Minnesota Twins vs. Los Angeles Angels - Box Score - August 23, 2008 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 23, 2008

Final

Series: Game 3 of 4

Minnesota leads 2-1 (as of 8/23)

Game 1: Thursday, August 21
Minnesota	2	Final in 12
LA Angels	1	Final in 12
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Game 2: Friday, August 22
Minnesota	9	Final
LA Angels	0	Final
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Game 3: Saturday, August 23
Minnesota	5	Final
LA Angels	7	Final
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Game 4: Sunday, August 24
Minnesota	3	Final
LA Angels	5	Final
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Twins 5

(74-55, 28-32 away)

Angels 7

(78-50, 38-25 home)

Alerts

9:05 PM ET, August 23, 2008

Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, California

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

W: D. Oliver (5-1)

L: N. Blackburn (9-8)

S: F. Rodriguez (49)

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
D Span RF	4	0	0	1	0	1	3	.319
A Casilla 2B	3	2	1	1	1	0	1	.304
J Mauer C	4	0	1	2	0	0	1	.322
J Morneau 1B	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	.303
J Kubel DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.273
D Young LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.284
B Buscher 3B	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	.311
N Punto SS	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.286
C Gomez CF	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	.257
a-M Lamb PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.234
Totals	34	5	8	5	1	4	9
a-struck out swinging for C Gomez in the 9th
BATTING HR: A Casilla (5, 4th inning off J Garland 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: A Casilla (40), D Span (27), J Mauer 2 (62), J Morneau (99) SF: D Span Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: J Kubel 1, D Span 1 Team LOB: 5
FIELDING E: B Buscher 2 (9, ground ball, throw) DP: 3 (B Buscher-A Casilla-J Morneau 2, N Punto-A Casilla-J Morneau).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
N Blackburn (L, 9-8)	4.2	10	6	3	2	0	0	79-54	3.78
B Bonser	2.2	2	1	1	1	2	1	33-21	6.22
C Breslow	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	6-3	2.36
Totals	8.0	12	7	4	3	3	1	118-78
PITCHING IBB: M Teixeira (By N Blackburn) Batters faced: N Blackburn 26; B Bonser 10; C Breslow 1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: N Blackburn 6-8; B Bonser 5-1; C Breslow 0-0 Game Scores: N Blackburn 24

Los Angeles Angels
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
C Figgins 3B	5	2	3	0	0	2	0	.282
E Aybar SS	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	.278
M Teixeira 1B	3	2	3	2	1	0	0	.367
V Guerrero RF	4	1	1	2	0	0	4	.285
T Hunter CF	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.273
G Anderson DH	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	.284
J Rivera LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	.249
H Kendrick 2B	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	.309
M Napoli C	2	2	0	0	1	1	2	.214
Totals	31	7	12	7	3	3	12
BATTING 2B: V Guerrero (21, N Blackburn) HR: M Teixeira (6, 6th inning off B Bonser 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: V Guerrero 2 (77), T Hunter (66), G Anderson (71), E Aybar (33), M Teixeira 2 (19) S: E Aybar, M Napoli SF: G Anderson 2-out RBI: M Teixeira GIDP: V Guerrero 2, J Rivera Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: M Napoli 1 Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING CS: H Kendrick (4, 3rd base by C Breslow/J Mauer)

Los Angeles Angels
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Garland	4.1	6	5	5	1	1	1	89-46	4.49
D Oliver (W, 5-1)	2.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	30-18	2.81
S Shields (H, 26)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9-6	2.68
F Rodriguez (S, 49)	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	16-10	2.65
Totals	9.0	8	5	5	1	4	1	144-80
PITCHING HBP: C Gomez (By J Garland) Batters faced: J Garland 21; D Oliver 9; S Shields 3; F Rodriguez 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Garland 5-7; D Oliver 3-4; S Shields 1-2; F Rodriguez 0-1 Game Scores: J Garland 31

Scoring Summary

			MIN	LAA
	3rd	V Guerrero doubled to deep center, M Napoli and C Figgins scored, M Teixeira to third.	0	2
	3rd	T Hunter safe at first on error by third baseman B Buscher, M Teixeira scored, V Guerrero to third.	0	3
	3rd	G Anderson hit sacrifice fly to center, V Guerrero scored.	0	4
	4th	A Casilla homered to right.	1	4
	4th	E Aybar singled to center, M Napoli scored, C Figgins to third.	1	5
	4th	M Teixeira singled to right, C Figgins scored, E Aybar to third.	1	6
	5th	D Span hit sacrifice fly to center, B Buscher scored, N Punto to third.	2	6
	5th	J Mauer singled to left center, N Punto and C Gomez scored, A Casilla to third, J Mauer to second advancing on throw.	4	6
	5th	J Morneau grounded out to first, A Casilla scored, J Mauer to third.	5	6
	6th	M Teixeira homered to right.	5	7
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Game Notes

JOE MAUER EXTENDED HIS HITTING STREAK TO 15 GAMES WITH A SINGLE IN THE TOP OF THE FIFTH INNING.