Win: Les Ferguson Loss: Tommy Roettger
Save: Andres K Brown
Inning: 1 Oakland Les Ferguson pitching. Sudden Sam LaRoche strikes out. Boom Boom Washington grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Xavier McKnight triples. Marsh White grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Tommy Roettger pitching. George K Mejia walks. Dutch K Young grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! George K Mejia is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Dutch K Young steals second. Tomokazu Kuzava grounds out to the third baseman. Hank Napier grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Terry Johnson strikes out. Joe Hoffman flies out to the right fielder. Akihiro Watanabe singles to left field. Hal Plank grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Ralph Brow strikes out. Lyle Overbay grounds out to the second baseman. Ryosuke T Nagai singles to right field. Charlie Boehmer hits a home run. Ryosuke T Nagai scores. Les Ferguson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Tommy Roettger pops out to the second baseman. Sudden Sam LaRoche pops out to the second baseman. Boom Boom Washington singles to left field. Xavier McKnight grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota George K Mejia walks. Dutch K Young lines out to the first baseman. Tomokazu Kuzava triples. George K Mejia scores. Hank Napier flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Tomokazu Kuzava scores. Ralph Brow walks. Lyle Overbay strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Marsh White triples. Terry Johnson strikes out. Joe Hoffman hits a home run. Marsh White scores. Akihiro Watanabe singles to right field. Hal Plank pops out to the shortstop. Tommy Roettger pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Ryosuke T Nagai grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Boehmer strikes out. Les Ferguson grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Sudden Sam LaRoche strikes out. Boom Boom Washington hits a home run. Xavier McKnight doubles to center field. Marsh White singles to center field. Xavier McKnight is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Terry Johnson grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Marsh White is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota George K Mejia grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Dutch K Young singles to right field. Tomokazu Kuzava grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Joe Hoffman strikes out. Akihiro Watanabe grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Hal Plank grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Hank Napier strikes out. Ralph Brow pops out to the third baseman. Lyle Overbay doubles to center field. Ryosuke T Nagai hits a home run. Lyle Overbay scores. Harry Bold comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Charlie Boehmer singles to left field. Masafumi Nishimura is pinch hitting for Les Ferguson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Masafumi Nishimura pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Takumi Ogai pitching. Dwayne Murray is pinch hitting for Harry Bold. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dwayne Murray flies out to the left fielder. Sudden Sam LaRoche doubles to center field. Boom Boom Washington walks. Xavier McKnight grounds out to the second baseman. Sudden Sam LaRoche advances to third on the play. Boom Boom Washington advances to second on the play. Marsh White triples. Sudden Sam LaRoche scores. Boom Boom Washington scores. Terry Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Frank Flair pitching. George K Mejia strikes out. Dutch K Young flies out to the center fielder. Tomokazu Kuzava walks. Hank Napier strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Jeff Meister comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Hoffman strikes out. Akihiro Watanabe singles to center field. Hal Plank flies out to the right fielder. Steve Detweiler is pinch hitting for Frank Flair. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Steve Detweiler grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Akihiro Watanabe is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Nanny Grant pitching. Ralph Brow strikes out. Lyle Overbay walks. Lyle Overbay steals second. Ryosuke T Nagai strikes out. Charlie Boehmer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Andres K Brown comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Sudden Sam LaRoche strikes out. Boom Boom Washington grounds out to the shortstop. Xavier McKnight strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners left on base: 7 Minnesota total runners left on base: 5