Boxscore: Minnesota vs. Oakland - August 29, 2008

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Friday, August 29, 2008:

Twins 12, Athletics 2

Twins(76-59)

Minnesota at Oakland linescore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
min (76-59)	0	6	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	12	20	0
oak (62-73)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	1
Gameday

Athletics(62-73)

Minnesota	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Span, RF	5	1	1	2	1	1	1	.306
Punto, SS	6	0	0	0	0	2	6	.286
Mauer, C	6	1	5	4	0	0	0	.324
Morneau, 1B	5	2	4	1	0	0	2	.313
Buscher, 1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.308
Kubel, DH	4	1	2	2	0	0	4	.276
Young, D, LF	5	2	1	0	0	0	3	.281
Harris, 3B	4	1	2	1	1	1	1	.262
Casilla, A, 2B	5	2	3	1	0	1	1	.301
Gomez, CF	5	2	2	1	0	1	5	.255
Totals	46	12	20	12	2	6	24	.280

Oakland	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Davis, R, CF	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	.244
Crosby, SS	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	.248
Pennington, SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148
Sweeney, RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.291
Thomas, DH	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	.240
Cust, LF	4	1	1	2	0	1	1	.227
Suzuki, K, C	3	0	2	0	0	1	1	.287
Bowen, C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169
Barton, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	3	.215
Hannahan, 3B	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	.220
Patterson, E, 2B	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	.209
Totals	33	2	6	2	1	13	12	.241

BATTING
2B: Morneau 2 (39, Meyer, Saarloos), Kubel (16, Meyer), Mauer (26, Casilla).
3B: Harris (3, Casilla).
TB: Span; Mauer 6; Morneau 6; Kubel 3; Young, D; Harris 4; Casilla, A 3; Gomez 2.
RBI: Kubel 2 (67), Casilla, A (42), Span 2 (31), Mauer 4 (66), Morneau (104), Harris (44), Gomez (39).
2-out RBI: Mauer 4; Morneau; Harris.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Kubel 2; Gomez; Morneau; Casilla, A; Buscher.
SF: Kubel.
GIDP: Young, D.
Team RISP: 9-for-21.
Team LOB: 10.

BATTING
2B: Sweeney (11, Slowey).
HR: Cust (24, 4th inning off Slowey, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Sweeney 2; Thomas 2; Cust 4; Suzuki, K 2.
RBI: Cust 2 (58).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Thomas; Sweeney.
Team RISP: 0-for-4.
Team LOB: 5.

FIELDING
E: Meyer (1, throw).
DP: (Hannahan-Patterson, E-Barton).

Minnesota	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Slowey(W, 11-8)	6.0	6	2	2	1	10	1	3.70
Breslow(S, 1)	3.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2.37
Totals	9.0	6	2	2	1	13	1	4.14

Oakland	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Meyer(L, 0-3)	1.2	4	6	2	2	2	6.33
Saarloos	5.0	12	5	5	0	4	5.40
Casilla	2.1	4	1	1	0	0	3.40
Totals	9.0	20	12	8	2	6	3.86

WP: Slowey.
Pitches-strikes: Slowey 96-66, Breslow 27-17, Meyer 56-35, Saarloos 96-68, Casilla 29-20.
Groundouts-flyouts: Slowey 2-3, Breslow 4-0, Meyer 2-0, Saarloos 7-3, Casilla 2-4.
Batters faced: Slowey 25, Breslow 9, Meyer 12, Saarloos 27, Casilla 10.
Inherited runners-scored: Saarloos 2-1, Casilla 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Jerry Meals. 1B: Gary Darling. 2B: Paul Emmel. 3B: Bill Miller.
Weather: 69 degrees, clear.
Wind: 12 mph, In from LF.
T: 2:44.
Att: 22,355.
Compiled by MLB Advanced Media

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