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TEX  4
@LAA  3

CHW  4
@BOS  2

SEA  6
@CLE  4

DET  4
KCR  2

TOR  6
@NYY  2

MIN 12
@OAK  4

TBR 10
BAL  4

LAD  8
@ARI  1

PHI  5
@CHC  3

CIN  9
SFG  3

NYM  6
@FLA  2

HOU  3
STL  0

MIL  7
@PIT  0

SDP  2
COL  1

WSN  8
ATL  4

Standings at end of play this day

Network Associates Coliseum, Attendance: 18,427

Sunday, August 31, 2008, 4:05pm
Time of Game: 3:13
Twins
12
77-60
Won 1
2nd, ½ GB
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Twins           1  2  0   0  0  5   0  2  2   12 10  0
Athletics       0  0  0   1  0  0   0  3  0    4 11  2
W: S Baker (8-4), L: G Smith (6-14)
Athletics
4
63-74
Lost 1
3rd, 20½ GB

BATTING

Minnesota Twins              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D Span CF-RF                  4   1   0   1    1   2  .301  .833   30    2   0   SF
N Punto SS                    4   2   2   0    0   1  .288  .747   13    2   1   2B
  A Everett PH-SS             1   0   0   0    1   0  .205  .587    6    0   0   
J Mauer DH                    4   1   0   0    1   0  .320  .856   20    0   0   
J Morneau 1B                  5   1   2   4    0   0  .312  .907   13    8   1   HR
J Kubel RF                    2   0   1   0    1   1  .278  .811   19    1   0   2B
  C Gomez PR-CF               1   1   0   0    1   1  .253  .632   13    0   0   SB
D Young LF                    3   2   0   0    2   1  .283  .726   25    2   1   
M Redmond C                   4   1   1   1    1   0  .281  .647   19    7   0   2B,GDP
B Buscher 3B                  4   1   2   1    1   0  .312  .770   25    1   2   2B
A Casilla 2B                  4   2   2   3    0   1  .300  .751   19    3   3   HR,SF

S Baker P                                                                1   0
  D Reyes P                                                              0   0
  E Guardado P                                                           0   0
  B Bonser P                                                             0   1
Totals                       36  12  10  10    9   7              202   27   9
BATTING
2B: N Punto (16, off G Smith); J Kubel (17, off G Smith); M Redmond (6, off K Foulke); B Buscher (8, off B Ziegler).
HR: J Morneau (21, off G Smith; 6th inn, 2 on, 0 outs to Deep RF); A Casilla (6, off G Smith; 2nd inn, 1 on, 2 outs to Deep LF Line).
SF: A Casilla (6, off B Ziegler); D Span (2, off K Foulke).
TB: A Casilla 5; J Morneau 5; N Punto 3; B Buscher 3; M Redmond 2; J Kubel 2.
GIDP: M Redmond (4).
RBI: J Morneau 4 (108); A Casilla 3 (45); D Span (34); M Redmond (9); B Buscher (41).
2-out RBI: A Casilla 2; J Morneau.
Team LOB: 8.
With RISP: 4 for 13.
BASERUNNING
SB: C Gomez (28, 3rd base off G Smith/K Suzuki).
Oakland Athletics            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Davis CF                    5   0   2   0    0   0  .242  .582   19    1   0   SB
R Sweeney RF                  4   1   2   0    1   0  .289  .718   26    3   0   
B Crosby SS                   3   0   0   0    0   1  .248  .673   10    3   1   
  C Pennington SS             2   1   1   0    0   0  .161  .438    5    0   0   
J Cust DH                     4   1   1   0    0   0  .228  .813   17    0   0   
K Suzuki C                    3   0   1   0    0   0  .287  .737   13    6   0   2B
  R Bowen C                   1   0   0   0    0   1  .167  .475    6    1   0   
D Barton 1B                   3   1   1   1    1   0  .217  .629   22    7   0   
J Hannahan 3B                 4   0   1   1    0   2  .220  .643   14    0   2   2B
A Cunningham LF               4   0   2   2    0   2  .500 1.250   17    5   0   2B
E Patterson 2B                4   0   0   0    0   1  .204  .566   10    1   4   

