KANSAS CITY (31-53) @ MINNESOTA (49-32)
STARTING PITCHERS
7X (8-8 3.29) 13YZ (7-1 2.13)
Deadlocked through 5, Phil Roof took Jim Merritt deep to put the Athletics ahead fir good as Jim Nash kept the Twins at bay to give this one to the visitors.
KCA 000 103 100 5 6 0
MIN 100 000 000 1 7 1
2B KCA Hershberger 14
MIN Uhlaender $
3B KCA D. Green 2
HR KCA Roof 5 (6th off Merritt)
RBI KCA Roof 3(16) F. Green 20 Hershberger 23
MIN Oliva 42
SB MIN Carew 3
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
Nash 7 6 0 1 3 1 1 28 63
Merritt 6.1 6 0 6 5 5 5 30 36
WP Nash 9-8 3.19 LP Merritt 7-2 2.59 SV Pierce 7
SCORING PLAYS :
BOTTOM 1 .. Carew singled then stole second. Oliva singled scoring a run. KCA 0 MIN 1
TOP 4 .. Harrelson walked. D. Green tripled scoring a run. KCA 1 MIN 1
TOP 6 .. Cater singled. Harrelson walked. Roof homered scoring three runs. KCA 4 MIN 1
TOP 7 .. Campaneris walked. Hershberger doubled scoring a run. KCA 5 MIN 1
NOTES: Nash recorded his season low strikeouts but efficiently navigated seven innings to collect his team leaving 9th win. Merritt, on the other hand, was uncharacteristically wild, perhaps with an assist from home plate ump Bill Valentine. The Twins dropped their 5th straight, falling out of second place and slipping 11 games behind the White Sox.
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