Game 55: Twins fight off A’s for win
Minnesota @ Oakland (Game 1 of 3)
Summary
Minnesota took a 4-1 lead into the 7th inning with Scott Baker at the mound and left the 8th inning tied up at 4-4.
Delmon Young hit a go a head single in the top of the 11th ining and Jon Rauch completed the game with his 14th save of the year.
Batting
Justin Morneau once again led the Twins going 2-for-4 at the plate with a home run, three runs two RBI’s and a double.
Delmon Young and Joe Mauer both were 2-for-5 at the plate. Mauer scored twice, while Young had 2 RBI’s including the game winner (Twins 5, Oakland 4).
Pitching
Scott Baker went 7.1 innings with 90 pitches. Baker gave up 4 runs on 6 hits while striking out 3 and walking 1. Unfortunately for Baker the bullpen was not able to stop the bleeding, so he got the no decision for the night.
Matt Guerrier pitched 2.0 innings while striking out 1 and walking 1. Guerrier was the pitcher on record in the bottom of the 10th and picked up his first win on the season (1-1).
Jon Rauch once again made the bottom of the inning interesting, giving up a hit, but was able to finish the inning and record his 14th save of the season.
Notes
Minnesota played with out Michael Cuddyer and and Orlando Hudson and Joe Mauer DH’d. The line up was enough to get the ‘W’.
Minnesota improved to 32-23 while Oakland drops to 29-27.
Attendance
21,703 (The Coliseum)
