Athletics 3, 
Twins 2
| W: | J. Devine (4-0) |
| L: | C. Breslow (0-2) |
| Minnesota Twins | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| D Span RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .308 |
| A Casilla 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .296 |
| J Mauer C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .317 |
| J Morneau 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .308 |
| R Ruiz DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .320 |
| a-J Kubel PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| D Young LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .282 |
| B Harris 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .260 |
| N Punto SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .293 |
| C Gomez CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .253 |
| Totals | 29 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| a-grounded to third for R Ruiz in the 9th | ||||||||
| BATTING 2B: J Morneau (37, D Eveland); D Young (23, D Eveland) RBI: J Morneau (103), N Punto (25) SF: J Morneau GIDP: C Gomez, N Punto, B Harris Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: D Span 1, R Ruiz 2 Team LOB: 5 | ||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: D Span (13, 3rd base off D Eveland/R Bowen); A Casilla (5, 2nd base off D Eveland/R Bowen); N Punto (9, 2nd base off D Eveland/R Bowen) | ||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (A Casilla-N Punto-J Morneau). | ||||||||
| Minnesota Twins | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| N Blackburn | 5.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 95-61 | 3.75 |
| D Reyes | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10-7 | 2.39 |
| B Bonser | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13-8 | 6.14 |
| C Breslow (L, 0-2) | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-3 | 2.57 |
| J Crain | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12-5 | 3.98 |
| Totals | 8.1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 133-84 | |
| PITCHING Batters faced: N Blackburn 24; D Reyes 3; B Bonser 4; C Breslow 2; J Crain 2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: N Blackburn 6-9; D Reyes 0-1; B Bonser 0-2; C Breslow 1-0; J Crain 0-0 Game Scores: N Blackburn 49 | |||||||||
| Oakland Athletics | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| R Davis CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .276 |
| B Crosby SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .249 |
| J Cust LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .226 |
| F Thomas DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .236 |
| R Sweeney RF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .291 |
| D Barton 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .217 |
| J Hannahan 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .222 |
| a-E Brown PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .249 |
| C Pennington PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 |
| R Bowen C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .171 |
| b-K Suzuki PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .284 |
| E Patterson 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .196 |
| Totals | 31 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |
| a-walked for J Hannahan in the 9th b-doubled to deep left center for R Bowen in the 9th | ||||||||
| BATTING 2B: F Thomas (7, N Blackburn); B Crosby (35, N Blackburn); K Suzuki (21, J Crain) RBI: D Barton (37), K Suzuki (37) S: D Barton 2-out RBI: D Barton GIDP: D Barton Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: J Hannahan 1, R Sweeney 1 Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||
| FIELDING E: E Patterson (3, ground ball) DP: 4 (B Crosby-E Patterson, E Patterson-B Crosby-D Barton, B Crosby-D Barton, J Hannahan-E Patterson-D Barton). | ||||||||
| Oakland Athletics | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| D Eveland | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 97-57 | 4.21 |
| J Blevins | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11-8 | 3.04 |
| J Devine (W, 4-0) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11-5 | 0.80 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 119-70 | |
| PITCHING Batters faced: D Eveland 28; J Blevins 3; J Devine 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Eveland 10-8; J Blevins 0-1; J Devine 3-0 Game Scores: D Eveland 58 | |||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| MIN | OAK | |||
 | 4th | D Barton grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, F Thomas scored, R Sweeney out at second. | 0 | 1 |
 | 6th | J Morneau hit sacrifice fly to left, D Span scored. | 1 | 1 |
| 6th | D Barton singled to left, B Crosby scored, R Sweeney to second. | 1 | 2 |
| 7th | N Punto singled to center, D Young scored. | 2 | 2 |
| 9th | K Suzuki doubled to deep left center, R Sweeney scored, C Pennington to third. | 2 | 3 |
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| Game Information | |
| Stadium | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium, Oakland, CA |
| Attendance | 12,357 (35.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:37 |
| Weather | 86 degrees, clear |
| Wind | 7 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Bill Miller, First Base - Jerry Meals, Second Base - Gary Darling, Third Base - Paul Emmel |
MLB Scores
Thursday, August 28th 2008
| Boston | 2 | Final |
| NY Yankees | 3 |
| Cincinnati | 2 | Final |
| Houston | 3 |
| Florida | 2 | Final |
| Atlanta | 4 |
| LA Dodgers | 2 | Final |
| Washington | 11 |
| Toronto | 2 | Final |
| Tampa Bay | 3 |
| Philadelphia | 4 | Final |
| Chi Cubs | 6 |
| Texas | 5 | Final |
| LA Angels | 7 |
| Minnesota | 2 | Final |
| Oakland | 3 |