Minnesota Twins vs. Oakland Athletics - Box Score - April 22, 2008 - ESPN

Scores for Apr 22, 2008

Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

Minnesota leads 1-0 (as of 4/22)

Game 1: Tuesday, April 22
Minnesota	5	Final
Oakland	4	Final
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Game 2: Wednesday, April 23
Minnesota	0	Final
Oakland	3	Final
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Game 3: Thursday, April 24
Minnesota	2	Final
Oakland	11	Final
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Twins 5

(10-10, 4-4 away)

Athletics 4

(12-9, 6-7 home)

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10:05 PM ET, April 22, 2008

O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	5	12	2
OAK	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	4	8	1

W: J. Rincon (2-0)

L: J. Blanton (1-4)

S: J. Nathan (7)

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
C Gomez CF	5	0	0	0	0	4	4	.230
B Harris 2B	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	.297
J Mauer C	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	.288
J Morneau 1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.268
D Young LF	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	.250
J Kubel RF	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.265
D Span PR-RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222
C Monroe DH	4	2	3	3	0	1	2	.300
M Lamb 3B	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	.186
M Tolbert PR-3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400
N Punto SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	.292
Totals	39	5	12	5	0	10	15
BATTING 2B: D Young (3, J Blanton); C Monroe (4, J Blanton); M Lamb (5, J Blanton) HR: C Monroe (1, 7th inning off J Blanton 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: C Monroe 3 (6), M Lamb (8), J Kubel (13) 2-out RBI: C Monroe, J Kubel Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: C Gomez 1, J Mauer 2, C Monroe 2 Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING SB: D Span (3, 2nd base off S Casilla/K Suzuki); N Punto (2, 2nd base off S Casilla/K Suzuki)
FIELDING E: N Punto (1, ground ball); C Gomez (1, bobble) DP: 1 (N Punto-B Harris-J Morneau).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
L Hernandez	6.0	7	4	4	2	3	1	109-70	3.55
J Rincon (W, 2-0)	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	23-13	4.70
P Neshek (H, 4)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7-6	5.00
J Nathan (S, 7)	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	16-10	0.00
Totals	9.0	8	4	4	3	8	1	155-99
PITCHING Batters faced: L Hernandez 27; J Rincon 4; P Neshek 3; J Nathan 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: L Hernandez 9-6; J Rincon 0-1; P Neshek 0-3; J Nathan 0-0 Game Scores: L Hernandez 43

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
K Suzuki C	5	0	1	2	0	1	1	.319
D Barton 1B	5	0	2	0	0	2	1	.275
M Ellis 2B	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	.238
J Cust DH	3	1	0	0	1	2	2	.148
E Brown RF	4	1	1	2	0	0	2	.290
R Sweeney CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292
B Crosby SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.310
C Denorfia LF	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	.297
J Hannahan 3B	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	.185
a-M Sweeney PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.288
D Murphy PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154
Totals	35	4	8	4	3	8	12
a-singled to center for J Hannahan in the 9th
BATTING 2B: C Denorfia (2, L Hernandez) HR: E Brown (2, 6th inning off L Hernandez 1 on, 0 Out) RBI: K Suzuki 2 (6), E Brown 2 (16) 2-out RBI: K Suzuki 2 GIDP: E Brown Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: J Hannahan 1, J Cust 1, M Ellis 2 Team LOB: 7
FIELDING E: J Hannahan (5, ground ball) Outfield Assist: C Denorfia (C Monroe at 2nd base).

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Blanton (L, 1-4)	7.2	9	5	4	0	7	1	109-77	4.32
A Embree	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3-3	4.66
S Casilla	1.1	2	0	0	0	3	0	26-17	0.00
Totals	9.0	12	5	4	0	10	1	138-97
PITCHING Batters faced: J Blanton 32; A Embree 1; S Casilla 6 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Blanton 10-5; A Embree 0-0; S Casilla 1-0 Game Scores: J Blanton 50

Scoring Summary

			MIN	OAK
	2nd	C Monroe singled to left, D Young scored, C Monroe out stretching at second.	1	0
	5th	C Monroe doubled to deep right center, J Kubel scored, C Monroe to third advancing on throw.	2	0
	5th	M Lamb doubled to left, C Monroe scored.	3	0
	5th	K Suzuki singled to right center, B Crosby and C Denorfia scored.	3	2
	6th	E Brown homered to left, J Cust scored.	3	4
	7th	C Monroe homered to left.	4	4
	8th	J Kubel singled to center, J Mauer scored, D Young to third.	5	4
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