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Twins
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
July 18, 1997
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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 July 18, 1997 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 18, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 18, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | LaTroy Hawkins |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Steve Wojciechowski |
| Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium |
| City | Oakland |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 10,463 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 1 minute |
| Umpires | HP: Fieldin Culbreth 1B: Gary Cederstrom 2B: Drew Coble 3B: Mark Johnson |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Chuck Knoblauch | Second Baseman |
| Pat Meares | Shortstop |
| Roberto Kelly | DH |
| Terry Steinbach | Catcher |
| Ron Coomer | Third Baseman |
| Marty Cordova | Left Fielder |
| Greg Colbrunn | First Baseman |
| Darrin Jackson | Center Fielder |
| Denny Hocking | Right Fielder |
| Tom Kelly | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mark Bellhorn | Third Baseman |
| Scott Spiezio | Second Baseman |
| Matt Stairs | Right Fielder |
| Mark McGwire | First Baseman |
| Jason Giambi | Left Fielder |
| Jose Canseco | DH |
| Scott Brosius | Center Fielder |
| Tony Batista | Shortstop |
| Brent Mayne | Catcher |
| Art Howe | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Twins
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
July 18, 1997
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knoblauch vs. Wojciechowski
Knoblauch hits a line drive into left field. Giambi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Meares vs. Wojciechowski
Meares hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Wojciechowski
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Batista scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bellhorn vs. Hawkins
Bellhorn strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Spiezio vs. Hawkins
Spiezio hits a fly ball into center field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Hawkins
Stairs takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
McGwire vs. Hawkins
McGwire hits a line drive into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Steinbach vs. Wojciechowski
Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards short. Batista scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Coomer vs. Wojciechowski
Coomer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Batista scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Cordova vs. Wojciechowski
Cordova hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Giambi throws the ball in to Spiezio who tags Cordova, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Giambi vs. Hawkins
Giambi hits a line drive towards first. Colbrunn reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Canseco vs. Hawkins
Canseco hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brosius vs. Hawkins
Brosius hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Colbrunn vs. Wojciechowski
Colbrunn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Batista scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Wojciechowski
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bellhorn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hocking vs. Wojciechowski
Hocking hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Knoblauch vs. Wojciechowski
There goes Hocking. The throw from Mayne and he is safe. Hocking steals second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Knoblauch vs. Wojciechowski
Knoblauch hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hocking scores. Knoblauch moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Meares vs. Wojciechowski
There goes Knoblauch. The throw from Mayne and he is safe. Knoblauch steals third. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Meares vs. Wojciechowski
Meares hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Knoblauch scores. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Wojciechowski
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bellhorn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Batista vs. Hawkins
Batista hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Mayne vs. Hawkins
Mayne takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bellhorn vs. Hawkins
Bellhorn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mayne moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Spiezio vs. Hawkins
Spiezio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Steinbach vs. Wojciechowski
Steinbach hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Coomer vs. Wojciechowski
Coomer hits a popup towards third. Bellhorn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cordova vs. Wojciechowski
Cordova hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Steinbach moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Colbrunn vs. Wojciechowski
Colbrunn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Steinbach scores. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Wojciechowski
Jackson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Hawkins
Stairs hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McGwire vs. Hawkins
McGwire hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stairs moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Giambi vs. Hawkins
Giambi hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Hocking settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stairs moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Canseco vs. Hawkins
Canseco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Meares. Stairs scores. McGwire moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Brosius vs. Hawkins
Brosius hits a fly ball into center field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McGwire moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Batista vs. Hawkins
Batista hits a line drive into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hocking vs. Wojciechowski
Hocking hits a popup, foul, towards first. McGwire settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Knoblauch vs. Wojciechowski
Knoblauch hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Meares vs. Wojciechowski
Knoblauch is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Meares vs. Wojciechowski
Meares strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Mayne vs. Hawkins
Mayne hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Bellhorn vs. Hawkins
Bellhorn hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Steinbach settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Spiezio vs. Hawkins
Spiezio hits a fly ball into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Stairs vs. Hawkins
Stairs takes first base on ball four. Mayne moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
McGwire vs. Hawkins
McGwire hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Wojciechowski
Kelly hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Steinbach vs. Johnson
Dane Johnson now pitching.
