The Athletics gained a come-from-behind victory when Ray Fosse batted in a run with a sacrifice fly in the 11th inning to defeat the Twins, 4-3. The Twins scored all their runs in the fifth on a single by Jerry Terrell, double by Larry Hisle, single by Rod Carew and triple by Bobby Darwin. The A's, after picking up a pair of singletons, tied the score in the eighth with a run that crossed the plate on a wild pitch by Bill Hands. Oakland Athletics 4, Minnesota Twins 3Game Played on Tuesday, July 31, 1973 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumTwins 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 2 A's 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - 4 6 2 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hisle cf,lf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .261 Campaneris ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 .264 Carew 2b 4 1 2 1 1 1 .347 North cf 3 2 0 0 2 1 .291 Darwin rf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .263 Bando 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Oliva dh 4 0 1 0 1 1 .289 Jackson rf 4 0 1 1 1 1 .288 Mitterwald c 5 0 0 0 0 2 .254 Johnson dh 3 1 1 0 2 0 .259 Holt lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .288 Odom pr,dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Walton ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .169 Tenace 1b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .258 Brye cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Conigliaro lf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .258 Lis 1b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .230 Fosse c 4 0 2 2 0 0 .258 Thompson ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .237 Kubiak 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .225 Terrell 3b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .277 Holtzman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Woodson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Corbin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bane p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hands p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 42 3 9 3 2 7 Totals 37 4 6 3 5 5 Time of Game: 2:55 Attendance: 5,670 Left on Base: Twins 9, A's 8 DP: Twins 1, A's 0 Errors: Thompson, Terrell, Fosse, Holtzman Doubles: Hisle (16), Johnson (12) Triples: Darwin (2) Stolen Bases: Carew (24), North (36) Sacrifice Hits: Bando (6) Sacrifice Flies: Fosse (2) GIDP: Jackson (11) Hit by Pitch: Holt (1,by Holtzman) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Woodson 7 4 3 3 4 4 0 29 3.47 Corbin 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.87 Bane 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.45 Hands L(5-8) 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 13 4.18 Totals 10.2 6 4 3 5 5 0 44 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Holtzman W(16-9) 11 9 3 3 2 7 0 45 2.33 Totals 11 9 3 3 2 7 0 45 Hit by Pitch: Holtzman (3) Wild Pitches: Hands (1) Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Frank Umont, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Art Frantz TWINS 1ST: Hisle grounded out (third to first); Carew walked; Darwin struck out; Oliva singled [Carew to second]; Mitterwald lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris flied to right; North struck out; Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0. TWINS 2ND: Holt grounded out (second to first); Lis grounded out (shortstop to first); Thompson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson walked; Johnson popped to first; Tenace popped to third; Conigliaro forced Jackson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0. TWINS 3RD: Terrell grounded out (second to first); Hisle singled [Hisle to second (error by Fosse)]; Carew grounded out (second to first) [Hisle to third]; Darwin grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Fosse flied to center; Kubiak was called out on strikes; Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0. TWINS 4TH: Oliva flied out to center; Mitterwald struck out; Holt flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: North walked; North stole second; Bando flied to right; Jackson singled to center [North scored]; Johnson flied out to center; Tenace popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 1. TWINS 5TH: Lis flied to center; Thompson popped to first; Terrell singled; Hisle doubled [Terrell scored]; Carew singled [Hisle scored]; Carew stole second; Darwin tripled [Carew scored]; Oliva flied to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Conigliaro grounded out (shortstop to first); Fosse singled to right; Kubiak flied to left; Campaneris grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 1. TWINS 6TH: Mitterwald flied to left; Holt grounded out (third to first); Lis singled to left; Thompson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: North popped to third; Bando grounded out (second to first); Jackson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 1. TWINS 7TH: Terrell grounded out (shortstop to first); Hisle flied to right; Carew singled; Darwin flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: Johnson walked; Tenace singled to center [Johnson to second]; Conigliaro forced Tenace (shortstop to second) [Johnson to third]; Fosse singled to left [Johnson scored, Conigliaro to second]; Kubiak lined to right; Campaneris struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 2. TWINS 8TH: Oliva struck out; Mitterwald was called out on strikes; Holt was hit by a pitch; Lis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 8TH: North walked; CORBIN REPLACED WOODSON (PITCHING); Bando out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [North to second]; BANE REPLACED CORBIN (PITCHING); Jackson grounded out (second to first) [North to third]; HANDS REPLACED BANE (PITCHING); Hands threw a wild pitch [North scored]; Johnson walked; Tenace flied to left; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 3. TWINS 9TH: Thompson grounded out (third to first); Terrell grounded out (pitcher to first); Hisle flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 9TH: Conigliaro singled to left; Fosse forced Conigliaro (third to second); Kubiak flied to center; Campaneris forced Fosse (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 3. TWINS 10TH: Carew was called out on strikes; Darwin grounded out (second to first); Oliva walked; Mitterwald grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 10TH: North grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando reached on an error by Thompson; Jackson grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Bando out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 3. TWINS 11TH: WALTON BATTED FOR HOLT; Walton struck out; Lis popped to first in foul territory; Thompson singled [Thompson to second (error by Holtzman)]; Terrell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 11TH: HISLE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); BRYE REPLACED WALTON (PLAYING CF); Johnson doubled to right; ODOM RAN FOR JOHNSON; Tenace reached on an error by Terrell [Odom to third]; Conigliaro struck out; Fosse hit a sacrifice fly to right [Odom scored (unearned)]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 4. |
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