Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
July 20, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 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."

"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

Minnesota Twins 13, Oakland Athletics 14

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Span cf 5 2 1 0
Punto ss,2b 5 0 0 0
Morneau 1b 5 4 3 7
Cuddyer rf 5 3 4 1
Kubel dh 3 1 3 4
  Gomez pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Young lf 4 0 1 1
Harris 3b,ss 5 1 2 0
Redmond c 5 2 2 0
  Buscher 3b 0 0 0 0
Casilla 2b 3 0 0 0
  Mauer ph,c 1 0 1 0
Blackburn p 0 0 0 0
  Duensing p 0 0 0 0
  Keppel p 0 0 0 0
  Mijares p 0 0 0 0
  Mulvey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 13 17 13
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Kennedy 3b 6 1 3 0
Cabrera ss 6 1 3 2
Hairston cf 4 2 2 1
Holliday lf 5 4 4 6
Cust dh 4 2 3 2
Suzuki c 5 0 1 1
Barton 1b 4 2 1 2
Sweeney rf 5 1 2 0
Ellis 2b 5 1 3 0
Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0
  Casilla p 0 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
  Breslow p 0 0 0 0
  Ziegler p 0 0 0 0
  Wuertz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 14 22 14
Minnesota 354 010 00013171
Oakland 203 200 70x14221
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blackburn   5.0 13 7 7 0 0
  Duensing   1.1 4 3 3 2 0
  Keppel   0.0 2 3 3 1 0
  Mijares  L(0-2) 1.1 3 1 1 0 0
  Mulvey   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
22
14
14
3
0
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Gonzalez   2.2 10 11 11 3 1
  Casilla   1.2 4 2 1 2 2
  Springer   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Breslow  W(3-4) 1.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Ziegler   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Wuertz  SV(3) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
17
13
12
8
7

  E–Punto (6), Cabrera (14).  DP–Minnesota 3. Morneau, Punto-Casilla-Morneau, Harris-Morneau, Oakland 1. Barton-Cabrera-Ziegler.  2B–Minnesota Harris (16,off G. Gonzalez); Morneau (25,off Casilla); Cuddyer (21,off Wuertz), Oakland Holliday 2 (22,off Blackburn 2); Cabrera 2 (21,off Blackburn,off Keppel); Ellis (5,off Blackburn); Kennedy (14,off Mijares).  HR–Minnesota Kubel (16,1st inning off G. Gonzalez 2 on 2 out); Morneau 2 (23,2nd inning off G. Gonzalez 3 on 2 out,3rd inning off G. Gonzalez 2 on 2 out); Cuddyer (16,2nd inning off G. Gonzalez 0 on 2 out), Oakland Barton (1,3rd inning off Blackburn 1 on 1 out); Holliday 2 (11,4th inning off Blackburn 1 on 2 out,7th inning off Keppel 3 on 1 out); Cust (16,7th inning off Mijares 0 on 1 out).  SF–Young (3,off Springer).  IBB–Kubel (7,by Wuertz).  Team LOB–10.  Team–9.  SB–Kennedy (11,2nd base off Blackburn/Redmond); Kennedy (11,2nd base off Blackburn/Redmond).  U-HP–Mike Muchlinski, 1B–Phil Cuzzi, 2B–Scott Barry, 3B–Tom Hallion.  T–3:32.  A–10,283.
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