Oakland Athletics vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - July 13, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Jul 13, 2012

Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

Oakland leads 1-0 (as of 7/13)

Game 1: Friday, July 13
Oakland	6	Final
Minnesota	3	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, July 14
Oakland	9	Final
Minnesota	3	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, July 15
Oakland	9	Final
Minnesota	4	Final
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Athletics 6

(44-43, 20-23 away)

Twins 3

(36-50, 17-26 home)

Alerts

8:10 PM ET, July 13, 2012

Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	6	8	1
MIN	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	1

W: A. Griffin (1-0)

L: F. Liriano (3-8)

S: R. Cook (9)

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
C Crisp CF	4	0	0	0	0	3	16	.232	.294	.313
J Weeks 2B	4	1	2	0	0	1	10	.225	.314	.314
J Reddick RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	17	.264	.344	.525
Y Cespedes DH	4	2	2	0	0	0	13	.267	.329	.465
C Carter 1B	3	2	1	0	1	1	19	.350	.409	.850
J Gomes LF	4	1	2	5	0	1	10	.238	.356	.457
D Norris C	4	0	0	0	0	2	13	.222	.286	.356
B Inge 3B	4	0	1	1	0	2	20	.203	.269	.355
B Hicks SS	4	0	0	0	0	4	16	.138	.194	.241
Totals	35	6	8	6	1	16	134
BATTING 2B: J Weeks (12, F Liriano) HR: J Gomes (9, 4th inning off F Liriano 3 on, 1 Out) RBI: J Gomes 5 (26), B Inge (39) 2-out RBI: B Inge GIDP: D Norris Athletics RISP: 3-5 (D Norris 0-1, B Inge 1-1, J Reddick 0-1, J Gomes 2-2) Team LOB: 3
FIELDING E: B Hicks (2, ground ball) DP: 1 (B Hicks-C Carter).

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
A Griffin (W, 1-0)	6.0	8	3	3	1	5	2	95-68	2.63
S Doolittle (H, 2)	1.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	31-20	2.20
G Balfour (H, 11)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8-5	3.12
R Cook (S, 9)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14-10	1.37
Totals	9.0	9	3	3	2	9	2	148-103
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: A Griffin 21/25; S Doolittle 4/7; G Balfour 1/1; R Cook 3/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: A Griffin 21-9-20-18; S Doolittle 5-2-9-4; G Balfour 1-0-3-1; R Cook 5-2-2-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: A Griffin 2-8; S Doolittle 1-2; G Balfour 0-1; R Cook 1-0 Game Scores: A Griffin 48

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF	4	0	2	0	0	0	12	.273	.336	.376
B Revere RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	14	.315	.348	.362
J Mauer DH	4	1	2	0	0	1	18	.329	.417	.450
J Willingham LF	3	2	2	3	1	1	21	.265	.381	.558
J Morneau 1B	4	0	1	0	0	2	15	.246	.311	.441
T Plouffe 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	16	.253	.324	.541
B Dozier SS	2	0	0	0	1	0	13	.239	.268	.329
a-A Casilla PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	.234	.271	.303
D Butera C	3	0	0	0	0	1	13	.231	.286	.354
b-R Doumit PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	.285	.342	.451
J Carroll 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	16	.231	.314	.274
Totals	34	3	9	3	2	9	148
a-struck out looking for B Dozier in the 9th b-struck out looking for D Butera in the 9th
BATTING 2B: J Morneau (15, S Doolittle) HR: J Willingham 2 (21, 2nd inning off A Griffin 0 on, 0 Out; 4th inning off A Griffin 1 on, 0 Out) RBI: J Willingham 3 (63) Twins RISP: 0-2 (J Willingham 0-1, T Plouffe 0-1) Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING CS: D Span (4, 2nd base by A Griffin); T Plouffe (3, 2nd base by A Griffin/D Norris)
FIELDING E: D Span (2, fly ball) DP: 1 (B Dozier-J Carroll-J Morneau).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
F Liriano (L, 3-8)	8.0	4	4	3	1	15	1	112-75	4.93
A Burnett	0.2	4	2	2	0	0	0	19-12	2.86
C Fien	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3-3	0.00
Totals	9.0	8	6	5	1	16	1	134-90
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: F Liriano 20/30; A Burnett 2/5; C Fien 1/1 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: F Liriano 19-30-13-13; A Burnett 3-0-4-5; C Fien 1-2-0-0 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: F Liriano 5-4; A Burnett 2-0; C Fien 0-0 Game Scores: F Liriano 74

Scoring Summary

			OAK	MIN
	2nd	J Willingham homered to left center (407 feet).	0	1
	4th	J Gomes homered to left, J Weeks, Y Cespedes and C Carter scored.	4	1
	4th	J Willingham homered to left center (418 feet), J Mauer scored.	4	3
	9th	J Gomes singled to left, Y Cespedes scored, C Carter to second.	5	3
	9th	B Inge singled to center, C Carter scored.	6	3
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Game Notes

THE GAME IS UNDERWAY AFTER A 15 MINUTE DELAY.

Game Information

Stadium	Target Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	33,230 (84.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:44
Weather	68 degrees, overcast
Wind	5 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Brian Gorman, First Base - Todd Tichenor, Second Base - Alan Porter, Third Base - Bob Davidson