G Smith P                                                                0   0
  K Foulke P                                                             0   0
  J Blevins P                                                            0   0
  A Embree P                                                             0   0
  B Ziegler P                                                            0   0
Totals                       37   4  11   4    2   7              159   27   7
BATTING
2B: A Cunningham (1, off D Reyes); J Hannahan (26, off S Baker); K Suzuki (22, off S Baker).
TB: A Cunningham 3; R Davis 2; K Suzuki 2; J Hannahan 2; R Sweeney 2; D Barton; J Cust; C Pennington.
RBI: A Cunningham 2 (2); J Hannahan (40); D Barton (38).
2-out RBI: A Cunningham 2.
Team LOB: 8.
With RISP: 2 for 14.
FIELDING
DP: 1. E Patterson-B Crosby-D Barton.
E: C Pennington (3); D Barton (12).
BASERUNNING
SB: R Davis (24, 2nd base off S Baker/M Redmond).

PITCHING

Minnesota Twins               IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
S Baker, W (8-4)               6     6   1   1    1   4   0   3.66   24   96-69   39· 8·22    7· 9· 3· 0     59    -     1.01   0.18
D Reyes                        1     1   0   0    0   1   0   2.33    4   13-8     5· 1· 2    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.14   0.00
E Guardado                     0.2   4   3   3    1   1   0   4.18    7   30-19   11· 5· 3    0· 2· 3· 0          0-0    0.13  -0.01
B Bonser                       1.1   0   0   0    0   1   0   6.06    4   16-13    9· 1· 3    1· 1· 1· 0          2-0    0.07   0.00
Totals                         9    11   4   4    2   7   0          39  155-109  64·15·30   10·13· 7· 0          2-0 
Oakland Athletics             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
G Smith, L (6-14)              5     7   8   8    3   4   2   4.23   24   93-56   31· 6·19    5· 9· 3· 0     22    -     0.67  -0.31
K Foulke                       1     1   0   0    1   2   0   3.67    5   32-20   13· 2· 5    0· 1· 1· 0          2-2    0.18  -0.01
J Blevins                      1     0   0   0    2   0   0   2.93    5   26-14    7· 1· 6    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.04   0.00
A Embree                       1     1   2   0    2   1   0   4.64    7   36-21   15· 3· 3    1· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.03  -0.00
B Ziegler                      1     1   2   1    1   0   0   0.57    6   14-9     6· 1· 2    3· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.01  -0.00
Totals                         9    10  12   9    9   7   2          47  201-120  72·13·35   11·14· 6· 0          2-2 
G Smith faced 5 batters in the 6th inning.
Balks: G Smith (1).
WP: None.
IBB: None.
HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Paul Emmel, 1B - Bill Miller, 2B - Jerry Meals, 3B - Gary Darling.
Time of Game: 3:13.
Attendance: 18,427.
Weather: 67° F, Wind 13mph out to Rightfield, Sunny, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Minnesota Twins               Oakland Athletics                    
1. D Span               CF    1. R Davis              CF 
2. N Punto              SS    2. R Sweeney            RF 
3. J Mauer              DH    3. B Crosby             SS 
4. J Morneau            1B    4. J Cust               DH 
5. J Kubel              RF    5. K Suzuki             C  
6. D Young              LF    6. D Barton             1B 
7. M Redmond            C     7. J Hannahan           3B 
8. B Buscher            3B    8. A Cunningham         LF 
9. A Casilla            2B    9. E Patterson          2B 

   S Baker              P        G Smith              P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 2   2  0-1  1--  2   18%  77% A Casilla       G Smith         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Buscher Scores
   t 6   0  1-3  12-  1   11%  96% J Morneau       G Smith         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Punto Scores; Mauer Scores
   t 1   2  0-0  -2-  4    9%  58% J Morneau       G Smith         Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Punto Scores
   b 3   1  3-0  1-3  2    7%  78% B Crosby        S Baker         Popfly: SS (Deep SS-3B Hole)
   b 3   1  3-0  1--  4   -6%  71% R Sweeney       S Baker         Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Davis to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Twins Batting, Tied 0-0, Greg Smith facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  6   48%  D Span          Strikeout Swinging
          ---  2   52%  N Punto         Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
   O      -2-  2   48%  J Mauer         Popfly: SS (Short LF-CF)
   R      -2-  4   58%  J Morneau       Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Punto Scores
   O      1--  5   56%  J Kubel         Strikeout Looking
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Athletics 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Athletics Batting, Behind 0-1, Scott Baker facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   58%  R Davis         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
          ---  6   56%  R Sweeney       Walk
   O      1--  5   59%  B Crosby        Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  5   61%  J Cust          Popfly: 3B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Athletics 0.

