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Minnesota Twins @ Oakland Athletics

1997-04-23 · Night game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 8494 · 57°F, night, dry · Wind 20 mph to RF · 2:36

Oakland Athletics defeated Minnesota Twins 6–1. Oakland Athletics put up 4 in the 4th. Ariel Prieto earned the win and Aaron Small picked up the save. Scott Spiezio went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11
OAK	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0		6	6

W: Ariel Prieto L: Rich Robertson SV: Aaron Small

Umpires — HP: Dave Phillips · 1B: Rocky Roe · 2B: Durwood Merrill · 3B: Dale Scott · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chuck Knoblauch	3	1	1	1	2	0
Rich Becker	4	0	1	0	1	1
Roberto Kelly	5	0	1	0	0	0
Matt Lawton	5	0	2	0	0	2
Terry Steinbach	4	0	2	0	0	1
Todd Walker	4	0	1	0	0	0
Greg Colbrunn	4	0	1	0	0	0
Brent Brede	2	0	1	0	2	0
Pat Meares	4	0	1	0	0	1

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Damon Mashore	4	0	1	0	0	1
Tony Batista	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Canseco	3	2	1	0	1	1
Mark McGwire	3	2	3	2	1	0
Geronimo Berroa	4	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Brosius	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Giambi	2	1	0	0	1	0
Scott Spiezio	2	1	1	4	1	0
Izzy Molina	3	0	0	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rich Robertson	4.0	4	3	0
Mike Trombley	2.0	1	0	1
Todd Ritchie	2.0	1	1	1

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ariel Prieto	6.0	9	3	3
Aaron Small	3.0	2	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Chuck Knoblauch: HR/F7LD
Rich Becker: K
Roberto Kelly: 9/F89D
Matt Lawton: K

Bot 1

Damon Mashore: S8/G6M
Tony Batista: 7/F7M
Jose Canseco: POCS2(134)
Jose Canseco: W
Mark McGwire: HR/F9D.1-H
Geronimo Berroa: 9/P89S

Top 2

Terry Steinbach: S8/G6M
Todd Walker: 9/F89M
Greg Colbrunn: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 2

Scott Brosius: 43/G34
Jason Giambi: 8/L8LM
Scott Spiezio: 43/G34

Top 3

Brent Brede: S7/L56D
Pat Meares: K
Chuck Knoblauch: 8/F78M
Rich Becker: CS2(26)

Bot 3

Izzy Molina: 63/G6
Damon Mashore: 63/G6M
Tony Batista: 13/G13

Top 4

Rich Becker: 5/P5S
Roberto Kelly: 53/G5
Matt Lawton: S8/G4M
Terry Steinbach: S4/G4M/R3.1-2
Todd Walker: 8/F8LD

Bot 4

Jose Canseco: S7/L56D
Mark McGwire: W.1-2
Geronimo Berroa: 3/P23F
Scott Brosius: 3/P23
Jason Giambi: W.2-3;1-2
Scott Spiezio: HR/L7LD.3-H;2-H;1-H
Izzy Molina: 53/G5L

Top 5

Greg Colbrunn: S8/L8RM
Brent Brede: 8/F78D
Pat Meares: S9/G34/R4.1-2
Chuck Knoblauch: 8/L8LS
Rich Becker: W.2-3;1-2
Roberto Kelly: 13/G15

Bot 5

Damon Mashore: K
Tony Batista: 6/P6
Jose Canseco: 53/G5

Top 6

Matt Lawton: S5/BG5L
Terry Steinbach: 6/L6M
Todd Walker: S8/G4M/R6.1-3
Greg Colbrunn: FC1/G15S.3XH(15);1-2;B-1
Brent Brede: W.2-3;1-2
Pat Meares: 63/G6

Bot 6

Mark McGwire: D7/F7D
Geronimo Berroa: 5/P15S
Scott Brosius: 5/P5S
Jason Giambi: 9/L9M

Top 7

Chuck Knoblauch: W
Rich Becker: S9/G34/R4.1-2
Roberto Kelly: FC1/G15.1X2(16);2-3;B-1
Matt Lawton: K+SB2
Terry Steinbach: K

Bot 7

Scott Spiezio: W
Izzy Molina: 43/G4.1-2
Damon Mashore: 8/L8RS
Tony Batista: 5/P5D

Top 8

Todd Walker: 63/G6
Greg Colbrunn: 8/F78M
Brent Brede: W
Pat Meares: 3/P3D

Bot 8

Jose Canseco: K
Mark McGwire: S7/F7D
Geronimo Berroa: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Top 9

Chuck Knoblauch: W
Rich Becker: 46(1)3/GDP/G4
Roberto Kelly: S7/L7LS/R6
Matt Lawton: 3/G3L