Athletics 8-3 Twins (31 Jul, 2011) Play-by-Play

Oakland Athletics

48-59, 30-24 home


MIN
OAK

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	8	1
1	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	-	8	12	1

G. Moscoso4-5

6.1 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 2 K, 1 BB

N. Blackburn7-8

4.1 IP, 10 H, 6 ER, 2 K, 5 BB

TwinsTop 1st
- G. Moscoso pitching for OAK
  MIN
  OAK
- Pitch
  1
  Strike Looking
  2
  Foul Ball
  3
  Single
- B Revere stole second.
  0
  0
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 1st
- N. Blackburn pitching for MIN
  MIN
  OAK
- C Crisp stole second, C Crisp safe at third on throwing error by catcher J Mauer.
  1
  0
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error
TwinsTop 2nd
- G. Moscoso pitching for OAK
  MIN
  OAK
- 1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 2nd
- N. Blackburn pitching for MIN
  MIN
  OAK
- C Crisp stole second.
  2
  3
- 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 3rd
- G. Moscoso pitching for OAK
  MIN
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 3rd
- N. Blackburn pitching for MIN
  MIN
  OAK
- R Sweeney hit for D DeJesus.
  2
  3
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 4th
- G. Moscoso pitching for OAK
  MIN
  OAK
- R Sweeney in right field.
  2
  3
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 4th
- N. Blackburn pitching for MIN
  MIN
  OAK
- C Crisp picked off first.
  2
  3
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 5th
- G. Moscoso pitching for OAK
  MIN
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 5th
- N. Blackburn pitching for MIN
  MIN
  OAK
- A. Swarzak pitching for MIN
  MIN
  OAK
- 4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 6th
- G. Moscoso pitching for OAK
  MIN
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 6th
- A. Swarzak pitching for MIN
  MIN
  OAK
- C Crisp scored, H Matsui to third, C Jackson to second on passed ball by J Mauer.
  2
  8
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 7th
- G. Moscoso pitching for OAK
  MIN
  OAK
- B. Ziegler pitching for OAK
  MIN
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 7th
- A. Swarzak pitching for MIN
  MIN
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 8th
- G. Balfour pitching for OAK
  MIN
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 8th
- J. Mijares pitching for MIN
  MIN
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 9th
- A. Bailey pitching for OAK
  MIN
  OAK
- M Cuddyer safe at second on throwing error by shortstop C Pennington.
  2
  8
- M Tolbert ran for J Thome.
  3
  8
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors

Twins
9
Athletics
5

Game 1

30/7

Twins
3
Athletics
8

Game 2

31/7

Twins
3
Athletics
7

Game 3

31/7

Oakland Coliseum

2:05 AM, 31 July 2011

Oakland, California

Attendance: 19,605

Game Time:2:56

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Chris Conroy
First Base Umpire - Dan Bellino
Second Base Umpire - Tony Randazzo
Third Base Umpire - Larry Vanover

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	92	69	.571	-	L2
Kansas City	86	76	.531	6.5	W1
Detroit	86	76	.531	6.5	L2
Minnesota	82	80	.506	10.5	L4
Chicago	41	121	.253	51.5	W2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	88	73	.547	-	W2
Seattle	85	77	.525	3.5	W4
Texas	78	84	.481	10.5	W3
Oakland	69	93	.426	19.5	L3
Los Angeles	63	99	.389	25.5	L6

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Minnesota Twins

Oakland Athletics

G. Moscoso4-5

N. Blackburn7-8

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Pitch
1 Strike Looking
2 Foul Ball
3 Single