Top of the 2nd, Twins Batting, Ahead 1-0, Greg Smith facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  6   59%  D Young         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   57%  M Redmond       Lineout: RF (RF Line)
          ---  5   59%  B Buscher       Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
   RR     1--  2   77%  A Casilla       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Buscher Scores
   O      ---  5   76%  D Span          Strikeout Looking
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Athletics Batting, Behind 0-3, Scott Baker facing 5-6-7
          ---  3   70%  K Suzuki        Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   O      -2-  8   74%  D Barton        Flyball: LF (Short LF)
   O      -2-  5   78%  J Hannahan      Strikeout Looking
   O      -2-  3   81%  A Cunningham    Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 0.

Top of the 3rd, Twins Batting, Ahead 3-0, Greg Smith facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  5   79%  N Punto         Flyball: CF
   O      ---  4   78%  J Mauer         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  2   78%  J Morneau       Popfly: SS (Deep SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Athletics Batting, Behind 0-3, Scott Baker facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  1   80%  E Patterson     Flyball: RF
          ---  2   78%  R Davis         Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF)
          1--  4   71%  R Sweeney       Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Davis to 3B
   O      1-3  2   78%  B Crosby        Popfly: SS (Deep SS-3B Hole)
   O      1-3  4   83%  J Cust          Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 0.

Top of the 4th, Twins Batting, Ahead 3-0, Greg Smith facing 5-6-7
          ---  8   84%  J Kubel         Walk
   O      1--  6   83%  D Young         Popfly: 2B (Short CF-RF)
   OO     1--  2   80%  M Redmond       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Athletics Batting, Behind 0-3, Scott Baker facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  8   82%  K Suzuki        Lineout: CF (Deep LF-CF)
          ---  3   80%  D Barton        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B)
   RO     1--  1   75%  J Hannahan      Double to LF (Fly Ball); Barton Scores; Hannahan out at 3B/LF-2B
   O      ---  5   76%  A Cunningham    Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 1.

Top of the 5th, Twins Batting, Ahead 3-1, Greg Smith facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  1   75%  B Buscher       Foul Flyball: RF (RF Foul)
   O      ---  5   73%  A Casilla       Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  1   73%  D Span          Bunt Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 1.

Bottom of the 5th, Athletics Batting, Behind 1-3, Scott Baker facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  3   76%  E Patterson     Popfly: 2B
          ---  5   72%  R Davis         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
          1--      70%  R Sweeney       Davis Steals 2B
   O      -2-  7   75%  " "             Flyball: CF (LF-CF)
   O      -2-  3   79%  B Crosby        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 1.

Top of the 6th, Twins Batting, Ahead 3-1, Greg Smith facing 2-3-4
          ---  2   81%  N Punto         Single to 2B (Ground Ball to Weak SS-2B)
          1--      84%  J Mauer         Balk; Punto to 2B
          -2-  5   85%  " "             Walk
   RRR    12-  1   96%  J Morneau       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Punto Scores; Mauer Scores
          ---  6   97%  J Kubel         Double to LF (Ground Ball)
                  Carlos Gomez pinch runs for Jason Kubel batting 5th
          -2-  5   98%  D Young         Walk, Gomez Steals 3B
                  Keith Foulke replaces Greg Smith pitching
   R      1-3  6   99%  M Redmond       Double to RF (Line Drive to RF Line); Gomez Scores; Young to 3B
          -23  6   99%  B Buscher       Walk
   O      123  9   98%  A Casilla       Strikeout Swinging
   RO     123  7   99%  D Span          Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep LF-CF); Young Scores
   O      12-  4   99%  N Punto         Strikeout Swinging
                  5 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 8, Athletics 1.

