Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
August 19, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 19, 2008 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 2, Minnesota Twins 13

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Ellis 2b 4 0 2 0
Patterson lf 4 0 1 0
Cust rf 3 0 0 0
  Davis cf 1 0 0 0
Thomas dh 3 0 0 0
Suzuki c 3 1 1 1
  Bowen c 1 0 0 0
Crosby ss 3 1 1 0
  Pennington ss 1 0 0 0
Gonzalez cf,rf 4 0 0 0
Hannahan 3b 4 0 1 1
Barton 1b 3 0 0 0
Gallagher p 0 0 0 0
  Casilla p 0 0 0 0
  Devine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 6 2
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Span rf 4 0 1 1
Punto 2b 4 1 2 0
Mauer c 4 2 1 0
Morneau 1b 4 3 3 1
  Lamb ph,1b 0 0 0 0
Kubel lf 5 1 1 0
Ruiz dh 4 2 2 2
Buscher 3b 4 2 3 5
Harris ss 3 1 2 2
Gomez cf 4 1 1 2
Slowey p 0 0 0 0
  Bass p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 13 16 13
Oakland 010 100 000260
Minnesota 033 043 00x13161
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Gallagher  L(1-2) 5.0 11 10 10 3 2
  Casilla   2.0 5 3 3 1 0
  Devine   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
1
0
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Slowey  W(10-8) 7.0 5 2 1 0 12
  Bass   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
1
0

  E–Buscher (6).  DP–Oakland 3. Crosby-Ellis-Barton, Ellis-Pennington-Barton, Ellis-Pennington-Barton.  2B–Oakland Hannahan (24,off Slowey), Minnesota Morneau 2 (32,off Gallagher 2); Harris (26,off Gallagher); Punto (14,off Casilla).  3B–Minnesota Span (5,off Gallagher).  HR–Oakland Suzuki (7,2nd inning off Slowey 0 on 0 out), Minnesota Buscher (4,2nd inning off Gallagher 1 on 1 out); Gomez (6,5th inning off Gallagher 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–6.  SF–Harris (6,off Gallagher).  Team–5.  SB–Span (10,2nd base off Gallagher/Suzuki).  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Brian Knight, 2B–Rob Drake, 3B–Phil Cuzzi.  T–2:45.  A–35,256.
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