Oakland Athletics vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - May 28, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for May 28, 2012

Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

Minnesota leads 1-0 (as of 5/28)

Game 1: Monday, May 28
Oakland	4	Final
Minnesota	5	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, May 29
Oakland	2	Final
Minnesota	3	Final
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Game 3: Wednesday, May 30
Oakland	0	Final
Minnesota	4	Final
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Athletics 4

(22-27, 12-12 away)

Twins 5

(16-32, 7-17 home)

Alerts

2:10 PM ET, May 28, 2012

Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	10	1
MIN	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	-	5	6	2

W: A. Burnett (2-0)

L: R. Cook (1-1)

S: M. Capps (10)

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Weeks 2B	4	0	2	0	1	0	22	.213	.296	.315
C Crisp CF	5	0	0	0	0	0	19	.156	.206	.167
J Reddick RF	4	2	2	1	1	0	18	.276	.338	.568
J Gomes DH	3	1	0	0	2	2	21	.227	.364	.412
B Inge 3B	2	0	0	0	1	0	17	.182	.257	.455
K Suzuki C	4	0	1	1	0	1	13	.211	.248	.265
K Ka'aihue 1B	4	1	1	1	0	1	21	.243	.289	.402
C Cowgill LF	4	0	3	0	0	0	12	.234	.294	.234
A Rosales SS	3	0	1	0	0	1	12	.200	.467	.200
a-S Smith PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.227	.351	.352
Totals	34	4	10	3	5	5	157
a-flied out to left for A Rosales in the 9th
BATTING 3B: J Reddick (2, S Diamond) HR: J Reddick (14, 1st inning off S Diamond 0 on, 2 Out); K Ka'Aihue (3, 2nd inning off S Diamond 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: J Reddick (27), K Ka'aihue (11), K Suzuki (15) 2-out RBI: J Reddick, K Ka'aihue GIDP: C Crisp 2, B Inge, K Ka'aihue Athletics RISP: 1-9 (K Ka'aihue 0-1, J Weeks 0-2, B Inge 0-1, C Crisp 0-3, J Gomes 0-1, K Suzuki 1-1) Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING CS: C Cowgill (2, 2nd base by S Diamond) Picked Off: C Cowgill (1st base by S Diamond)
FIELDING E: T Blackley (1, throw) DP: 2 (J Weeks-A Rosales-K Ka'aihue, A Rosales-J Weeks-K Ka'aihue).

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
T Blackley	5.0	3	1	1	1	3	1	72-43	0.82
J Norberto (B, 1)	0.2	1	2	2	2	0	0	24-11	4.07
G Balfour	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	17-8	3.70
R Cook (L, 1-1; B, 1)	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	27-13	0.75
Totals	8.0	6	5	5	6	3	1	140-75
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: T Blackley 10/18; J Norberto 1/5; G Balfour 4/5; R Cook 3/7 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: T Blackley 12-5-12-14; J Norberto 4-2-2-3; G Balfour 3-0-1-4; R Cook 4-1-3-5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: T Blackley 9-3; J Norberto 1-1; G Balfour 1-3; R Cook 1-2 Game Scores: T Blackley 59

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	16	.306	.362	.404
D Mastroianni RF	3	1	0	0	1	1	15	.120	.241	.120
J Mauer C	3	2	2	0	1	0	17	.306	.412	.422
J Willingham LF	3	1	1	1	1	0	25	.271	.399	.535
J Morneau 1B	3	0	1	2	0	1	19	.240	.304	.529
R Doumit DH	2	0	0	1	1	0	14	.260	.331	.439
B Dozier SS	3	0	0	0	1	0	13	.238	.258	.357
T Plouffe 3B	4	1	1	1	0	1	13	.160	.262	.351
J Carroll 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.324	.273
A Casilla 2B	2	0	0	0	1	0	8	.244	.293	.317
Totals	27	5	6	5	6	3	140
BATTING 2B: J Willingham (15, J Norberto); J Morneau (8, R Cook) HR: T Plouffe (5, 5th inning off T Blackley 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: T Plouffe (8), J Willingham (29), J Morneau 2 (25), R Doumit (25) SF: R Doumit, J Morneau 2-out RBI: T Plouffe GIDP: J Mauer, B Dozier Twins RISP: 2-5 (J Willingham 1-1, R Doumit 0-1, T Plouffe 0-1, J Morneau 1-2) Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING SB: D Mastroianni (1, 3rd base off J Norberto/K Suzuki); J Mauer (3, 2nd base off R Cook/K Suzuki)
FIELDING E: T Plouffe (4, ground ball); A Casilla (4, ground ball) DP: 4 (B Dozier-A Casilla-J Morneau 2, T Plouffe-A Casilla-J Morneau, A Casilla-B Dozier-J Morneau).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
S Diamond	6.1	9	3	3	1	4	2	99-62	2.27
J Gray	1.0	0	1	1	2	0	0	24-11	4.35
A Burnett (W, 2-0)	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	13-8	2.84
M Capps (S, 10)	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	21-10	3.79
Totals	9.0	10	4	4	5	5	2	157-91
PITCHING WP: S Diamond IBB: J Reddick (By M Capps) HBP: B Inge (By S Diamond) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: S Diamond 18/27; J Gray 2/5; A Burnett 2/2; M Capps 3/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: S Diamond 25-5-11-21; J Gray 3-1-4-3; A Burnett 3-0-3-2; M Capps 3-2-2-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S Diamond 12-2; J Gray 0-3; A Burnett 2-0; M Capps 1-1 Game Scores: S Diamond 46

Scoring Summary

			OAK	MIN
	1st	J Reddick homered to right (387 feet).	1	0
	2nd	K Ka'aihue homered to right (366 feet).	2	0
	5th	T Plouffe homered to left (402 feet).	2	1
	6th	B Inge grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, J Reddick scored, J Gomes out at second.	3	1
	6th	J Willingham doubled to deep left, D Mastroianni scored, J Mauer to third.	3	2
	6th	J Morneau hit sacrifice fly to left, J Mauer scored, J Willingham to third.	3	3
	8th	K Suzuki singled to center, J Gomes scored, B Inge to second.	4	3
	8th	J Morneau doubled to left, J Mauer scored, J Willingham to third.	4	4
	8th	R Doumit hit sacrifice fly to left, J Willingham scored.	4	5
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Game Information

Stadium	Target Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	34,709 (87.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:22
Weather	74 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	14 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Tim Mcclelland, First Base - Brian Runge, Second Base - Ted Barrett, Third Base - Marvin Hudson