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Celebrating his 22nd birthday, Bert Blyleven pitched the Twins to an 8-3 victory over the defending world champion Athletics before an opening-night crowd of 38,207 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Tony Oliva of the Twins went into the record books as the first designated hitter to smash a homer. Jim Holt and Larry Hisle also rapped round-trippers for the Twins. Minnesota Twins 8, Oakland Athletics 3Game Played on Friday, April 6, 1973 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumTwins 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 - 8 13 2
A's 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 10 3
Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Hisle cf 5 3 4 1 0 0 .800 North dh 5 0 2 0 0 0 .400
Carew 2b 5 2 2 0 0 0 .400 Maxvill ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Darwin rf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .333 Marquez ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Oliva dh 4 1 2 3 1 0 .500 Kubiak ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Braun 3b 5 0 1 1 0 1 .200 Rudi lf 4 0 0 0 1 2 .000
Lis 1b 4 0 2 0 1 1 .500 Jackson rf 4 1 1 0 1 2 .250
Thompson ss 5 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Bando 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .250
Mitterwald c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Tenace 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .500
Holt lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .250 Conigliaro cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .250
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fosse c 4 0 2 1 0 0 .500
Green 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Hegan ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
McKinney 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Hunter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Gardner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 38 8 13 7 4 6 Totals 38 3 10 3 2 7
Time of Game: 2:45 Attendance: 38,207
Left on Base: Twins 8, A's 10
DP: Twins 0, A's 3
Errors: Darwin, Thompson, Bando, Fosse, Green
Doubles: Hisle (1), Carew (1), Bando (1), Marquez (1)
Home Runs: Oliva (1), Holt (1), Hisle (1)
Stolen Bases: Hisle (1), Carew (1)
Caught Stealing: Lis (1)
GIDP: Darwin (1), Thompson (1)
Hit by Pitch: Darwin (1,by Fingers)
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Blyleven W(1-0) 9 10 3 2 2 7 0 40 2.00
Totals 9 10 3 2 2 7 0 40
A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Hunter L(0-1) 3 9 6 5 1 2 2 20 15.00
Gardner 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 12 3.00
Fingers 3 1 1 1 1 3 0 11 3.00
Totals 9 13 8 7 4 6 3 43
Hit by Pitch: Fingers (1)
Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Dave Phillips
TWINS 1ST: Hisle singled; Carew reached on an error by Green
[Hisle to second]; Hisle stole third and Carew stole second
[Hisle scored (error by Fosse) (unearned)]; Darwin struck out;
Oliva homered [Carew scored]; Braun lined to right; Lis singled
to left; Thompson popped to first in foul territory; 3 R (2 ER),
3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 1ST: North reached on an error by Thompson; Maxvill
popped to second in foul territory; Rudi walked [North to
second]; Jackson was called out on strikes; Bando grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 0.
TWINS 2ND: Mitterwald struck out; Holt homered; Hisle doubled to
right; Carew flied to center; Darwin singled to center [Hisle
scored]; Oliva popped to first in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Twins 5, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Tenace popped to shortstop; Conigliaro grounded
out (second to first); Fosse grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Athletics 0.
TWINS 3RD: Braun flied to center; Lis singled to left; Thompson
popped to shortstop; Mitterwald walked [Lis to second]; Holt
forced Mitterwald (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 5, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 3RD: Green grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to
first); North singled to left; Maxvill forced North (shortstop
to second); Rudi flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins
5, Athletics 0.
TWINS 4TH: Hisle singled to right; Carew singled to right [Hisle
to second]; GARDNER REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING); Darwin grounded
into a double play (third to first) [Carew to second, Hisle out
at third]; Oliva singled [Carew scored]; Braun was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 6, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 4TH: Jackson singled to center; Bando doubled to right
[Jackson scored]; Tenace popped to first in foul territory;
Conigliaro singled to right [Bando scored, Conigliaro to third
(error by Darwin)]; Fosse singled to left [Conigliaro scored
(unearned)]; Green popped to first in foul territory; North
grounded out (second to first); 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 6, Athletics 3.
TWINS 5TH: Lis reached on an error by Bando; Thompson grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Lis out at
second]; Mitterwald lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Twins
6, Athletics 3.
ATHLETICS 5TH: Maxvill was called out on strikes; Rudi popped to
first in foul territory; Jackson lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Twins 6, Athletics 3.
TWINS 6TH: Holt grounded out (second to first); Hisle homered;
Carew doubled to center [Carew out at third (center to shortstop
to third)]; Darwin walked; Oliva walked [Darwin to second];
Braun flied to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 7, Athletics
3.
ATHLETICS 6TH: Bando grounded out (second to first); Tenace
singled; Conigliaro lined to center; Fosse singled to center
[Tenace to third]; Green struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 7, Athletics 3.
TWINS 7TH: FINGERS REPLACED GARDNER (PITCHING); Lis walked;
Thompson was called out on strikes while Lis was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Mitterwald grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 7, Athletics 3.
ATHLETICS 7TH: North lined to center; MARQUEZ BATTED FOR
MAXVILL; Marquez doubled; Rudi was called out on strikes;
Jackson walked; Bando forced Jackson (shortstop to second); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 7, Athletics 3.
TWINS 8TH: KUBIAK REPLACED MARQUEZ (PLAYING SS); Holt grounded
out (third to first); Hisle grounded out (pitcher to first);
Carew lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 7, Athletics 3.
ATHLETICS 8TH: Tenace singled to left; Conigliaro popped to
first in foul territory; Fosse flied to center; HEGAN BATTED FOR
GREEN; Hegan was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 7, Athletics 3.
TWINS 9TH: MCKINNEY REPLACED HEGAN (PLAYING 2B); Darwin was hit
by a pitch; Oliva grounded out (third to first) [Darwin to
second]; Braun singled to right [Darwin scored, Braun to second
(on throw)]; Lis was called out on strikes; Thompson struck out;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 8, Athletics 3.
ATHLETICS 9TH: North singled; Kubiak flied to right; Rudi was
called out on strikes; Jackson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 8, Athletics 3.
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