Inning: 1 Minnesota Marty Pena pitching. Ryosuke T Nagai singles in front of the left fielder. Masafumi Nishimura strikes out. Jake Bailey walks. Glenn Tipton grounds out to the third baseman. Ryosuke T Nagai advances to third on the play. Jake Bailey advances to second on the play. Rick Cuyler singles to center field. Ryosuke T Nagai scores. Jake Bailey scores. Mike Sabel flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Tex Carleton pitching. Jack Underwood flies out to the center fielder. Dick Altamirano pops out to the second baseman. Sudden Sam LaRoche pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Babe Davis grounds out to the shortstop. Lyle Overbay singles to right field. Lyle Overbay is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Tex Carleton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Hector Brumley grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Detweiler strikes out. Tim Yonke strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Ryosuke T Nagai walks. Masafumi Nishimura strikes out. Jake Bailey is hit by a pitch. Glenn Tipton flies out to the right fielder. Rick Cuyler grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Akihiro Watanabe walks. Curfew Blankenship strikes out. Marty Pena lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jack Underwood strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Mike Sabel strikes out. Babe Davis grounds out to the pitcher. Lyle Overbay flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Dick Altamirano flies out to the center fielder. Sudden Sam LaRoche doubles to right field. Hector Brumley flies out to the center fielder. Steve Detweiler flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Tex Carleton singles to left field. Ryosuke T Nagai grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Masafumi Nishimura flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Tim Yonke flies out to the center fielder. Akihiro Watanabe grounds out to the second baseman. Curfew Blankenship hits a home run. Marty Pena pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Jake Bailey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Glenn Tipton flies out to the center fielder. Rick Cuyler grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Jack Underwood singles to left field. Dick Altamirano grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Sudden Sam LaRoche singles to right field. Hector Brumley strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Mike Sabel strikes out. Babe Davis flies out to the right fielder. Lyle Overbay strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Steve Detweiler flies out to the center fielder. Tim Yonke singles to left field. Akihiro Watanabe flies out to the center fielder. Curfew Blankenship strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Root Beer Kearse comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Tex Carleton pops out to the third baseman. Ryosuke T Nagai walks. Ryosuke T Nagai is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Masafumi Nishimura grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Mudcat Sebra is pinch hitting for Root Beer Kearse. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Mudcat Sebra grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Underwood doubles to left field. Dick Altamirano singles to center field. Jack Underwood scores. Eddie Waslewski comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Sudden Sam LaRoche strikes out. Hector Brumley pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Dave Lemanczyk pitching. Jake Bailey grounds out to the second baseman. Glenn Tipton walks. Rick Cuyler strikes out. Mike Sabel walks. Babe Davis grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Mike Sabel is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Steve Detweiler strikes out. Tim Yonke singles to center field. Akihiro Watanabe doubles to left field. Tim Yonke uses his aggressiveness and scores. Minnesota total runners left on base: 5 Oakland total runners left on base: 5