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Minnesota Twins @ Oakland Athletics

1995-09-17 · Day game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 30112 · 67°F, sunny, dry · Wind 8 mph L to R · 2:11

Oakland Athletics defeated Minnesota Twins 4–1. Oakland Athletics put up 3 in the 3rd. Todd Van Poppel earned the win. Mark McGwire went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Todd Van Poppel L: Frankie Rodriguez SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry McCoy · 1B: Rick Reed · 2B: Jim Evans · 3B: John Hirschbeck · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Matt Lawton	4	0	1	0	1
Pat Meares	4	0	2	0	0
Kirby Puckett	4	0	1	0	1
Marty Cordova	4	0	0	0	1
Dan Masteller	4	1	1	0	0
Scott Leius	3	0	1	1	1
Chip Hale	3	0	0	0	0
Matt Walbeck	3	0	0	0	0
Brian Raabe	3	0	0	0	0
Steve Dunn	1	0	0	0	1

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rickey Henderson	3	1	1	0	1	0
Geronimo Berroa	4	1	1	0	0	0
Brent Gates	3	0	1	1	0	1
Mark McGwire	3	2	2	1	1	1
Jason Giambi	4	0	2	1	0	0
Danny Tartabull	4	0	1	0	0	2
Terry Steinbach	4	0	1	0	0	0
Stan Javier	2	0	0	0	1	1
Mike Bordick	2	0	0	0	1	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Frankie Rodriguez	7.0	7	4	3
Dave Stevens	1.0	2	0	2

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Todd Van Poppel	9.0	6	0	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Matt Lawton: 8/F8LD
Pat Meares: 3/P3SF
Kirby Puckett: E4/P4D.B-1
Marty Cordova: 64(1)/FO/G56

Bot 1

Rickey Henderson: W
Geronimo Berroa: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Brent Gates: 31/G34

Top 2

Dan Masteller: D8/F89S
Scott Leius: S8/G6M.2-H
Chip Hale: 7/F7S
Matt Walbeck: 7/F7S
Brian Raabe: 3/P3S

Bot 2

Mark McGwire: HR/F78D
Jason Giambi: 13/G13
Danny Tartabull: K
Terry Steinbach: D7/F7S
Stan Javier: PB.2-3
Stan Javier: W
Mike Bordick: 43/G4

Top 3

Matt Lawton: 6/P56D
Pat Meares: D7/G5L
Kirby Puckett: 9/F89D.2-3
Marty Cordova: 43/G4

Bot 3

Rickey Henderson: S9/L9M
Geronimo Berroa: S9/G34.1-3
Brent Gates: 7/SF/F7D.3-H
Mark McGwire: S9/F89S.1-H(E9/TH);B-3
Jason Giambi: S7/L6D.3-H(UR)
Danny Tartabull: 64(1)3/GDP/G56

Top 4

Dan Masteller: 6/P4MD
Scott Leius: K
Chip Hale: 8/F8LD

Bot 4

Terry Steinbach: 7/F7D
Stan Javier: 43/G4M
Mike Bordick: 9/F89M

Top 5

Matt Walbeck: 7/F7LMF
Brian Raabe: 63/G6
Matt Lawton: K

Bot 5

Rickey Henderson: 7/F7D
Geronimo Berroa: 6/P6MD
Brent Gates: D8/F89D
Mark McGwire: W
Jason Giambi: 8/F8LM

Top 6

Pat Meares: S9/L9S
Kirby Puckett: K
Marty Cordova: 8/F8LD.1-2
Dan Masteller: 8/F8LM

Bot 6

Danny Tartabull: K
Terry Steinbach: 63/G6
Stan Javier: K

Top 7

Scott Leius: 5/P15
Chip Hale: 43/G4
Matt Walbeck: 8/F8RD

Bot 7

Mike Bordick: W
Rickey Henderson: 64(1)/FO/G6
Geronimo Berroa: 54(1)3/GDP/G56

Top 8

Brian Raabe: 8/F8LS
Matt Lawton: S8/L4MD
Pat Meares: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Bot 8

Brent Gates: K
Mark McGwire: K
Jason Giambi: S9/G34
Danny Tartabull: S9/L89S.1-2
Terry Steinbach: 9/F9LD

Top 9

Kirby Puckett: S56/G5
Marty Cordova: K
Dan Masteller: 7/F7S
Steve Dunn: K

Notes & reviews

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