Minnesota Twins (12) Oakland Athletics (4)

| 2008

Date of Game: Sunday, August 31, 2008
Stadium: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Minnesota Twins (AL)	Oakland Athletics (AL)
Record: 77-60	Record: 63-74
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Attendance: 18,427 Time of Game: 3:13

Game Notes:

Aaron Cunningham - 1st career game, 1st career hit, 1st career RBI

Justin Morneau - 500th career RBI

Best at-bats

Justin Morneau HR in 6th inning (22.44)

Alexi Casilla HR in 2nd inning (17.41)

Justin Morneau 1B in 1st inning (10.87)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota Twins	1	2	0	0	0	5	0	2	2	12	10	0
Oakland Athletics	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	4	11	2

Minnesota Twins Batting Stats

Minnesota Twins	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Denard Span	cf-rf	24.186	4	1	0	1	1	2	.301	67	67	4	34	12
Nick Punto	ss	30.296	4	2	2	0	0	1	.288	74	586	2	25	9
Adam Everett	ph-ss	31.210	1	0	0	0	1	0	.205	44	693	2	17	0
Joe Mauer	dh	25.134	4	1	0	0	1	0	.320	121	536	8	66	1
Justin Morneau	1b	27.108	5	1	2	4	0	0	.312	137	706	21	108	0
Jason Kubel	rf	26.098	2	0	1	0	1	1	.278	117	341	17	67	0
Carlos Gomez	pr-cf	22.270	1	1	0	0	1	1	.253	128	186	6	39	27
Delmon Young	lf	22.351	3	2	0	0	2	1	.283	128	320	8	58	14
Mike Redmond	c	37.118	4	1	1	1	1	0	.281	34	691	0	9	0
Brian Buscher	3b	27.135	4	1	2	1	1	0	.312	54	87	4	41	0
Alexi Casilla	2b	24.042	4	2	2	3	0	1	.300	73	138	6	45	5
Dennys Reyes	p	31.134	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	62	508	0	0	0
Eddie Guardado	p	37.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	59	830	0	0	0
Boof Bonser	p	26.321	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	24	29	0	0	0
Totals:			36	12	10	10	9	7	.278	1122	5718

Oakland Athletics Batting Stats

Oakland Athletics	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Rajai Davis	cf	27.316	5	0	2	0	0	0	.242	99	194	2	11	17
Ryan Sweeney	rf	23.192	4	1	2	0	1	0	.289	92	125	4	37	7
Bobby Crosby	ss	28.232	3	0	0	0	0	1	.248	125	560	7	55	6
Cliff Pennington	ss	24.077	2	1	1	0	0	0	.161	16	16	0	2	1
Jack Cust	dh	29.227	4	1	1	0	0	0	.228	125	319	25	59	0
Kurt Suzuki	c	24.332	3	0	1	0	0	0	.287	128	196	7	37	2
Rob Bowen	c	27.188	1	0	0	0	0	1	.167	31	210	1	6	0
Daric Barton	1b	23.015	3	1	1	1	1	0	.217	119	137	7	38	1
Jack Hannahan	3b	28.180	4	0	1	1	0	2	.220	127	171	7	40	2
Aaron Cunningham	lf	22.129	4	0	2	2	0	2	.500	1	1	0	2	0
Eric Patterson	2b	25.145	4	0	0	0	0	1	.204	33	40	1	11	7
Keith Foulke	p	35.316	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	27	614	0	0	0
Jerry Blevins	p	24.360	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	25	31	0	0	0
Alan Embree	p	38.220	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	60	832	0	0	0
Brad Ziegler	p	28.326	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	35	35	0	0	0
Totals:			37	4	11	4	2	7	.297	1043	3481

Game Stats

2B: Brian Buscher (8), Aaron Cunningham (1), Jack Hannahan (26), Jason Kubel (17), Nick Punto (16), Mike Redmond (6), Kurt Suzuki (22)
HR: Alexi Casilla (6), Justin Morneau (21)
RBIs: Daric Barton (38), Brian Buscher (41), Alexi Casilla 3 (45), Aaron Cunningham 2 (2), Jack Hannahan (40), Justin Morneau 4 (108), Mike Redmond (9), Denard Span (34)
SB: Rajai Davis (17)
SF: Alexi Casilla (6), Denard Span (2)
GDP: Mike Redmond (4)

Minnesota Twins Pitching Stats

Minnesota Twins	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Scott Baker (W 8-4)	26.346	6	6	1	1	1	4	0	3.66	1.21	98	68	30	23	73
Dennys Reyes	31.134	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.31	1.13	13	8	5	62	522
Eddie Guardado	37.333	0.2	4	3	3	1	1	0	4.15	1.21	30	19	11	58	854
Boof Bonser	26.321	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.06	1.47	15	12	3	36	85
Pitching Totals:		9	11	4	4	2	7	0			156	107	49	179	1534

Oakland Athletics Pitching Stats

Oakland Athletics	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Greg Smith (L 6-14)	24.253	5	7	8	8	3	4	2	4.22	1.37	90	53	37	27	27
Keith Foulke	35.316	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	3.67	1.33	32	20	12	27	615
Jerry Blevins	24.360	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.89	1.14	26	14	12	25	31
Alan Embree	38.220	1	1	2	0	2	1	0	4.67	1.46	35	20	15	60	836
Brad Ziegler	28.326	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0.56	0.98	14	9	5	35	35
Pitching Totals:		9	10	12	9	9	7	2			197	116	81	174	1544

Other Game Information

Balks: Greg Smith;
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Scott Baker 98-68-30; Dennys Reyes 13-8-5; Eddie Guardado 30-19-11; Boof Bonser 15-12-3; Greg Smith 90-53-37; Keith Foulke 32-20-12; Jerry Blevins 26-14-12; Alan Embree 35-20-15; Brad Ziegler 14-9-5;
Batters Faced: Scott Baker 24; Dennys Reyes 4; Eddie Guardado 7; Boof Bonser 4; Greg Smith 24; Keith Foulke 5; Jerry Blevins 5; Alan Embree 7; Brad Ziegler 6;
Time of Game: 3:13 Attendance: 18,427
Umpires: Home: Paul Emmel 1B Bill Miller 2B Jerry Meals 3B Gary Darling

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