OAK 21 vs. MIN 16

BOXSCORE: 2011 Oakland A's At 2011 Minnesota Twins                  5/15/2011
 
  A's                AB  R  H RBI AVG     Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Weeks 2B          4  0  1  0 .172     J.Mauer C           4  0  2  0 .314  
  C.Crisp CF          4  0  0  0 .258     A.Casilla 2B        2  2  1  0 .308  
  H.Matsui DH         4  0  0  0 .125     M.Cuddyer RF        4  1  1  0 .279  
  J.Willingham LF     4  0  0  0 .274     J.Morneau 1B        1  0  0  0 .250  
  D.Dejesus RF        4  0  1  0 .282   A-C.Parmelee 1B       2  0  0  0 .000  
  S.Sizemore 3B       4  0  1  0 .273     J.Kubel DH          4  1  2  2 .293  
  D.Barton 1B         3  0  1  0 .273     D.Span CF           2  0  1  0 .220  
  K.Suzuki C          3  0  0  0 .284   B-J.Repko CF          2  0  0  0 .143  
  C.Pennington SS     3  0  2  0 .217     T.Plouffe SS        3  0  1  0 .245  
                                          D.Valencia 3B       3  0  1  2 .268  
                                          B.Revere LF         4  0  0  0 .211  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  0  6  0                 Totals      31  4  9  4
 
A-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Morneau In 2nd Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Span In 5th Inning
 
INJURY: Justin Morneau INJURED (for 0 more games) in 1st inning
INJURY: Denard Span INJURED (for 0 more games) in 4th inning
 
A's............. 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  6  0
Twins........... 0 0 0  0 0 3  1 0    -  4  9  0
 
A's (11-10)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
T.Cahill LOSS(1-4)        5       6   2   2   1   3   0  82   6.08
F.De Los San              0 1/3   1   1   1   0   1   0  10   5.68
G.Balfour                 1       1   1   1   2   1   0  26   2.00
B.Ziegler                 1 1/3   1   0   0   1   0   0  28   3.86
J.Outman                  0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   6.75
Totals                    8       9   4   4   4   5   0
 
Twins (7-9)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
S.Baker WIN(1-0)          9       6   0   0   0  11   0 119   0.63
Totals                    9       6   0   0   0  11   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 36,810 DATE-  TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- Scott Barry, John Hirschbeck, Wally Bell, Laz Diaz
T- 2:32
LEFT ON BASE- A's: 6  Twins: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- A's: 0  Twins: 0
DOUBLES- D.Dejesus(3rd), T.Plouffe(6th)
RBIs- J.Kubel-2(10th), D.Valencia-2(8th)
STOLEN BASES- A.Casilla(4th), M.Cuddyer(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- A.Casilla
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Casilla
WALKS- A.Casilla, C.Parmelee, T.Plouffe, D.Valencia
STRIKE OUTS- C.Crisp, H.Matsui-2, J.Willingham-4, D.Dejesus-2, S.Sizemore-2,
             M.Cuddyer-2, J.Morneau, C.Parmelee, J.Repko
2-out RBI- D.Valencia-2, J.Kubel
RLISP 2-out- J.Morneau, B.Revere-2, S.Sizemore, J.Mauer, J.Repko
 
Designated hitter Jason Kubel had 2 base hits and 2 RBI and Scott Baker
dominated striking out 11 Oakland batters at Target Field where the Minnesota
Twins beat the Oakland A's by the score of 4 to 0.
 
Baker(1-0) dominated Oakland hitters.  He surrendered only 6 hits and no walks
in 9 innings reducing his ERA from 1.69 to 0.63.  Minnesota had a total of 9
hits for the game.  
 
Trevor Cahill(1-4) was given the loss.  'I thought it was my best performance
in a long time,' said Baker. 'I had good command early in the game. I had my
control and composure and everything went well.'