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Friday September 3, 1971
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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.



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