Matty Alou, who was acquired from the Cardinals for the stretch drive, batted in four runs with two singles and a sacrifice fly to lead the Athletics to a 7-4 victory over the Twins. Alou drove in the A's first two runs with a single in the third, but the Twins exploded for four in the fourth. Harmon Killebrew smashed a homer with two men on base and another run followed when Jim Nettles walked, stole second, advanced to third on an error and stole home. Oakland Athletics 7, Minnesota Twins 4Game Played on Tuesday, September 12, 1972 (Night game) at Metropolitan StadiumA's 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 - 7 16 4 Twins 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 5 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Campaneris ss 5 2 2 0 0 0 .244 Tovar lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Rudi lf 4 2 2 2 1 2 .310 Carew 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .318 Alou rf 4 0 2 4 0 0 .307 Braun 3b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .287 Jackson cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .255 Killebrew 1b 3 1 1 3 0 0 .232 Epstein 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .275 Guth pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hegan 1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .313 Reese 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Tenace c 5 0 2 1 0 1 .217 Darwin rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .261 Bando 3b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .234 Nettles cf 2 1 0 0 1 0 .212 Maxvill 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Monzon ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .282 Marquez ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Thompson ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .271 Odom pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .140 Roof c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .207 Knowles p 3 0 1 0 0 1 .273 Corbin p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .089 Hunter p 1 1 1 0 0 0 .185 Luebber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mincher ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .218 Adams ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kubiak pr,2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .194 Granger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Mangual ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Renick ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .165 Cullen 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252 LaRoche p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Totals 41 7 16 7 3 5 Totals 32 4 5 3 3 6 Time of Game: 2:39 Attendance: 5,199 Left on Base: A's 11, Twins 4 DP: A's 1, Twins 0 Errors: Campaneris, Epstein, Tenace, Bando Doubles: Rudi (27), Jackson (20), Braun 2 (19) Triples: Rudi (9) Home Runs: Killebrew (24) Stolen Bases: Campaneris 2 (40), Nettles 2 (4) Caught Stealing: Alou (1), Darwin (2) Sacrifice Flies: Alou (1) GIDP: Darwin (24) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hunter 4 4 4 3 1 3 1 17 2.11 Knowles W(5-1) 5 1 0 0 2 3 0 18 1.17 Totals 9 5 4 3 3 6 1 35 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Corbin L(8-8) 4.2 8 6 6 0 2 0 22 2.48 Luebber 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0.00 Granger 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 11 3.12 LaRoche 2 3 1 1 1 2 0 9 2.62 Totals 9 16 7 7 3 5 0 45 Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Larry Barnett ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (second to first); Rudi struck out; Alou grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Tovar made an out to second; Carew grounded out (third to first); Braun doubled; Killebrew made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson flied out to center; Epstein grounded out (first to pitcher); Tenace singled to left; Bando grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Darwin reached on an error by Bando; Darwin was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Nettles popped to third in foul territory; Thompson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Maxvill flied out to center; Hunter singled to left; Campaneris popped to catcher in foul territory; Rudi doubled [Hunter to third]; Alou singled to right [Rudi scored, Hunter scored]; Jackson flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Roof grounded out (third to first); Corbin was called out on strikes; Tovar flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Twins 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Epstein flied out to center; Tenace was called out on strikes; Bando popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Carew singled to left; Braun doubled to right [Carew to third]; Killebrew homered [Carew scored, Braun scored]; Darwin grounded out (third to first); Nettles walked; Nettles stole second [Nettles to third (error by Tenace)]; Nettles stole home; Thompson made an out to shortstop; Roof was called out on strikes; 4 R (3 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Twins 4. ATHLETICS 5TH: MARQUEZ BATTED FOR MAXVILL; Marquez singled; ODOM RAN FOR MARQUEZ; MINCHER BATTED FOR HUNTER; Mincher singled [Odom to second]; KUBIAK RAN FOR MINCHER; Campaneris forced Kubiak (first to shortstop) [Odom to third]; Campaneris stole second; Rudi tripled to center [Campaneris scored, Odom scored]; Alou hit a sacrifice fly to right [Rudi scored]; Jackson doubled; LUEBBER REPLACED CORBIN (PITCHING); Epstein walked; Tenace singled [Epstein to second, Jackson scored]; Bando flied out to center; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 6, Twins 4. TWINS 5TH: KUBIAK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); KNOWLES REPLACED ODOM (PITCHING); ADAMS BATTED FOR LUEBBER; Adams grounded out (shortstop to first); Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew singled to third; Braun grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Twins 4. ATHLETICS 6TH: GRANGER REPLACED ADAMS (PITCHING); Knowles grounded out (third to first); Kubiak singled; Campaneris singled [Kubiak to second]; Rudi walked [Kubiak to third, Campaneris to second]; Alou flied out to right; Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 6, Twins 4. TWINS 6TH: Killebrew reached on an error by Campaneris; GUTH RAN FOR KILLEBREW; Darwin walked [Guth to second]; Debut game for Bucky Guth; Guth was picked off second (pitcher to second); Nettles reached on an error by Epstein [Darwin to second]; Thompson was called out on strikes; Roof grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 6, Twins 4. ATHLETICS 7TH: REESE REPLACED GUTH (PLAYING 1B); Epstein was called out on strikes; Tenace grounded out (second to first); Bando singled to left; Knowles singled to right [Bando to third]; Kubiak lined to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 6, Twins 4. TWINS 7TH: HEGAN REPLACED EPSTEIN (PLAYING 1B); RENICK BATTED FOR GRANGER; Renick struck out; Tovar flied out to left; Carew grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Twins 4. ATHLETICS 8TH: LAROCHE REPLACED RENICK (PITCHING); Campaneris singled to left; Campaneris stole second; Rudi struck out; Alou singled [Campaneris scored]; Alou was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Jackson flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 7, Twins 4. TWINS 8TH: Braun walked; Reese flied to right in foul territory; Darwin grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Braun out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 7, Twins 4. ATHLETICS 9TH: Hegan singled to right; Tenace forced Hegan (shortstop to second); Bando walked [Tenace to second]; Knowles struck out; MANGUAL BATTED FOR KUBIAK; Mangual popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 7, Twins 4. TWINS 9TH: CULLEN REPLACED MANGUAL (PLAYING 2B); MONZON BATTED FOR NETTLES; Monzon struck out; Thompson made an out to first; Roof grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 7, Twins 4. |
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