Minnesota Twins 4, Oakland Athletics 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Thursday, September 20, 1973 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
A's          0  0  0    0  1  0    2  0  0  -   3  5  2
Twins        0  1  1    0  1  0    0  0  1  -   4  8  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              5   2   1   1     0   1   .285      Brye cf               5   0   1   1     0   1   .253
Campaneris ss         3   0   1   0     2   0   .249      Carew 2b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .343
Bando 3b              3   0   0   1     1   1   .283      Oliva dh              3   0   0   0     1   0   .289
Tenace 1b             3   0   1   1     1   1   .258      Darwin rf             4   1   2   2     0   1   .252
Rudi lf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .259      Holt 1b               3   0   0   0     1   0   .293
Carty dh              3   0   0   0     1   1   .226      Soderholm 3b          3   1   1   0     1   0   .314
Mangual rf            4   0   1   0     0   3   .221      Hisle lf              3   1   1   0     1   1   .271
Fosse c               3   1   0   0     1   0   .257      Mitterwald c          3   0   1   1     0   0   .257
Green 2b              2   0   1   0     0   0   .254      Thompson ss           2   0   0   0     0   0   .232
  Jackson ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .293        Terrell ss          1   0   0   0     0   1   .278
  Kubiak 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .222        Reese ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .151
  Davalillo ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .183      Hands p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Trillo 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Odom p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   5   3     6   8             Totals               32   4   8   4     4   4

Time of Game: 2:43
Left on Base: A's 8, Twins 7
DP: A's 1, Twins 0
Errors: Bando 2
Doubles: North (10)
Home Runs: Darwin (18)
Stolen Bases: North 2 (53), Campaneris (31)
Caught Stealing: Soderholm (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Mitterwald (1)
GIDP: Darwin (21)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Odom L(5-12)            8.2   8   4   4   4   4   1  37   4.46
Totals                  8.2   8   4   4   4   4   1  37

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hands                   6     3   2   2   5   5   0  26   3.68
Campbell W(3-1)         3     2   1   1   1   3   0  12   3.18
Totals                  9     5   3   3   6   8   0  38

Wild Pitches: Odom (7)

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Jim Honochick, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Jim Odom


ATHLETICS 1ST: North struck out; Campaneris grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bando walked; Tenace struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Brye reached on an error by Bando; Carew singled
[Brye to second]; Oliva flied out to right; Darwin grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Carew out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Rudi grounded out (third to first); Carty walked;
Mangual singled to center [Carty to second]; Fosse forced
Mangual (third to second) [Carty to third]; Green forced Fosse
(shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Holt grounded out (second to first); Soderholm
singled to third [Soderholm to second (error by Bando)]; Hisle
walked; Mitterwald singled to right [Soderholm scored, Hisle to
third]; Thompson reached on a fielder's choice [Hisle out at
home (third to catcher), Mitterwald to second]; Brye grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins
1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: North grounded out (catcher unassisted);
Campaneris singled to right; Bando forced Campaneris (shortstop
to second); Tenace walked [Bando to second]; Rudi grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: Carew flied out to left; Oliva grounded out (second
to first); Darwin homered; Holt flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Carty struck out; Mangual struck out; Fosse flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 4TH: Soderholm flied out to right; Hisle grounded out
(third to first); Mitterwald lined to third; Athletics
Manager Dick Williams ejected by HP umpire Larry Barnett
sometime in the fifth; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Twins 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Green singled to left; North forced Green (second
to shortstop); North stole second; Campaneris walked; North
stole third and Campaneris stole second; Bando grounded out
(shortstop to first) [North scored]; Tenace flied out to left; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Twins 2.

TWINS 5TH: Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); Brye
flied out to left; Carew singled; Odom threw a wild pitch [Carew
to second]; Oliva was walked intentionally; Darwin singled to
left [Carew scored, Oliva to second]; Holt popped to second; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Twins 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: TERRELL REPLACED THOMPSON (PLAYING SS); Rudi
grounded out (shortstop to first); Carty flied out to right;
Mangual struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Twins 3.

TWINS 6TH: Soderholm walked; Soderholm was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Hisle was called out on strikes;
Mitterwald grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 1, Twins 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Fosse walked; CAMPBELL REPLACED HANDS (PITCHING);
JACKSON BATTED FOR GREEN; Jackson was called out on strikes;
North doubled to left [Fosse scored]; Campaneris walked; Bando
struck out; Tenace singled to right [North scored, Campaneris to
third]; Rudi flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
3, Twins 3.

TWINS 7TH: KUBIAK REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING 2B); Terrell struck
out; Brye was called out on strikes; Carew flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Carty grounded out (third to first); Mangual
struck out; Fosse grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 3.

TWINS 8TH: Oliva flied out to center; Darwin struck out; Holt
walked; Soderholm flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 3, Twins 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: DAVALILLO BATTED FOR KUBIAK; Davalillo grounded
out (second to first); North grounded out (second to first);
Campaneris flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
3, Twins 3.

TWINS 9TH: TRILLO REPLACED DAVALILLO (PLAYING 2B); Hisle singled
to left; Mitterwald out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second)
[Hisle to second]; REESE BATTED FOR TERRELL; Reese lined to
shortstop; Brye singled to center [Hisle scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 4.