Athletics 6, Twins 5

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
M Kotsay CF	8	0	2	1	0	1	2	.311
M McLemore 2B	4	0	1	0	0	2	2	.256
a-M Scutaro PH-2B-SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.278
E Chavez 3B	7	1	2	0	1	0	0	.277
J Dye RF	7	1	1	1	1	1	2	.273
S Hatteberg 1B	7	1	2	0	1	1	4	.293
E Durazo DH	8	1	3	1	0	2	2	.303
D Miller C	8	1	2	3	0	1	1	.294
B Crosby SS	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	.266
E German 2B	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.231
E Byrnes LF	7	0	1	0	0	3	1	.281
Totals	67	6	16	6	3	13	17
a-grounded to shortstop for M Mclemore in the 10th
BATTING 2B: D Miller (20, C Silva) RBI: D Miller 3 (46), M Kotsay (46), J Dye (62), E Durazo (56) S: B Crosby 2-out RBI: M Kotsay, E Durazo, D Miller GIDP: J Dye, B Crosby Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: M Kotsay 1, E German 1, S Hatteberg 1 Team LOB: 11
FIELDING DP: 2 (B Crosby-M McLemore-S Hatteberg, E Chavez-S Hatteberg). Outfield Assist: M Kotsay (L Ford at 3rd base).

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
M Mulder	8.0	6	3	3	4	4	1	111-61	3.49
J Mecir	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12-10	4.11
J Lehr	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5-2	4.64
R Rincon	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2-2	3.90
J Duchscherer	4.1	1	0	0	2	3	0	67-40	2.86
C Hammond (W, 4-1)	3.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	40-22	3.67
O Dotel (S, 22)	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	1	26-18	5.54
Totals	18.0	11	5	5	8	13	2	263-155
PITCHING WP: M Mulder IBB: J Offerman (By J Duchscherer) HBP: C Koskie (By J Mecir); L Ford (By J Lehr) Batters faced: M Mulder 32; J Mecir 4; J Lehr 3; R Rincon 1; J Duchscherer 15; C Hammond 10; O Dotel 6 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: M Mulder 14-5; J Mecir 1-0; J Lehr 1-0; R Rincon 0-1; J Duchscherer 5-5; C Hammond 1-4; O Dotel 0-2 Game Scores: M Mulder 58

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
S Stewart LF	7	0	1	1	0	1	2	.302
C Guzman SS	7	2	3	1	1	2	1	.284
L Ford RF	4	1	1	0	3	1	2	.298
J Morneau DH	7	1	3	3	1	0	4	.280
T Hunter CF	8	0	1	0	0	2	8	.270
M LeCroy 1B	7	0	1	0	1	1	1	.263
C Koskie 3B	6	0	0	0	1	2	2	.232
H Blanco C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211
a-J Jones PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.255
R Bowen C	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.188
c-M Cuddyer PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.257
L Rivas 2B	5	1	1	0	0	2	1	.250
b-J Offerman PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.248
A Ojeda PR-2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	59	5	11	5	8	13	23
a-struck out looking for H Blanco in the 9th b-intentionally walked for L Rivas in the 14th c-fouled out to second for R Bowen in the 18th
BATTING 3B: L Rivas (4, M Mulder) HR: C Guzman (6, 8th inning off M Mulder 0 on, 0 Out); J Morneau (8, 18th inning off O Dotel 1 on, 0 Out) RBI: J Morneau 3 (22), S Stewart (29), C Guzman (31) S: R Bowen SF: S Stewart 2-out RBI: J Morneau GIDP: T Hunter, S Stewart Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: T Hunter 3 Team LOB: 12
BASERUNNING SB: L Ford (15, 2nd base off M Mulder/D Miller) CS: C Guzman (5, 2nd base by M Mulder/D Miller)
FIELDING DP: 2 (C Guzman-L Rivas-M LeCroy, C Koskie-L Rivas-M LeCroy).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
C Silva	7.0	8	3	3	1	3	0	103-69	4.21
J Romero	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	33-16	3.59
A Fultz	1.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	20-11	4.01
J Crain	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6-5	0.00
J Nathan	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	10-9	0.87
J Roa	5.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	60-42	3.64
T Mulholland (L, 5-9)	1.0	5	3	3	0	0	0	19-12	5.14
Totals	18.0	16	6	6	3	13	0	251-164
PITCHING Batters faced: C Silva 29; J Romero 7; A Fultz 6; J Crain 2; J Nathan 3; J Roa 16; T Mulholland 8 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Silva 13-5; J Romero 2-2; A Fultz 1-1; J Crain 2-0; J Nathan 0-0; J Roa 7-5; T Mulholland 1-2 Game Scores: C Silva 51

Scoring Summary
			OAK	MIN
	3rd	J Morneau singled to center, C Guzman scored, L Ford to third.	0	1
	5th	S Stewart hit sacrifice fly to left, L Rivas scored.	0	2
	7th	D Miller doubled to deep left center, S Hatteberg and E Durazo scored.	2	2
	7th	M Kotsay singled to center, D Miller scored.	3	2
	8th	C Guzman homered to left.	3	3
	18th	J Dye singled to center, M Scutaro scored, E Chavez to second.	4	3
	18th	E Durazo singled to deep right, E Chavez scored, J Dye to third.	5	3
	18th	D Miller singled to center, J Dye scored, E Durazo to second.	6	3
	18th	J Morneau homered to center, L Ford scored.	6	5
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Game Notes

OAKLAND PITCHER RICARDO RINCON LEFT THE GAME IN THE TENTH INNING WITH A STRAINED LEFT HAMSTRING.

OAKLAND SHORTSTOP BOBBY CROSBY LEFT THE GAME IN THE 15TH INNING WITH BACK SPASMS.

Game Information
Stadium	Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	25,976 (55.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	4:57
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Chuck Meriwether, First Base - Mike Reilly, Second Base - C.B. Bucknor, Third Base - Eric Cooper

Oakland leads 2-1 (as of 8/8)

Boston	11	Final
Detroit	9

Toronto	2	Final
NY Yankees	8

Seattle	1	Final
Tampa Bay	5

Texas	5	Final
Baltimore	11

Montreal	5	Final
Houston	2	in 10

Oakland	6	Final
Minnesota	5	in 18

NY Mets	2	Final
St. Louis	6

Cleveland	2	Final
Chi White Sox	3

Cincinnati	14	Final
Colorado	7

Milwaukee	2	Final
Florida	0

Pittsburgh	4	Final
San Diego	2

Philadelphia	4	Final
LA Dodgers	1

Atlanta	11	Final
Arizona	4

Anaheim	6	Final
Kansas City	4

Chi Cubs	3	Final
San Francisco	6

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