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Vida Blue pitched four-hit, scoreless ball for eight innings and then needed help from Rollie Fingers before the Athletics emerged with a 4-3 victory over the Twins. The A's scored their first three runs off Bert Blyleven and added what proved to be the deciding marker off Wayne Granger in the eighth on a single by Joe Rudi, two walks and an infield out by Sal Bando. In the ninth, the Twins rallied for three runs, two scoring on a homer by Harmon Killebrew, but Fingers came in and retired the last two batters. [The Sporting News] Oakland Athletics 4, Minnesota Twins 3Game Played on Thursday, July 27, 1972 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumTwins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 7 1 A's 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 x - 4 8 0 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tovar rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .259 Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .249 Thompson ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .294 Rudi lf 4 2 3 0 0 0 .310 Braun 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .324 Jackson cf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .256 Killebrew 1b 3 1 1 2 1 1 .244 Mangual rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .290 Darwin cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .269 Bando 3b 4 0 1 2 0 0 .248 Soderholm 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .192 Hegan 1b 3 0 0 1 0 1 .216 Reese ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .253 Duncan c 3 1 2 0 0 0 .241 Brye lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .224 Kubiak 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .212 Mitterwald c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .171 Blue p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .083 Blyleven p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .190 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Renick ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .130 Granger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Totals 32 3 7 3 1 10 Totals 30 4 8 3 2 5 Time of Game: 2:11 Attendance: 9,936 Left on Base: Twins 3, A's 5 DP: Twins 1, A's 2 Errors: Blyleven Doubles: Tovar (13), Bando (13) Home Runs: Killebrew (16) Sacrifice Flies: Hegan (2) GIDP: Mitterwald 2 (5) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blyleven L(9-13) 7 7 3 2 0 5 0 27 2.84 Granger 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 6 2.68 Totals 8 8 4 3 2 5 0 33 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blue W(3-5) 8.1 7 3 3 1 9 1 31 3.16 Fingers SV(14) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.33 Totals 9 7 3 3 1 10 1 33 Wild Pitches: Blyleven 2 (4) Umpires: HP - Larry Napp, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Merle Anthony, 3B - George Maloney TWINS 1ST: Tovar struck out; Thompson grounded out (second to first); Braun grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (third to first); Rudi grounded out (third to first); Jackson grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0. TWINS 2ND: Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to first); Darwin singled to third; Soderholm was called out on strikes; Brye struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Mangual grounded out (second to first); Bando made an out to second; Hegan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0. TWINS 3RD: Mitterwald grounded out (third to first); Blyleven struck out; Tovar grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Duncan singled to center; Duncan was picked off first but was safe on an error by Blyleven [Duncan to third]; Blyleven threw a wild pitch [Duncan scored (unearned)]; Kubiak flied out to right; Blue was called out on strikes; Campaneris grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 1. TWINS 4TH: Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); Braun grounded out (shortstop to first); Killebrew walked; Darwin was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Rudi singled to left; Jackson singled to center [Rudi to second]; Mangual struck out; Bando doubled to left [Jackson to third, Rudi scored]; Hegan lined out on a sacrifice fly to left [Jackson scored]; Duncan flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 3. TWINS 5TH: Soderholm singled to right; Brye popped to first in foul territory; Mitterwald grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Soderholm out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 5TH: Kubiak flied out to left; Blue struck out; Campaneris was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 3. TWINS 6TH: Blyleven struck out; Tovar was called out on strikes; Thompson singled to third; Braun grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 6TH: Rudi singled to third; Blyleven threw a wild pitch [Rudi to second]; Jackson singled to left [Rudi to third]; Mangual made an out to third; Bando hit into a double play (pitcher to first) [Jackson out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 3. TWINS 7TH: Killebrew struck out; Darwin struck out; Soderholm flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 7TH: Hegan grounded out (shortstop to first); Duncan singled to left; Kubiak flied out to right; Blue grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 3. TWINS 8TH: Brye singled to second; Mitterwald grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Brye out at second]; RENICK BATTED FOR BLYLEVEN; Renick grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 8TH: GRANGER REPLACED RENICK (PITCHING); Campaneris grounded out (third to first); Rudi singled to right; Jackson walked [Rudi to second]; Mangual walked [Rudi to third, Jackson to second]; Bando forced Mangual (shortstop to second) [Jackson to third, Rudi scored]; Hegan flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 4. TWINS 9TH: Tovar doubled to left; Thompson flied out to right; Braun singled to center [Tovar scored]; Killebrew homered [Braun scored]; FINGERS REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); Darwin flied out to right; REESE BATTED FOR SODERHOLM; Reese struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 4. |
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