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Twins
@ Athletics
McAfee Coliseum
April 22, 2008
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Minnesota Twins, played on April 22, 2008 at McAfee Coliseum.
Game Summary
Date | April 22, 2008 |
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Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
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Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | April 22, 2008 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Livan Hernandez |
Home Starting Pitcher | Joe Blanton |
Ballpark | McAfee Coliseum |
City | Oakland |
State | CA |
Attendance | 10,267 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 44 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Tim Welke 1B: Chuck Meriwether 2B: Bill Welke 3B: Chris Guccione |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
Name | Position |
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Carlos Gomez | Center Fielder |
Brendan Harris | Second Baseman |
Joe Mauer | Catcher |
Justin Morneau | First Baseman |
Delmon Young | Left Fielder |
Jason Kubel | Right Fielder |
Craig Monroe | DH |
Mike Lamb | Third Baseman |
Nick Punto | Shortstop |
Ron Gardenhire | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Kurt Suzuki | Catcher |
Daric Barton | First Baseman |
Mark Ellis | Second Baseman |
Jack Cust | DH |
Emil Brown | Right Fielder |
Ryan Sweeney | Center Fielder |
Bobby Crosby | Shortstop |
Chris Denorfia | Left Fielder |
Jack Hannahan | Third Baseman |
Bob Geren | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Twins
@ Athletics
McAfee Coliseum
April 22, 2008
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Blanton
Gomez strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Blanton
Harris hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Ellis reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Blanton
Mauer hits a popup towards third. Hannahan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Suzuki vs. Hernandez
Suzuki hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Harris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Barton vs. Hernandez
Barton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ellis vs. Hernandez
Ellis bunts towards the mound. Hernandez fields it and throws to first for the out. Barton moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Cust vs. Hernandez
Cust strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Blanton
Morneau 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 -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Blanton
Young hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Sweeney. Young reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Kubel vs. Blanton
Kubel hits a fly ball into center field. Sweeney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Young moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Monroe vs. Blanton
Monroe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Denorfia throws the ball in to Ellis who tags Monroe, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Young scores. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Hernandez
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Punto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Hernandez
Sweeney hits a fly ball into right field. Kubel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Crosby vs. Hernandez
Crosby hits a fly ball into right field. Kubel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Lamb vs. Blanton
Lamb 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 -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Punto vs. Blanton
Punto 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 -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Blanton
Gomez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Denorfia vs. Hernandez
Denorfia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Punto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Hannahan vs. Hernandez
Hannahan strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Suzuki vs. Hernandez
Suzuki hits a fly ball into center field. Gomez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Blanton
Harris hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Blanton
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 -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Blanton
Morneau hits a popup towards short. Crosby settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Barton vs. Hernandez
Barton hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Hernandez
Ellis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Cust vs. Hernandez
Cust hits a ball on the ground towards short. Punto misplays the ball. That's an error on Punto. Ellis moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Hernandez
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Punto fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Blanton
Young hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blanton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Kubel vs. Blanton
Kubel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hannahan juggles the ball. That's an error on Hannahan. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Monroe vs. Blanton
Monroe hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Brown. Monroe reaches second base with a double. Kubel goes all the way around to score. Monroe moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lamb vs. Blanton
Lamb hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Denorfia. Lamb reaches second base with a double. Monroe scores. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Punto vs. Blanton
Punto hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ellis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lamb moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Gomez vs. Blanton
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hannahan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Hernandez
Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Crosby vs. Hernandez
Crosby hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Denorfia vs. Hernandez
Denorfia bunts towards the right side of the infield. Harris fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Crosby moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Hannahan vs. Hernandez
Hannahan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Morneau scoops it up and throws to first, with Hernandez covering, for the out. Crosby moves to third. Denorfia moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -23
Suzuki vs. Hernandez
Suzuki hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Crosby scores. Denorfia scores. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Barton vs. Hernandez
Barton hits a ball on the ground into center field. Gomez picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Gomez. Suzuki moves to third. Barton moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -23
Ellis vs. Hernandez
Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Punto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Blanton
Harris strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Blanton
Mauer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Barton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mauer for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Blanton
Morneau hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Blanton
Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hannahan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Cust vs. Hernandez
Cust takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Hernandez
Brown hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Hernandez
Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Crosby vs. Hernandez
Crosby strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Denorfia vs. Hernandez
Denorfia hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Kubel. Denorfia reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Hannahan vs. Hernandez
Hannahan hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lamb settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kubel vs. Blanton
Kubel strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Monroe vs. Blanton
Monroe hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lamb vs. Blanton
Lamb hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Punto vs. Blanton
Punto strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Gomez vs. Blanton
Gomez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 4 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Suzuki vs. Rincon
Juan Rincon now pitching.
