The Minnesota Twins schooled the Oakland Athletics, 9 to 4, on August 7, 1987.

Final

Athletics

56-53

4

Twins

59-52

9

OAK

MIN

1

0

4

2

0

3

0

1

4

2

0

5

0

3

6

0

1

7

0

8

0

9

2

R

4

9

H

5

12

E

4

1

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 1st

OAK

MIN

Wild pitchSome( by Dennis Lamp); Randy Bush scored.

0

1

Single by Kirby Puckett; Greg Gagne scored.

0

2

Tom Brunansky ground ball; Error by Alfredo Griffin; Kent Hrbek and Gary Gaetti scored.

0

4

Bottom 3rd

OAK

MIN

Home run by Kent Hrbek.

0

5

Top 4th

OAK

MIN

Single by Carney Lansford; Luis Polonia scored.

1

5

Sacrifice fly by Mark McGwire; Carney Lansford scored.

2

5

Bottom 5th

OAK

MIN

Double by Tom Brunansky; Gary Gaetti scored.

2

6

Single by Steve Lombardozzi; Tom Brunansky scored.

2

7

Single by Sal Butera; Steve Lombardozzi scored.

2

8

Bottom 6th

OAK

MIN

Gary Gaetti ground ball; Error by Alfredo Griffin; Kent Hrbek scored.

2

9

Top 9th

OAK

MIN

Single by Mike Davis; Jose Canseco scored.

3

9

Single by Terry Steinbach; Mark McGwire scored.

4

9

Athletics

Twins

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB
Luis Polonia CF	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Carney Lansford 3B	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
Mickey Tettleton C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Canseco LF	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
Mark McGwire 1B	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Mike Davis RF	3	0	1	1	1	1	0	1
Terry Steinbach C,3B	3	0	1	1	1	1	0	1
Reggie Jackson DH	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
Steve Henderson PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Bernazard 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Alfredo Griffin SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Gallego SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	29	4	5	4	4	3	2	5

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Dennis Lamp (L)	0.1	4	4	3	1	0	0
Dennis Eckersley	4.0	7	4	4	0	4	1
Dave Leiper	3.2	1	1	0	1	1	0
Totals	8.0	12	9	7	2	5	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Randy Bush RF	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Mark Davidson PH,LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Gagne SS	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	5
Kirby Puckett CF	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
Kent Hrbek 1B	5	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	4
Gary Gaetti 3B	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
Gene Larkin DH	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2
Tom Brunansky LF,RF	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	2
Steve Lombardozzi 2B	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1
Sal Butera C	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
Totals	39	9	12	6	1	2	5	1	20

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Joe Niekro (W)	8.0	5	4	2	4	3
Dan Schatzeder	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	9.0	5	4	2	4	3

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More Twins Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

7

Julien

RBI

21

Jeffers

AVG

.300

Miranda

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Paddack

K

45

López

ERA

3.38

Ryan

Team Rankings

HR

33

15th

R

151

13th

SO

316

1st

ERA

3.80

16th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	21	12	.636
Royals	20	13	.606	1.0
Twins	19	13	.594	1.5
Tigers	18	15	.545	3.0
White Sox	7	26	.212	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 5/5	BOS	@	MIN	2:10 PM
Mon 5/6	SEA	@	MIN	7:40 PM
Tue 5/7	SEA	@	MIN	7:40 PM
Wed 5/8	SEA	@	MIN	7:40 PM
Thu 5/9	SEA	@	MIN	1:10 PM

Last Game

Twins

19-13

3

Final

1

Red Sox

18-16

Sat 4 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Henderson

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

RBI Leaders

32

Ozuna

31

Bohm

30

Perez

Batting Average Leaders

.363

Betts

.358

Bohm

.353

Kwan

Hit Leaders

49

Betts

47

Kwan

47

Turner

Run Leaders

30

Jr.

29

Contreras

29

Betts

OBP Leaders

.466

Betts

.426

Bohm

.425

Profar

SLG Leaders

.629

O'Neill

.612

Ohtani

.605

Perez

SB Leaders

19

Cruz

14

Turang

13

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

5

Imanaga

5

Suárez

5

Minter

Strikeout Leaders

53

Glasnow

52

Jones

52

Wheeler

ERA Leaders

0.78

Imanaga

1.32

Suárez

1.44

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.63

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.75

Imanaga

K/9 Leaders

12.50

Flaherty

12.20

Crochet

12.03

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

10.40

Jones

10.25

Kirby

10.00

Flaherty

Walk Leaders

4

Imanaga

4

Kirby

4

Eflin

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

549.3

Betts

518.9

Cruz

492.2

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

419

Betts

396

Cruz

378

Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

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