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Athletics
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
July 24, 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 July 24, 1977 at Metropolitan Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 24, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 24, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Pablo Torrealba |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Geoff Zahn |
| Ballpark | Metropolitan Stadium |
| City | Bloomington |
| State | MN |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 40 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Larry Barnett 1B: Jim Evans 2B: Vic Voltaggio 3B: Marty Springstead |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rodney Scott | Shortstop |
| Marty Perez | Second Baseman |
| Manny Sanguillen | Catcher |
| Mitchell Page | DH |
| Wayne Gross | Third Baseman |
| Rich McKinney | First Baseman |
| Jim Tyrone | Right Fielder |
| Tony Armas | Center Fielder |
| Larry Murray | Left Fielder |
| Bobby Winkles | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lyman Bostock | Left Fielder |
| Dan Ford | Right Fielder |
| Rod Carew | First Baseman |
| Larry Hisle | Center Fielder |
| Craig Kusick | DH |
| Butch Wynegar | Catcher |
| Roy Smalley | Shortstop |
| Jerry Terrell | Third Baseman |
| Bob Randall | Second Baseman |
| Gene Mauch | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
July 24, 1977
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Zahn
Scott hits a fly ball into left field. Bostock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Zahn
Perez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sanguillen vs. Zahn
Sanguillen hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randall settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Page vs. Zahn
Page hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Perez moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gross vs. Zahn
Gross hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Perez scores. Page moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McKinney vs. Zahn
McKinney strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bostock vs. Torrealba
Bostock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ford vs. Torrealba
Ford hits a fly ball into right field. Tyrone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Torrealba
Carew hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hisle vs. Torrealba
Hisle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyrone vs. Zahn
Tyrone hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Tyrone for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Zahn
Armas hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carew scoops it up and throws to first, with Zahn covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Zahn
Murray strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kusick vs. Torrealba
Kusick takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wynegar vs. Torrealba
There goes Kusick. The throw from Sanguillen and he is safe. Kusick steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wynegar vs. Torrealba
Wynegar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott misplays the ball. That's an error on Scott. Kusick moves to third. Wynegar moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Smalley vs. Torrealba
There go the runners. The throw from Sanguillen to Gross. The throw back to home, and Kusick is out at the plate. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smalley vs. Torrealba
Smalley is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Terrell vs. Torrealba
Terrell strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Zahn
Scott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Zahn
Perez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bostock. Perez reaches second base with a double. Scott goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sanguillen vs. Zahn
Sanguillen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Perez moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Page vs. Zahn
Page hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Perez scores. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Zahn
Zahn fires to first and picks off Page. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Zahn
Gross is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randall vs. Torrealba
Randall hits a fly ball into left field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bostock vs. Torrealba
Bostock hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Armas, who is chasing the ball. Bostock reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ford vs. Torrealba
Ford hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Armas. Ford reaches second base with a double. Bostock scores. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Carew vs. Torrealba
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards first. McKinney scoops it up and throws to first, with Torrealba covering, for the out. Ford moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hisle vs. Torrealba
Hisle strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKinney vs. Zahn
McKinney hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Zahn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyrone vs. Zahn
Tyrone strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Zahn
Armas hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carew scoops it up and throws to first, with Zahn covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kusick vs. Torrealba
Kusick hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sanguillen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynegar vs. Torrealba
Wynegar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smalley vs. Torrealba
Smalley hits a popup towards third. Gross settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Zahn
Murray hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bostock. Murray reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Scott vs. Zahn
Scott hits a fly ball into right field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Murray moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Perez vs. Zahn
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sanguillen vs. Zahn
Sanguillen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carew scoops it up and throws to first, with Zahn covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terrell vs. Torrealba
Terrell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randall vs. Torrealba
Randall hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bostock vs. Torrealba
Bostock hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ford vs. Torrealba
Ford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Scott. Bostock moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Carew vs. Torrealba
Carew hits a line drive into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Zahn
Page hits a fly ball into center field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Zahn
Gross takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McKinney vs. Zahn
McKinney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hisle vs. Torrealba
Rob Picciolo now playing shortstop.
