April 24, 2008 Minnesota Twins at Oakland Athletics Play by Play and Box Score

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LAA 7
@BOS 5 CHW 7
NYY 6 DET 8
TEX 2 CLE 9
@KCR 6 CLE 2
@KCR 0 OAK 11
MIN 2 BAL 8
@SEA 7 TBR 5
TOR 3 ATL 7
FLA 4 HOU 5
@CIN 3 COL 4
CHC 2 ARI 6
@LAD 4 PHI 3
@MIL 1 STL 6
@PIT 2 SFG 1
@SDP 0 WSN 10
NYM 5

Standings at end of play this day

Network Associates Coliseum, Attendance: 12,593

Thursday, April 24, 2008, 3:35pm
Time of Game: 2:37

Twins

10-12

Lost 2

2nd, 2½ GB

Ron Gardenhire

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Twins           1  0  0   0  1  0   0  0  0    2  9  2
Athletics       6  0  0   2  2  1   0  0  X   11 15  0

W: G Smith (2-0), L: F Liriano (0-3)

Athletics

14-9

Won 2

1st

Bob Geren

BATTING

Minnesota Twins              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
C Gomez CF                    4   1   2   1    0   0  .242  .610   16    2   0   HR
B Harris 2B                   4   0   0   0    0   0  .275  .706   15    6   3   GDP
J Kubel RF                    3   0   0   0    0   0  .267  .704   12    1   1   
  D Span RF                   1   0   1   0    0   0  .258  .582    6    2   0   
J Morneau 1B                  3   0   0   0    0   1  .256  .817   13    5   2   
  M Tolbert 3B                1   0   0   0    0   0  .350  .795    2    0   0   
D Young LF                    4   0   2   0    0   1  .262  .608   20    0   0   
C Monroe DH                   4   0   1   0    0   1  .270  .784   12    0   0   
M Redmond C                   3   1   1   0    1   2  .154  .445   17    3   0   2B
B Buscher 3B-1B               4   0   1   1    0   0  .250  .625   10    4   3   
N Punto SS                    3   0   1   0    0   0  .258  .561    8    1   2   GDP

F Liriano P                                                              0   0
  B Bass P                                                               0   1
  J Crain P                                                              0   1
  D Reyes P                                                              0   0
  J Rincon P                                                             0   0
Totals                       34   2   9   2    1   5              131   24  13

BATTING

2B: M Redmond (1, off G Smith).

HR: C Gomez (1, off G Smith; 1st inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep LF Line).

TB: C Gomez 5; M Redmond 2; D Young 2; B Buscher; C Monroe; D Span; N Punto.

GIDP: B Harris (3); N Punto (1).

RBI: B Buscher (1); C Gomez (6).

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 1 for 5.

FIELDING

DP: 1. N Punto-B Harris-J Morneau.

E: J Kubel (1); B Buscher (1).

Oakland Athletics            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
K Suzuki C                    4   2   2   2    1   0  .316  .756   19    5   0   2B
M Ellis 2B                    5   2   2   0    0   0  .247  .728   26    4   4   
M Sweeney 1B                  4   0   2   2    0   0  .322  .838    8    4   1   2B
  D Barton 1B                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .262  .745    6    3   0   
F Thomas DH                   3   1   0   0    2   0  .159  .629   19    0   0   
E Brown RF                    4   1   1   2    0   0  .276  .717    9    4   0   HBP,GDP
B Crosby SS                   4   1   1   0    1   0  .297  .794   18    0   2   
C Denorfia LF                 4   0   1   1    1   2  .286  .681   19    1   0   SB
D Murphy 3B                   5   3   3   4    0   1  .286  .919   21    0   1   2·HR
R Davis CF                    4   1   3   0    0   0  .182  .490   13    4   0   3B

G Smith P                                                                2   0
  A Brown P                                                              0   0
  J Devine P                                                             0   0
Totals                       38  11  15  11    5   3              158   27   8

BATTING

2B: M Sweeney (4, off B Bass); K Suzuki (4, off B Bass).

3B: R Davis (1, off B Bass).

HR: D Murphy 2 (2, off B Bass, off J Crain; 5th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep LF Line; 6th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep LF).

HBP: E Brown (1, by B Bass).

TB: D Murphy 9; R Davis 5; M Sweeney 3; K Suzuki 3; M Ellis 2; B Crosby; C Denorfia; E Brown.

GIDP: E Brown (2).

RBI: D Murphy 4 (6); E Brown 2 (19); K Suzuki 2 (8); M Sweeney 2 (7); C Denorfia (5).

2-out RBI: K Suzuki; D Murphy.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 6 for 15.

FIELDING

DP: 2. B Crosby-M Ellis-M Sweeney; D Murphy-M Ellis-D Barton.

BASERUNNING

SB: C Denorfia (2, 2nd base off B Bass/M Redmond).

