Oakland 14, Minnesota 13

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(47-46)	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Minnesota 3 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 17 1 Oakland 2 0 3 2 0 0 7 0 X 14 22 1 WP: C. Breslow (3-4) S: M. Wuertz (3) LP: J. Mijares (0-2)	(39-52)

Scoring Summary

Top 1st: Minnesota

- J. Kubel homered to deep center, J. Morneau and M. Cuddyer scored

Bot 1st: Oakland

- S. Hairston grounded out to shortstop, A. Kennedy scored

- K. Suzuki singled to shallow right, M. Holliday scored, J. Cust to second

Top 2nd: Minnesota

- J. Morneau homered to deep right, B. Harris, M. Redmond and D. Span scored

- M. Cuddyer homered to left

Top 3rd: Minnesota

- J. Morneau homered to right, M. Redmond and D. Span scored

- J. Kubel singled to center, M. Cuddyer scored

Bot 3rd: Oakland

- J. Cust singled to shallow center, M. Holliday scored

- D. Barton homered to deep center, J. Cust scored

Bot 4th: Oakland

- M. Holliday homered to deep left, S. Hairston scored

Top 5th: Minnesota

- D. Young hit sacrifice fly to center, J. Morneau scored

Bot 7th: Oakland

- O. Cabrera doubled to right, D. Barton and R. Sweeney scored, M. Ellis to third

- M. Holliday homered to deep right center, M. Ellis, O. Cabrera and S. Hairston scored

- J. Cust homered to deep center

Minnesota
	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	SB	LOB	Season Avg
D. Span cf	5	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	.282
N. Punto ss-2b	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	5	.209
J. Morneau 1b	5	4	3	7	2	1	1	0	1	.317
M. Cuddyer rf	5	3	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	.276
J. Kubel dh	3	1	3	4	1	3	0	0	0	.319
C. Gomez pr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244
D. Young lf	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	.270
B. Harris 3b-ss	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	.274
M. Redmond c	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.245
B. Buscher 3b	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208
A. Casilla 2b	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.172
J. Mauer ph-c	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.361
Totals	41	13	17	13	4	8	7	0	20

Batting 2B - J Morneau (25, S Casilla); M Cuddyer (21, M Wuertz); B Harris (16, G Gonzalez). HR - J Morneau 2 (23, 2nd inning off G Gonzalez 3 on, 2 Out, 3rd inning off G Gonzalez 2 on, 2 Out), M Cuddyer (16, 2nd inning off G Gonzalez 0 on, 2 Out), J Kubel (16, 1st inning off G Gonzalez 2 on, 2 Out). SF - D Young. RBI - J Morneau 7 (78), M Cuddyer (50), J Kubel 4 (52), D Young (26). 2-out RBI - J Morneau 7, M Cuddyer, J Kubel 4. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Young 1, B Harris 2. GIDP - M Redmond. Team LOB - 10.

Fielding E - N Punto (6, throw). DP - 3 (J Morneau, N Punto-A Casilla-J Morneau, B Harris-J Morneau).

Oakland
	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	SB	LOB	Season Avg
A. Kennedy 3b	6	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	6	.292
O. Cabrera ss	6	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	.272
S. Hairston cf	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	.270
M. Holliday lf	5	4	4	6	2	0	0	0	1	.284
J. Cust dh	4	2	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	.243
K. Suzuki c	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	.280
D. Barton 1b	4	2	1	2	1	1	0	0	2	.143
R. Sweeney rf	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266
M. Ellis 2b	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.221
Totals	44	14	22	14	4	3	0	1	17

Batting 2B - A Kennedy (14, J Mijares); O Cabrera 2 (21, N Blackburn, B Keppel); M Holliday 2 (22, N Blackburn 2); M Ellis (5, N Blackburn). HR - M Holliday 2 (11, 4th inning off N Blackburn 1 on, 2 Out, 7th inning off B Keppel 3 on, 1 Out), J Cust (16, 7th inning off J Mijares 0 on, 1 Out), D Barton (1, 3rd inning off N Blackburn 1 on, 1 Out). RBI - O Cabrera 2 (36), S Hairston (3), M Holliday 6 (53), J Cust 2 (48), K Suzuki (39), D Barton 2 (3). 2-out RBI - M Holliday 2, K Suzuki. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Kennedy 2, O Cabrera 1, S Hairston 2, K Suzuki 1, D Barton 1. GIDP - M Holliday. Team LOB - 9.

Base Running SB - A Kennedy (11, 2nd base off N Blackburn/M Redmond).    Fielding E - O Cabrera (14, field). DP - 1 (D Barton-O Cabrera-B Ziegler).

Minnesota
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	WHIP	Season ERA
N. Blackburn	5.0	13	7	7	0	0	2	1.33	3.44
B. Duensing	1.1	4	3	3	2	0	0	1.53	6.91
B. Keppel	0.0	2	3	3	1	0	1	1.12	2.25
J. Mijares (L, 0-2)	1.1	3	1	1	0	0	1	1.32	2.03
K. Mulvey	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
Oakland
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	WHIP	Season ERA
G. Gonzalez	2.2	10	11	11	3	1	4	2.30	9.33
S. Casilla	1.2	4	2	1	2	2	0	1.67	6.27
R. Springer	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.72	4.81
C. Breslow (W, 3-4)	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.22	4.14
B. Ziegler (H, 5)	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	3.12
M. Wuertz (S, 3)	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1.01	2.78

WP - M Wuertz.

IBB - J Kubel (by M Wuertz).

Pitches-strikes - N Blackburn 93-67; B Duensing 29-12; B Keppel 11-5; J Mijares 18-15; K Mulvey 4-3; G Gonzalez 89-51; S Casilla 44-24; R Springer 21-16; C Breslow 27-16; B Ziegler 13-8; M Wuertz 21-8.

Ground balls-fly balls - N Blackburn 12-8; B Duensing 4-2; B Keppel 0-2; J Mijares 2-3; K Mulvey 0-0; G Gonzalez 5-7; S Casilla 4-1; R Springer 0-2; C Breslow 2-1; B Ziegler 3-0; M Wuertz 0-0.

Batters faced - N Blackburn 28; B Duensing 9; B Keppel 3; J Mijares 6; K Mulvey 1; G Gonzalez 21; S Casilla 11; R Springer 5; C Breslow 5; B Ziegler 4; M Wuertz 4.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Mike Muchlinski. 1B--Phil Cuzzi. 2B--Scott Barry. 3B--Tom Hallion.

Updated on Tuesday, Jul 21, 2009 4:15 am ET