Oakland Athletics vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - July 15, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Jul 15, 2012

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Oakland won 3-0

Game 1: Friday, July 13
Oakland	6	Final
Minnesota	3	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, July 14
Oakland	9	Final
Minnesota	3	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, July 15
Oakland	9	Final
Minnesota	4	Final
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Athletics 9

(46-43, 22-23 away)

Twins 4

(36-52, 17-28 home)

Alerts

2:10 PM ET, July 15, 2012

Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	9	13	1
MIN	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	10	0

W: J. Parker (6-4)

L: B. Duensing (1-6)

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Weeks 2B	5	3	2	0	1	0	30	.225	.313	.311
J Gomes LF	4	3	3	2	0	0	20	.252	.368	.484
J Reddick CF	5	0	1	0	0	1	26	.268	.346	.521
Y Cespedes DH	5	1	4	3	0	0	12	.283	.341	.505
C Carter 1B	2	1	1	1	3	0	24	.346	.452	.962
B Inge 3B	5	0	0	0	0	2	20	.199	.263	.345
D Norris C	4	0	0	1	1	1	15	.204	.278	.327
S Smith RF	5	1	1	1	0	0	22	.251	.361	.455
B Hicks SS	5	0	1	0	0	1	21	.147	.194	.235
Totals	40	9	13	8	5	5	190
BATTING HR: J Gomes (10, 2nd inning off B Duensing 1 on, 1 Out); Y Cespedes (11, 2nd inning off B Duensing 0 on, 2 Out); C Carter (5, 2nd inning off B Duensing 0 on, 2 Out); S Smith (10, 6th inning off J Gray 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: Y Cespedes 3 (42), D Norris (7), J Gomes 2 (28), C Carter (9), S Smith (30) 2-out RBI: D Norris, Y Cespedes 2, C Carter Athletics RISP: 2-8 (Y Cespedes 2-2, B Inge 0-3, J Reddick 0-2, S Smith 0-1) Team LOB: 10
FIELDING E: J Parker (2, throw) DP: 1 (B Hicks-C Carter).

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Parker (W, 6-4)	6.0	9	4	4	0	4	0	92-63	3.07
J Blevins	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	16-13	2.39
E Scribner	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	15-11	0.00
Totals	9.0	10	4	4	0	6	0	123-87
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Parker 15/27; J Blevins 5/5; E Scribner 4/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Parker 10-11-19-23; J Blevins 7-1-2-3; E Scribner 5-0-1-5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Parker 8-6; J Blevins 1-2; E Scribner 3-1 Game Scores: J Parker 42

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
B Revere CF	5	0	0	0	0	1	15	.309	.342	.359
D Mastroianni RF	4	1	1	0	0	1	12	.268	.350	.352
J Mauer 1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	20	.327	.414	.444
J Willingham LF	4	0	1	1	0	1	13	.268	.381	.563
J Morneau DH	4	1	1	0	0	1	14	.246	.309	.436
T Plouffe 3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	14	.253	.322	.531
R Doumit C	4	1	2	1	0	1	12	.292	.347	.461
B Dozier SS	4	0	2	1	0	0	14	.245	.276	.345
A Casilla 2B	3	0	1	1	0	0	9	.236	.271	.303
Totals	36	4	10	4	0	6	123
BATTING 2B: R Doumit (18, J Parker) RBI: J Willingham (65), A Casilla (15), R Doumit (37), B Dozier (24) SF: A Casilla GIDP: J Morneau Twins RISP: 1-9 (J Willingham 0-1, A Casilla 0-1, D Mastroianni 0-1, R Doumit 1-1, B Dozier 0-1, B Revere 0-2, J Morneau 0-1, T Plouffe 0-1) Team LOB: 6

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B Duensing (L, 1-6)	2.0	7	6	6	2	3	3	67-44	5.06
C Fien	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	37-28	0.00
J Gray	0.2	2	3	3	1	1	1	22-13	4.70
A Burnett	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	13-6	2.84
T Robertson	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7-5	5.14
J Burton	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	25-15	2.48
G Perkins	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	19-14	3.03
Totals	9.0	13	9	9	5	5	4	190-125
PITCHING WP: A Burnett HBP: J Gomes (By J Gray) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Duensing 8/15; C Fien 5/10; J Gray 4/6; A Burnett 2/2; T Robertson 2/3; J Burton 2/6; G Perkins 3/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Duensing 10-5-19-10; C Fien 6-3-11-8; J Gray 3-4-3-3; A Burnett 0-0-5-1; T Robertson 1-0-1-3; J Burton 4-2-4-5; G Perkins 5-2-3-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Duensing 3-0; C Fien 4-4; J Gray 0-1; A Burnett 1-0; T Robertson 2-1; J Burton 2-1; G Perkins 2-1 Game Scores: B Duensing 19

Scoring Summary

			OAK	MIN
	1st	Y Cespedes singled to right, J Weeks scored, J Gomes to third.	1	0
	1st	D Norris walked, J Gomes scored, Y Cespedes to third, C Carter to second.	2	0
	1st	J Willingham grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, D Mastroianni scored, J Mauer safe at second on throwing error by pitcher J Parker.	2	1
	2nd	J Gomes homered to left center (389 feet), J Weeks scored.	4	1
	2nd	Y Cespedes homered to center (418 feet).	5	1
	2nd	C Carter homered to right center (434 feet).	6	1
	2nd	A Casilla hit sacrifice fly to center, R Doumit scored, B Dozier to third.	6	2
	6th	S Smith homered to right (400 feet).	7	2
	6th	Y Cespedes singled to center, J Weeks scored, J Gomes to second.	8	2
	6th	J Gomes scored, Y Cespedes to third, C Carter to second on wild pitch by A Burnett.	9	2
	6th	R Doumit doubled to deep right, J Morneau scored, T Plouffe to third.	9	3
	6th	B Dozier grounded out to second, T Plouffe scored, R Doumit to third.	9	4
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Game Notes

YOENIS CESPEDES AND CHRIS CARTER OF THE ATHLETICS HIT BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS IN THE SECOND INNING.

Game Information

Stadium	Target Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	36,853 (93.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:14
Weather	89 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	5 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Alan Porter, First Base - Bob Davidson, Second Base - Brian Gorman, Third Base - Todd Tichenor