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Oakland Athletics
(57 - 67) - 3
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- 2(70 - 54)
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Minnesota Twins
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Oakland Athletics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
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| Minnesota Twins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
W: Kirk Saarloos (W, 1-0) L: Nick Blackburn (L, 9-7) S: Brad Ziegler (S, 3)
Venue:
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Date: Aug 18, 2008
First Pitch: 07:10 PM
Weather: 70 degrees, dome
Wind: Indoors
Time of Game: 02:42
Attendance: 25,024
Umpires: HP-Phil Cuzzi, 1B-Jerry Layne, 2B-Brian Knight, 3B-Rob Drake
Batting
Oakland Athletics
| Players | AB | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO | SB | LOB | AVG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Ellis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 1.833 |
| Eric Patterson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .500 |
| Bobby Crosby | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 |
| Frank Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .250 |
| Jack Cust | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | 1.667 |
| Rajai Davis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| Kurt Suzuki | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .833 |
| Carlos Gonzalez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 |
| Jack Hannahan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .500 |
| Daric Barton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 |
| Total | 33 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 18 | .212 | .611 |
Minnesota Twins
| Players | AB | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO | SB | LOB | AVG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denard Span | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 |
| Nick Punto | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .500 |
| Joe Mauer | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .750 | 2.000 |
| Justin Morneau | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .250 | .500 |
| Jason Kubel | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .500 |
| Delmon Young | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 |
| Brian Buscher | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .500 |
| Randy Ruiz | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .333 | 1.000 |
| Adam Everett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
| Brendan Harris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 |
| Total | 35 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .286 | .677 |
Pitching
Oakland Athletics
| Players | IP | BB | SO | R | ER | NP | S | SP | ERA | WHIP | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Duchscherer | 2.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 24 | 66.67 | 0.00 | 1.13 | |
| Kirk Saarloos | 3.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 30 | 71.43 | 0.00 | 0.82 | (W, 1-0) |
| Alan Embree | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 72.73 | 0.00 | 0.00 | (H, 17) |
| Huston Street | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 75.00 | 27.00 | 6.00 | (H, 1) |
| Brad Ziegler | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 18 | 58.06 | 4.50 | 1.50 | (S, 3) |
| Total | 9 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 128 | 86 | 67.19 | 2.37 | 1.45 |
Minnesota Twins
| Players | IP | BB | SO | R | ER | NP | S | SP | ERA | WHIP | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Blackburn | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 99 | 66 | 66.67 | 3.38 | 1.00 | (L, 9-7) |
| Jesse Crain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 50.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Craig Breslow | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 69.23 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Total | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 124 | 81 | 65.32 | 3.00 | 1.11 |