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Minnesota Twins @ Oakland Athletics

1996-05-12 · Day game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 13430 · 76°F, sunny, dry · Wind 8 mph R to L · 2:36

Oakland Athletics defeated Minnesota Twins 8–3. Oakland Athletics put up 3 in the 1st. Don Wengert earned the win. Ernie Young went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	5
OAK	3	0	0	2	0	2	1	0		8	14

W: Don Wengert L: Jose Parra SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Fieldin Culbreth · 1B: Jim McKean · 2B: (none) · 3B: Ted Hendry · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rich Becker	3	1	1	0	1	0
Jeff Reboulet	3	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Molitor	4	1	2	1	0	0
Marty Cordova	4	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Myers	4	1	2	2	0	1
Dave Hollins	4	0	0	0	0	1
Roberto Kelly	3	0	0	0	0	2
Denny Hocking	3	0	0	0	0	1
Pat Meares	3	0	0	0	0	0
Chip Hale	1	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ernie Young	5	2	2	3	0	1
Brent Gates	4	1	3	0	1	0
Jason Giambi	5	0	2	1	0	1
Mark McGwire	4	1	1	0	1	1
Phil Plantier	5	1	1	1	0	3
Terry Steinbach	5	0	1	1	0	1
Geronimo Berroa	3	0	0	0	1	0
Mike Bordick	3	1	1	0	1	0
Jose Herrera	4	2	3	1	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jose Parra	4.0	8	2	3
Dan Naulty	1.0	2	1	1
Eddie Guardado	1.0	1	0	2
Erik Bennett	1.0	1	1	0
Dave Stevens	1.0	2	0	1

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Wengert	7.0	2	1	4
John Briscoe	2.0	3	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rich Becker: 3/G3
Jeff Reboulet: 8/F8LM
Paul Molitor: S8/G4M
Marty Cordova: 8/F8RXD

Bot 1

Ernie Young: K
Brent Gates: S9/L9M
Jason Giambi: 9/L89D/R3
Mark McGwire: W.1-2
Phil Plantier: S9/F9LD.2-H;1-H(E9)(NR);B-2
Terry Steinbach: D9/F89D/R6.2-H
Geronimo Berroa: 63/G6

Top 2

Greg Myers: K
Dave Hollins: 1/G23
Roberto Kelly: K

Bot 2

Mike Bordick: S7/L7S
Jose Herrera: 7/F7LD
Ernie Young: 3/P3
Brent Gates: W.1-2
Jason Giambi: K

Top 3

Denny Hocking: K
Pat Meares: 7/F7D
Rich Becker: 43/G4

Bot 3

Mark McGwire: 9/P9M
Phil Plantier: K
Terry Steinbach: 9/L9M

Top 4

Jeff Reboulet: 6/P6D
Paul Molitor: 3/G3
Marty Cordova: 9/F9LM

Bot 4

Geronimo Berroa: 7/P7M
Mike Bordick: 53/G56S
Jose Herrera: S5/BG25/R3
Ernie Young: HR/F9D.1-H
Brent Gates: S9/G34D
Jason Giambi: S7/G5D/R4.1-3
Mark McGwire: FLE3/P3DF
Mark McGwire: 53/G5

Top 5

Greg Myers: HR/F78XD
Dave Hollins: 9/F89D
Roberto Kelly: K
Denny Hocking: 7/F7D

Bot 5

Phil Plantier: 8/F8RD
Terry Steinbach: K
Geronimo Berroa: W
Mike Bordick: 3/P3F

Top 6

Pat Meares: 8/L8RM
Rich Becker: W
Jeff Reboulet: 8/F8LM
Paul Molitor: 54(1)/FO/G5

Bot 6

Jose Herrera: S8/L8RM
Ernie Young: D8/L78XD.1-H
Brent Gates: 53/G56S.2-3
Jason Giambi: S9/L9S.3-H
Mark McGwire: K
Phil Plantier: K

Top 7

Marty Cordova: 31/G3
Greg Myers: 8/F8RD
Dave Hollins: 31/G3

Bot 7

Terry Steinbach: 53/G5
Geronimo Berroa: 9/P9S
Mike Bordick: W
Jose Herrera: D9/F89XD.1-H
Ernie Young: 8/F8RXD

Top 8

Roberto Kelly: 9/L89M
Denny Hocking: 8/F8LM
Pat Meares: 9/F9M

Bot 8

Brent Gates: S8/L8LM
Jason Giambi: 64(1)/FO/G6.B-1
Mark McGwire: D7/G5L/R4.1-3
Phil Plantier: K
Terry Steinbach: 9/F9LMF

Top 9

Rich Becker: D9/G3L
Chip Hale: 7/F78D/R6
Paul Molitor: WP.2-3
Paul Molitor: D7/G5/R4.3-H
Marty Cordova: 7/L7M
Greg Myers: PB.2-3
Greg Myers: S9/L9M.3-H
Dave Hollins: K