Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
May 18, 2011 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 2011 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Minnesota Twins 4, Oakland Athletics 3

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Span cf 5 1 2 0
Plouffe ss 4 0 2 3
Kubel dh 5 1 1 0
Morneau 1b 4 0 2 1
Cuddyer rf 4 0 0 0
Valencia 3b 4 0 0 0
Revere lf 4 0 1 0
Butera c 3 0 0 0
  Young ph 1 1 1 0
  Rivera c 0 0 0 0
Casilla 2b 4 1 1 0
Pavano p 0 0 0 0
  Perkins p 0 0 0 0
  Nathan p 0 0 0 0
  Capps p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 10 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus rf 5 0 0 0
Barton 1b 5 1 1 0
Willingham lf 4 0 0 0
Matsui dh 4 0 2 1
Suzuki c 4 0 1 0
Sweeney cf 3 1 2 0
Ellis 2b 4 1 0 0
Kouzmanoff 3b 3 0 1 2
  Jackson ph 1 0 0 0
  LaRoche 3b 0 0 0 0
Pennington ss 4 0 1 0
McCarthy p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  Wuertz p 0 0 0 0
  Fuentes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 8 3
Minnesota 102 000 000 14101
Oakland 020 001 000 0381
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Pavano   7.0 6 3 1 0 2
  Perkins   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Nathan  W(1-1) 0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Capps  SV(7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
8
3
1
1
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
McCarthy   7.0 9 3 3 0 1
  Balfour   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Wuertz   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Fuentes  L(1-4) 1.0 1 1 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
10
4
3
0
3

  E–Plouffe (1), Barton (6).  DP–Minnesota 2. Valencia-Casilla-Morneau, Cuddyer-Morneau, Oakland 2. Barton-Pennington, Ellis-Pennington-Barton.  2B–Minnesota Kubel (11,off McCarthy); Span (5,off McCarthy), Oakland Barton (11,off Pavano); Suzuki (6,off Nathan).  SF–Plouffe (1,off Fuentes).  Team LOB–5.  IBB–Sweeney (1,by Nathan).  Team–5.  U-HP–Ted Barrett, 1B–Brian Runge, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Marvin Hudson.  T–2:38.  A–15,355.
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