Bottom of the 6th, Athletics Batting, Behind 1-8, Scott Baker facing 4-5-6
                  Carlos Gomez moves to CF; Denard Span moves to RF
   O      ---  3   99%  J Cust          Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
   O      ---  2   99%  K Suzuki        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  5   99%  D Barton        Popfly: SS (Deep SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 8, Athletics 1.

Top of the 7th, Twins Batting, Ahead 8-1, Jerry Blevins facing 3-4-5
                  Jerry Blevins replaces Keith Foulke pitching
   O      ---  5   99%  J Mauer         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  5   99%  J Morneau       Flyball: RF (CF-RF)
          ---  6   99%  C Gomez         Walk
          1--  7   99%  D Young         Walk; Gomez to 2B
   O      12-  3   99%  M Redmond       Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 8, Athletics 1.

Bottom of the 7th, Athletics Batting, Behind 1-8, Dennys Reyes facing 7-8-9
                  Dennys Reyes replaces Scott Baker pitching
   O      ---  5   99%  J Hannahan      Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   99%  A Cunningham    Ground-rule Double (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
   O      -2-  1   99%  E Patterson     Groundout: 2B-1B; Cunningham to 3B
   O      --3  3  100%  R Davis         Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 8, Athletics 1.

Top of the 8th, Twins Batting, Ahead 8-1, Alan Embree facing 8-9-1
                  Alan Embree replaces Jerry Blevins pitching; Rob Bowen replaces Kurt Suzuki playing C batting 5th; Cliff Pennington replaces Bobby Crosby playing SS batting 3rd
   O      --- 10  100%  B Buscher       Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
          ---  2  100%  A Casilla       Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  8  100%  D Span          Walk; Casilla to 2B
                  Adam Everett pinch hits for Nick Punto batting 2nd
          12-  5  100%  A Everett       Walk; Casilla to 3B; Span to 2B
   O      123  3  100%  J Mauer         Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
   RR     123  1  100%  J Morneau       Reached on E3 (Ground Ball to Deep 2B-1B); Casilla Scores/unER/No RBI; Span Scores/unER/No RBI; Everett to 3B; Morneau to 1B
   O      1-3  7  100%  C Gomez         Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Twins 10, Athletics 1.

Bottom of the 8th, Athletics Batting, Behind 1-10, Eddie Guardado facing 2-3-4
                  Eddie Guardado replaces Dennys Reyes pitching; Adam Everett moves to SS
          ---  1  100%  R Sweeney       Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B)
          1--  4  100%  C Pennington    Single to CF (Fly Ball to Short CF); Sweeney to 2B
          12-  5   99%  J Cust          Single to RF (Line Drive); Sweeney to 3B; Pennington to 2B
   O      123  6  100%  R Bowen         Strikeout Swinging
   R      123  6   99%  D Barton        Walk; Sweeney Scores; Pennington to 3B; Cust to 2B
   O      123  3  100%  J Hannahan      Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B)
   RR     123  5   99%  A Cunningham    Single to CF (Line Drive); Pennington Scores; Cust Scores; Barton to 2B
                  Boof Bonser replaces Eddie Guardado pitching
   O      12-  5  100%  E Patterson     Strikeout Looking
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 10, Athletics 4.

Top of the 9th, Twins Batting, Ahead 10-4, Brad Ziegler facing 6-7-8
                  Brad Ziegler replaces Alan Embree pitching
          ---  1  100%  D Young         Reached on E6 (throw) (Ground Ball to SS-2B); Young to 2B
          -2-  5  100%  M Redmond       Walk
   R      12-  3  100%  B Buscher       Double to RF (Line Drive to RF Line); Young Scores/unER; Redmond to 3B
   RO     -23  1  100%  A Casilla       Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep LF-CF); Redmond Scores
   O      -2-  3  100%  D Span          Groundout: 2B-1B; Buscher to 3B
   O      --3  1  100%  A Everett       Groundout: 3B-1B
                  2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Twins 12, Athletics 4.

Bottom of the 9th, Athletics Batting, Behind 4-12, Boof Bonser facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  6  100%  R Davis         Lineout: P-1B (Weak SS-2B)
   O      ---  4  100%  R Sweeney       Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
   O      ---  1  100%  C Pennington    Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 12, Athletics 4.

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