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Twins 12 @ Athletics 2
McAfee Coliseum
August 29, 2008

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Minnesota Twins, played on August 29, 2008 at McAfee Coliseum. The home team Athletics were bested by the visiting Twins with a score of 12 to 2.

Game Summary

DateAugust 29, 2008 
Visiting Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 12 H: 20 E: 0 LOB: 10
Runs: 12
Hits: 20
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Oakland Athletics
R: 2 H: 6 E: 1 LOB: 5
Runs: 2
Hits: 6
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 5
Winning PitcherKevin Slowey  
Losing PitcherDan Meyer  
SaveCraig Breslow  
Game Winning RBIJason Kubel 

Game Info

DateAugust 29, 2008 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamMinnesota Twins 
Home TeamOakland Athletics 
Visiting Starting PitcherKevin Slowey  
Home Starting PitcherDan Meyer  
BallparkMcAfee Coliseum 
CityOakland 
StateCA 
Attendance22,355 
Time of Game2 hours 44 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Jerry Meals
1B: Gary Darling
2B: Paul Emmel
3B: Bill Miller

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Denard Span  Right Fielder 
Nick Punto  Shortstop 
Joe Mauer  Catcher 
Justin Morneau  First Baseman 
Jason Kubel  DH 
Delmon Young  Left Fielder 
Brendan Harris  Third Baseman 
Alexi Casilla  Second Baseman 
Carlos Gomez  Center Fielder 
Ron Gardenhire  Manager 

Oakland Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Rajai Davis  Center Fielder 
Bobby Crosby  Shortstop 
Ryan Sweeney  Right Fielder 
Frank Thomas  DH 
Jack Cust  Left Fielder 
Kurt Suzuki  Catcher 
Daric Barton  First Baseman 
Jack Hannahan  Third Baseman 
Eric Patterson  Second Baseman 
Bob Geren  Manager 

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Twins 12 @ Athletics 2
McAfee Coliseum
August 29, 2008

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         Game of 8/29/2008 -- Minnesota at Oakland (N)

  Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI    Oakland            AB  R  H RBI
Span D, rf            5  1  1  2   Davis R, cf           4  0  0  0   
Punto N, ss           6  0  0  0   Crosby B, ss          3  0  0  0   
Mauer J, c            6  1  5  4   Pennington C, ss      1  0  0  0   
Morneau J, 1b         5  2  4  1   Sweeney R, rf         4  0  1  0   
Buscher B, 1b         1  0  0  0   Thomas F, dh          4  1  2  0   
Kubel J, dh           4  1  2  2   Cust J, lf            4  1  1  2   
Young D, lf           5  2  1  0   Suzuki K, c           3  0  2  0   
Harris B, 3b          4  1  2  1   Bowen R, c            1  0  0  0   
Casilla A, 2b         5  2  3  1   Barton D, 1b          4  0  0  0   
Gomez C, cf           5  2  2  1   Hannahan J, 3b        3  0  0  0   
                                   Patterson E, 2b       2  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     46 12 20 12                        33  2  6  2

Minnesota        060 020 301 -- 12
Oakland          000 200 000 --  2

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Slowey K (W)          6.0  6  2  2  1 10
Breslow C (S)         3.0  0  0  0  0  3

  Oakland              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Meyer D (L)           1.2  4  6  2  2  2
Saarloos K            5.0 12  5  5  0  4
Casilla S             2.1  4  1  1  0  0

E -- Meyer D
DP -- Oakland 1
LOB -- Minnesota 10, Oakland 5
2B -- Sweeney R, Morneau J 2, Kubel J, Mauer J
3B -- Harris B
HR -- Cust J
SF -- Kubel J
WP -- Slowey K
T -- 2:44
A -- 22355

    

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