Wednesday, April 9th, 2014 12:10PM CST
On Wednesday, the Oakland Athletics defeated the Minnesota Twins by a score of 7-4. The winning blow came in the eleventh inning when Derek Norris hit a three-run home run, securing the victory for the Athletics after new closer Jim Johnson had suffered another blown save earlier in the game.
Date: Wednesday, April 9th, 2014
Time: 12:10PM CST
Stadium: Target Field
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 22,973
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIN |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
ATH |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

Home Runs: J Kubel (1, 2nd inning off J Chavez 0 on, 0 Out); B Dozier (2, 8th inning off S Doolittle 0 on, 1 Out)
Runs Batted In: J Kubel (6), B Dozier 2 (3), E Escobar (1)
Sacrifice Flies: B Dozier
Ground Into Double Play: K Suzuki
Team Left On Base: 11
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 1-6 (B Dozier 0-2, C Herrmann 0-1, T Plouffe 0-2, E Escobar 1-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: B Dozier 1; T Plouffe 4

Intentional Walks: J Mauer (By D Otero)
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: P Hughes 14-22; C Thielbar 4-6; A Swarzak 4-5; B Duensing 1-2; G Perkins 2-4; J Burton 2-6
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: P Hughes 15-11-32-16; C Thielbar 4-6-6-2; A Swarzak 3-1-1-3; B Duensing 2-1-2-1; G Perkins 4-3-5-1; J Burton 4-4-3-3
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: P Hughes 6-6; C Thielbar 0-3; A Swarzak 1-2; B Duensing 1-0; G Perkins 0-1; J Burton 0-1
Game Scores: P Hughes 41

Double Plays: 1 (P Florimon-J Mauer)

Doubles: J Donaldson 2 (3, P Hughes 2); Y Cespedes (3, P Hughes)
Home Runs: D Norris (2, 11th inning off J Burton 2 on, 1 Out)
Runs Batted In: J Donaldson (2), B Moss 2 (9), A Callaspo (4), D Norris 3 (4)
Ground Into Double Play: J Reddick
Team Left On Base: 5
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 4-9 (J Jaso 0-1, B Moss 1-2, D Norris 1-1, A Callaspo 1-1, J Donaldson 1-2, J Reddick 0-1, J Lowrie 0-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: B Moss 1; J Donaldson 1

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: J Chavez 20-26; S Doolittle 3-3; L Gregerson 2-2; J Johnson 3-5; D Otero 7-12
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: J Chavez 31-6-13-15; S Doolittle 3-1-4-2; L Gregerson 1-1-1-2; J Johnson 4-1-7-3; D Otero 6-1-8-9
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Chavez 7-4; S Doolittle 0-0; L Gregerson 1-1; J Johnson 0-1; D Otero 5-2
Game Scores: J Chavez 70

Double Plays: 1 (J Donaldson-N Punto-D Barton)
Assists: S Fuld (T Plouffe at 3rd base)
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