Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Oakland 3, Minnesota 2
When: 8:10 PM ET, Monday, August 18, 2008
Where: Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Phil Cuzzi, 1B - Jerry Layne, 2B - Brian Knight, 3B - Rob Drake
Attendance: 25024
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Oakland 100200000371
Minnesota 0000000202102
Oakland
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Mark Ellis 2B 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 .233
Eric Patterson LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .130
Bobby Crosby SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .248
Frank Thomas DH 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .241
Jack Cust RF 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 .233
     Rajai Davis CF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .248
Kurt Suzuki C 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 .290
Carlos Gonzalez CF-RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 .258
Jack Hannahan 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .221
Daric Barton 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .209
Totals 33 3 7 3 3 3 18  
Batting
2B - Jack Cust (12)
HR - Mark Ellis (12)
TB - Mark Ellis 4, Eric Patterson, Jack Cust 3, Rajai Davis, Kurt Suzuki, Jack Hannahan
RBI - Mark Ellis (41), Kurt Suzuki 2 (35)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Bobby Crosby (54), Carlos Gonzalez (28), Daric Barton (35)
GIDP - Frank Thomas (8), Carlos Gonzalez (5)
Team LOB - 6
Baserunning
SB - Rajai Davis (15, 2nd off Crain/Mauer)
Fielding
E - Eric Patterson (1)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Justin Duchscherer 2.2 3 0 0 0 3 0 2.54
Kirk Saarloos (W 1-0) 3.2 3 0 0 0 3 0 1.59
Alan Embree (H 17) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.01
Huston Street (H 1) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 4.53
Brad Ziegler (SV 3) 2.0 2 1 1 1 2 0 0.43
Pitches-Strikes - Justin Duchscherer 36-24, Kirk Saarloos 42-30, Alan Embree 11-8, Huston Street 8-6, Brad Ziegler 31-18
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Duchscherer 3-2, Kirk Saarloos 5-3, Alan Embree 0-0, Huston Street 0-1, Brad Ziegler 3-1
Batters Faced - Justin Duchscherer 11, Kirk Saarloos 13, Alan Embree 1, Huston Street 3, Brad Ziegler 8
Inherited Runners-Scored - Kirk Saarloos 1-0, Alan Embree 1-0, Huston Street 1-0, Brad Ziegler 1-1
Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Denard Span CF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .319
Nick Punto 2B 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .271
Joe Mauer C 4 1 3 1 0 1 1 .325
Justin Morneau 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 .305
Jason Kubel RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .278
Delmon Young LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .288
Brian Buscher 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .302
Randy Ruiz DH 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .360
     Mike Lamb PH-DH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .236
     Carlos Gomez PR-DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Adam Everett SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211
     Brendan Harris SS 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 .264
Totals 35 2 10 1 1 9 14  
Batting
2B - Randy Ruiz (2)
3B - Joe Mauer (2)
TB - Denard Span 2, Nick Punto, Joe Mauer 5, Justin Morneau, Jason Kubel, Brian Buscher, Randy Ruiz 2
RBI - Joe Mauer (60)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Justin Morneau (40), Brendan Harris 2 (41)
GIDP - Justin Morneau (14), Jason Kubel (6)
Team LOB - 7
Fielding
E - Adam Everett (7), Delmon Young (8)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Nick Blackburn (L 9-7) 8.0 6 3 3 2 2 1 3.71
Jesse Crain 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.78
Craig Breslow 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.41
Pitches-Strikes - Nick Blackburn 99-66, Jesse Crain 12-6, Craig Breslow 13-9
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Nick Blackburn 14-8, Jesse Crain 0-0, Craig Breslow 1-1
Batters Faced - Nick Blackburn 31, Jesse Crain 2, Craig Breslow 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - Craig Breslow 2-0