Minnesota Twins 2, Oakland Athletics 1 (Game 2)
Game Played on Friday, September 3, 1971 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
A's 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 2 Twins 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 7 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Anderson ss 5 1 2 0 0 2 .400 Tovar cf,rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .298 Rudi lf 4 0 2 0 1 1 .256 Carew 2b 4 0 3 0 0 0 .299 Jackson cf,rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .275 Killebrew 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .245 Garrett rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .200 Oliva rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .345 Odom pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .174 Nettles cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Green 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Brye lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .375 Bando 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .277 Soderholm 3b 2 0 0 0 1 2 .250 Hegan 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .219 Thomas ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .195 Duncan c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .256 Mitterwald c 4 1 2 1 0 1 .251 Brown 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .193 Braun ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 .257 Monday ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .236 Corbin p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .226 Blue p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .125 Thompson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .264 Haydel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 1 8 1 3 7 Totals 33 2 7 2 1 12 Time of Game: 2:52 Attendance: 22,032 Left on Base: A's 10, Twins 6 DP: A's 0, Twins 0 Errors: Anderson, Duncan, Soderholm Home Runs: Brye (1), Mitterwald (12) Stolen Bases: Hegan (2), Mitterwald (3), Brye (1) Caught Stealing: Bando (6), Soderholm (1) Sacrifice Hits: Blue (11) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blue L(23-7) 8.2 7 2 2 1 12 2 34 1.71 Totals 8.2 7 2 2 1 12 2 34 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Corbin 8 8 1 1 3 5 0 35 3.84 Haydel W(3-1) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 4.94 Totals 9 8 1 1 3 7 0 38 Wild Pitches: Blue (9) Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Larry Napp, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Russ Goetz ATHLETICS 1ST: Anderson struck out; Debut game for Dwain Anderson; Rudi grounded out (second to first); Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (second to first); Carew singled; Blue threw a wild pitch [Carew to second]; Killebrew struck out; Oliva was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Garrett grounded out (second to first); Bando lined to right; Hegan singled; Duncan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Brye homered; Soderholm struck out; Mitterwald singled; Mitterwald stole second [Mitterwald to third (error by Duncan)]; Braun struck out; Corbin struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: Brown grounded out (third to first); Blue struck out; Anderson singled; Rudi singled [Anderson to second]; Jackson singled [Anderson scored, Rudi to second]; Garrett grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 1. TWINS 3RD: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew singled; Killebrew struck out; Oliva struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Bando singled; Hegan lined to right; Duncan reached on an error by Soderholm [Bando to third, Duncan to first]; Brown popped to catcher in foul territory; Bando was caught stealing home (catcher to pitcher to third); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 1. TWINS 4TH: Brye grounded out (shortstop to first); Soderholm walked; Soderholm was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Mitterwald struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Blue struck out; Anderson singled; Rudi singled [Anderson to second]; Jackson forced Rudi (shortstop to second) [Anderson to third]; Garrett popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 1. TWINS 5TH: Braun flied to left in foul territory; Corbin struck out; Tovar grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: Bando lined to second; Hegan grounded out (second to first); Duncan was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 1. TWINS 6TH: Carew grounded out (pitcher to first); Killebrew popped to catcher in foul territory; Oliva made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: Brown singled to left; Blue out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Brown to second]; Anderson popped to second in foul territory; Rudi walked; Jackson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 1. TWINS 7TH: Brye singled to left; Brye stole second; Soderholm was called out on strikes; Mitterwald flied out to left; Braun was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 1. ATHLETICS 8TH: Garrett walked; ODOM RAN FOR GARRETT; Bando forced Odom (third to second); Hegan forced Bando (pitcher to shortstop); Hegan stole second; Duncan walked; MONDAY BATTED FOR BROWN; Monday struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 1. TWINS 8TH: MONDAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); GREEN REPLACED ODOM (PLAYING 2B); JACKSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); THOMPSON BATTED FOR CORBIN; Thompson struck out; Tovar reached on an error by Anderson [Tovar to first]; Carew singled to left [Tovar to second]; Killebrew flied out to right; Oliva grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 1. ATHLETICS 9TH: NETTLES REPLACED OLIVA (PLAYING CF); TOVAR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); HAYDEL REPLACED THOMPSON (PITCHING); Blue grounded out (pitcher to first); Anderson was called out on strikes; Rudi struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 1. TWINS 9TH: Brye flied out to left; THOMAS BATTED FOR SODERHOLM; Thomas grounded out (first to pitcher); Mitterwald homered; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 2.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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