OAKLAND AB R H RBI MINNESOTA AB R H RBI
D DeJesus, CF 4 0 2 0 D Span, CF 4 1 1 0
D Barton, 1B 5 0 1 0 J Mauer, C 4 1 1 0
J Willingham, LF 4 1 1 1 J Morneau, 1B 4 0 3 1
H Matsui, DH 4 2 2 1 J Thome, DH 4 1 1 2
R Sweeney, RF 3 1 1 0 D Young, LF 4 0 1 0
M Ellis, 2B 3 1 0 0 J Kubel, RF 4 0 1 0
K Kouzmanoff, 3B 2 0 0 1 M Cuddyer, 2B 4 0 0 0
L Powell, C 3 0 2 1 D Valencia, 3B 4 0 2 0
C Pennington, SS 3 0 0 1 A Casilla, SS 2 0 0 0
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Totals 34 5 9 5 Totals 36 3 11 3
Athletics 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 - 5 9 0
Twins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 3 11 0
OAKLAND IP BF H R ER BB SO HR PIT-STR
B McCarthy (W, 1-0) 7.1 29 9 2 2 0 5 0 107- 73
J Blevins 0.1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 7- 4
G Balfour (H, 2) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2- 2
B Fuentes (S, 3) 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 12- 9
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Totals 9.0 35 10 3 3 0 6 1 128- 88
MINNESOTA IP BF H R ER BB SO HR PIT-STR
S Baker (L, 0-2) 5.0 23 7 4 4 2 5 2 99- 64
J Manship 0.1 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 6- 4
G Perkins 1.2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 18- 14
A Burnett 1.0 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 22- 9
J Mijares 1.0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 18- 8
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Totals 9.0 39 9 5 5 5 6 2 163- 99
2B - R Sweeney, L Powell, J Mauer, J Morneau, J Kubel.
HR - J Willingham, H Matsui, J Thome.
SH - A Casilla.
SB - K Kouzmanoff.
GIDP - J Thome.
SCORING
TOP 4 — Hideki Matsui homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field. Ryan Sweeney strikes out swinging. Mark Ellis flies out to right fielder Jason Kubel. Kevin Kouzmanoff grounds out, shortstop Alexi Casilla to first baseman Justin Morneau.
TOP 6 — Josh Willingham homers (3) on a fly ball to left field. Hideki Matsui singles on a ground ball to center fielder Denard Span. Ryan Sweeney hits a ground-rule double (1) on a line drive down the left-field line, on fan interference. Hideki Matsui to 3rd. Mark Ellis walks. Kevin Kouzmanoff out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Denard Span. Hideki Matsui scores. Ryan Sweeney to 3rd. Landon Powell doubles (1) on a fly ball to center fielder Denard Span. Ryan Sweeney scores. Mark Ellis to 3rd. Cliff Pennington out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Denard Span. Mark Ellis scores. David DeJesus grounds out, second baseman Michael Cuddyer to first baseman Justin Morneau.
BOTTOM 8 — Alexi Casilla grounds out to first baseman Daric Barton. Denard Span singles on a line drive to left fielder Josh Willingham. Joe Mauer doubles (1) on a fly ball to right fielder Ryan Sweeney. Denard Span to 3rd. Justin Morneau grounds out to first baseman Daric Barton. Denard Span scores. Joe Mauer to 3rd. Jim Thome homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. Joe Mauer scores. Delmon Young flies out to center fielder David DeJesus.
Attendance: 38,518. Duration: 2:50. Weather: 74 degrees, Overcast.
Umpires: Bill Miller [HP], Phil Cuzzi [1B], James Hoye [2B], Tom Hallion [3B].
