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
Team Records
Recap Quick Hits
- With this loss, the Minnesota Twins have a 44-23 record at home this season. The Oakland Athletics have a 23-34 record on the road.
- Minnesota has a streak of 1 straight up loss. The Twins have won 7 of their last 10 games.
- Oakland has a streak of 1 straight up win. The Athletics have won 4 of their last 10 games.
- Kirk Saarloos pitched 3.2 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 1.59. Brad Ziegler closed out the game to get the save and has 3 saves for the season. Nick Blackburn took the loss for Minnesota.
- Mark Ellis had the only homerun for Oakland.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Oakland | Minnesota | |
| Justin Duchscherer | Player | Nick Blackburn |
| Loss | W/L | Loss |
| 2.2 | IP | 8.0 |
| 3 | Strikeouts | 2 |
| 3 | Hits | 6 |
| 0.00 | ERA | 3.38 |
Hitting
| Oakland | Minnesota | |
| Jack Cust | Player | Joe Mauer |
| 2 | Hits | 3 |
| 0 | RBI | 1 |
| 0 | HR | 0 |
| 3 | TB | 5 |
| .667 | Avg | .750 |
Team Stats Summary