Minnesota Twins vs. Oakland Athletics - Play By Play - July 30, 2011

Scores for Jul 30, 2011

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Series tied 1-1 (as of 7/30)

Game 1: Friday, July 29
Minnesota	9	Final
Oakland	5	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, July 30
Minnesota	3	Final
Oakland	8	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, July 31
Minnesota	3	Final
Oakland	7	Final
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Twins 3

(50-57, 24-32 away)

Athletics 8

(48-59, 30-24 home)

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9:05 PM ET, July 30, 2011

O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California

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

W: G. Moscoso (4-5)

L: N. Blackburn (7-8)

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Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

Minnesota - Top of 1st	SCORE
Guillermo Moscoso pitching for Oakland	MIN	OAK
B Revere singled to center.	0	0
B Revere stole second.	0	0
T Plouffe bunt popped out to pitcher.	0	0
J Mauer flied out to center.	0	0
M Cuddyer singled to right, B Revere scored, M Cuddyer out at second.	1	0
1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 1st	SCORE
Nick Blackburn pitching for Minnesota	MIN	OAK
J Weeks flied out to left.	1	0
C Crisp singled to center.	1	0
C Crisp stole second, C Crisp safe at third on throwing error by catcher J Mauer.	1	0
H Matsui walked.	1	0
J Willingham hit sacrifice fly to left, C Crisp scored.	1	1
D DeJesus struck out swinging.	1	1
1 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors
Minnesota - Top of 2nd	SCORE
Guillermo Moscoso pitching for Oakland	MIN	OAK
J Kubel flied out to right.	1	1
J Thome doubled to right.	1	1
D Valencia popped out to second.	1	1
D Young singled to right center, J Thome scored.	2	1
T Nishioka singled to shallow left, D Young to second.	2	1
B Revere grounded out to first.	2	1
1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 2nd	SCORE
Nick Blackburn pitching for Minnesota	MIN	OAK
C Jackson singled to center.	2	1
C Pennington doubled to deep right, C Jackson to third.	2	1
S Sizemore walked.	2	1
L Powell grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, C Jackson scored, S Sizemore out at second, C Pennington to third.	2	2
J Weeks tripled to deep left center, C Pennington scored.	2	3
C Crisp walked.	2	3
C Crisp stole second.	2	3
H Matsui walked.	2	3
J Willingham flied out to center.	2	3
2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
Minnesota - Top of 3rd	SCORE
Guillermo Moscoso pitching for Oakland	MIN	OAK
T Plouffe struck out swinging.	2	3
J Mauer flied out to center.	2	3
M Cuddyer popped out to first.	2	3
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 3rd	SCORE
Nick Blackburn pitching for Minnesota	MIN	OAK
R Sweeney hit for D DeJesus.	2	3
R Sweeney grounded out to first.	2	3
C Jackson doubled to left.	2	3
C Pennington struck out swinging.	2	3
S Sizemore grounded out to third.	2	3
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Minnesota - Top of 4th	SCORE
Guillermo Moscoso pitching for Oakland	MIN	OAK
R Sweeney in right field.	2	3
J Kubel struck out looking.	2	3
J Thome flied out to right.	2	3
D Valencia flied out to center.	2	3
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 4th	SCORE
Nick Blackburn pitching for Minnesota	MIN	OAK
L Powell flied out to right.	2	3
J Weeks flied out to right.	2	3
C Crisp singled to right center.	2	3
C Crisp picked off first.	2	3
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Minnesota - Top of 5th	SCORE
Guillermo Moscoso pitching for Oakland	MIN	OAK
D Young walked.	2	3
T Nishioka fouled out to catcher.	2	3
B Revere grounded into double play, shortstop to first, D Young out at second.	2	3
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 5th	SCORE
Nick Blackburn pitching for Minnesota	MIN	OAK
H Matsui singled to right.	2	3
J Willingham doubled to left, H Matsui to third.	2	3
R Sweeney reached on infield single to shortstop, H Matsui scored.	2	4
C Jackson grounded out to first, J Willingham to third, R Sweeney to second.	2	4
C Pennington intentionally walked.	2	4
S Sizemore doubled to left, J Willingham, R Sweeney and C Pennington scored.	2	7
A Swarzak relieved N Blackburn.	2	7
L Powell grounded out to first, S Sizemore to third.	2	7
J Weeks struck out looking.	2	7
4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors
Minnesota - Top of 6th	SCORE
Guillermo Moscoso pitching for Oakland	MIN	OAK
T Plouffe flied out to left.	2	7
J Mauer flied out to left.	2	7
M Cuddyer flied out to right.	2	7
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 6th	SCORE
Anthony Swarzak pitching for Minnesota	MIN	OAK
C Crisp walked.	2	7
H Matsui grounded into fielder's choice to second, C Crisp to second.	2	7
J Willingham struck out swinging.	2	7
R Sweeney struck out swinging.	2	7
C Jackson reached on infield single to shortstop, C Crisp to third, H Matsui to second.	2	7
C Crisp scored, H Matsui to third, C Jackson to second on passed ball by J Mauer.	2	8
C Pennington popped out to shortstop.	2	8
1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Minnesota - Top of 7th	SCORE
Guillermo Moscoso pitching for Oakland	MIN	OAK
J Kubel singled to right.	2	8
J Thome flied out to right.	2	8
D Valencia singled to left, J Kubel to second.	2	8
B Ziegler relieved G Moscoso.	2	8
D Young struck out swinging.	2	8
T Nishioka grounded out to first.	2	8
0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 7th	SCORE
Anthony Swarzak pitching for Minnesota	MIN	OAK
S Sizemore struck out swinging.	2	8
L Powell flied out to left.	2	8
J Weeks flied out to left.	2	8
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Minnesota - Top of 8th	SCORE
Grant Balfour pitching for Oakland	MIN	OAK
G Balfour relieved B Ziegler.	2	8
B Revere grounded out to third.	2	8
T Plouffe popped out to shortstop.	2	8
J Mauer grounded out to second.	2	8
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 8th	SCORE
Jose Mijares pitching for Minnesota	MIN	OAK
J Mijares relieved A Swarzak.	2	8
C Crisp popped out to second.	2	8
H Matsui reached on infield single to shortstop.	2	8
J Willingham flied out to center.	2	8
R Sweeney flied out to center.	2	8
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Minnesota - Top of 9th	SCORE
Andrew Bailey pitching for Oakland	MIN	OAK
A Bailey relieved G Balfour.	2	8
M Cuddyer safe at second on throwing error by shortstop C Pennington.	2	8
J Kubel grounded out to second, M Cuddyer to third.	2	8
J Thome singled to left, M Cuddyer scored.	3	8
M Tolbert ran for J Thome.	3	8
D Valencia struck out swinging.	3	8
D Young popped out to third.	3	8
1 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors

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