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
Team Records
 
Team W/L Home Away Streak
Oakland 57-67 34-33 23-34 W1
Minnesota 70-54 44-23 26-31 L1
Recap Quick Hits
  • With this loss, the Minnesota Twins have a 44-23 record at home this season. The Oakland Athletics have a 23-34 record on the road.
  • Minnesota has a streak of 1 straight up loss. The Twins have won 7 of their last 10 games.
  • Oakland has a streak of 1 straight up win. The Athletics have won 4 of their last 10 games.
  • Kirk Saarloos pitched 3.2 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 1.59. Brad Ziegler closed out the game to get the save and has 3 saves for the season. Nick Blackburn took the loss for Minnesota.
  • Mark Ellis had the only homerun for Oakland.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Oakland   Minnesota
Justin Duchscherer Player Nick Blackburn
Loss W/L Loss
2.2 IP 8.0
3 Strikeouts 2
3 Hits 6
0.00 ERA 3.38
Hitting
Oakland   Minnesota
Jack CustPlayer Joe Mauer
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 1
0 HR 0
3 TB 5
.667 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Oakland 7 1 11 .212 18 3 3 3 1 1
Minnesota 10 0 13 .286 14 9 1 1 0 2