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Twins
@ Athletics
McAfee Coliseum
August 29, 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 August 29, 2008 at McAfee Coliseum.
Game Summary
| Date | August 29, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 29, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Kevin Slowey |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Dan Meyer |
| Ballpark | McAfee Coliseum |
| City | Oakland |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 22,355 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 44 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jerry Meals 1B: Gary Darling 2B: Paul Emmel 3B: Bill Miller |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Denard Span | Right Fielder |
| Nick Punto | Shortstop |
| Joe Mauer | Catcher |
| Justin Morneau | First Baseman |
| Jason Kubel | DH |
| Delmon Young | Left Fielder |
| Brendan Harris | Third Baseman |
| Alexi Casilla | Second Baseman |
| Carlos Gomez | Center Fielder |
| Ron Gardenhire | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rajai Davis | Center Fielder |
| Bobby Crosby | Shortstop |
| Ryan Sweeney | Right Fielder |
| Frank Thomas | DH |
| Jack Cust | Left Fielder |
| Kurt Suzuki | Catcher |
| Daric Barton | First Baseman |
| Jack Hannahan | Third Baseman |
| Eric Patterson | Second Baseman |
| Bob Geren | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Twins
@ Athletics
McAfee Coliseum
August 29, 2008
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Span vs. Meyer
Span strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Punto vs. Meyer
Punto hits a popup, foul, towards first. Barton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Meyer
Mauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Slowey
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harris fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Crosby vs. Slowey
Crosby strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Slowey
Sweeney hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Young. Sweeney reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Slowey
Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Meyer
Morneau hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cust. Morneau reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Kubel vs. Meyer
Kubel hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Davis. Kubel reaches second base with a double. Morneau scores. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Meyer
Young hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Meyer fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Meyer. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Harris vs. Meyer
Harris takes first base on ball four. Kubel moves to third. Young moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Casilla vs. Meyer
Casilla hits a popup beyond short. Crosby can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. Kubel scores. Young moves to third. Harris moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Gomez vs. Meyer
Gomez hits a popup towards first. Barton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Span vs. Meyer
Span takes first base on ball four. Young scores. Harris moves to third. Casilla moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Punto vs. Meyer
Punto strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Mauer vs. Meyer
Mauer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Harris scores. Casilla scores. Span moves to third. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Morneau vs. Saarloos
Kirk Saarloos now pitching.
Morneau hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Patterson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Span scores. Mauer moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kubel vs. Saarloos
Kubel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Patterson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Cust vs. Slowey
Cust hits a line drive towards first. Morneau reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Suzuki vs. Slowey
Suzuki hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Barton vs. Slowey
Barton strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Hannahan vs. Slowey
Hannahan strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Saarloos
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Saarloos
Harris strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Casilla vs. Saarloos
Casilla strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Patterson vs. Slowey
Patterson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Slowey
There's a wild pitch. Patterson moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Davis vs. Slowey
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Punto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Crosby vs. Slowey
Crosby hits a fly ball into right field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Patterson moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Sweeney vs. Slowey
Sweeney hits a popup, foul, towards third. Harris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Saarloos
Gomez strikes out. Suzuki drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Gomez out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Span vs. Saarloos
Span hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hannahan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Punto vs. Saarloos
Punto hits a ball on the ground towards first. Barton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Punto for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Slowey
Thomas hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Cust vs. Slowey
Cust hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Suzuki vs. Slowey
Suzuki hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Barton vs. Slowey
Barton strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Hannahan vs. Slowey
Hannahan strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Patterson vs. Slowey
Patterson strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Saarloos
Mauer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Patterson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morneau vs. Saarloos
Morneau hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sweeney. Morneau reaches second base with a double. Mauer moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kubel vs. Saarloos
Kubel hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mauer tags and scores. Morneau tags and moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Young vs. Saarloos
Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hannahan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Harris vs. Saarloos
Harris hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Morneau scores. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Casilla vs. Saarloos
Casilla hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Harris moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Gomez vs. Saarloos
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosby fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Slowey
Davis strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Crosby vs. Slowey
Crosby strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Slowey
Sweeney hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Casilla settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Span vs. Saarloos
Span hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Saarloos fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Punto vs. Saarloos
Punto strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Saarloos
Mauer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morneau vs. Saarloos
Morneau hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Mauer moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Kubel vs. Saarloos
Kubel hits a line drive towards short. Crosby reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Slowey
Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Cust vs. Slowey
Cust strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Suzuki vs. Slowey
Suzuki strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barton vs. Slowey
Barton hits a fly ball into center field. Gomez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Saarloos
Young hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Harris vs. Saarloos
Harris hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Casilla vs. Saarloos
Casilla hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hannahan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Young moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Gomez vs. Saarloos
Gomez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Young scores. Casilla moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Span vs. Saarloos
Span hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Casilla scores. Gomez moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Punto vs. Saarloos
Punto hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Mauer vs. Saarloos
Mauer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gomez scores. Span moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 11 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Morneau vs. Casilla
Santiago Casilla now pitching.
