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With Bert Blyleven pitching a three-hitter, the Twins opened their home season by defeating the Athletics, 8-4, before a crowd of 17,876. The Twins' 13 hits included six for extra bases, among them Bobby Darwin's fourth homer of the season. Reggie Jackson hit his first of the year for the A's. [The Sporting News] Minnesota Twins 8, Oakland Athletics 4Game Played on Sunday, April 23, 1972 (Day game) at Metropolitan StadiumA's 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 4 3 1 Twins 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 x - 8 13 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .091 Tovar rf 5 0 1 1 0 0 .286 Rudi lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Thompson ss 4 0 3 1 0 0 .300 Jackson rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .190 Carew 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Bando 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .318 Killebrew 1b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .176 Epstein 1b 2 1 0 0 1 1 .267 Reese 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brooks cf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .167 Darwin cf 4 1 2 2 0 0 .500 Duncan c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Brye lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .091 Green 2b 2 1 1 2 0 0 .471 Soderholm 3b 4 2 2 0 0 0 .133 Holtzman p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Roof c 4 2 2 2 0 0 .182 Segui p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Blyleven p 2 1 1 1 0 0 .333 Hegan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Roland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Blefary ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 Horlen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 28 4 3 4 1 3 Totals 34 8 13 7 0 3 Time of Game: 2:02 Attendance: 17,876 Left on Base: A's 0, Twins 5 DP: A's 1, Twins 1 Errors: Roland Doubles: Soderholm (1), Thompson (2), Roof 2 (2) Triples: Green (1), Brye (1) Home Runs: Jackson (1), Darwin (4) Sacrifice Hits: Carew (1), Blyleven 2 (3) Sacrifice Flies: Blefary (1) GIDP: Holtzman (2) Hit by Pitch: Green (1,by Blyleven) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Holtzman L(1-1) 3 8 6 6 0 2 1 17 3.60 Segui 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0.00 Roland 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 10 4.50 Horlen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 Totals 8 13 8 7 0 3 1 37 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blyleven W(2-0) 9 3 4 4 1 3 1 31 3.92 Totals 9 3 4 4 1 3 1 31 Hit by Pitch: Blyleven (1) Umpires: HP - Red Flaherty, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Bill Kunkel ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris flied out to left; Rudi flied out to right; Jackson homered; Bando flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (third to first); Thompson grounded out (pitcher to first); Carew struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Epstein grounded out (second to first); Brooks flied out to right; Duncan flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Killebrew singled; Darwin homered [Killebrew scored]; Brye grounded out (third to first); Soderholm doubled to left; Roof flied out to right; Blyleven singled to right [Soderholm scored]; Tovar flied out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 3. ATHLETICS 3RD: Green was hit by a pitch; Holtzman grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Green out at second]; Campaneris struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 3. TWINS 3RD: Thompson doubled to left; Carew out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Thompson to third]; Killebrew was called out on strikes; 22 minute rain delay; Darwin flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 3. ATHLETICS 4TH: Rudi grounded out (third to first); Jackson flied out to left; Bando flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 3. TWINS 4TH: Brye tripled; Soderholm singled [Brye stayed at third]; Roof doubled to left [Brye scored, Soderholm scored]; SEGUI REPLACED HOLTZMAN (PITCHING); Blyleven out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Roof to third]; Tovar made an out to second; Thompson singled to right [Roof scored]; Carew flied out to left; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 6. ATHLETICS 5TH: Epstein struck out; Brooks grounded out (shortstop to first); Duncan flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 6. TWINS 5TH: Killebrew struck out; Darwin flied out to left; Brye grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 6. ATHLETICS 6TH: Green grounded out (third to first); HEGAN BATTED FOR SEGUI; Hegan flied out to left; Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 6. TWINS 6TH: ROLAND REPLACED HEGAN (PITCHING); Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); Roof doubled to left; Blyleven reached on an error by Roland on a sacrifice bunt [Roof scored (no RBI), Blyleven to second]; Tovar singled to left [Blyleven scored (unearned)]; Thompson singled to center [Tovar to second]; Carew lined into a double play (shortstop to second) [Tovar out at second]; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 8. ATHLETICS 7TH: Rudi grounded out (third to first); Jackson made an out to third; Bando popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 8. TWINS 7TH: Killebrew flied out to left; Darwin singled; Brye flied out to right; Soderholm popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 8. ATHLETICS 8TH: REESE REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING 1B); Epstein walked; Brooks singled to left [Epstein to second]; Duncan made an out to shortstop; Green tripled to center [Epstein scored, Brooks scored]; BLEFARY BATTED FOR ROLAND; Blefary hit a sacrifice fly to center [Green scored]; Campaneris flied out to center; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Twins 8. TWINS 8TH: HORLEN REPLACED BLEFARY (PITCHING); Roof grounded out (third to first); Blyleven popped to catcher in foul territory; Tovar lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Twins 8. ATHLETICS 9TH: Rudi flied out to right; Jackson was called out on strikes; Bando flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Twins 8. |
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