Minnesota Twins 5, Oakland Athletics 4 (Game 2)
Game Played on Thursday, September 20, 1973 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
A's          0  0  3    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   4 10  1
Twins        0  2  0    2  0  0    0  1  x  -   5 11  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .285      Brye cf               5   0   2   2     0   0   .257
  Odom pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Carew 2b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .342
  Trillo 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Darwin rf             1   0   0   0     1   0   .252
  Alou ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .285        Holt rf,1b          1   0   0   0     0   1   .292
Campaneris ss         2   0   0   0     0   1   .248      Killebrew dh          3   0   0   0     1   2   .242
  Kubiak ss           2   0   0   0     0   0   .220      Kusick 1b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .154
  Andrews ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .205        Hisle pr,rf         0   1   0   0     0   0   .271
Bando 3b              2   0   1   1     1   0   .284      Adams lf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .222
Bourque dh            3   1   2   1     1   0   .214      Soderholm 3b          3   0   2   0     0   0   .326
Tenace c,1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .258      Borgmann c            3   1   1   0     0   0   .214
Johnson 1b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .246        Oliva ph            1   0   1   1     0   0   .290
  Lewis pr            0   1   0   0     0   0   .000        Roof pr,c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .197
  Fosse c             1   0   0   0     0   0   .257      Terrell ss            4   2   1   1     0   1   .278
Mangual rf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .222      Fife p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Conigliaro lf,cf      3   0   0   0     0   0   .211        Albury p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Green 2b              2   1   2   0     0   0   .259
  Davalillo ph,lf     1   0   1   1     0   0   .189
  Rudi ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Knowles p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pina p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4  10   3     2   3             Totals               32   5  11   5     3   4

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance:  5,388
Left on Base: A's 7, Twins 8
DP: A's 1, Twins 1
Errors: Knowles, Carew
Doubles: Green 2 (17), Tenace (18), Bourque (3), Terrell (15), Brye (9)
Home Runs: Bourque (2)
Caught Stealing: Adams (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Conigliaro (1), Soderholm (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Bando (5)
GIDP: Tenace (12), Darwin (22)
Hit by Pitch: Darwin (3,by Knowles)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Knowles                 3.1   6   4   3   2   1   0  20   3.03
Pina                    1.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.72
Fingers L(7-7)          2.1   3   1   1   1   3   0  10   1.84
Lindblad                0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.71
Totals                  8    11   5   4   3   4   0  37

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fife                    6    10   4   4   2   3   1  30   4.31
Albury W(1-0)           3     0   0   0   0   0   0   8   1.27
Totals                  9    10   4   4   2   3   1  38

Hit by Pitch: Knowles (3)

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: North struck out; Campaneris grounded out (third
to first); Bando singled to left; Bourque walked [Bando to
second]; Tenace flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Brye grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew
grounded out (second to first); Darwin was hit by a pitch;
Killebrew walked [Darwin to second]; Kusick flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Johnson grounded out (third to first); Mangual
flied out to right; Conigliaro flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Adams singled to center; Soderholm out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to first) [Adams to second]; Borgmann grounded out
(shortstop to first); Terrell doubled to right [Adams scored];
Brye doubled to right [Terrell scored]; Carew lined to pitcher;
2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Green doubled to left; On a bunt North singled to
second [Green scored (error by Carew), North to third];
Campaneris was called out on strikes; Bando hit a sacrifice fly
to center [North scored]; Bourque homered; Tenace doubled to
left; Johnson was called out on strikes; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 3, Twins 2.

TWINS 3RD: KUBIAK REPLACED CAMPANERIS (PLAYING SS); Darwin
walked; Killebrew was called out on strikes; Kusick flied out to
left; Adams forced Darwin (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Mangual flied out to center; Conigliaro flied out
to right; Green doubled to center; North popped to shortstop; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 2.

TWINS 4TH: Soderholm singled to left; Borgmann forced Soderholm
(third to second); Terrell reached on an error by Knowles
[Borgmann to second]; Brye singled to center [Borgmann scored,
Terrell to second]; Carew singled to left [Terrell scored
(unearned), Brye to second]; PINA REPLACED KNOWLES (PITCHING);
Darwin grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Carew out at second]; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
3, Twins 4.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Kubiak grounded out (pitcher to second to first);
Bando flied out to left; Bourque doubled to right; Tenace popped
to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 4.

TWINS 5TH: Killebrew flied to left in foul territory; Kusick
singled to center; Adams forced Kusick (third to second); Adams
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: HOLT REPLACED DARWIN (PLAYING RF); Johnson
singled to center; LEWIS RAN FOR JOHNSON; Mangual singled [Lewis
to second]; Conigliaro out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[Lewis to third, Mangual to second]; DAVALILLO BATTED FOR GREEN;
Davalillo singled [Lewis scored, Mangual to third]; North
reached on a fielder's choice [Mangual out at home (second to
catcher), Davalillo to second]; ODOM RAN FOR NORTH; Kubiak
popped to third in foul territory; Bill North left with a
severly sprained right ankle after tripping over 1B; 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4, Twins 4.

TWINS 6TH: TRILLO REPLACED ODOM (PLAYING 2B); TENACE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); FOSSE REPLACED LEWIS (PLAYING C );
CONIGLIARO CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); DAVALILLO STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING LF); FINGERS REPLACED PINA (PITCHING); Soderholm
singled to center [Soderholm out at second (center to third)];
Borgmann singled to center; Terrell struck out; Brye grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4,
Twins 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Bando walked; ALBURY REPLACED FIFE (PITCHING);
Bourque forced Bando (first to shortstop); Tenace grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Bourque out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Twins 4.

TWINS 7TH: Carew grounded out (second to first); Holt was called
out on strikes; Killebrew struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 4, Twins 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Fosse popped to second; Mangual popped to first
in foul territory; Conigliaro flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Twins 4.

TWINS 8TH: Kusick walked; HISLE RAN FOR KUSICK; Adams singled to
center [Hisle to second]; Soderholm flied out to left; OLIVA
BATTED FOR BORGMANN; LINDBLAD REPLACED FINGERS (PITCHING); Oliva
singled to right [Hisle scored, Adams to third]; ROOF RAN FOR
OLIVA; Terrell flied out to left; Brye forced Roof (shortstop to
second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4, Twins 5.

ATHLETICS 9TH: HOLT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); HISLE STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); ROOF STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); RUDI
BATTED FOR DAVALILLO; Rudi flied out to right; ALOU BATTED FOR
TRILLO; Alou popped to catcher; ANDREWS BATTED FOR KUBIAK;
Andrews popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 4, Twins 5.