Scott Brosius 3B 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Rafael Bournigal SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Totals 34 8 11 7 0 3 6 1 0 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Steve Karsay (W) 7.2 6 3 3 2 6 0
Aaron Small 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Billy Taylor (S) 1.1 3 1 1 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 9 4 4 4 7 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Chuck Knoblauch 2B 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
Rich Becker LF,CF 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Paul Molitor DH 5 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 6
Scott Stahoviak 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Terry Steinbach C 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ron Coomer RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Greg Myers PH 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Matt Lawton PR,LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darrin Jackson CF 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Denny Hocking PH,RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Todd Walker 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Pat Meares SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals 35 4 9 4 0 4 7 2 0 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Brad Radke (L) 4.2 8 6 5 1 4 0
Todd Ritchie 3.1 2 1 0 1 1 0
Mike Trombley 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 0
Totals 9.0 11 8 6 3 6 0

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

7

Julien

Edouard Julien

RBI

13

Jeffers

Ryan Jeffers

AVG

.306

Correa

Carlos Correa

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

1

Alcala

Jorge Alcala

K

38

Ryan

Joe Ryan

ERA

3.45

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Team Rankings

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HR

26

13th

R

92

25th

SO

244

2nd

ERA

3.94

15th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
18 7 .720
Royals Royals
16 10 .615 2.5
Tigers Tigers
14 11 .560 4.0
Twins Twins
11 13 .458 6.5
White Sox White Sox
3 22 .120 15.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
9:38 PM
Sat
4/27
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
9:38 PM
Sun
4/28
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
4:07 PM
Mon
4/29
MIN MIN
@
CWS CWS
7:40 PM
Tue
4/30
MIN MIN
@
CWS CWS
7:40 PM

Last Game

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MIN Twins

11-13

6

Final

3

CWS White Sox

3-22

Thu 25 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

8

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

RBI Leaders

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29

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

25

Perez

Salvador Perez

23

García

Adolis García

Batting Average Leaders

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.374

Betts

Mookie Betts

.365

Contreras

William Contreras

.358

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

Hit Leaders

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40

Betts

Mookie Betts

39

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

37

Altuve

Jose Altuve

Run Leaders

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27

Betts

Mookie Betts

23

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

23

Contreras

William Contreras

OBP Leaders

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.477

Betts

Mookie Betts

.446

Contreras

William Contreras

.430

Soto

Juan Soto

SLG Leaders

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.678

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.670

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.649

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

SB Leaders

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15

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

12

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

4

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

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46

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

42

Castillo

Luis Castillo

ERA Leaders

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0.66

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.72

López

Reynaldo López

1.23

Berríos

José Berríos

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

12.07

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

K/BB Leaders

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13.00

Eflin

Zach Eflin

9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Walk Leaders

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2

Eflin

Zach Eflin

3

Kirby

George Kirby

4

Jones

Jared Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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462.9

Betts

Mookie Betts

436.6

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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351

Betts

Mookie Betts

331

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

319

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
4/24
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
3-1
Wed
4/24
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
2-1
Wed
4/24
HOU HOU
@
CHC CHC
1-3
Wed
4/24
SEA SEA
@
TEX TEX
4-3
Wed
4/24
SDP SDP
@
COL COL
9-10

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
Fri
4/26
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Fri
4/26
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
7:10 PM
Fri
4/26
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM