Major League Baseball
Oakland Athletics
8
Minnesota Twins
2
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAK | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
A.J. Griffin allowed just two hits in seven innings and the Oakland Athletics beat the Minnesota Twins 8-2 Thursday afternoon to increase their division lead heading into a crucial weekend series.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
A Presley singled to right center, T Plouffe scored, P Florimon to third.
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
J Reddick homered to right (357 feet), C Young scored.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
O Arcia homered to left (371 feet).
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: in play
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
J Reddick hit sacrifice fly to left, C Young scored.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
J Donaldson singled to left, C Crisp scored.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 11: foul
Pitch 10: foul
Pitch 9: foul
Pitch 8: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 5: foul
End of the 9th
T Plouffe grounded out to third.
Pitch 4: in play
J Willingham to second on fielder's indifference.
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
O Arcia to third on wild pitch by G Balfour.
Pitch 1: ball 1
T Plouffe batting
J Willingham singled to left, O Arcia to second.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: ball 1
J Willingham batting
R Doumit popped out to shortstop.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
R Doumit batting
O Arcia singled to left.
Pitch 1: in play
O Arcia batting
B Dozier grounded out to third.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: ball 1
B Dozier batting
G Balfour relieved D Otero.
Bottom of the 9th inning
Middle of the 9th
Y Cespedes grounded into double play, third to second to first, J Lowrie out at second.
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OAK wins series 2-1
Alex PresleyCF47
Josmil PintoC21
Brian Dozier2B15
Oswaldo ArciaRF34
Ryan DoumitDH4
Josh WillinghamLF7
Trevor Plouffe3B80
Chris Colabello1B15
Pedro FlorimonSS18
Coco CrispCF4
Josh Donaldson3B3
Jed LowrieSS8
Yoenis CespedesDH52
Alberto Callaspo2B5
Chris YoungLF24
Josh ReddickRF22
Derek NorrisC33
Daric Barton1B37
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