Morneau hits a fly ball into right field. Sweeney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 11 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hannahan vs. Breslow
Craig Breslow now pitching.
Hannahan strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 11 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patterson vs. Breslow
Patterson hits a line drive into right field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 11 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Breslow
Davis strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 11 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Kubel vs. Casilla
Cliff Pennington now playing shortstop. Rob Bowen now catching.
Kubel hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 11 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Casilla
Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hannahan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Twins, 11 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Casilla
Harris hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Davis who is chasing the ball. Harris reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Twins, 11 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Casilla vs. Casilla
Casilla hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 11 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Pennington vs. Breslow
Brian Buscher now playing first base.
Pennington hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buscher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pennington for the out. View Play -
Twins, 11 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Breslow
Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Punto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 11 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Breslow
Thomas strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 11 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Casilla
Gomez hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 11 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Span vs. Casilla
Span hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Patterson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gomez moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 11 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Punto vs. Casilla
Punto hits a fly ball into left field. Cust settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 11 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mauer vs. Casilla
Mauer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cust. Mauer reaches second base with a double. Gomez scores. View Play -
Twins, 12 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Buscher vs. Casilla
Buscher hits a fly ball into right field. Sweeney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Twins, 12 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cust vs. Breslow
Cust hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Casilla scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 12 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bowen vs. Breslow
Bowen hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Casilla reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 12 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barton vs. Breslow
Barton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harris fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/29/2008 -- Minnesota at Oakland (N)
Minnesota AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI
Span D, rf 5 1 1 2 Davis R, cf 4 0 0 0
Punto N, ss 6 0 0 0 Crosby B, ss 3 0 0 0
Mauer J, c 6 1 5 4 Pennington C, ss 1 0 0 0
Morneau J, 1b 5 2 4 1 Sweeney R, rf 4 0 1 0
Buscher B, 1b 1 0 0 0 Thomas F, dh 4 1 2 0
Kubel J, dh 4 1 2 2 Cust J, lf 4 1 1 2
Young D, lf 5 2 1 0 Suzuki K, c 3 0 2 0
Harris B, 3b 4 1 2 1 Bowen R, c 1 0 0 0
Casilla A, 2b 5 2 3 1 Barton D, 1b 4 0 0 0
Gomez C, cf 5 2 2 1 Hannahan J, 3b 3 0 0 0
Patterson E, 2b 2 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
46 12 20 12 33 2 6 2
Minnesota 060 020 301 -- 12
Oakland 000 200 000 -- 2
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Slowey K (W) 6.0 6 2 2 1 10
Breslow C (S) 3.0 0 0 0 0 3
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Meyer D (L) 1.2 4 6 2 2 2
Saarloos K 5.0 12 5 5 0 4
Casilla S 2.1 4 1 1 0 0
E -- Meyer D
DP -- Oakland 1
LOB -- Minnesota 10, Oakland 5
2B -- Sweeney R, Morneau J 2, Kubel J, Mauer J
3B -- Harris B
HR -- Cust J
SF -- Kubel J
WP -- Slowey K
T -- 2:44
A -- 22355
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