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California Angels @ Minnesota Twins

1984-04-17 · Night game · Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Att: 9370 · 2:32

California Angels defeated Minnesota Twins 6–3. California Angels put up 2 in the 4th. Tommy John earned the win and Luis Sanchez picked up the save. Tom Brunansky went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Tommy John L: John Butcher SV: Luis Sanchez

Umpires — HP: Don Denkinger · 1B: Rich Garcia · 2B: Al Clark · 3B: Mike Reilly · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

California Angels — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gary Pettis	4	0	0	0	1	1
Rod Carew	3	0	1	1	0	0
Fred Lynn	4	1	0	0	0	0
Doug DeCinces	4	2	2	0	0	1
Reggie Jackson	4	0	1	2	0	1
Brian Downing	3	1	2	0	0	0
Rob Wilfong	2	2	2	1	2	0
Bob Boone	3	0	1	1	0	0
Dick Schofield	4	0	0	0	0	1
Juan Beniquez	1	0	0	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Darrell Brown	5	1	1	0	0
Tim Teufel	5	0	1	1	0
Tom Brunansky	4	1	2	2	0
Kent Hrbek	3	0	1	0	0
Mickey Hatcher	3	0	0	0	0
Dave Engle	4	0	1	0	0
Gary Gaetti	3	0	0	0	1
Tim Laudner	3	0	0	0	0
Lenny Faedo	3	1	2	0	1
Dave Meier	1	0	0	0	0
Jim Eisenreich	1	0	1	0	0

California Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tommy John	6.2	8	2	0
Luis Sanchez	2.1	1	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Butcher	5.2	8	2	3
Pete Filson	1.1	0	0	1
Keith Comstock	2.0	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Gary Pettis: 13
Rod Carew: 8
Fred Lynn: 53

Bot 1

Darrell Brown: T/78XDW
Tim Teufel: S7/L.3-H
Tom Brunansky: 7
Kent Hrbek: S.1-3
Mickey Hatcher: FC6.3XH(62);1-2
Dave Engle: 4

Top 2

Doug DeCinces: K
Reggie Jackson: 7
Brian Downing: S
Rob Wilfong: CS2(26)

Bot 2

Gary Gaetti: 8
Tim Laudner: 8
Lenny Faedo: S
Darrell Brown: 54(1)/FO

Top 3

Rob Wilfong: W
Bob Boone: 9(B)3(1)/DP
Dick Schofield: 8

Bot 3

Tim Teufel: 7
Tom Brunansky: D
Kent Hrbek: HP
Mickey Hatcher: 84(1)/FO/DP.2X3(45)

Top 4

Gary Pettis: K
Rod Carew: S/G46
Fred Lynn: 46(1)/FO
Doug DeCinces: E7/L.1-3;B-2
Reggie Jackson: D8/89.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);BX3(845)

Bot 4

Dave Engle: 9
Gary Gaetti: 63
Tim Laudner: 3/G

Top 5

Brian Downing: S7
Rob Wilfong: S5/BG.1-2
Bob Boone: 43.2-3;1-2
Dick Schofield: E5/G.3-H(NR);2-3
Gary Pettis: W.1-2
Rod Carew: 8/SF.3-H(UR)
Fred Lynn: 6

Bot 5

Lenny Faedo: W
Darrell Brown: E4/G.1-2
Tim Teufel: 9/F9D.2-3
Tom Brunansky: 7/SF/L.3-H(UR)
Kent Hrbek: E9/F.1-3
Mickey Hatcher: 53

Top 6

Doug DeCinces: DGR/89
Reggie Jackson: K
Brian Downing: 53
Rob Wilfong: S9.2-H;B-2(E9/TH)
Bob Boone: D7.2-H(UR)
Dick Schofield: K

Bot 6

Dave Engle: 7
Gary Gaetti: W
Tim Laudner: 8
Lenny Faedo: S.1-2
Darrell Brown: 9

Top 7

Gary Pettis: 3/G
Rod Carew: 53
Fred Lynn: 6

Bot 7

Tim Teufel: 63
Tom Brunansky: HR/8
Kent Hrbek: HP
Dave Meier: 8
Dave Engle: S.1-2
Gary Gaetti: 1

Top 8

Doug DeCinces: S
Reggie Jackson: 4(B)3(1)/DP
Juan Beniquez: 8

Bot 8

Jim Eisenreich: S
Lenny Faedo: 64(1)3/GDP
Darrell Brown: 6

Top 9

Rob Wilfong: W
Bob Boone: 23/SH.1-2
Dick Schofield: 7
Gary Pettis: 13

Bot 9

Tim Teufel: 9
Tom Brunansky: 7
Kent Hrbek: 7

Notes & reviews

hit on the right hip
418 foot homer
both teams warned by HP umpire Don Denkinger
Pitcher Filson and manager Gardner ejected by HP umpire Denkinger for brushing back DeCinces after warning previous inning; Gardner protested that John had hit two batters and Filson had hit no one; Brown ran in from CF to argue but was told to go back to his position

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