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Twins
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
August 21, 2012
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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 21, 2012 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | August 21, 2012 |
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Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
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Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 21, 2012 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Cole De Vries |
Home Starting Pitcher | Brett Anderson |
Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium |
City | Oakland |
State | CA |
Attendance | 13,116 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 32 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Dan Bellino 1B: Mark Ripperger 2B: Mike Estabrook 3B: Larry Vanover |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
Name | Position |
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Ben Revere | Center Fielder |
Darin Mastroianni | Right Fielder |
Joe Mauer | DH |
Josh Willingham | Left Fielder |
Justin Morneau | First Baseman |
Ryan Doumit | Catcher |
Trevor Plouffe | Third Baseman |
Jamey Carroll | Second Baseman |
Pedro Florimon | Shortstop |
Ron Gardenhire | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Coco Crisp | Center Fielder |
Stephen Drew | Shortstop |
Josh Reddick | Right Fielder |
Yoenis Cespedes | Left Fielder |
Chris Carter | First Baseman |
Seth Smith | DH |
Josh Donaldson | Third Baseman |
Derek Norris | Catcher |
Adam Rosales | Second Baseman |
Bob Melvin | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Twins
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
August 21, 2012
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Revere vs. Anderson
Revere hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rosales fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Mastroianni vs. Anderson
Mastroianni strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Mauer vs. Anderson
There goes Revere. The throw from Norris and he is safe. Revere steals second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Mauer vs. Anderson
Mauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Drew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Revere moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Willingham vs. Anderson
There's a wild pitch. Revere scores. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Willingham vs. Anderson
Willingham hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Morneau vs. Anderson
Anderson fires to first and has Willingham trapped. There's the throw to Drew who tags Willingham for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crisp vs. De Vries
Crisp hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Drew vs. De Vries
Drew hits a popup, foul, towards third. Plouffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Reddick vs. De Vries
Reddick hits a fly ball into left field. Willingham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Cespedes vs. De Vries
Cespedes takes first base on ball four. Crisp moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Carter vs. De Vries
Carter hits a popup towards third. Plouffe 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: ---
Morneau vs. Anderson
Morneau hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rosales scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Doumit vs. Anderson
Doumit hits a ball on the ground towards third. Donaldson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Plouffe vs. Anderson
Plouffe hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Rosales reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. De Vries
Smith takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Donaldson vs. De Vries
Donaldson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Willingham. Donaldson reaches second base with a double. Smith goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Norris vs. De Vries
Norris hits a popup, foul, towards third. Plouffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Rosales vs. De Vries
Rosales hits a popup towards first. Morneau settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Crisp vs. De Vries
Crisp hits a ball on the ground towards first. Morneau scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Crisp for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Carroll vs. Anderson
Carroll hits a ball on the ground towards short. Drew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Florimon vs. Anderson
Florimon strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Revere vs. Anderson
Revere hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carter scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Revere for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Drew vs. De Vries
Drew hits a fly ball into left field. Willingham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Reddick vs. De Vries
Reddick takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Cespedes vs. De Vries
Cespedes hits a fly ball into center field. Revere settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Carter vs. De Vries
Carter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Plouffe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Mastroianni vs. Anderson
Mastroianni hits a ball on the ground towards short. Drew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Anderson
Mauer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carter scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mauer for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Willingham vs. Anderson
Willingham strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Smith vs. De Vries
Smith hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Donaldson vs. De Vries
Donaldson strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Norris vs. De Vries
Norris hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Willingham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rosales vs. De Vries
Rosales hits a fly ball into left field. Willingham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Anderson
Morneau hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Doumit vs. Anderson
Doumit hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Morneau moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Plouffe vs. Anderson
Plouffe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Donaldson steps on third for one, throws to second for two, and onto first for the triple play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crisp vs. De Vries
Crisp hits a fly ball into left field. Willingham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Drew vs. De Vries
Drew strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Reddick vs. De Vries
Reddick hits a fly ball into center field. Revere settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Carroll vs. Anderson
Carroll strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Florimon vs. Anderson
Florimon strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Revere vs. Anderson
Revere hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rosales scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Cespedes vs. De Vries
Cespedes hits a popup towards short. Florimon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Carter vs. De Vries
Carter strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. De Vries
Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Donaldson vs. De Vries
Donaldson hits a line drive beyond third. Plouffe can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Norris vs. De Vries
Norris hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Smith scores. Donaldson moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Rosales vs. Swarzak
Anthony Swarzak now pitching.
Rosales hits a ball on the ground towards third. Plouffe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Mastroianni vs. Anderson
Mastroianni strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Anderson
Mauer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rosales scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Willingham vs. Anderson
Willingham hits a ball on the ground towards third. Donaldson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Crisp vs. Swarzak
Crisp hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mastroianni. Crisp reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Drew vs. Swarzak
Drew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Florimon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Reddick vs. Swarzak
Reddick hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Crisp scores. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Cespedes vs. Swarzak
Cespedes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Reddick moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Carter vs. Swarzak
Carter hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Revere. Carter reaches second base with a double. Reddick scores. Cespedes moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Smith vs. Swarzak
Smith is walked intentionally. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Donaldson vs. Gray
Jeff Gray now pitching.
Donaldson hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Doumit forces the runner at the plate and throws to first for the double play. Carter moves to third. Smith moves to second. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Doolittle
Sean Doolittle now pitching.
Morneau strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Doumit vs. Doolittle
Doumit hits a fly ball into right field. Reddick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Plouffe vs. Doolittle
Plouffe strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Norris vs. Gray
Norris hits a fly ball into center field. Revere settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Rosales vs. Gray
Rosales hits a fly ball into left field. Willingham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Crisp vs. Robertson
Tyler Robertson now pitching.
Crisp hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Robertson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Carroll vs. Balfour
Grant Balfour now pitching.
Carroll hits a popup, foul, towards first. Carter settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Florimon vs. Balfour
Florimon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carter scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Florimon for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Revere vs. Balfour
Revere strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/21/2012 -- Minnesota at Oakland (N) Minnesota AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI Revere B, cf 4 1 1 0 Crisp C, cf 5 1 2 0 Mastroianni D, rf 3 0 0 0 Drew S, ss 4 0 0 0 Mauer J, dh 3 0 0 0 Reddick J, rf 3 1 1 1 Willingham J, lf 3 0 1 0 Cespedes Y, lf 3 0 1 0 Morneau J, 1b 3 0 1 0 Carter C, 1b 4 0 1 1 Doumit R, c 3 0 1 0 Smith S, dh 2 2 2 0 Plouffe T, 3b 3 0 0 0 Donaldson J, 3b 4 0 2 1 Carroll J, 2b 3 0 0 0 Norris D, c 4 0 1 1 Florimon P, ss 3 0 0 0 Rosales A, 2b 4 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 28 1 4 0 33 4 10 4 Minnesota 100 000 000 -- 1 Oakland 010 001 20x -- 4 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO De Vries C (L) 5.2 6 2 2 3 3 Swarzak A 0.2 4 2 2 1 0 Gray J 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 Robertson T 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Oakland IP H R ER BB SO Anderson B (W) 7.0 4 1 1 0 6 Doolittle S 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 Balfour G (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 DP -- Minnesota 1 TP -- Oakland 1 LOB -- Minnesota 0, Oakland 9 2B -- Donaldson J, Crisp C, Carter C SB -- Revere B CS -- Willingham J WP -- Anderson B T -- 2:32 A -- 13116
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