Oakland 5, Minnesota 4
When: 4:05 PM ET, Sunday, June 6, 2010
Where: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California
Temperature:
68°
Umpires:
Home -
Larry Vanover, 1B -
Jeff Kellogg, 2B -
Jeff Nelson, 3B -
Mark Carlson
Attendance:
20059
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Oakland jumped out to a first-inning lead and made it stand the entire way en route to a X-X win over the Minnesota Twins Sunday night.
The Athletics got on the board right away, as Jack Cust and Kevin Kouzmanoff each had RBI singles to make it 2-0. They scored all five of their runs in the first three innings, as Ryan Sweeney doubled in a run in the second, Mark Ellis and Cliff Pennington both had RBI singles in the third.
The run support was enough for starter Gio Gonzalez (6-3) who continues his strong pitching in day games. He gave up two runs on six hits in seven innings, while striking out two. He now has a 4-0 record this season when pitching during daylight.
Michael Wuertz pitched a perfect ninth to get his first save of the season.
Minnesota starter Nick Blackburn (6-3) had a rough outing, getting touched up for 10 hits and five runs in just 2 2/3 innings.
The Twins scored a run in the second on an error by Kouzmanoff and another in the third via a Matt Tolbert sacrifice fly.
The Twins made it interesting in the eighth. Delmon Young hit a two-run home run to cut the lead to 5-4 and then Minnesota got a runner to second with two outs, but Brendan Harris struck out to end the threat.
Cust and Kouzmanoff both went 3-for-4 and Sweeney had two hits as well for Oakland.
Nick Punto had three hits for Minnesota.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Minnesota
|
8 |
1 |
14 |
.235 |
9 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| Oakland
|
13 |
0 |
15 |
.382 |
13 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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