Steinbach hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Kelly moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Coomer vs. Johnson
Coomer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kelly scores. Steinbach moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cordova vs. Johnson
Cordova hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Brosius. Cordova reaches second base with a double. Steinbach scores. Coomer goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Stahoviak vs. Johnson
Scott Stahoviak pinch hits for Greg Colbrunn.
Stahoviak hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Jackson vs. Johnson
Jackson strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Hocking vs. Johnson
Hocking hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bellhorn fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cordova moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Knoblauch vs. Johnson
Knoblauch strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Giambi vs. Hawkins
Scott Stahoviak now playing first base.
Giambi hits a line drive into center field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Canseco vs. Hawkins
Canseco hits a fly ball into center field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Brosius vs. Hawkins
Brosius takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Batista vs. Hawkins
Batista hits a fly ball into right field. Hocking settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Meares vs. Haught
Gary Haught now pitching.
Meares hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Haught
Kelly hits a fly ball towards left. Giambi catches it and throws to second to double up Meares, who tagged up and tried to advance to second. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Steinbach vs. Haught
Steinbach strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Mayne vs. Hawkins
Mayne hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Bellhorn vs. Hawkins
Bellhorn hits a fly ball into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spiezio vs. Hawkins
Spiezio hits a fly ball into center field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Coomer vs. Haught
Coomer hits a fly ball into right field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cordova vs. Haught
Cordova strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Stahoviak vs. Haught
Stahoviak hits a fly ball into left field. Giambi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Hawkins
Stairs hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
McGwire vs. Hawkins
McGwire hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Giambi vs. Hawkins
Giambi strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Canseco vs. Hawkins
Canseco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Haught
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bellhorn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hocking vs. Haught
Hocking hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bellhorn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Knoblauch vs. Haught
Knoblauch is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Meares vs. Haught
Meares hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Stairs. Meares reaches second base with a double. Knoblauch goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kelly vs. Haught
Kelly hits a fly ball into center field. Brosius settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Twins, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Brosius vs. Hawkins
Brosius hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Magadan vs. Guardado
Eddie Guardado now pitching. Dave Magadan pinch hits for Tony Batista.
Magadan strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Guardado
George Williams pinch hits for Brent Mayne.
Williams hits a popup towards short. Meares settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Bellhorn vs. Guardado
Bellhorn strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/18/1997 -- Minnesota at Oakland (N)
Minnesota AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI
Knoblauch C, 2b 4 2 2 1 Bellhorn M, 3b 5 0 1 0
Meares P, ss 5 0 3 2 Spiezio S, 2b 4 0 0 0
Kelly R, dh 5 1 1 0 Stairs M, rf 2 2 2 1
Steinbach T, c 4 2 2 0 McGwire M, 1b 4 0 2 0
Coomer R, 3b 4 1 1 1 Giambi J, lf 4 0 0 0
Cordova M, lf 4 0 2 2 Canseco J, dh 4 0 1 1
Colbrunn G, 1b 2 0 1 1 Brosius S, cf 3 1 1 1
Stahoviak S, ph-1b 2 0 0 0 Batista T, ss 3 0 0 0
Jackson D, cf 4 0 0 0 Magadan D, ph 1 0 0 0
Hocking D, rf 4 1 2 0 Mayne B, c 2 0 1 0
Williams G, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 7 14 7 33 3 8 3
Minnesota 002 103 001 -- 7
Oakland 000 100 011 -- 3
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Hawkins L (W)* 8.0 8 3 3 4 2
Guardado E 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Wojciechowski S (L)+ 5.0 8 4 4 0 1
Johnson D 1.0 4 2 2 0 2
Haught G 3.0 2 1 1 0 2
* Pitched to 1 batter in 9th
+ Pitched to 1 batter in 6th
E -- Meares P
DP -- Minnesota 3, Oakland 1
LOB -- Minnesota 5, Oakland 7
2B -- Cordova M, Meares P
HR -- Stairs M, Brosius S
SB -- Hocking D, Knoblauch C
CS -- Knoblauch C
HBP -- by Haught G (Knoblauch C)
T -- 3:01
A -- 10463
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