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Network Associates Coliseum, Attendance: 18,427 |
Sunday, August 31, 2008, 4:05pm Time of Game: 3:13 |
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| Twins
12
77-60
Won 1
2nd, ½ GB
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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
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Athletics
4
63-74
Lost 1
3rd, 20½ GB
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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
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
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
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
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
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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