The Minnesota Twins schooled the Oakland Athletics, 9 to 4, on August 7, 1987.

1987 Minnesota Twins

Final

MIN

Twins

59-52

9

1

0

4

2

0

0

3

0

1

4

2

0

5

0

3

6

0

1

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

2

R

4

9

H

5

12

E

4

1

Bottom 1st

OAK

MIN

Twins

Wild pitchSome( by Dennis Lamp); Randy Bush scored.

0

1

Twins

Single by Kirby Puckett; Greg Gagne scored.

0

2

Twins

Tom Brunansky ground ball; Error by Alfredo Griffin; Kent Hrbek and Gary Gaetti scored.

0

4

Bottom 3rd

OAK

MIN

Twins

Home run by Kent Hrbek.

0

5

Top 4th

OAK

MIN

Athletics

Single by Carney Lansford; Luis Polonia scored.

1

5

Athletics

Sacrifice fly by Mark McGwire; Carney Lansford scored.

2

5

Bottom 5th

OAK

MIN

Twins

Double by Tom Brunansky; Gary Gaetti scored.

2

6

Twins

Single by Steve Lombardozzi; Tom Brunansky scored.

2

7

Twins

Single by Sal Butera; Steve Lombardozzi scored.

2

8

Bottom 6th

OAK

MIN

Twins

Gary Gaetti ground ball; Error by Alfredo Griffin; Kent Hrbek scored.

2

9

Top 9th

OAK

MIN

Athletics

Single by Mike Davis; Jose Canseco scored.

3

9

Athletics

Single by Terry Steinbach; Mark McGwire scored.

4

9

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Luis Polonia CF 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Carney Lansford 3B 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
Mickey Tettleton C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Canseco LF 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Mark McGwire 1B 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Davis RF 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
Terry Steinbach C,3B 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
Reggie Jackson DH 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Steve Henderson PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Bernazard 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Alfredo Griffin SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Gallego SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 5 4 0 4 3 2 0 5

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dennis Lamp (L) 0.1 4 4 3 1 0 0
Dennis Eckersley 4.0 7 4 4 0 4 1
Dave Leiper 3.2 1 1 0 1 1 0
Totals 8.0 12 9 7 2 5 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Randy Bush RF 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Mark Davidson PH,LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greg Gagne SS 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Kirby Puckett CF 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Kent Hrbek 1B 5 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
Gary Gaetti 3B 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Gene Larkin DH 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Tom Brunansky LF,RF 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Steve Lombardozzi 2B 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1
Sal Butera C 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Totals 39 9 12 6 1 2 5 1 0 20

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Joe Niekro (W) 8.0 5 4 2 4 3 0
Dan Schatzeder 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 5 4 2 4 3 0

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More Twins Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

10

Jeffers

Ryan Jeffers

RBI

33

Jeffers

Ryan Jeffers

AVG

.291

Kepler

Max Kepler

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

4

Ober

Bailey Ober

K

73

Ryan

Joe Ryan

ERA

2.57

Richardson

Simeon Woods Richardson

Team Rankings

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HR

58

11th

R

236

13th

SO

490

3rd

ERA

4.14

19th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
36 18 .667
Royals Royals
34 21 .618 2.5
Twins Twins
29 24 .547 6.5
Tigers Tigers
26 27 .491 9.5
White Sox White Sox
15 40 .273 21.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
5/28
KCR KCR
@
MIN MIN
7:40 PM
Wed
5/29
KCR KCR
@
MIN MIN
7:40 PM
Thu
5/30
KCR KCR
@
MIN MIN
1:10 PM
Fri
5/31
MIN MIN
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM
Sat
6/1
MIN MIN
@
HOU HOU
4:10 PM

Last Game

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MIN Twins

29-24

6

Final

5

KCR Royals

34-21

Mon 27 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
5/26
WSH WSH
@
ATL ATL
8-4
Sun
5/26
CLE CLE
@
COL COL
6-8
Sun
5/26
PHI PHI
@
SFG SFG
4-8
Sun
5/26
KCR KCR
@
MIN MIN
5-6
Sun
5/26
TOR TOR
@
CWS CWS
5-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
5/28
LAD LAD
@
NYM NYM
4:10 PM
Tue
5/28
BOS BOS
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM
Tue
5/28
PIT PIT
@
DET DET
6:40 PM
Tue
5/28
STL STL
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM
Tue
5/28
OAK OAK
@
TBR TBR
6:50 PM