Oakland Athletics vs. Minnesota Twins

Athletics Batting

Doubles: L Powell (3, A Swarzak)

Runs Batted In: M Ellis (12)

Ground Into Double Play: H Matsui

Team Left On Base: 6

Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 0-5 (K Kouzmanoff 0-1, D DeJesus 0-1, C Crisp 0-1, M Ellis 0-2)

Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: K Kouzmanoff 1; C Crisp 1; M Ellis 1

Athletics Pitching

Pitcher Notes: T Ross pitched to 1 batter in the 1st

Wild Pitches: T Magnuson

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: T Ross 2-1; D Purcey 9-17; C Breslow 7-9; T Magnuson 4-12; B Ziegler 6-6

Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: T Ross 2-0-1-1; D Purcey 11-3-19-11; C Breslow 8-2-5-7; T Magnuson 6-6-8-8; B Ziegler 4-2-2-5

Ground Balls-Fly Balls: T Ross 0-0; D Purcey 3-6; C Breslow 3-3; T Magnuson 3-1; B Ziegler 2-0

Game Scores: T Ross 44

Athletics Fielding

Double Plays: 1 (C Pennington-M Ellis-D Barton)

Passed Balls: K Suzuki

Athletics Baserunning

Caught Stealing: C Crisp (5, 2nd base by N Blackburn/R Rivera)

Twins Batting

Doubles: J Morneau (11, T Magnuson); D Valencia (7, T Magnuson)

Home Runs: R Rivera (1, 2nd inning off D Purcey 0 on, 1 Out); J Morneau (2, 5th inning off C Breslow 1 on, 1 Out); T Plouffe (2, 8th inning off T Magnuson 2 on, 2 Out)

Runs Batted In: J Kubel (21), R Rivera (1), J Morneau 2 (13), M Cuddyer (10), D Valencia (20), A Casilla (4), T Plouffe 3 (8), D Young (8)

2-out Runs Batted In: T Plouffe 3

Ground Into Double Play: D Valencia

Team Left On Base: 7

Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 5-12 (A Casilla 0-2, J Kubel 1-1, R Rivera 1-2, D Span 0-1, D Young 1-2, M Cuddyer 1-1, T Plouffe 1-2, D Valencia 0-1)

Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: A Casilla 1; D Span 1; D Valencia 1

Twins Pitching

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: N Blackburn 18-26; P Dumatrait 4-4; A Swarzak 2-4

Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: N Blackburn 23-3-11-23; P Dumatrait 3-0-0-4; A Swarzak 4-0-2-4

Ground Balls-Fly Balls: N Blackburn 13-6; P Dumatrait 1-2; A Swarzak 2-1

Game Scores: N Blackburn 62

Twins Fielding

Double Plays: 1 (A Casilla-T Plouffe-M Cuddyer)

Errors: J Kubel (1, bobble); D Span (1, bobble); D Valencia (4, throw)