PITCHING

Minnesota Twins               IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
F Liriano, L (0-3)             0.2   5   6   6    3   0   0  11.32    9   35-15    8· 1· 6    1· 1· 4· 0     15    -     1.60  -0.43
B Bass                         3.1   7   4   3    1   2   1   4.30   19   70-39   25· 1·13    8· 3· 4· 0          2-1    0.25  -0.05
J Crain                        2     2   1   1    1   0   1   5.87    9   23-15   12· 1· 2    1· 4· 3· 0          1-0    0.02   0.00
D Reyes                        1     0   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    3   15-9     6· 0· 3    1· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
J Rincon                       1     1   0   0    0   1   0   4.15    4   15-13    6· 2· 5    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         8    15  11  10    5   3   2          44  158-91   57· 5·29   13·10·12· 0          3-1

Oakland Athletics             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
G Smith, W (2-0)               7     7   2   2    1   3   1   2.88   27   91-58   39· 6·13   11·10· 2· 0     57    -     0.46   0.02
A Brown                        1     1   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    4   20-11    7· 0· 4    1· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.01   0.00
J Devine                       1     1   0   0    0   2   0   0.00    4   20-14    9· 3· 2    2· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         9     9   2   2    1   5   1          35  131-83   55· 9·19   14·12· 3· 0           -

B Bass faced 3 batters in the 5th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: B Bass (1; E Brown).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Bill Welke, 1B - Chris Guccione, 2B - Tim Welke, 3B - Chuck Meriwether.

Time of Game: 2:37.

Attendance: 12,593.

Weather: 58° F, Wind 9mph in from Leftfield, Sunny, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Minnesota Twins               Oakland Athletics                    
1. C Gomez              CF    1. K Suzuki             C  
2. B Harris             2B    2. M Ellis              2B 
3. J Kubel              RF    3. M Sweeney            1B 
4. J Morneau            1B    4. F Thomas             DH 
5. D Young              LF    5. E Brown              RF 
6. C Monroe             DH    6. B Crosby             SS 
7. M Redmond            C     7. C Denorfia           LF 
8. B Buscher            3B    8. D Murphy             3B 
9. N Punto              SS    9. R Davis              CF 

   F Liriano            P        G Smith              P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 1   1  1-0  123  1   13%  68% E Brown         F Liriano       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B); Suzuki Scores; Ellis Scores; Thomas to 2B
   t 1   0  0-0  ---  6  -10%  40% C Gomez         G Smith         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
   b 1   1  1-2  123  2    7%  81% C Denorfia      F Liriano       Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Thomas Scores; Brown to 3B; Crosby to 2B
   t 3   0  6-1  12-  4    7%  92% B Harris        G Smith         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B (Weak SS); Punto to 3B
   b 1   1  1-0  12-  5    7%  55% F Thomas        F Liriano       Walk; Suzuki to 3B; Ellis to 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Twins Batting, Tied 0-0, Greg Smith facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   R      ---  6   40%  C Gomez         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
   O      ---  1   42%  B Harris        Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   O      ---  5   43%  J Kubel         Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS-2B)
   O      ---  4   44%  J Morneau       Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Athletics 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Athletics Batting, Behind 0-1, Francisco Liriano facing 1-2-3
          ---  5   48%  K Suzuki        Walk
          1--  6   54%  M Ellis         Single to LF (Line Drive); Suzuki to 2B
   O      12-  2   48%  M Sweeney       Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B-1B)
          12-  5   55%  F Thomas        Walk; Suzuki to 3B; Ellis to 2B
   RR     123  1   68%  E Brown         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B); Suzuki Scores; Ellis Scores; Thomas to 2B
          12-  5   73%  B Crosby        Walk; Thomas to 3B; Brown to 2B
   R      123  2   81%  C Denorfia      Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Thomas Scores; Brown to 3B; Crosby to 2B
   RRO    123  6   86%  D Murphy        Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Brown Scores; Crosby Scores; Denorfia out at 3B
          1--  3   87%  R Davis         Single to LF (Line Drive); Murphy to 2B
                  Brian Bass replaces Francisco Liriano pitching
   R      12-  2   91%  K Suzuki        Single to CF (Line Drive); Murphy Scores; Davis to 2B
   O      12-  4   90%  M Ellis         Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak SS)
                  6 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Athletics 6.

Top of the 2nd, Twins Batting, Behind 1-6, Greg Smith facing 5-6-7
          ---  6   88%  D Young         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B)
   O      1--  1   90%  C Monroe        Popfly: 2B
   O      1--  3   92%  M Redmond       Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  1   93%  B Buscher       Flyball: CF (LF-CF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Athletics 6.

Bottom of the 2nd, Athletics Batting, Ahead 6-1, Brian Bass facing 3-4-5
          ---  2   94%  M Sweeney       Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  5   93%  F Thomas        Reached on E5 (Ground Ball to Weak 3B); Sweeney out at 3B/3B-1B-SS
   OO     1--  2   92%  E Brown         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Athletics 6.

