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Athletics
@ Twins
Target Field
April 9, 2011
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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 April 9, 2011 at Target Field.
Game Summary
Date | April 9, 2011 |
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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 | April 9, 2011 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Gio Gonzalez |
Home Starting Pitcher | Nick Blackburn |
Ballpark | Target Field |
City | Minneapolis |
State | MN |
Attendance | 39,936 |
Time of Game | 3 hours 5 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Tom Hallion 1B: Bill Miller 2B: Phil Cuzzi 3B: James Hoye |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Coco Crisp | Center Fielder |
Daric Barton | First Baseman |
David DeJesus | Right Fielder |
Josh Willingham | Left Fielder |
Hideki Matsui | DH |
Kurt Suzuki | Catcher |
Mark Ellis | Second Baseman |
Kevin Kouzmanoff | Third Baseman |
Cliff Pennington | Shortstop |
Bob Geren | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
Name | Position |
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Denard Span | Center Fielder |
Joe Mauer | Catcher |
Justin Morneau | First Baseman |
Delmon Young | Left Fielder |
Michael Cuddyer | Right Fielder |
Jason Kubel | DH |
Danny Valencia | Third Baseman |
Luke Hughes | Second Baseman |
Alexi Casilla | Shortstop |
Ron Gardenhire | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Twins
Target Field
April 9, 2011
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Crisp vs. Blackburn
Crisp hits a fly ball into center field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barton vs. Blackburn
Barton hits a fly ball into left field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
DeJesus vs. Blackburn
DeJesus hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blackburn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Willingham vs. Blackburn
Willingham hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Barton trying to get to home. Young throws the ball in to Mauer who tags Barton, who's trying to score from second, for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Span vs. Gonzalez
Span hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pennington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Gonzalez
Mauer 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, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Gonzalez
Morneau hits a fly ball into center field. Crisp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Matsui vs. Blackburn
Matsui hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Suzuki vs. Blackburn
Suzuki hits a fly ball into center field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Blackburn
Ellis hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Span who is chasing the ball. Ellis reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kouzmanoff vs. Blackburn
Kouzmanoff hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hughes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Gonzalez
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pennington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cuddyer vs. Gonzalez
Cuddyer strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Kubel vs. Gonzalez
Kubel strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Pennington vs. Blackburn
Pennington strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Crisp vs. Blackburn
Crisp hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blackburn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Barton vs. Blackburn
Barton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
DeJesus vs. Blackburn
DeJesus hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Valencia vs. Gonzalez
Valencia hits a popup, foul, towards first. Barton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hughes vs. Gonzalez
Hughes hits a fly ball into left field. Willingham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Casilla vs. Gonzalez
Casilla hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gonzalez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Span vs. Gonzalez
Span hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pennington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Willingham vs. Blackburn
Willingham hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valencia fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Matsui vs. Blackburn
Matsui takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Suzuki vs. Blackburn
Suzuki hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valencia fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Ellis vs. Blackburn
Ellis takes first base on ball four. Suzuki moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Kouzmanoff vs. Blackburn
Kouzmanoff hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hughes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Gonzalez
Mauer strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Gonzalez
Morneau hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gonzalez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Gonzalez
Young takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Cuddyer vs. Gonzalez
Cuddyer hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Young moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1-3
Kubel vs. Gonzalez
Kubel hits a ball on the ground towards first. Barton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kubel for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Pennington vs. Blackburn
Pennington hits a popup, foul, towards third. Valencia settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Crisp vs. Blackburn
Crisp hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Barton vs. Blackburn
Barton hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Hughes reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
DeJesus vs. Blackburn
There goes Crisp. The throw from Mauer and he is safe. Crisp steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
DeJesus vs. Blackburn
DeJesus hits a fly ball into center field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Valencia vs. Gonzalez
Valencia hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Hughes vs. Gonzalez
Hughes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Valencia moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Casilla vs. Gonzalez
Casilla hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gonzalez fields it and throws to first for the out. Hughes moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Span vs. Gonzalez
Span hits a popup towards short. Pennington settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -23
Mauer vs. Gonzalez
Mauer 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 6
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Willingham vs. Blackburn
Willingham strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Matsui vs. Blackburn
Matsui hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hughes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Suzuki vs. Blackburn
Suzuki hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Ellis vs. Blackburn
There's a wild pitch. Suzuki moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Ellis vs. Blackburn
Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Casilla fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Casilla. Suzuki scores. Ellis moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Kouzmanoff vs. Blackburn
Kouzmanoff hits a ball on the ground towards short. Casilla fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Ellis moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Pennington vs. Blackburn
Pennington hits a fly ball into right field. Cuddyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Gonzalez
Morneau hits a popup towards short. Pennington settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Gonzalez
Young hits a fly ball into right field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Cuddyer vs. Gonzalez
Cuddyer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Kubel vs. Gonzalez
Kubel strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Crisp vs. Perkins
Glen Perkins now pitching.
