Minnesota Twins 7, Oakland Athletics 6 (Game 2)

Game Played on Friday, September 12, 1975 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

A's          0  0  0    0  1  0    0  5  0  -   6  9  1
Twins        0  0  0    1  0  6    0  0  x  -   7  8  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              4   1   1   0     1   1   .271      Bostock cf            4   1   1   0     1   1   .274
Tovar dh              2   1   0   0     2   1   .254      Terrell 2b,ss         5   0   1   2     0   2   .300
  Williams ph,dh      1   1   1   3     0   0   .237      Carew 1b,2b           3   2   1   0     1   0   .361
Bando 3b              3   0   1   1     2   0   .217      Oliva dh              4   0   1   1     0   0   .278
Jackson rf            5   0   0   0     0   1   .257      Briggs rf,1b          0   0   0   0     2   0   .247
Tenace c              2   1   1   0     2   1   .244        Hisle ph            1   1   1   1     0   0   .316
Harper 1b             4   1   1   1     1   1   .240        Kusick 1b           0   0   0   0     1   0   .217
C. Washington lf      5   1   1   0     0   1   .306      Braun lf              3   1   1   0     1   0   .300
Garner 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .236      McKay 3b              4   1   2   2     0   0   .292
Martinez ss           3   0   2   0     0   0   .170      Gomez ss              1   0   0   0     0   1   .148
  Alexander pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Brye ph,rf          3   0   0   0     0   0   .274
  Maxvill ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lundstedt c           3   1   0   0     1   2   .107
  McKinney ph         0   0   0   1     0   0   .167      Bane p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pitts ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Siebert p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .375        Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bahnsen p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   6   9   6     8   6             Totals               31   7   8   6     7   6

Time of Game: 2:57   Attendance:  6,837
Left on Base: A's 10, Twins 7
DP: A's 1, Twins 1
Errors: Garner
Doubles: Williams (18), Braun (18)
Triples: Terrell (2)
Stolen Bases: Tovar 2 (18), Carew 2 (32)
Caught Stealing: Alexander (8)
Sacrifice Flies: McKinney (2)
GIDP: Bando (9), Terrell (11)
Hit by Pitch: Tenace (12,by Bane)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Siebert                 3.1   1   1   1   4   5   0  15   3.83
Lindblad L(9-1)         2.1   6   6   6   1   0   0  14   2.91
Bahnsen                 2.1   1   0   0   2   1   0   9   4.66
Totals                  8     8   7   7   7   6   0  38

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bane W(1-0)             7.2   7   5   5   8   5   0  37   5.87
Johnson                 0     2   1   1   0   0   0   2   4.54
Burgmeier SV(8)         1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.15
Totals                  9     9   6   6   8   6   0  43

Hit by Pitch: Bane (1)

Umpires: HP - Hank Morgenweck, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Don Denkinger


ATHLETICS 1ST: North singled to left; Tovar forced North (third
to second); Tovar stole second; Bando walked; Jackson was called
out on strikes; Tenace walked [Tovar to third, Bando to second];
Harper was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Athletics 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Bostock grounded out (second to first); Terrell was
called out on strikes; Carew lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: C. Washington grounded out (second to first);
Garner singled to right; Martinez popped to catcher; North
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Oliva grounded out (first unassisted); Briggs walked;
Braun flied out to center; McKay forced Briggs (third to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Tovar struck out; Bando walked; Jackson popped to
third in foul territory; Tenace was hit by a pitch [Bando to
second]; Harper forced Bando (third unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Gomez struck out; Lundstedt struck out; Bostock
struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
0, Twins 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: C. Washington struck out; Garner grounded out
(pitcher to first); Martinez singled to center; North flied out
to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Terrell struck out; Carew walked; Carew stole second;
Oliva singled to center [Carew scored]; Briggs walked [Oliva to
second]; Braun walked [Oliva to third, Briggs to second];
LINDBLAD REPLACED SIEBERT (PITCHING); McKay popped to first;
BRYE BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Brye flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: BRYE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); BRIGGS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); CAREW CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B);
TERRELL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Tovar walked; Tovar
stole second; Bando lined to left; Jackson grounded out (second
to first) [Tovar to third]; Tenace walked; Harper singled to
left [Tovar scored, Tenace to second]; C. Washington forced
Harper (second to shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
1, Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: Lundstedt lined to right; Bostock flied out to
center; Terrell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Twins 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Garner flied out to right; Martinez singled to
left; ALEXANDER RAN FOR MARTINEZ; Alexander was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); North flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 6TH: MAXVILL REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING SS); Carew
singled to right; Carew stole second; Oliva popped to second;
HISLE BATTED FOR BRIGGS; Hisle singled to center [Carew scored];
Braun doubled to right [Hisle to third]; McKay singled [Hisle
scored, Braun scored, McKay to second (on throw to home)]; Brye
popped to second; Lundstedt was walked intentionally; Bostock
singled to second [McKay scored (error by Garner), Lundstedt to
third, Bostock to second]; Terrell tripled to right [Lundstedt
scored, Bostock scored]; BAHNSEN REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING);
Carew popped to shortstop; 6 R, 6 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Twins 7.

ATHLETICS 7TH: KUSICK REPLACED HISLE (PLAYING 1B); Tovar walked;
Bando grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Tovar out at second]; Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Twins 7.

TWINS 7TH: Oliva flied out to center; Kusick walked; Braun flied
out to left; McKay singled to left [Kusick to second]; Brye
forced McKay (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 1, Twins 7.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Tenace singled to center; Harper walked [Tenace
to second]; C. Washington singled [Tenace to third, Harper to
second]; Garner popped to shortstop; MCKINNEY BATTED FOR
MAXVILL; McKinney hit a sacrifice fly to left [Tenace scored];
North walked [Harper to third, C. Washington to second]; JOHNSON
REPLACED BANE (PITCHING); WILLIAMS BATTED FOR TOVAR; Williams
doubled to left [Harper scored, C. Washington scored, North
scored]; Bando singled to center [Williams scored]; BURGMEIER
REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Jackson popped to third in foul
territory; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Twins 7.

TWINS 8TH: WILLIAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); PITTS REPLACED
MCKINNEY (PLAYING SS); Lundstedt struck out; Bostock walked;
Terrell grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Bostock out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6,
Twins 7.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Tenace struck out; Harper grounded out (second to
first); C. Washington grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Twins 7.