Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
June 8, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 8, 2009 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Minnesota Twins 3, Oakland Athletics 4

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Span lf 4 0 0 0
Mauer c 4 0 2 0
Morneau 1b 4 0 0 0
Cuddyer rf 4 1 1 0
Harris ss 3 1 0 0
Young dh 3 1 1 0
  Kubel ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Gomez cf 2 0 0 1
  Buscher ph 1 0 0 0
Tolbert 3b 2 0 1 2
Casilla 2b 3 0 0 0
Swarzak p 0 0 0 0
  Ayala p 0 0 0 0
  Henn p 0 0 0 0
  Guerrier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Cabrera ss 3 0 2 0
Kennedy 2b,rf 4 0 0 0
Cust dh 4 1 1 1
Holliday lf 3 0 0 0
Giambi 1b 2 1 0 0
  Barton 1b 1 0 0 0
Suzuki c 4 1 1 0
Cunningham rf 1 1 0 0
  Petit 2b 2 0 0 0
Hannahan 3b 3 0 1 3
Davis cf 3 0 1 0
Outman p 0 0 0 0
  Wuertz p 0 0 0 0
  Breslow p 0 0 0 0
  Ziegler p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 4
Minnesota 000 300 000351
Oakland 000 310 00x460
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Swarzak   3.2 4 3 3 3 3
  Ayala  L(1-2) 1.1 2 1 1 0 3
  Henn   2.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Guerrier   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
4
4
3
8
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Outman  W(4-0) 6.0 4 3 3 2 7
  Wuertz   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Breslow   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Ziegler   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Bailey  SV(5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
3
9

  E–Harris (2).  DP–Minnesota 1. Tolbert-Casilla-Morneau, Oakland 1. Hannahan-Petit-Barton.  2B–Oakland Hannahan (6,off Swarzak).  HR–Oakland Cust (10,5th inning off Ayala 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–4.  HBP–Cunningham (1,by Swarzak).  Team–6.  SB–Tolbert (4,2nd base off Wuertz/Suzuki).  U-HP–Wally Bell, 1B–Marty Foster, 2B–Chad Fairchild, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–2:47.  A–10,181.
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