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Athletics
@ Twins
Target Field
April 8, 2011
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Oakland Athletics, played on April 8, 2011 at Target Field.
Game Summary
| Date | April 8, 2011 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 8, 2011 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Brett Anderson |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Carl Pavano |
| Ballpark | Target Field |
| City | Minneapolis |
| State | MN |
| Attendance | 40,714 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 22 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: James Hoye 1B: Tom Hallion 2B: Bill Miller 3B: Phil Cuzzi |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Coco Crisp | Center Fielder |
| Daric Barton | First Baseman |
| David DeJesus | Right Fielder |
| Josh Willingham | Left Fielder |
| Hideki Matsui | DH |
| Kurt Suzuki | Catcher |
| Mark Ellis | Second Baseman |
| Kevin Kouzmanoff | Third Baseman |
| Cliff Pennington | Shortstop |
| Bob Geren | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Denard Span | Center Fielder |
| Joe Mauer | Catcher |
| Justin Morneau | First Baseman |
| Delmon Young | Left Fielder |
| Michael Cuddyer | Right Fielder |
| Jim Thome | DH |
| Danny Valencia | Third Baseman |
| Luke Hughes | Second Baseman |
| Alexi Casilla | Shortstop |
| Ron Gardenhire | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Twins
Target Field
April 8, 2011
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Crisp vs. Pavano
Crisp hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Barton vs. Pavano
Barton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DeJesus vs. Pavano
There's a wild pitch. Barton moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
DeJesus vs. Pavano
Pavano spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Pavano. Barton moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: --3
DeJesus vs. Pavano
DeJesus hits a fly ball into center field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Barton tags and scores. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Willingham vs. Pavano
Willingham hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Matsui vs. Pavano
There goes Willingham. The throw from Mauer and he is safe. Willingham steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Matsui vs. Pavano
Matsui hits a fly ball into center field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Span vs. Anderson
Span strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Anderson
Mauer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ellis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Anderson
Morneau hits a ball on the ground towards first. Barton fields the ball and throws to Anderson covering. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Anderson
Young hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Morneau moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Cuddyer vs. Anderson
Cuddyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kouzmanoff fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Suzuki vs. Pavano
Suzuki hits a fly ball into center field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Pavano
Ellis hits a line drive towards first. Morneau reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kouzmanoff vs. Pavano
Kouzmanoff hits a ball on the ground towards short. Casilla scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Thome vs. Anderson
Thome hits a fly ball into left field. Willingham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Valencia vs. Anderson
Valencia hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hughes vs. Anderson
Hughes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pennington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Pennington vs. Pavano
Pennington hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hughes fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Crisp vs. Pavano
There goes Pennington. The throw from Mauer and he is safe. Pennington steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Crisp vs. Pavano
Crisp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hughes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Pennington moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Barton vs. Pavano
Barton strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
DeJesus vs. Pavano
DeJesus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Morneau scoops it up and throws to first, with Pavano covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Casilla vs. Anderson
Casilla strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Span vs. Anderson
Span hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ellis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Anderson
Mauer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ellis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Willingham vs. Pavano
Willingham hits a fly ball into right field. Cuddyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Matsui vs. Pavano
Matsui hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hughes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Suzuki vs. Pavano
Suzuki hits a fly ball into right field. Cuddyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Anderson
Morneau hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ellis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Anderson
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pennington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cuddyer vs. Anderson
Cuddyer strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Pavano
Ellis hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Young. Ellis reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Kouzmanoff vs. Pavano
Kouzmanoff hits a fly ball into right field. Cuddyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Pennington vs. Pavano
Pennington hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hughes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Crisp vs. Pavano
Crisp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hughes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Thome vs. Anderson
Thome strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Valencia vs. Anderson
Valencia hits a fly ball into center field. Crisp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Hughes vs. Anderson
Hughes hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Ellis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Barton vs. Pavano
Barton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hughes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Pavano
DeJesus hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pavano fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Willingham vs. Pavano
Willingham hits a ball on the ground towards short. Casilla scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Casilla vs. Anderson
Casilla bunts towards the mound. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Span vs. Anderson
Span hits a ball on the ground towards first. Barton fields the ball and throws to Anderson covering. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Mauer vs. Anderson
Mauer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Barton fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Span for the double play. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Matsui vs. Pavano
Matsui hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valencia fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Suzuki vs. Pavano
Suzuki hits a popup towards first. Morneau settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Pavano
Ellis hits a fly ball into center field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Anderson
Morneau hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Anderson
Young hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Cuddyer vs. Anderson
Cuddyer hits a ball on the ground towards second. Ellis scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Kouzmanoff vs. Pavano
Kouzmanoff hits a fly ball into center field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Pennington vs. Pavano
Pennington hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hughes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Crisp vs. Pavano
Crisp hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Barton vs. Pavano
Pavano fires to first and picks off Crisp. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Thome vs. Anderson
Thome strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Valencia vs. Anderson
Valencia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kouzmanoff fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Hughes vs. Anderson
Hughes hits a fly ball into left field. Willingham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Kubel vs. Anderson
Jason Kubel pinch hits for Alexi Casilla.
Kubel hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Valencia moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Span vs. Anderson
Matt Tolbert pinch runs for Jason Kubel.
Span hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Valencia scores. Tolbert moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Mauer vs. Anderson
Mauer hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Tolbert scores. Span moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Morneau vs. Anderson
Morneau hits a fly ball into left field. Willingham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Barton vs. Nathan
Matt Tolbert now playing shortstop. Joe Nathan now pitching.
Barton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hughes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Nathan
DeJesus hits a line drive beyond second. Hughes can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Willingham vs. Nathan
Willingham strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Matsui vs. Nathan
Matsui hits a popup towards short. Tolbert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/8/2011 -- Oakland at Minnesota (D)
Oakland AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI
Crisp C, cf 4 0 1 0 Span D, cf 4 0 2 1
Barton D, 1b 3 1 0 0 Mauer J, c 4 0 1 1
DeJesus D, rf 3 0 1 1 Morneau J, 1b 4 0 1 0
Willingham J, lf 4 0 1 0 Young D, lf 3 0 2 0
Matsui H, dh 4 0 0 0 Cuddyer M, rf 3 0 0 0
Suzuki K, c 3 0 0 0 Thome J, dh 3 0 0 0
Ellis M, 2b 3 0 1 0 Valencia D, 3b 3 1 1 0
Kouzmanoff K, 3b 3 0 0 0 Hughes L, 2b 3 0 0 0
Pennington C, ss 3 0 1 0 Casilla A, ss 2 0 0 0
Kubel J, ph 1 0 1 0
Tolbert M, pr-ss 0 1 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30 1 5 1 30 2 8 2
Oakland 100 000 000 -- 1
Minnesota 000 000 02x -- 2
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson B (L) 8.0 8 2 2 0 5
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Pavano C (W) 8.0 4 1 1 1 1
Nathan J (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
E -- Pavano C
DP -- Oakland 2
LOB -- Oakland 4, Minnesota 4
2B -- Ellis M
SB -- Willingham J, Pennington C
SF -- DeJesus D
WP -- Pavano C
T -- 2:22
A -- 40714
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