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Athletics
@ Twins
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
August 18, 2008
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Oakland Athletics, played on August 18, 2008 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.
Game Summary
| Date | August 18, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 18, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Justin Duchscherer |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Nick Blackburn |
| Ballpark | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome |
| City | Minneapolis |
| State | MN |
| Attendance | 25,024 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 42 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Phil Cuzzi 1B: Jerry Layne 2B: Brian Knight 3B: Rob Drake |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mark Ellis | Second Baseman |
| Eric Patterson | Left Fielder |
| Bobby Crosby | Shortstop |
| Frank Thomas | DH |
| Jack Cust | Right Fielder |
| Kurt Suzuki | Catcher |
| Carlos Gonzalez | Center Fielder |
| Jack Hannahan | Third Baseman |
| Daric Barton | First Baseman |
| Bob Geren | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Denard Span | Center Fielder |
| Nick Punto | Second Baseman |
| Joe Mauer | Catcher |
| Justin Morneau | First Baseman |
| Jason Kubel | Right Fielder |
| Delmon Young | Left Fielder |
| Brian Buscher | Third Baseman |
| Randy Ruiz | DH |
| Adam Everett | Shortstop |
| Ron Gardenhire | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Twins
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
August 18, 2008
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Blackburn
Ellis hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Patterson vs. Blackburn
Patterson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blackburn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Crosby vs. Blackburn
Crosby strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Blackburn
Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Kubel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Span vs. Duchscherer
Span hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Duchscherer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Punto vs. Duchscherer
Punto hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Mauer vs. Duchscherer
Mauer strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Morneau vs. Duchscherer
Morneau hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cust vs. Blackburn
Cust hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Punto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Suzuki vs. Blackburn
Suzuki hits a ball on the ground towards short. Everett fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Everett. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Blackburn
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Punto fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Hannahan vs. Blackburn
Hannahan hits a fly ball into center field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Kubel vs. Duchscherer
Kubel strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Duchscherer
Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hannahan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Buscher vs. Duchscherer
Buscher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Ruiz vs. Duchscherer
Ruiz hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Barton vs. Blackburn
Barton hits a fly ball into center field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Blackburn
Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Everett scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Patterson vs. Blackburn
Patterson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Everett vs. Duchscherer
Everett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Span vs. Duchscherer
Span hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Punto vs. Duchscherer
Punto strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Mauer vs. Saarloos
Kirk Saarloos now pitching.
Mauer hits a line drive beyond second. Ellis can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Span moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Morneau vs. Saarloos
Morneau hits a ball on the ground towards first. Barton scoops it up and throws to first, with Saarloos covering, for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Crosby vs. Blackburn
Crosby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Punto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Blackburn
Thomas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Cust vs. Blackburn
Cust hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Young. Cust reaches second base with a double. Thomas moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Suzuki vs. Blackburn
Suzuki hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Thomas scores. Cust scores. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Blackburn
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Everett fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Kubel vs. Saarloos
Kubel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ellis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Saarloos
Young hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Buscher vs. Saarloos
Buscher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ellis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Hannahan vs. Blackburn
Hannahan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barton vs. Blackburn
Barton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Everett fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Ellis vs. Blackburn
Ellis takes first base on ball four. Barton moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Patterson vs. Blackburn
Patterson hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Crosby vs. Blackburn
Crosby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Everett scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ruiz vs. Saarloos
Ruiz strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Everett vs. Saarloos
Everett hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Span vs. Saarloos
Span hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Blackburn
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Punto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cust vs. Blackburn
Cust hits a fly ball into left field. Young picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Young. Cust moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Suzuki vs. Blackburn
Suzuki hits a fly ball into right field. Kubel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Gonzalez vs. Blackburn
Gonzalez hits a fly ball into center field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Punto vs. Saarloos
Punto strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Saarloos
Mauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Morneau vs. Saarloos
Morneau hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hannahan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Hannahan vs. Blackburn
Brendan Harris now playing shortstop.
Hannahan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Punto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barton vs. Blackburn
Barton hits a fly ball into right field. Kubel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Blackburn
Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buscher fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kubel vs. Saarloos
Kubel hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Saarloos
Young strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Buscher vs. Embree
Alan Embree now pitching.
Buscher strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Ruiz vs. Street
Huston Street now pitching.
Ruiz hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Cust. Ruiz reaches second base with a double. Kubel moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -23
Harris vs. Street
Harris hits a line drive towards short. Crosby reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Patterson vs. Blackburn
Patterson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Crosby vs. Blackburn
Crosby hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Punto settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Blackburn
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Punto fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Span vs. Street
Rajai Davis now playing center field. Carlos Gonzalez now playing right field.
Span hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Punto vs. Ziegler
Brad Ziegler now pitching.
Punto hits a fly ball into left field. Patterson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Mauer vs. Ziegler
Mauer hits a fly ball into left field. That will be extra bases. Patterson picks up the ball and throws it away. That's a triple and an error on Patterson. Span goes all the way around to score. Mauer moves all the way to home. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Ziegler
Morneau hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Kubel vs. Ziegler
Kubel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ellis fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Crain
Jesse Crain now pitching.
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buscher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Suzuki vs. Crain
There goes Davis. The throw from Mauer and he is safe. Davis steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Suzuki vs. Crain
Suzuki takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Gonzalez vs. Breslow
Craig Breslow now pitching.
Gonzalez bunts towards third. Buscher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Hannahan vs. Breslow
Hannahan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Punto fields it and throws to second for the out. Davis moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Barton vs. Breslow
Barton strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Ziegler
Young strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buscher vs. Ziegler
Buscher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ellis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Lamb vs. Ziegler
Mike Lamb pinch hits for Randy Ruiz.
Lamb takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Harris vs. Ziegler
Carlos Gomez pinch runs for Mike Lamb.
Harris strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/18/2008 -- Oakland at Minnesota (N)
Oakland AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI
Ellis M, 2b 3 1 1 1 Span D, cf 4 1 2 0
Patterson E, lf 4 0 1 0 Punto N, 2b 4 0 1 0
Crosby B, ss 4 0 0 0 Mauer J, c 4 1 3 1
Thomas F, dh 3 1 0 0 Morneau J, 1b 4 0 1 0
Cust J, rf 3 1 2 0 Kubel J, rf 4 0 1 0
Davis R, cf 1 0 1 0 Young D, lf 4 0 0 0
Suzuki K, c 3 0 1 2 Buscher B, 3b 4 0 1 0
Gonzalez C, cf-rf 4 0 0 0 Ruiz R, dh 3 0 1 0
Hannahan J, 3b 4 0 1 0 Lamb M, ph 0 0 0 0
Barton D, 1b 4 0 0 0 Gomez C, pr 0 0 0 0
Everett A, ss 2 0 0 0
Harris B, ss 2 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 3 7 3 35 2 10 1
Oakland 100 200 000 -- 3
Minnesota 000 000 020 -- 2
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Duchscherer J 2.2 3 0 0 0 3
Saarloos K (W) 3.2 3 0 0 0 3
Embree A 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Street H* 0.1 2 1 1 0 0
Ziegler B (S) 2.0 2 1 1 1 2
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Blackburn N (L) 8.0 6 3 3 2 2
Crain J+ 0.0 1 0 0 1 0
Breslow C 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 1 batter in 8th
+ Pitched to 2 batters in 9th
E -- Everett A, Young D, Patterson E
DP -- Oakland 2, Minnesota 2
LOB -- Oakland 6, Minnesota 7
2B -- Cust J, Ruiz R
3B -- Mauer J
HR -- Ellis M
SB -- Davis R
T -- 2:42
A -- 25024
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