Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
July 13, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 13, 2012 at Target Field. 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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Oakland Athletics 6, Minnesota Twins 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Crisp cf 4 0 0 0
Weeks 2b 4 1 2 0
Reddick rf 4 0 0 0
Cespedes dh 4 2 2 0
Carter 1b 3 2 1 0
Gomes lf 4 1 2 5
Norris c 4 0 0 0
Inge 3b 4 0 1 1
Hicks ss 4 0 0 0
Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Doolittle p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 8 6
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Span cf 4 0 2 0
Revere rf 4 0 1 0
Mauer dh 4 1 2 0
Willingham lf 3 2 2 3
Morneau 1b 4 0 1 0
Plouffe 3b 4 0 1 0
Dozier ss 2 0 0 0
  Casilla ph 1 0 0 0
Butera c 3 0 0 0
  Doumit ph 1 0 0 0
Carroll 2b 4 0 0 0
Liriano p 0 0 0 0
  Burnett p 0 0 0 0
  Fien p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Oakland 000 400 002681
Minnesota 010 200 000391
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin  W(1-0) 6.0 8 3 3 1 5
  Doolittle   1.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Balfour   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Cook  SV(9) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
2
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Liriano  L(3-8) 8.0 4 4 3 1 15
  Burnett   0.2 4 2 2 0 0
  Fien   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1

  E–Hicks (2), Span (2).  DP–Oakland 1. Hicks-Carter, Minnesota 1. Dozier-Carroll-Morneau.  2B–Oakland Weeks (12,off Liriano), Minnesota Morneau (15,off Doolittle).  HR–Oakland Gomes (9,4th inning off Liriano 3 on 1 out), Minnesota Willingham 2 (21,2nd inning off Griffin 0 on 0 out,4th inning off Griffin 1 on 0 out).  Team LOB–3.  Team–6.  CS–Span (4,2nd base by Griffin/Norris); Plouffe (3,2nd base by Griffin/Norris).  U-HP–Brian Gorman, 1B–Todd Tichenor, 2B–Alan Porter, 3B–Bob Davidson.  T–2:44.  A–33,230.
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