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Athletics
@ Twins
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
August 18, 2008
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Blackburn
Ellis hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Patterson vs. Blackburn
Patterson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blackburn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Crosby vs. Blackburn
Crosby strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Blackburn
Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Kubel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Span vs. Duchscherer
Span hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Duchscherer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Punto vs. Duchscherer
Punto hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Mauer vs. Duchscherer
Mauer strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Morneau vs. Duchscherer
Morneau hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cust vs. Blackburn
Cust hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Punto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Suzuki vs. Blackburn
Suzuki hits a ball on the ground towards short. Everett fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Everett. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Blackburn
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Punto fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Hannahan vs. Blackburn
Hannahan hits a fly ball into center field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Kubel vs. Duchscherer
Kubel strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Duchscherer
Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hannahan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Buscher vs. Duchscherer
Buscher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Ruiz vs. Duchscherer
Ruiz hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Barton vs. Blackburn
Barton hits a fly ball into center field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Blackburn
Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Everett scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Patterson vs. Blackburn
Patterson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Everett vs. Duchscherer
Everett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Span vs. Duchscherer
Span hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Punto vs. Duchscherer
Punto strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Mauer vs. Saarloos
Kirk Saarloos now pitching.
Mauer hits a line drive beyond second. Ellis can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Span moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Morneau vs. Saarloos
Morneau hits a ball on the ground towards first. Barton scoops it up and throws to first, with Saarloos covering, for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Crosby vs. Blackburn
Crosby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Punto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Blackburn
Thomas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Cust vs. Blackburn
Cust hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Young. Cust reaches second base with a double. Thomas moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Suzuki vs. Blackburn
Suzuki hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Thomas scores. Cust scores. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Blackburn
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Everett fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Kubel vs. Saarloos
Kubel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ellis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Saarloos
Young hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Buscher vs. Saarloos
Buscher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ellis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Hannahan vs. Blackburn
Hannahan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barton vs. Blackburn
Barton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Everett fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Ellis vs. Blackburn
Ellis takes first base on ball four. Barton moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Patterson vs. Blackburn
Patterson hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Crosby vs. Blackburn
Crosby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Everett scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ruiz vs. Saarloos
Ruiz strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Everett vs. Saarloos
Everett hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Span vs. Saarloos
Span hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Blackburn
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Punto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cust vs. Blackburn
Cust hits a fly ball into left field. Young picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Young. Cust moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Suzuki vs. Blackburn
Suzuki hits a fly ball into right field. Kubel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Gonzalez vs. Blackburn
Gonzalez hits a fly ball into center field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Punto vs. Saarloos
Punto strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Saarloos
Mauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Morneau vs. Saarloos
Morneau hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hannahan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Hannahan vs. Blackburn
Brendan Harris now playing shortstop.
Hannahan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Punto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barton vs. Blackburn
Barton hits a fly ball into right field. Kubel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Blackburn
Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buscher fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kubel vs. Saarloos
Kubel hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Saarloos
Young strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Buscher vs. Embree
Alan Embree now pitching.
Buscher strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Ruiz vs. Street
Huston Street now pitching.
Ruiz hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Cust. Ruiz reaches second base with a double. Kubel moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -23
Harris vs. Street
Harris hits a line drive towards short. Crosby reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Patterson vs. Blackburn
Patterson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Crosby vs. Blackburn
Crosby hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Punto settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Blackburn
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Punto fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Span vs. Street
Rajai Davis now playing center field. Carlos Gonzalez now playing right field.
Span hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Punto vs. Ziegler
Brad Ziegler now pitching.
Punto hits a fly ball into left field. Patterson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Mauer vs. Ziegler
Mauer hits a fly ball into left field. That will be extra bases. Patterson picks up the ball and throws it away. That's a triple and an error on Patterson. Span goes all the way around to score. Mauer moves all the way to home. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Ziegler
Morneau hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Kubel vs. Ziegler
Kubel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ellis fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Crain
Jesse Crain now pitching.
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buscher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Suzuki vs. Crain
There goes Davis. The throw from Mauer and he is safe. Davis steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Suzuki vs. Crain
Suzuki takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Gonzalez vs. Breslow
Craig Breslow now pitching.
Gonzalez bunts towards third. Buscher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Hannahan vs. Breslow
Hannahan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Punto fields it and throws to second for the out. Davis moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Barton vs. Breslow
Barton strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Ziegler
Young strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buscher vs. Ziegler
Buscher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ellis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Lamb vs. Ziegler
Mike Lamb pinch hits for Randy Ruiz.
Lamb takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Harris vs. Ziegler
Carlos Gomez pinch runs for Mike Lamb.
Harris strikes out. View Play