OAK 3 vs MIN 1

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Oakland A's At 2008 Minnesota Twins                  3/29/2008
 
  A's                AB  R  H RBI AVG     Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG
  M.Ellis 2B          4  0  2  2 .273     D.Span RF           4  0  2  0 .500  
  R.Sweeney RF        5  0  1  0 .200     A.Casilla 2B        4  0  2  1 .500  
  J.Cust LF           3  0  1  1 .250     J.Mauer C           3  0  0  0 .000  
  F.Thomas DH         3  0  0  0 .083     J.Morneau 1B        4  0  0  0 .000  
  K.Suzuki C          3  0  0  0 .417     D.Young LF          4  0  0  0 .000  
  C.Gonzalez CF       4  1  1  0 .273     J.Kubel DH          4  0  1  0 .250  
  B.Crosby SS         4  1  1  0 .091     B.Buscher 3B        3  0  1  0 .333  
  J.Hannahan 3B       4  0  0  0 .182     N.Punto SS          3  0  1  0 .333  
  D.Barton 1B         4  1  2  0 .300     C.Gomez CF          3  1  1  0 .333  
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         Totals      34  3  8  3                 Totals      32  1  8  1
 
 
A's............. 0 0 1  2 0 0  0 0 0  -  3  8  1
Twins........... 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  8  0
 
A's (2-1)                IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Duchschere WIN(1-0)     7       8   1   1   1   5   0 101   1.29
C.Gaudin HOLD(1st)        1       0   0   0   0   0   0   7   0.00
H.Street SAVE(2nd)        1       0   0   0   0   0   0  10   4.50
Totals                    9       8   1   1   1   5   0
 
Twins (0-1)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
N.Blackburn LOSS(0-1)     6       8   3   3   1   6   0  94   4.50
M.Guerrier                2       0   0   0   0   2   0  19   0.00
D.Reyes                   1       0   0   0   1   1   0  16   0.00
Totals                    9       8   3   3   2   9   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 39,200 DATE-  TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- Dale Scott, Bill Hohn, Ron Kulpa, Dan Iassogna
T- 2:43
LEFT ON BASE- A's: 8  Twins: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- A's: 4  Twins: 0
ERRORS- D.Barton
DOUBLES- M.Ellis(1st), J.Cust(1st), D.Barton(1st), A.Casilla(1st),
         B.Buscher(1st), C.Gomez(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Cust
WALKS- M.Ellis, F.Thomas, J.Mauer
HIT BY PITCH- K.Suzuki
STRIKE OUTS- R.Sweeney-2, J.Cust, F.Thomas, C.Gonzalez, B.Crosby-2, J.Hannahan,
             D.Barton, A.Casilla, J.Morneau, J.Kubel, N.Punto, C.Gomez
GIDP- A.Casilla, J.Morneau, J.Kubel, B.Buscher
 
At Metrodome, the Minnesota faithful were treated to an intriguing pitcher's
duel.  Justin Duchscherer(1-0) finally bested his Minnesota counterpart, Nick
Blackburn(0-1), by the score of 3 to 1.
 
Duchscherer earned his pay with a solid performance for Oakland.  He went 7
innings surrendering 8 hits and 1 walk.  Neither team managed to score after
the 4th inning.  
 
Huston Street got the save, his 2nd.  Blackburn took the loss.  He gave up 8
hits and 1 walk in 6 innings.

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