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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Oakland 8, Minnesota 6
When: 10:05 PM ET, Thursday, September 19, 2013
Where: O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California
Temperature: 72°
Umpires: Home - Marty Foster, 1B - Wally Bell, 2B - Marvin Hudson, 3B - Tim McClelland
Attendance: 11461

Athletics 8, Twins 6: Coco Crisp belted a two-run homer in the eighth inning to snap a tie as host Oakland posted its 10th win in 13 games.

Alberto Callaspo and Jed Lowrie also went deep for the first-place Athletics, who reduced their magic number for clinching the American League West to four while maintaining their 6 1/2-game lead over the Texas Rangers. Sean Doolittle (5-5) retired all four batters he faced to notch the win.

Oswaldo Arcia hit a solo homer and Chris Parmelee went 3-for-3 and scored a run for Minnesota, which has lost seven of nine.

The Twins battled back from a 6-3 deficit, scoring once in the seventh and twice in the eighth to forge a tie. But Daric Barton drew a leadoff walk from Shairon Martis (0-1) in the bottom of the eighth and, after Callaspo struck out, Crisp deposited a 2-1 pitch over the right-field wall for his 21st blast and an 8-6 lead.

Josmil Pinto and Pedro Florimon hit RBI infield singles in the sixth to give Minnesota a 3-2 edge, but Callaspo led off the bottom half with a pinch-hit homer and Lowrie added a three-run shot later in the frame to put Oakland ahead.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Minnesota starter Kevin Correia allowed two runs on six hits and five walks in five innings. Oakland's Dan Straily lasted 5 2/3 frames, yielding three runs - two earned - and three hits. ... The Twins have allowed a total of 34 runs in their last three losses to the Athletics. ... Parmelee, Arcia and Pinto combined for seven of Minnesota's 10 hits.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Minnesota   Oakland
Kevin Correia Player Daniel Straily
No Decision W/L No Decision
5.0 IP 5.2
1 Strikeouts 6
6 Hits 3
3.60 ERA 3.18
Hitting
Minnesota   Oakland
Chris Parmelee Player Seth Smith
3 Hits 2
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
3 TB 2
1.000 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Minnesota 10 1 13 .263 20 10 6 5 0 0
Oakland 11 3 23 .344 12 3 8 6 0 2