Suzuki hits a popup, foul, towards first. Morneau settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Barton vs. Rincon
Barton strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Rincon
Ellis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Cust vs. Rincon
Cust strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 4 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Blanton
Harris hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Blanton
Mauer hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Morneau vs. Blanton
Morneau strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Blanton
Young hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Mauer moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Kubel vs. Embree
Alan Embree now pitching.
Kubel hits a popup beyond short. Crosby can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. Mauer scores. Young moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Monroe vs. Casilla
Santiago Casilla now pitching. Denard Span pinch runs for Jason Kubel.
There goes Span. The throw from Suzuki and he is safe. Span steals second. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Monroe vs. Casilla
Monroe strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Neshek
Denard Span now playing right field. Pat Neshek now pitching.
Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Gomez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Neshek
Sweeney hits a line drive into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Crosby vs. Neshek
Crosby hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lamb settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Lamb vs. Casilla
Lamb hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Punto vs. Casilla
Matt Tolbert pinch runs for Mike Lamb.
Punto hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Tolbert moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Gomez vs. Casilla
There goes Punto. The throw from Suzuki and he is safe. Punto steals second. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Gomez vs. Casilla
Gomez strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Harris vs. Casilla
Harris strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -23
Mauer vs. Casilla
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
Bottom 9
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Twins, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Denorfia vs. Nathan
Matt Tolbert now playing third base. Joe Nathan now pitching.
Denorfia strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Nathan
Mike Sweeney pinch hits for Jack Hannahan.
Sweeney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Suzuki vs. Nathan
Donnie Murphy pinch runs for Mike Sweeney.
Suzuki strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Barton vs. Nathan
Barton strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/22/2008 -- Minnesota at Oakland (N) Minnesota AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI Gomez C, cf 5 0 0 0 Suzuki K, c 5 0 1 2 Harris B, 2b 5 0 0 0 Barton D, 1b 5 0 2 0 Mauer J, c 5 1 1 0 Ellis M, 2b 2 0 0 0 Morneau J, 1b 4 0 1 0 Cust J, dh 3 1 0 0 Young D, lf 4 1 2 0 Brown E, rf 4 1 1 2 Kubel J, rf 4 1 1 1 Sweeney R, cf 4 0 0 0 Span D, pr-rf 0 0 0 0 Crosby B, ss 4 1 1 0 Monroe C, dh 4 2 3 3 Denorfia C, lf 4 1 2 0 Lamb M, 3b 4 0 3 1 Hannahan J, 3b 3 0 0 0 Tolbert M, pr-3b 0 0 0 0 Sweeney M, ph 1 0 1 0 Punto N, ss 4 0 1 0 Murphy D, pr 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 39 5 12 5 35 4 8 4 Minnesota 010 020 110 -- 5 Oakland 000 022 000 -- 4 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO Hernandez L 6.0 7 4 4 2 3 Rincon J (W) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 Neshek P 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Nathan J (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 Oakland IP H R ER BB SO Blanton J (L) 7.2 9 5 4 0 7 Embree A* 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 Casilla S 1.1 2 0 0 0 3 * Pitched to 1 batter in 8th E -- Punto N, Hannahan J, Gomez C DP -- Minnesota 1 LOB -- Minnesota 7, Oakland 7 2B -- Young D, Monroe C, Lamb M, Denorfia C HR -- Brown E, Monroe C SB -- Span D, Punto N T -- 2:44 A -- 10267
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