Final
Oakland leads 2-1 (as of 8/30)
| Game 1: Thursday, August 28 | ||
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| Minnesota | 2 | Final |
| Oakland | 3 | |
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| Game 2: Friday, August 29 | ||
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| Minnesota | 12 | Final |
| Oakland | 2 | |
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| Game 3: Saturday, August 30 | ||
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| Minnesota | 2 | Final |
| Oakland | 3 | |
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| Game 4: Sunday, August 31 | ||
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| Minnesota | 12 | Final |
| Oakland | 4 | |
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9:05 PM ET, August 30, 2008
O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Minnesota - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Braden pitching for Oakland | MIN | OAK |
| D Span lined out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| N Punto grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| J Mauer singled to right center. | 0 | 0 |
| J Mauer picked off first. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Francisco Liriano pitching for Minnesota | MIN | OAK |
| R Davis flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| K Suzuki grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| B Crosby flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Dallas Braden pitching for Oakland | MIN | OAK |
| J Morneau fouled out to catcher. | 0 | 0 |
| J Kubel singled to left. | 0 | 0 |
| D Young singled to right, J Kubel to second. | 0 | 0 |
| B Harris grounded into fielder's choice to third, D Young out at second, J Kubel to third. | 0 | 0 |
| A Casilla flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Francisco Liriano pitching for Minnesota | MIN | OAK |
| E Brown grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| R Sweeney grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| J Cust grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Dallas Braden pitching for Oakland | MIN | OAK |
| C Gomez struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| D Span flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| N Punto singled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| N Punto to second on balk by D Braden. | 0 | 0 |
| J Mauer flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Francisco Liriano pitching for Minnesota | MIN | OAK |
| D Barton singled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| C Pennington flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| E Patterson struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| R Davis grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, D Barton out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Dallas Braden pitching for Oakland | MIN | OAK |
| J Morneau grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| J Kubel walked. | 0 | 0 |
| D Young singled to right, J Kubel to second. | 0 | 0 |
| B Harris grounded into double play, third to first, J Kubel out at third. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Francisco Liriano pitching for Minnesota | MIN | OAK |
| K Suzuki grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| B Crosby doubled to deep left. | 0 | 0 |
| E Brown fouled out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| R Sweeney struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Dallas Braden pitching for Oakland | MIN | OAK |
| A Casilla safe at second on error by third baseman C Pennington. | 0 | 0 |
| C Gomez sacrificed to pitcher, A Casilla to third. | 0 | 0 |
| D Span homered to right, A Casilla scored. | 2 | 0 |
| N Punto fouled out to first. | 2 | 0 |
| J Mauer grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Francisco Liriano pitching for Minnesota | MIN | OAK |
| J Cust homered to right center. | 2 | 1 |
| D Barton struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| C Pennington fouled out to first. | 2 | 1 |
| E Patterson reached on infield single to second. | 2 | 1 |
| E Patterson stole second. | 2 | 1 |
| R Davis flied out to right. | 2 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Dallas Braden pitching for Oakland | MIN | OAK |
| J Morneau grounded out to second. | 2 | 1 |
| J Kubel walked. | 2 | 1 |
| D Young singled to right, J Kubel to second. | 2 | 1 |
| B Harris struck out looking. | 2 | 1 |
| A Casilla lined out to center. | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Francisco Liriano pitching for Minnesota | MIN | OAK |
| K Suzuki singled to left. | 2 | 1 |
| B Crosby flied out to center. | 2 | 1 |
| E Brown struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| R Sweeney grounded out to second. | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Alan Embree pitching for Oakland | MIN | OAK |
| A Embree relieved D Braden. | 2 | 1 |
| C Gomez bunt grounded out to third. | 2 | 1 |
| D Span walked. | 2 | 1 |
| D Span caught stealing second, pitcher to first to shortstop. | 2 | 1 |
| N Punto popped out to second. | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Francisco Liriano pitching for Minnesota | MIN | OAK |
| J Cust struck out looking. | 2 | 1 |
| D Barton grounded out to second. | 2 | 1 |
| M Ellis hit for C Pennington. | 2 | 1 |
| M Ellis struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Huston Street pitching for Oakland | MIN | OAK |
| J Hannahan at third base. | 2 | 1 |
| H Street relieved A Embree. | 2 | 1 |
| J Mauer flied out to left. | 2 | 1 |
| J Morneau flied out to center. | 2 | 1 |
| J Kubel struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Matt Guerrier pitching for Minnesota | MIN | OAK |
| M Guerrier relieved F Liriano. | 2 | 1 |
| E Patterson grounded out to second. | 2 | 1 |
| R Davis struck out looking. | 2 | 1 |
| K Suzuki flied out to center. | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Huston Street pitching for Oakland | MIN | OAK |
| D Young struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| B Harris struck out looking. | 2 | 1 |
| A Casilla grounded out to third. | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Joe Nathan pitching for Minnesota | MIN | OAK |
| J Nathan relieved M Guerrier. | 2 | 1 |
| B Crosby singled to left. | 2 | 1 |
| E Brown hit by pitch, B Crosby to second. | 2 | 1 |
| R Sweeney grounded into fielder's choice to third, B Crosby and E Brown scored on throwing error by pitcher J Nathan. | 2 | 3 |
| 2 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||