Minnesota Twins @ Oakland Athletics

51-70, 27-33 Away

Final

65-56, 37-27 Home


MIN
OAK

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	7	15	2
0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	1

B. Duensing3-8

6.0 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 7 K, 1 BB

B. McCarthy6-5

3.1 IP, 10 H, 6 ER, 2 K, 1 BB

TwinsTop 1st
- B. McCarthy pitching for OAK
  MIN
  OAK
- Pitch
  1
  Ball
  2
  Strike Looking
  3
  Foul Ball
  4
  Ball
  5
  Foul Ball
  6
  Foul Ball
  7
  Foul Out
- 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 1st
- B. Duensing pitching for MIN
  MIN
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 2nd
- B. McCarthy pitching for OAK
  MIN
  OAK
- P Florimon stole second.
  2
  0
- D Mastroianni stole second.
  3
  0
- D Mastroianni safe at third on throwing error by catcher D Norris.
  3
  0
- 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Error
AthleticsBottom 2nd
- B. Duensing pitching for MIN
  MIN
  OAK
- Y Cespedes stole second.
  4
  0
- 1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 3rd
- B. McCarthy pitching for OAK
  MIN
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 3rd
- B. Duensing pitching for MIN
  MIN
  OAK
- C Crisp safe at first on throwing error by shortstop P Florimon.
  4
  1
- C Crisp stole second.
  4
  1
- C Crisp safe at third on error by second baseman J Carroll.
  4
  1
- 1 Run, 0 Hits, 2 Errors
TwinsTop 4th
- B. McCarthy pitching for OAK
  MIN
  OAK
- 2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 4th
- B. Duensing pitching for MIN
  MIN
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 5th
- T. Blackley pitching for OAK
  MIN
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 5th
- B. Duensing pitching for MIN
  MIN
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 6th
- T. Blackley pitching for OAK
  MIN
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 6th
- B. Duensing pitching for MIN
  MIN
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 7th
- T. Blackley pitching for OAK
  MIN
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 7th
- C. Fien pitching for MIN
  MIN
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 8th
- T. Blackley pitching for OAK
  MIN
  OAK
- 1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 8th
- C. Fien pitching for MIN
  MIN
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 9th
- T. Blackley pitching for OAK
  MIN
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 9th
- A. Burnett pitching for MIN
  MIN
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors

Twins
7
Athletics
2

Game 1

21/8

Twins
1
Athletics
4

Game 2

22/8

Twins
1
Athletics
5

Game 3

22/8

Oakland Coliseum

3:05 AM, 21 August 2012

Oakland, California

Attendance: 10,274

Game Time:3:07

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Larry Vanover
First Base Umpire - Dan Bellino
Second Base Umpire - Mark Ripperger
Third Base Umpire - Mike Estabrook

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	88	74	.543	-	W2
Detroit	87	75	.537	1	L1
Kansas City	82	80	.506	6	W2
Minnesota	70	92	.432	18	L1
Chicago	60	102	.370	28	W1

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Minnesota Twins @ Oakland Athletics

B. Duensing3-8

B. McCarthy6-5

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Pitch
1 Ball
2 Strike Looking
3 Foul Ball
4 Ball
5 Foul Ball
6 Foul Ball
7 Foul Out