Minnesota Twins vs. Oakland Athletics - Box Score - June 06, 2010 - ESPN

Scores for Jun 6, 2010

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Minnesota won 2-1

Game 1: Friday, June 4
Minnesota	5	Final in 11
Oakland	4	Final in 11
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Game 2: Saturday, June 5
Minnesota	4	Final
Oakland	3	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, June 6
Minnesota	4	Final
Oakland	5	Final
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Twins 4

(33-24, 15-15 away)

Athletics 5

(30-28, 19-11 home)

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4:05 PM ET, June 6, 2010

O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	8	1
OAK	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	5	13	1

W: G. Gonzalez (6-3)

L: N. Blackburn (6-3)

S: M. Wuertz (1)

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF	5	1	1	0	0	0	22	.264	.343	.353
M Tolbert 2B	3	0	0	1	0	1	12	.143	.136	.143
J Mauer DH	3	1	0	0	1	0	18	.311	.385	.443
J Kubel RF	3	0	0	0	1	0	21	.225	.338	.367
D Young LF	4	2	2	2	0	0	12	.275	.317	.467
D Valencia 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	13	.214	.267	.214
a-J Thome PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	.245	.380	.480
J Hardy PR-SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.265	.333
B Harris 1B	4	0	1	0	0	2	18	.162	.243	.222
N Punto SS-3B	4	0	3	0	0	1	10	.225	.305	.279
D Butera C	3	0	0	0	0	2	19	.147	.171	.176
b-J Morneau PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	10	.370	.483	.688
Totals	34	4	8	3	2	7	158
a-doubled to deep right center for D Valencia in the 8th b-struck out swinging for D Butera in the 9th
BATTING 2B: J Thome (8, J Blevins) 3B: D Span (4, G Gonzalez) HR: D Young (6, 8th inning off T Ross 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: M Tolbert (2), D Young 2 (34) SF: M Tolbert 2-out RBI: D Young 2 Twins RISP: 1-4 (B Harris 1-2, D Butera 0-1, D Span 0-1) Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING SB: N Punto (5, 2nd base off G Gonzalez/K Suzuki)
FIELDING E: D Young (2, bobble) Outfield Assist: D Young (D Barton at Home).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
N Blackburn (L, 6-3)	2.2	10	5	5	1	0	0	67-42	5.21
B Duensing	2.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	35-23	1.52
R Mahay	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	18-12	5.52
A Burnett	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7-7	2.30
Totals	8.0	13	5	5	1	3	0	127-84
PITCHING HBP: R Davis (By N Blackburn) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: N Blackburn 7/18; B Duensing 4/9; R Mahay 2/7; A Burnett 3/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: N Blackburn 17-2-7-16; B Duensing 6-2-7-8; R Mahay 3-2-1-6; A Burnett 2-2-1-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: N Blackburn 2-4; B Duensing 3-3; R Mahay 3-2; A Burnett 1-1 Game Scores: N Blackburn 17

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
R Davis CF	4	1	1	0	0	0	13	.256	.304	.342
D Barton 1B	3	1	1	0	1	0	16	.281	.397	.438
R Sweeney RF	4	0	2	1	0	0	12	.309	.350	.402
K Suzuki C	4	1	1	0	0	0	13	.264	.327	.471
J Cust DH	4	1	3	1	0	1	13	.295	.386	.377
K Kouzmanoff 3B	4	1	3	1	0	1	19	.261	.300	.390
G Gross LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	11	.276	.306	.371
M Ellis 2B	4	0	1	1	0	1	16	.304	.382	.405
C Pennington SS	4	0	1	1	0	0	14	.207	.287	.311
Totals	34	5	13	5	1	3	127
BATTING 2B: R Davis (9, N Blackburn); R Sweeney (12, N Blackburn) RBI: J Cust (5), K Kouzmanoff (30), R Sweeney (26), M Ellis (12), C Pennington (19) S: G Gross 2-out RBI: J Cust, K Kouzmanoff, R Sweeney, M Ellis, C Pennington Athletics RISP: 6-13 (K Kouzmanoff 1-1, R Davis 0-1, G Gross 0-2, D Barton 1-1, C Pennington 1-2, J Cust 1-2, M Ellis 1-2, R Sweeney 1-1, K Suzuki 0-1) Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING CS: R Davis (4, 2nd base by N Blackburn/D Butera)
FIELDING E: K Kouzmanoff (5, throw)

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
G Gonzalez (W, 6-3)	7.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	117-79	3.58
C Breslow (H, 2)	0.2	0	1	1	1	0	0	10-4	2.84
T Ross	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	3-1	6.14
J Blevins (H, 6)	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	9-5	4.79
M Wuertz (S, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	19-14	6.30
Totals	9.0	8	4	4	2	7	1	158-103
PITCHING T Ross pitched to 1 batter in the 8th First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: G Gonzalez 18/28; C Breslow 0/3; T Ross 0/1; J Blevins 1/2; M Wuertz 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: G Gonzalez 16-16-24-23; C Breslow 2-0-0-2; T Ross 0-0-0-1; J Blevins 2-0-2-1; M Wuertz 2-4-7-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: G Gonzalez 9-8; C Breslow 1-1; T Ross 0-0; J Blevins 0-0; M Wuertz 0-1 Game Scores: G Gonzalez 60

Scoring Summary

			MIN	OAK
	1st	J Cust singled to right, D Barton scored, K Suzuki to third.	0	1
	1st	K Kouzmanoff reached on infield single to shortstop, K Suzuki scored, J Cust to second.	0	2
	2nd	B Harris reached on infield single to third, D Young scored on throwing error by third baseman K Kouzmanoff.	1	2
	2nd	R Sweeney doubled to left, R Davis scored, D Barton thrown out at home.	1	3
	3rd	M Tolbert hit sacrifice fly to left, D Span scored.	2	3
	3rd	M Ellis singled to center, J Cust scored, K Kouzmanoff to third.	2	4
	3rd	C Pennington singled to right, K Kouzmanoff scored, M Ellis to third.	2	5
	8th	D Young homered to left (415 feet), J Mauer scored.	4	5
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Game Information

Stadium	O.co Coliseum, Oakland, CA
Attendance	20,059 (57.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:45
Weather	68 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	17 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Larry Vanover, First Base - Jeff Kellogg, Second Base - Jeff Nelson, Third Base - Mark Carlson