Top of the 3rd, Twins Batting, Behind 1-6, Greg Smith facing 9-1-2
          ---  4   89%  N Punto         Single to P (Bunt to Short 1B Line)
          1--  1   86%  C Gomez         Single to P (Bunt to Weak 2B-1B); Punto to 2B
   OO     12-  4   92%  B Harris        Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B (Weak SS); Punto to 3B
   O      --3  3   94%  J Kubel         Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Athletics 6.

Bottom of the 3rd, Athletics Batting, Ahead 6-1, Brian Bass facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  5   94%  B Crosby        Popfly: 2B
          ---  5   94%  C Denorfia      Walk
   O      1--  6   94%  D Murphy        Strikeout Swinging, Denorfia Steals 2B
   O      -2-  1   93%  R Davis         Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Athletics 6.

Top of the 4th, Twins Batting, Behind 1-6, Greg Smith facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  3   94%  J Morneau       Groundout: 2B-P (2B-1B)
   O      ---  3   95%  D Young         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  2   95%  C Monroe        Foul Popfly: 2B (1B Foul)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Athletics 6.

Bottom of the 4th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 6-1, Brian Bass facing 1-2-3
          ---  4   96%  K Suzuki        Reached on E9 (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
          1--  8   97%  M Ellis         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B); Suzuki to 2B
   RR     12-  3   99%  M Sweeney       Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Suzuki Scores/unER; Ellis Scores
   O      -2-  2   99%  F Thomas        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak SS)
          -2-  2   99%  E Brown         Hit By Pitch
   O      12-  1   98%  B Crosby        Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak SS); Sweeney to 3B
   O      1-3  5   98%  C Denorfia      Strikeout Looking
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Athletics 8.

Top of the 5th, Twins Batting, Behind 1-8, Greg Smith facing 7-8-9
          ---  2   97%  M Redmond       Double to LF (Ground Ball)
   R      -2-  3   95%  B Buscher       Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Redmond Scores
   O      1--  1   97%  N Punto         Flyball: RF
   O      1--  4   98%  C Gomez         Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
   O      1--  3   98%  B Harris        Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Athletics 8.

Bottom of the 5th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 8-2, Brian Bass facing 8-9-1
   R      ---  5   99%  D Murphy        Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
          ---  2   99%  R Davis         Triple to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
   R      --3  6  100%  K Suzuki        Double to LF (Ground Ball); Davis Scores
                  Jesse Crain replaces Brian Bass pitching
   O      -2-  1   99%  M Ellis         Flyball: RF (Short CF-RF)
   O      -2-  1   99%  M Sweeney       Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
          -2-  5   99%  F Thomas        Walk
   O      12-  1   99%  E Brown         Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Athletics 10.

Top of the 6th, Twins Batting, Behind 2-10, Greg Smith facing 3-4-5
                  Daric Barton replaces Mike Sweeney playing 1B batting 3rd
   O      ---  4  100%  J Kubel         Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
   O      ---  6  100%  J Morneau       Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  7  100%  D Young         Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Athletics 10.

Bottom of the 6th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 10-2, Jesse Crain facing 6-7-8
                  Brian Buscher moves to 1B; Matt Tolbert replaces Justin Morneau playing 3B batting 4th; Denard Span replaces Jason Kubel playing RF batting 3rd
   O      ---  1  100%  B Crosby        Lineout: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  4  100%  C Denorfia      Groundout: P-1B
   R      ---  1  100%  D Murphy        Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
          ---  7  100%  R Davis         Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
   O      1--  2  100%  K Suzuki        Flyball: RF
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Athletics 11.

Top of the 7th, Twins Batting, Behind 2-11, Greg Smith facing 6-7-8
          ---  5  100%  C Monroe        Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF)
          1--  5   99%  M Redmond       Walk; Monroe to 2B
   O      12-  1  100%  B Buscher       Flyball: CF
   OO     12-  3  100%  N Punto         Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Athletics 11.

Bottom of the 7th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 11-2, Dennys Reyes facing 2-3-4
                  Dennys Reyes replaces Jesse Crain pitching
   O      ---  7  100%  M Ellis         Lineout: CF
   O      ---  6  100%  D Barton        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  2  100%  F Thomas        Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Athletics 11.

Top of the 8th, Twins Batting, Behind 2-11, Andrew Brown facing 1-2-3
                  Andrew Brown replaces Greg Smith pitching
   O      ---  5  100%  C Gomez         Lineout: RF (Short RF)
   O      ---  7  100%  B Harris        Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
          ---  6  100%  D Span          Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  2  100%  M Tolbert       Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Athletics 11.

Bottom of the 8th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 11-2, Juan Rincon facing 5-6-7
                  Juan Rincon replaces Dennys Reyes pitching
   O      ---  3  100%  E Brown         Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  6  100%  B Crosby        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B)
   O      1--  3  100%  C Denorfia      Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  3  100%  D Murphy        Flyball: RF (Short CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Athletics 11.

Top of the 9th, Twins Batting, Behind 2-11, Joey Devine facing 5-6-7
                  Joey Devine replaces Andrew Brown pitching
          ---  4  100%  D Young         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B)
   O      1--  4  100%  C Monroe        Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  7  100%  M Redmond       Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  5  100%  B Buscher       Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Athletics 11.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation