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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Oakland 3, Minnesota 1
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, September 17, 2010
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 64°
Umpires: Home - John Hirschbeck, 1B - James Hoye, 2B - Lazaro Diaz, 3B - Wally Bell
Attendance: 40681
Brett Anderson allowed one run in 6 2/3 innings and Jack Cust homered as the Oakland Athletics earned a 3-1 victory over Minnesota on Friday night, snapping the Twins' five-game winning streak.

Danny Valencia's leadoff homer in the fifth was the only run for the Twins, who led runner-up Chicago by nine games in the American League Central going into the game.

Anderson (6-6) held the Twins to four hits, walked one and struck out five. Nick Blackburn (9-10) gave up three runs and eight hits in seven innings, including Cust's leadoff homer in the sixth.

Andrew Bailey pitched the ninth for his 25th save in 28 chances. He walked Valencia with one out, but struck out J.J. Hardy on a 3-2 pitch and retired pinch-hitter Matt Tolbert on a groundout to end the game.

The A's scored in the second on Rajai Davis' sacrifice fly and again in the fifth on Mark Ellis' RBI single.

The Twins loaded the bases with two outs in the seventh, but Craig Breslow retired pinch-hitter Joe Mauer on a fly ball to left.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Oakland   Minnesota
Brett Anderson Player Nick Blackburn
Win W/L Loss
6.2 IP 7.0
5 Strikeouts 1
4 Hits 8
1.35 ERA 3.86
Hitting
Oakland   Minnesota
Rajai Davis Player Danny Valencia
2 Hits 2
1 RBI 1
0 HR 1
2 TB 5
.667 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Oakland 11 1 17 .314 10 2 3 1 0 0
Minnesota 5 1 9 .156 11 6 1 3 0 0