Hisle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kusick vs. Lacey
Bob Lacey now pitching.
Kusick hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hisle moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wynegar vs. Lacey
Wynegar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Hisle scores. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smalley vs. Lacey
Smalley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Terrell vs. Lacey
Terrell hits a line drive into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyrone vs. Zahn
Tyrone hits a fly ball into left field. Bostock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Zahn
Armas hits a fly ball into center field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Zahn
Murray 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, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randall vs. Lacey
Randall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bostock vs. Lacey
Bostock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ford vs. Lacey
Ford hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Lacey
Carew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hisle vs. Lacey
Hisle takes first base on ball four. Carew moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Adams vs. Bair
Doug Bair now pitching. Glenn Adams pinch hits for Craig Kusick.
Adams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Carew scores. Hisle moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wynegar vs. Bair
Wynegar hits a ball on the ground towards first. McKinney scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wynegar for the out. Hisle moves to third. Adams moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Smalley vs. Bair
Smalley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cubbage vs. Bair
Mike Cubbage pinch hits for Jerry Terrell.
Cubbage hits a line drive into right field. Tyrone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picciolo vs. Zahn
Mike Cubbage now playing third base.
Picciolo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Zahn
Perez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sanguillen vs. Zahn
Sanguillen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chiles vs. Bair
Jeff Newman now catching. Rich Chiles pinch hits for Bob Randall.
Chiles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bostock vs. Bair
Bostock takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ford vs. Bair
Ford is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carew vs. Bair
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Bair, and towards Perez, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Zahn
Luis Gomez now playing second base.
Page takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Zahn
Gross hits a line drive towards first. Carew catches it and steps on first to double up Page. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKinney vs. Zahn
McKinney takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crawford vs. Johnson
Tom Johnson now pitching. Matt Alexander pinch runs for Rich McKinney. Willie Crawford pinch hits for Jim Tyrone.
Crawford strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/24/1977, game 1 -- Oakland at Minnesota (D)
Oakland AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI
Scott R, ss 2 1 0 0 Bostock L, lf 4 2 3 0
Picciolo R, ss 1 0 0 0 Ford D, rf 5 1 2 3
Perez M, 2b 4 2 3 1 Carew R, 1b 5 1 2 0
Sanguillen M, c 4 0 0 0 Hisle L, cf 2 1 0 0
Newman J, c 0 0 0 0 Kusick C, dh 2 0 1 0
Page M, dh 3 0 2 1 Adams G, ph 1 0 1 1
Gross W, 3b 3 0 1 1 Wynegar B, c 4 0 0 0
McKinney R, 1b 3 0 0 0 Smalley R, ss 3 0 1 0
Alexander M, pr 0 0 0 0 Terrell J, 3b 3 0 0 0
Tyrone J, rf 3 0 0 0 Cubbage M, ph-3b 1 0 0 0
Crawford W, ph 1 0 0 0 Randall B, 2b 3 0 0 0
Armas T, cf 3 0 0 0 Chiles R, ph 1 0 0 0
Murray L, lf 3 0 1 0 Gomez L, 2b 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30 3 7 3 34 5 10 4
Oakland 102 000 000 -- 3
Minnesota 001 001 30x -- 5
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Torrealba P* 5.0 4 2 2 2 3
Lacey B (L) 1.1 5 3 3 1 0
Bair D 1.2 1 0 0 2 1
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Zahn G (W) 8.2 7 3 3 4 4
Johnson T (S) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 1 batter in 6th
E -- Scott R 2
DP -- Oakland 1, Minnesota 3
LOB -- Oakland 4, Minnesota 10
2B -- Perez M, Ford D, Murray L
3B -- Bostock L
HR -- Ford D
SB -- Kusick C
CS -- Kusick C
T -- 2:40
A -- 0
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