Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Oakland 3,
Minnesota 2
When: 8:10 PM ET, Monday, August 18, 2008
Where: Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Phil Cuzzi, 1B - Jerry Layne, 2B - Brian Knight, 3B - Rob Drake
Attendance: 25024
Where: Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Phil Cuzzi, 1B - Jerry Layne, 2B - Brian Knight, 3B - Rob Drake
Attendance: 25024
Final Scoring Summary
Oakland
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Mark Ellis | 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .233 |
| Eric Patterson | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .130 |
| Bobby Crosby | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .248 |
| Frank Thomas | DH | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .241 |
| Jack Cust | RF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .233 |
| Rajai Davis | CF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .248 |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .290 |
| Carlos Gonzalez | CF-RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .258 |
| Jack Hannahan | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .221 |
| Daric Barton | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .209 |
| Totals | 33 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jack Cust (12) | |||||||||
| HR - Mark Ellis (12) | |||||||||
| TB - Mark Ellis 4, Eric Patterson, Jack Cust 3, Rajai Davis, Kurt Suzuki, Jack Hannahan | |||||||||
| RBI - Mark Ellis (41), Kurt Suzuki 2 (35) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Bobby Crosby (54), Carlos Gonzalez (28), Daric Barton (35) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Frank Thomas (8), Carlos Gonzalez (5) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Rajai Davis (15, 2nd off Crain/Mauer) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Eric Patterson (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Justin Duchscherer | 2.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.54 |
| Kirk Saarloos (W 1-0) | 3.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.59 |
| Alan Embree (H 17) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.01 |
| Huston Street (H 1) | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.53 |
| Brad Ziegler (SV 3) | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.43 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Justin Duchscherer 36-24, Kirk Saarloos 42-30, Alan Embree 11-8, Huston Street 8-6, Brad Ziegler 31-18 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Duchscherer 3-2, Kirk Saarloos 5-3, Alan Embree 0-0, Huston Street 0-1, Brad Ziegler 3-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Justin Duchscherer 11, Kirk Saarloos 13, Alan Embree 1, Huston Street 3, Brad Ziegler 8 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Kirk Saarloos 1-0, Alan Embree 1-0, Huston Street 1-0, Brad Ziegler 1-1 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Denard Span | CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .319 |
| Nick Punto | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .271 |
| Joe Mauer | C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .325 |
| Justin Morneau | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .305 |
| Jason Kubel | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .278 |
| Delmon Young | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .288 |
| Brian Buscher | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .302 |
| Randy Ruiz | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .360 |
| Mike Lamb | PH-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .236 |
| Carlos Gomez | PR-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Adam Everett | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 |
| Brendan Harris | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .264 |
| Totals | 35 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Randy Ruiz (2) | |||||||||
| 3B - Joe Mauer (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Denard Span 2, Nick Punto, Joe Mauer 5, Justin Morneau, Jason Kubel, Brian Buscher, Randy Ruiz 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Joe Mauer (60) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Justin Morneau (40), Brendan Harris 2 (41) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Justin Morneau (14), Jason Kubel (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Adam Everett (7), Delmon Young (8) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Nick Blackburn (L 9-7) | 8.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3.71 |
| Jesse Crain | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.78 |
| Craig Breslow | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.41 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Nick Blackburn 99-66, Jesse Crain 12-6, Craig Breslow 13-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Nick Blackburn 14-8, Jesse Crain 0-0, Craig Breslow 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Nick Blackburn 31, Jesse Crain 2, Craig Breslow 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Craig Breslow 2-0 | ||||||||