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Oakland Athletics @ Minnesota Twins

1995-05-12 · Night game · Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Att: 11460 · 69°F, dome, dry · 2:40

Minnesota Twins defeated Oakland Athletics 9–5. Minnesota Twins put up 4 in the 3rd. Kevin Tapani earned the win. Mark McGwire went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	5	10
MIN	0	3	4	0	0	1	1	0		9	13

W: Kevin Tapani L: Dave Stewart SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Young · 1B: Rich Garcia · 2B: Dale Ford · 3B: Mike Reilly · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rickey Henderson	5	0	3	0	0	1
Brent Gates	4	0	0	0	1	1
Geronimo Berroa	5	1	2	0	0	1
Mark McGwire	3	1	2	2	2	0
Ruben Sierra	5	1	1	0	0	1
Terry Steinbach	4	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Brosius	2	2	0	0	2	0
Stan Javier	4	0	2	2	0	0
Mike Gallego	3	0	0	1	0	0
Jason Giambi	1	0	0	0	0	1

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chuck Knoblauch	5	0	0	1	0	2
Alex Cole	5	1	2	0	0	1
Kirby Puckett	5	1	1	0	0	0
Pedro Munoz	4	2	2	0	0	0
Marty Cordova	3	2	1	2	1	0
Scott Stahoviak	4	2	3	1	0	0
Scott Leius	3	1	1	1	0	0
Matt Walbeck	3	0	2	1	1	0
Pat Meares	3	0	1	2	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Stewart	2.1	7	2	2
Chris Eddy	0.2	1	0	0
Carlos Reyes	4.0	4	0	0
Don Wengert	1.0	1	0	1

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kevin Tapani	6.1	9	2	0
Dave Stevens	1.2	1	2	3
Rick Aguilera	1.0	0	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rickey Henderson: D8/F89XD
Brent Gates: 6/P7LSF
Geronimo Berroa: 63/G56.2-2
Mark McGwire: 2/P23

Bot 1

Chuck Knoblauch: 63/G6
Alex Cole: K
Kirby Puckett: 9/F9LM

Top 2

Ruben Sierra: S7/L7LM
Terry Steinbach: SB2
Terry Steinbach: 63/G6M.2-3
Scott Brosius: W
Stan Javier: D8/L6D.3-H;1-3
Mike Gallego: 63/G6M.3-H;2-3
Rickey Henderson: 6/P8LS

Bot 2

Pedro Munoz: S8/L89S
Marty Cordova: W.1-2
Scott Stahoviak: S9/F9DW+.2-3;1-2
Scott Leius: 7/SF/L7LM.3-H
Matt Walbeck: W.2-3;1-2
Pat Meares: D7/L5D.3-H;2-H;1-3
Chuck Knoblauch: K
Alex Cole: 3/G3

Top 3

Brent Gates: 63/G6M
Geronimo Berroa: S6/G56D
Mark McGwire: S9/F9S.1-2
Ruben Sierra: 46(1)/FO/G34.2-3
Terry Steinbach: 64(1)/FO/G6M

Bot 3

Kirby Puckett: S6/G56
Pedro Munoz: DGR/F78XD.1-3
Marty Cordova: DGR/L7LD.3-H;2-H
Scott Stahoviak: S8/G4M.2-H
Scott Leius: 9/F89D
Matt Walbeck: S9/L34D.1-2
Pat Meares: HP.2-3;1-2
Chuck Knoblauch: 63/G6M.3-H;2-3;1-2
Alex Cole: 43/G4S

Top 4

Scott Brosius: 9/L89M
Stan Javier: 7/F78M
Mike Gallego: 53/G5S

Bot 4

Kirby Puckett: 9/F9LM
Pedro Munoz: 63/G6
Marty Cordova: 13/G13

Top 5

Rickey Henderson: S7/G56
Brent Gates: 64(1)3/GDP/G56
Geronimo Berroa: S7/L7LS
Mark McGwire: HR/F8RXD.1-H
Ruben Sierra: 31/G3

Bot 5

Scott Stahoviak: S8/L4M
Scott Leius: 53/G5S.1-2
Matt Walbeck: 9/F9D.2-3
Pat Meares: 63/G6

Top 6

Terry Steinbach: 43/G4
Scott Brosius: 63/G6M
Stan Javier: 5/L56

Bot 6

Chuck Knoblauch: 63/G6M
Alex Cole: T9/F89D
Kirby Puckett: WP.3-H
Kirby Puckett: 8/F8RXD
Pedro Munoz: 9/F89XD

Top 7

Mike Gallego: 4/L4D
Rickey Henderson: S5/G5
Brent Gates: SB2
Brent Gates: W
Geronimo Berroa: 8/F78XD
Mark McGwire: SB3;SB2
Mark McGwire: W
Ruben Sierra: K

Bot 7

Marty Cordova: 53/G5
Scott Stahoviak: 3/G3
Scott Leius: D7/L7LM
Matt Walbeck: D8/F89XDW+.2-H
Pat Meares: 53/G5

Top 8

Terry Steinbach: 3/P3SF
Scott Brosius: W
Stan Javier: D8/G4M.1-H
Jason Giambi: K
Rickey Henderson: K

Bot 8

Chuck Knoblauch: K
Alex Cole: S8/G6M
Kirby Puckett: 6(1)3/GDP/G6M

Top 9

Brent Gates: K
Geronimo Berroa: K
Mark McGwire: W
Ruben Sierra: 8/F8RXD