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Twins
@ Athletics
McAfee Coliseum
August 31, 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 31, 2008 at McAfee Coliseum.
Game Summary
| Date | August 31, 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 31, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Scott Baker |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Greg Smith |
| Ballpark | McAfee Coliseum |
| City | Oakland |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 18,427 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 13 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Paul Emmel 1B: Bill Miller 2B: Jerry Meals 3B: Gary Darling |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Denard Span | Center Fielder |
| Nick Punto | Shortstop |
| Joe Mauer | DH |
| Justin Morneau | First Baseman |
| Jason Kubel | Right Fielder |
| Delmon Young | Left Fielder |
| Mike Redmond | Catcher |
| Brian Buscher | Third Baseman |
| Alexi Casilla | Second Baseman |
| Ron Gardenhire | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rajai Davis | Center Fielder |
| Ryan Sweeney | Right Fielder |
| Bobby Crosby | Shortstop |
| Jack Cust | DH |
| Kurt Suzuki | Catcher |
| Daric Barton | First Baseman |
| Jack Hannahan | Third Baseman |
| Aaron Cunningham | Left Fielder |
| Eric Patterson | Second Baseman |
| Bob Geren | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Twins
@ Athletics
McAfee Coliseum
August 31, 2008
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Span vs. Smith
Span strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Punto vs. Smith
Punto hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Davis. Punto reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Mauer vs. Smith
Mauer hits a popup towards short. Crosby settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Morneau vs. Smith
Morneau hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Punto scores. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Kubel vs. Smith
Kubel strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Baker
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buscher fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Baker
Sweeney takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Crosby vs. Baker
Crosby strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Cust vs. Baker
Cust hits a popup towards third. Buscher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Smith
Young strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Redmond vs. Smith
Redmond hits a line drive into right field. Sweeney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Buscher vs. Smith
Buscher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Casilla vs. Smith
Casilla hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Span vs. Smith
Span strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Suzuki vs. Baker
Suzuki hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Young. Suzuki reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Barton vs. Baker
Barton hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Hannahan vs. Baker
Hannahan strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Cunningham vs. Baker
Cunningham strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Punto vs. Smith
Punto hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Smith
Mauer 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 -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Smith
Morneau hits a popup towards short. Crosby settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patterson vs. Baker
Patterson hits a fly ball into right field. Kubel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Baker
Davis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Sweeney vs. Baker
Sweeney hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Davis moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Crosby vs. Baker
Crosby hits a popup towards short. Punto settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Cust vs. Baker
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
Top 4
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Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Kubel vs. Smith
Kubel takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Smith
Young hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Patterson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Redmond vs. Smith
Redmond hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Patterson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Suzuki vs. Baker
Suzuki hits a line drive into center field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Barton vs. Baker
Barton 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--
Hannahan vs. Baker
Hannahan hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Young. Hannahan reaches second base with a double. Young throws the ball in to Casilla who tags Hannahan, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Barton goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Baker
Cunningham strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buscher vs. Smith
Buscher hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Sweeney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Casilla vs. Smith
Casilla hits a fly ball into left field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Span vs. Smith
Span bunts towards third. Hannahan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Patterson vs. Baker
Patterson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Casilla settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Baker
Davis hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Sweeney vs. Baker
There goes Davis. The throw from Redmond and he is safe. Davis steals second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Sweeney vs. Baker
Sweeney hits a fly ball into center field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Crosby vs. Baker
Crosby 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
Top 6
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Twins, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Punto vs. Smith
Punto 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, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Mauer vs. Smith
The umpire calls a balk on Smith Punto moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Mauer vs. Smith
Mauer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Morneau vs. Smith
Morneau hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kubel vs. Smith
Kubel hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Cunningham. Kubel reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Smith
Carlos Gomez pinch runs for Jason Kubel.
Young takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Redmond vs. Foulke
Keith Foulke now pitching.
Redmond hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sweeney. Redmond reaches second base with a double. Gomez scores. Young moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Buscher vs. Foulke
Buscher takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Casilla vs. Foulke
Casilla strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Span vs. Foulke
Span hits a fly ball into left field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Young tags and scores. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Punto vs. Foulke
Punto strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Cust vs. Baker
Denard Span now playing right field. Carlos Gomez now playing center field.
Cust hits a ball on the ground towards first. Morneau scoops it up and throws to first, with Baker covering, for the out. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Suzuki vs. Baker
Suzuki hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buscher fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Barton vs. Baker
Barton hits a popup towards short. Punto settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Blevins
Jerry Blevins now pitching.
