Final
Minnesota leads 1-0 (as of 5/28)
| Game 1: Monday, May 28 | ||
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| Oakland | 4 | Final |
| Minnesota | 5 | |
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| Game 2: Tuesday, May 29 | ||
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| Oakland | 2 | Final |
| Minnesota | 3 | |
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| Game 3: Wednesday, May 30 | ||
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| Oakland | 0 | Final |
| Minnesota | 4 | |
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2:10 PM ET, May 28, 2012
Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Oakland - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Scott Diamond pitching for Minnesota | OAK | MIN |
| J Weeks singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| C Crisp grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, J Weeks out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| J Reddick homered to right (387 feet). | 1 | 0 |
| J Gomes grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Travis Blackley pitching for Oakland | OAK | MIN |
| D Span singled to left. | 1 | 0 |
| D Mastroianni flied out to right. | 1 | 0 |
| J Mauer grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, D Span out at second. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Scott Diamond pitching for Minnesota | OAK | MIN |
| B Inge grounded out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| K Suzuki flied out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| K Ka'aihue homered to right (366 feet). | 2 | 0 |
| C Cowgill singled to right. | 2 | 0 |
| C Cowgill caught stealing second, pitcher to first to second. | 2 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Travis Blackley pitching for Oakland | OAK | MIN |
| J Willingham grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| J Morneau struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| R Doumit safe at first on throwing error by pitcher T Blackley. | 2 | 0 |
| B Dozier flied out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Scott Diamond pitching for Minnesota | OAK | MIN |
| A Rosales struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| J Weeks reached on infield single to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| C Crisp grounded into double play, third to second to first, J Weeks out at second. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Travis Blackley pitching for Oakland | OAK | MIN |
| T Plouffe struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| A Casilla grounded out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| D Span grounded out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Scott Diamond pitching for Minnesota | OAK | MIN |
| J Reddick popped out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| J Gomes struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| B Inge hit by pitch. | 2 | 0 |
| K Suzuki grounded out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Travis Blackley pitching for Oakland | OAK | MIN |
| D Mastroianni struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| J Mauer reached on infield single to third. | 2 | 0 |
| J Willingham grounded out to second, J Mauer to second. | 2 | 0 |
| J Morneau flied out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Scott Diamond pitching for Minnesota | OAK | MIN |
| K Ka'aihue grounded out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| C Cowgill reached on infield single to third. | 2 | 0 |
| A Rosales grounded into fielder's choice to third, C Cowgill safe at second on error by third baseman T Plouffe. | 2 | 0 |
| C Cowgill to third, A Rosales to second on wild pitch by S Diamond. | 2 | 0 |
| J Weeks grounded into fielder's choice to second, C Cowgill out at home. | 2 | 0 |
| C Crisp grounded out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Travis Blackley pitching for Oakland | OAK | MIN |
| R Doumit walked. | 2 | 0 |
| B Dozier grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, R Doumit out at second. | 2 | 0 |
| T Plouffe homered to left (402 feet). | 2 | 1 |
| A Casilla grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Scott Diamond pitching for Minnesota | OAK | MIN |
| J Reddick tripled to deep center. | 2 | 1 |
| J Gomes walked. | 2 | 1 |
| B Inge grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, J Reddick scored, J Gomes out at second. | 3 | 1 |
| K Suzuki struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jordan Norberto pitching for Oakland | OAK | MIN |
| J Norberto relieved T Blackley. | 3 | 1 |
| D Span grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 1 |
| D Mastroianni walked. | 3 | 1 |
| J Mauer walked, D Mastroianni to second. | 3 | 1 |
| D Mastroianni stole third. | 3 | 1 |
| J Willingham doubled to deep left, D Mastroianni scored, J Mauer to third. | 3 | 2 |
| J Morneau hit sacrifice fly to left, J Mauer scored, J Willingham to third. | 3 | 3 |
| G Balfour relieved J Norberto. | 3 | 3 |
| R Doumit flied out to left. | 3 | 3 |
| 2 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Scott Diamond pitching for Minnesota | OAK | MIN |
| K Ka'aihue struck out looking. | 3 | 3 |
| C Cowgill reached on infield single to shortstop. | 3 | 3 |
| A Rosales singled to left, C Cowgill to second. | 3 | 3 |
| J Gray relieved S Diamond. | 3 | 3 |
| J Weeks flied out to center. | 3 | 3 |
| C Crisp popped out to second. | 3 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Grant Balfour pitching for Oakland | OAK | MIN |
| B Dozier flied out to left. | 3 | 3 |
| T Plouffe flied out to right. | 3 | 3 |
| A Casilla walked. | 3 | 3 |
| D Span grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Jeff Gray pitching for Minnesota | OAK | MIN |
| J Reddick flied out to right. | 3 | 3 |
| J Gomes walked. | 3 | 3 |
| B Inge walked, J Gomes to second. | 3 | 3 |
| A Burnett relieved J Gray. | 3 | 3 |
| K Suzuki singled to center, J Gomes scored, B Inge to second. | 4 | 3 |
| K Ka'aihue grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, K Suzuki out at second. | 4 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Ryan Cook pitching for Oakland | OAK | MIN |
| R Cook relieved G Balfour. | 4 | 3 |
| D Mastroianni grounded out to first. | 4 | 3 |
| J Mauer reached on infield single to shortstop. | 4 | 3 |
| J Mauer stole second. | 4 | 3 |
| J Willingham walked. | 4 | 3 |
| J Morneau doubled to left, J Mauer scored, J Willingham to third. | 4 | 4 |
| R Doumit hit sacrifice fly to left, J Willingham scored. | 4 | 5 |
| B Dozier walked. | 4 | 5 |
| T Plouffe flied out to right. | 4 | 5 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Matt Capps pitching for Minnesota | OAK | MIN |
| J Carroll at third base. | 4 | 5 |
| M Capps relieved A Burnett. | 4 | 5 |
| C Cowgill safe at first on error by second baseman A Casilla. | 4 | 5 |
| S Smith hit for A Rosales. | 4 | 5 |
| S Smith flied out to left. | 4 | 5 |
| J Weeks walked, C Cowgill to second. | 4 | 5 |
| C Crisp grounded out to pitcher, C Cowgill to third, J Weeks to second. | 4 | 5 |
| J Reddick intentionally walked. | 4 | 5 |
| J Gomes struck out swinging. | 4 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||