Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins - August 18,2008

Visiting Team

Oakland Athletics (57-67)

Home Team

Minnesota Twins (70-54)

Game Date

August 18,2008

Year

2008

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

Ballpark

Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

25,024

Time of Game

2:42

Umpires

[HP]: Phil Cuzzi [1B]: Jerry Layne [2B]: Brian Knight [3B]: Rob Drake

Oakland Athletics - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Mark Ellis	2b	31.073	R	3	1	1	1	1	0	.233	111	759
2	Eric Patterson	lf	25.132	L	4	0	1	0	0	1	.197	21	28
3	Bobby Crosby	ss	28.219	R	4	0	0	0	0	1	.248	113	548
4	Frank Thomas	dh	40.083	R	3	1	0	0	1	0	.241	61	2312
5	Jack Cust	rf	29.224	L	3	1	2	0	0	0	.233	113	307
	Rajai Davis	cf	27.304	R	1	0	1	0	0	0	.220	87	182
6	Kurt Suzuki	c	24.319	R	3	0	1	2	1	0	.290	115	183
7	Carlos Gonzalez	cf-rf	22.306	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	.258	68	68
8	Jack Hannahan	3b	28.167	L	4	0	1	0	0	0	.221	115	159
9	Daric Barton	1b	23.002	L	4	0	0	0	0	1	.209	106	124
Totals

Errors: Eric Patterson

2B: Jack Cust (12)

HR: Mark Ellis (12)

RBI: Mark Ellis (41), Kurt Suzuki 2 (35)

GDP: Frank Thomas (8), Carlos Gonzalez (5)

SB: Rajai Davis (12)

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Denard Span	cf	24.173	L	4	1	2	0	0	0	.321	53	54
2	Nick Punto	2b	30.284	B	4	0	1	0	0	2	.269	60	573
3	Joe Mauer	c	25.121	L	4	1	3	1	0	1	.322	108	524
4	Justin Morneau	1b	27.095	L	4	0	1	0	0	0	.307	123	693
5	Jason Kubel	rf	26.085	L	4	0	1	0	0	1	.280	105	330
6	Delmon Young	lf	22.339	R	4	0	0	0	0	2	.286	115	308
7	Brian Buscher	3b	27.122	L	4	0	1	0	0	1	.306	43	77
8	Randy Ruiz	dh	30.304	R	3	0	1	0	0	1	.364	7	8
	Mike Lamb	ph	33.009	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	.237	77	921
9	Adam Everett	ss	31.195	R	2	0	0	0	0	0	.211	38	687
	Brendan Harris	ss	27.358	R	2	0	0	0	0	1	.267	106	296
Totals

Errors: Delmon Young, Adam Everett

2B: Randy Ruiz (2)

3B: Joe Mauer (2)

RBI: Joe Mauer (60)

GDP: Justin Morneau (14), Jason Kubel (6)

Oakland Athletics - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Justin Duchscherer	R		2.2	3	0	0	0	3	0	2.54	0.99	22	219
2	Kirk Saarloos	R	W 1-0	3.2	3	0	0	0	3	0	1.59	0.79	3	160
3	Alan Embree	L		0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5.01	1.48	55	831
4	Huston Street	R		0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	4.53	1.36	50	234
5	Brad Ziegler	R	SV 3	2.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0.43	0.90	31	31
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Justin Duchscherer (33-23-10), Kirk Saarloos (45-31-14), Alan Embree (11-8-3), Huston Street (8-6-2), Brad Ziegler (31-18-13)

Minnesota Twins - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Nick Blackburn	R	L 9-7	8.0	6	3	3	2	2	1	3.71	1.28	25	31
2	Jesse Crain	R		0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.62	1.43	51	235
3	Craig Breslow	L		1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.20	1.19	31	59
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Nick Blackburn (98-65-33), Jesse Crain (12-6-6), Craig Breslow (13-9-4)

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Oakland Athletics	OAK	57-67		1	0	0		2	0	0		0	0	0		3	7	1		3	11	20	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Minnesota Twins	MIN	70-54		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	2	0		2	10	2		2	5	7	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

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