Mauer 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 -
Twins, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Blevins
Morneau hits a fly ball into right field. Sweeney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Blevins
Gomez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Blevins
Young takes first base on ball four. Gomez moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Redmond vs. Blevins
Redmond hits a ball on the ground towards first. Barton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Redmond for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hannahan vs. Reyes
Dennys Reyes now pitching.
Hannahan strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Reyes
Cunningham hits a fly ball into rightcenter field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Patterson vs. Reyes
Patterson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Casilla scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cunningham moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Davis vs. Reyes
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Punto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Buscher vs. Embree
Cliff Pennington now playing shortstop. Rob Bowen now catching. Alan Embree now pitching.
Buscher hits a fly ball into left field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Casilla vs. Embree
Casilla hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Span vs. Embree
Span takes first base on ball four. Casilla moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Everett vs. Embree
Adam Everett pinch hits for Nick Punto.
Everett takes first base on ball four. Casilla moves to third. Span moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Mauer vs. Embree
Mauer hits a fly ball into left field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Morneau vs. Embree
Morneau hits a ball on the ground towards first. Barton juggles the ball. That's an error on Barton. Casilla scores. Span scores. Everett moves to third. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Gomez vs. Embree
Gomez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 10 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Guardado
Adam Everett now playing shortstop. Eddie Guardado now pitching.
Sweeney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Pennington vs. Guardado
Pennington hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Sweeney moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Cust vs. Guardado
Cust hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sweeney moves to third. Pennington moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Bowen vs. Guardado
Bowen strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Barton vs. Guardado
Barton takes first base on ball four. Sweeney scores. Pennington moves to third. Cust moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Hannahan vs. Guardado
Hannahan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Casilla settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Cunningham vs. Guardado
Cunningham hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pennington scores. Cust scores. Barton moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Patterson vs. Bonser
Boof Bonser now pitching.
Patterson strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 10 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Ziegler
Brad Ziegler now pitching.
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pennington fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Pennington. Young moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Redmond vs. Ziegler
Redmond takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Buscher vs. Ziegler
Buscher hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sweeney. Buscher reaches second base with a double. Young scores. Redmond moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Twins, 11 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Casilla vs. Ziegler
Casilla hits a fly ball into left field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Redmond tags and scores. View Play -
Twins, 12 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Span vs. Ziegler
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. Buscher moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 12 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Everett vs. Ziegler
Everett hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hannahan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Twins, 12 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Bonser
Davis hits a line drive towards the mound. Bonser reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 12 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Bonser
Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards first. Morneau scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sweeney for the out. View Play -
Twins, 12 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pennington vs. Bonser
Pennington hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/31/2008 -- Minnesota at Oakland (D)
Minnesota AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI
Span D, cf-rf 4 1 0 1 Davis R, cf 5 0 2 0
Punto N, ss 4 2 2 0 Sweeney R, rf 4 1 2 0
Everett A, ph-ss 1 0 0 0 Crosby B, ss 3 0 0 0
Mauer J, dh 4 1 0 0 Pennington C, ss 2 1 1 0
Morneau J, 1b 5 1 2 4 Cust J, dh 4 1 1 0
Kubel J, rf 2 0 1 0 Suzuki K, c 3 0 1 0
Gomez C, pr-cf 1 1 0 0 Bowen R, c 1 0 0 0
Young D, lf 3 2 0 0 Barton D, 1b 3 1 1 1
Redmond M, c 4 1 1 1 Hannahan J, 3b 4 0 1 1
Buscher B, 3b 4 1 2 1 Cunningham A, lf 4 0 2 2
Casilla A, 2b 4 2 2 3 Patterson E, 2b 4 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 12 10 10 37 4 11 4
Minnesota 120 005 022 -- 12
Oakland 000 100 030 -- 4
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Baker S (W) 6.0 6 1 1 1 4
Reyes D 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Guardado E 0.2 4 3 3 1 1
Bonser B 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Smith G (L)* 5.0 7 8 8 3 4
Foulke K 1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Blevins J 1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Embree A 1.0 1 2 0 2 1
Ziegler B 1.0 1 2 1 1 0
* Pitched to 5 batters in 6th
E -- Barton D, Pennington C
DP -- Oakland 1
LOB -- Minnesota 8, Oakland 8
2B -- Punto N, Suzuki K, Hannahan J, Kubel J, Redmond M, Cunningham A, Buscher B
HR -- Casilla A, Morneau J
SB -- Davis R, Gomez C
SF -- Span D, Casilla A
Balk -- Smith G
T -- 3:13
A -- 18427
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