Major League Baseball
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Oakland 6,
Minnesota 2
When: 2:10 PM ET, Sunday, September 19, 2010
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 58°
Umpires: Home - Lazaro Diaz, 1B - Wally Bell, 2B - John Hirschbeck, 3B - James Hoye
Attendance: 40088
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 58°
Umpires: Home - Lazaro Diaz, 1B - Wally Bell, 2B - John Hirschbeck, 3B - James Hoye
Attendance: 40088
Final Scoring Summary
Oakland
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Rajai Davis | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .270 |
| Daric Barton | 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .275 |
| Mark Ellis | 2B | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .278 |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .242 |
| Matt Carson | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .167 |
| Jeremy Hermida | PH-RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .194 |
| Josh Donaldson | DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .148 |
| Jack Cust | PH-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .277 |
| Akinori Iwamura | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .150 |
| Chris Carter | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Gabe Gross | LF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .237 |
| Steven Tolleson | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .262 |
| Cliff Pennington | PH-SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .246 |
| Totals | 34 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Mark Ellis (20) | |||||||||
| HR - Mark Ellis (4) | |||||||||
| TB - Rajai Davis, Daric Barton 2, Mark Ellis 7, Kurt Suzuki, Akinori Iwamura, Cliff Pennington | |||||||||
| RBI - Rajai Davis (47), Mark Ellis 2 (42), Kurt Suzuki (63), Akinori Iwamura 2 (4) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Mark Ellis 2 (18), Akinori Iwamura 2 (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Kurt Suzuki (43), Jeremy Hermida 2 (21), Chris Carter 3 (4) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Kurt Suzuki (21) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Rajai Davis (10, 2nd by Neshek/Morales), Jack Cust (2, 2nd by Flores/Morales) | |||||||||
| PO - Rajai Davis (1st by Neshek) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Rajai Davis (Young at 1st) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Bobby Cramer (W 2-0) | 5.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2.45 |
| Brad Ziegler (H 16) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.89 |
| Michael Wuertz (H 10) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.30 |
| Craig Breslow | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.19 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Bobby Cramer 87-56, Brad Ziegler 23-13, Michael Wuertz 17-9, Craig Breslow 11-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Bobby Cramer 7-6, Brad Ziegler 2-1, Michael Wuertz 2-0, Craig Breslow 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Bobby Cramer 24, Brad Ziegler 5, Michael Wuertz 4, Craig Breslow 3 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Ben Revere | CF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 |
| J.J. Hardy | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .268 |
| Joe Mauer | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .331 |
| Jose Morales | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 |
| Michael Cuddyer | 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .272 |
| Delmon Young | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .296 |
| Jim Thome | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .278 |
| Danny Valencia | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .336 |
| Jason Repko | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .212 |
| Nick Punto | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .249 |
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Michael Cuddyer (13), Jim Thome (24) | |||||||||
| TB - Ben Revere 2, Joe Mauer, Michael Cuddyer 4, Delmon Young, Jim Thome 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Michael Cuddyer (75), Jim Thome (58) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jim Thome (19) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J.J. Hardy (39), Michael Cuddyer (67), Jason Repko (15) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Ben Revere (1), J.J. Hardy (11) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Francisco Liriano (L 14-8) | 5.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3.44 |
| Alex Burnett | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.36 |
| Pat Neshek | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.26 |
| Randy Flores | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.86 |
| Jeff Manship | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.92 |
| Jose Mijares | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.63 |
| Jon Rauch | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.27 |
| WP - Alex Burnett | ||||||||
| IBB - Mark Ellis (by Mijares) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Francisco Liriano 81-49, Alex Burnett 30-18, Pat Neshek 24-10, Randy Flores 12-6, Jeff Manship 12-7, Jose Mijares 11-4, Jon Rauch 5-5 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Francisco Liriano 7-4, Alex Burnett 0-1, Pat Neshek 1-0, Randy Flores 0-1, Jeff Manship 0-0, Jose Mijares 1-0, Jon Rauch 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Francisco Liriano 22, Alex Burnett 4, Pat Neshek 5, Randy Flores 3, Jeff Manship 3, Jose Mijares 2, Jon Rauch 2 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Jose Mijares 2-0, Jon Rauch 3-0 | ||||||||