Minnesota 4, Oakland 0
When: 1:10 PM ET, Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature:
58°
Umpires:
Home -
Ted Barrett, 1B -
Marvin Hudson, 2B -
Tim McClelland, 3B -
Brian Runge
Attendance:
35103
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Twins 4, Athletics 0: Josh Willingham homered and drove in three runs and Francisco Liriano threw six innings of three-hit ball in his return to the starting rotation as Minnesota finished its first three-game sweep in nearly a year.
A night after hitting a walk-off, three-run home run, Willingham had another big game against his former team. He opened the scoring with an RBI single in the first and added his 10th home run - a two-run blast off starter Tyson Ross - in the fifth.
Liriano (1-5) was dominant in his first start since May 7, striking out nine and walking two over six scoreless innings. Alex Burnett and Jeff Gray combined to finish the three-hitter and send the A's to their eighth consecutive loss.
It was Oakland's ninth shutout of the season, the most in the majors.
Ross (2-6) allowed four runs on six hits over five innings. He walked three.
The Twins' last three-game sweep came June 17-19, 2011 against San Diego.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The A's have scored 14 runs in their past nine games and rank last in the American League in scoring. … Minnesota 3B Jamey Carroll went 0-for-3 to snap his hitting streak at seven games. … Oakland 2B Jemile Weeks went 1-for-4 to extend his hitting streak to seven games.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Oakland |
|
Minnesota |
|
Tyson Ross |
Player |
Francisco Liriano
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
5.0 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
1 |
Strikeouts |
9 |
|
6 |
Hits |
3 |
|
7.20 |
ERA |
0.00 |
Hitting
| Oakland |
|
Minnesota |
|
Collin Cowgill | Player |
Josh Willingham
|
|
1 |
Hits |
2 |
|
0 |
RBI |
3 |
|
0 |
HR |
1 |
|
2 |
TB |
5 |
|
.333 |
Avg |
.500 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Oakland
|
3 |
0 |
4 |
.107 |
8 |
10 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Minnesota
|
6 |
1 |
11 |
.214 |
10 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
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