Crisp strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Barton vs. Perkins
Barton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DeJesus vs. Perkins
There's a wild pitch. Barton moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
DeJesus vs. Perkins
DeJesus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Casilla fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Willingham vs. Burnett
Alex Burnett now pitching.
Willingham takes first base on ball four. Barton moves to third. DeJesus moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Matsui vs. Hughes
Dusty Hughes now pitching.
Matsui strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Suzuki vs. Hughes
Suzuki hits a line drive into center field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Valencia vs. Balfour
Grant Balfour now pitching.
Valencia strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hughes vs. Balfour
Hughes strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Thome vs. Balfour
Jim Thome pinch hits for Alexi Casilla.
Thome strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Capps
Matt Tolbert now playing shortstop. Matt Capps now pitching.
Ellis strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kouzmanoff vs. Capps
Kouzmanoff hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hughes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Pennington vs. Capps
Pennington hits a popup, foul, towards third. Valencia settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Span vs. Balfour
Span hits a fly ball into center field. Crisp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Balfour
Mauer hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Morneau vs. Fuentes
Brian Fuentes now pitching.
Morneau hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fuentes fields it and throws to first for the out. Mauer moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Fuentes
Young hits a fly ball into right field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Crisp vs. Mijares
Jose Mijares now pitching.
Crisp hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tolbert scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Barton vs. Mijares
Barton strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Mijares
DeJesus hits a popup towards short. Tolbert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Cuddyer vs. Fuentes
Cuddyer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Kubel vs. Fuentes
Kubel hits a fly ball into right field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Valencia vs. Fuentes
Valencia hits a popup, foul, towards first. Barton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Hughes vs. Fuentes
Hughes strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/9/2011 -- Oakland at Minnesota (N) Oakland AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI Crisp C, cf 5 0 1 0 Span D, cf 4 0 0 0 Barton D, 1b 3 0 1 0 Mauer J, c 4 0 1 0 DeJesus D, rf 5 0 1 0 Morneau J, 1b 4 0 0 0 Willingham J, lf 3 0 1 0 Young D, lf 3 0 0 0 Matsui H, dh 3 0 0 0 Cuddyer M, rf 2 0 1 0 Suzuki K, c 4 1 1 0 Kubel J, dh 4 0 0 0 Ellis M, 2b 3 0 1 0 Valencia D, 3b 4 0 1 0 Kouzmanoff K, 3b 4 0 1 0 Hughes L, 2b 4 0 1 0 Pennington C, ss 4 0 0 0 Casilla A, ss 2 0 1 0 Thome J, ph 1 0 0 0 Tolbert M, ss 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 1 7 0 32 0 5 0 Oakland 000 001 000 -- 1 Minnesota 000 000 000 -- 0 Oakland IP H R ER BB SO Gonzalez G (W) 6.0 4 0 0 2 4 Balfour G 1.1 1 0 0 0 3 Fuentes B (S) 1.2 0 0 0 1 1 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO Blackburn N (L) 6.0 6 1 0 3 2 Perkins G 0.1 1 0 0 1 1 Burnett A* 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 Hughes D 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 Capps M 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Mijares J 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 * Pitched to 1 batter in 7th E -- Casilla A LOB -- Oakland 11, Minnesota 8 2B -- Barton D 3B -- Ellis M SB -- Crisp C WP -- Blackburn N, Perkins G T -- 3:05 A -- 39936
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