Win: Dave LaPoint Loss: Marty Pena
Save: Tex Carleton
Inning: 1 Minnesota Marty Pena pitching. Ryosuke T Nagai singles to center field. Sam Visner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ryosuke T Nagai advances to second on the play. Ray Surkont singles to left field. Ryosuke T Nagai scores. Babe Davis flies out to the center fielder. Ray Surkont is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Dave LaPoint pitching. Boom Boom Washington strikes out. Dwayne Murray flies out to the left fielder. Joe Hoffman singles past the second baseman. Steve Detweiler is hit by a pitch. Tim Yonke grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Minnesota Rick Cuyler strikes out. Mike Sabel hits a home run. Lyle Overbay strikes out. Dutch K Young flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Xavier McKnight grounds out to the shortstop. Sudden Sam LaRoche grounds out to the second baseman. Hal Plank doubles to right field. Marty Pena singles to left field. Hal Plank is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Dave LaPoint grounds out to the third baseman. Ryosuke T Nagai grounds out to the third baseman. Sam Visner grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Boom Boom Washington grounds out to the second baseman. Dwayne Murray strikes out. Joe Hoffman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Ray Surkont strikes out. Babe Davis pops out to the second baseman. Rick Cuyler strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Steve Detweiler grounds out to the pitcher. Tim Yonke grounds out to the catcher. Xavier McKnight singles to right field. Sudden Sam LaRoche flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Mike Sabel strikes out. Lyle Overbay flies out to the right fielder. Dutch K Young flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Hal Plank strikes out. Marty Pena strikes out. Boom Boom Washington flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Dave LaPoint grounds out to the pitcher. Ryosuke T Nagai flies out to the right fielder. Sam Visner strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Dwayne Murray grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Hoffman flies out to the left fielder. Steve Detweiler grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Ray Surkont hits an infield single to the shortstop. Babe Davis strikes out. Ray Surkont steals second. Rick Cuyler grounds out to the second baseman. Ray Surkont advances to third on the play. Mike Sabel grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Tim Yonke strikes out. Xavier McKnight singles to right field. Sudden Sam LaRoche strikes out. Terry Johnson is pinch hitting for Hal Plank. Terry Johnson singles to right field. Akihiro Watanabe is pinch hitting for Marty Pena. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Akihiro Watanabe strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Root Beer Kearse pitching. Curfew Blankenship enters the game as a defensive replacement for Terry Johnson at C. Lyle Overbay lines out to the shortstop. Dutch K Young walks. Dutch K Young is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Dave LaPoint lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Boom Boom Washington pops out to the third baseman. Dwayne Murray grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Hoffman walks. Steve Detweiler grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Joe Hoffman is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Ryosuke T Nagai strikes out. Sam Visner flies out to the left fielder. Ray Surkont walks. Babe Davis singles to center field. Ray Surkont advances to third on the hit. Babe Davis is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Tex Carleton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Tim Yonke strikes out. Xavier McKnight strikes out. Sudden Sam LaRoche flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 2 Oakland total runners LOB: 7