MAJOR LEAGUE
OAKLAND ATHLETICS AT MINNESOTA TWINS
05/26/2014
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MAJOR LEAGUE
OAKLAND ATHLETICS AT MINNESOTA TWINS
GAME ID: 541 - MONDAY, MAY 26TH , 2014 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oakland Athletics (26-20) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1
Minnesota Twins (25-27) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Athletics Withstand Heroic Effort by Blyleven, Beat Twins 1-0
Bert Blyleven pitched well enough to win, but it was not to be. The Minnesota Twins, despite Blyleven's fine outing, dropped a 1-0 decision to the Oakland Athletics at Target Field. Dennis Eckersley finished to wrap up his 8th save. The second-place Athletics bumped their record to 26-20.

Though tagged with the loss, Blyleven pitched well. He scattered 4 hits over 9 innings for the Twins. Blyleven is now 4-5 on the year. This was start number 1 for the right-hander.
OAKLAND BATTING LINESCORE MINNESOTA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
R. Henderson LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .215 1 4
J. Foxx 1B 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .227 6 14
   a-J. Giambi PH, 1B 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .328 4 9
N. Lajoie 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 3 36
M. Suttles DH 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 .198 11 26
E. Chavez 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .253 5 18
A. Simmons RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .297 2 16
M. Tejada SS 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .228 6 22
D. Murphy CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .191 4 16
T. Steinbach C 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .266 1 9
Totals 31 1 4 1 0 7 7      
a - J. Giambi pinch hit for J. Foxx in the 9th

BATTING
Total Bases: R. Henderson , M. Suttles , A. Simmons , T. Steinbach
2-out RBI: M. Suttles
Team LOB: 3

BASERUNNING
SB: R. Henderson (17)

FIELDING
Errors: E. Chavez (5)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Rice RF 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 .260 0 4
R. Carew 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .302 1 7
J. Gibson DH 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .221 12 30
O. Charleston CF 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 .305 14 34
K. Puckett LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 .228 2 10
C. Travis 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .226 1 9
B. DeMoss 2B 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 .201 1 6
   a-T. Oliva PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .255 5 11
   b-C. Knoblauch PR, 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .150 1 2
J. Mauer C 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 .248 6 21
R. Smalley III SS 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 .151 2 9
Totals 34 0 7 0 3 7 20      
a - T. Oliva pinch hit for B. DeMoss in the 7th
b - C. Knoblauch pinch ran for T. Oliva in the 7th

BATTING
Doubles: O. Charleston 2 (9, 2nd Inning off B. Holland, 0 on, 0 outs; 4th Inning off B. Holland, 0 on, 1 out) , J. Mauer (9, 3rd Inning off B. Holland, 0 on, 0 outs) , T. Oliva (3, 7th Inning off B. Holland, 0 on, 1 out)
Triples: R. Carew (2, 8th Inning off B. Holland, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: R. Carew 3 , O. Charleston 5 , T. Oliva 2 , J. Mauer 3
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Rice , R. Carew , K. Puckett , C. Travis 2 , B. DeMoss
Team LOB: 10

BASERUNNING
SB: O. Charleston (5)
OAKLAND PITCHING LINESCORE MINNESOTA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. Holland W (5-5) 8.0 7 0 0 2 6 0 102 3.70   
D. Eckersley SV (8) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 17 2.87   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Holland 72
Batters Faced: B. Holland 33, D. Eckersley 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Holland 9-9, D. Eckersley 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: B. Holland 102-64, D. Eckersley 17-9
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. Blyleven L (4-5) 9.0 4 1 1 0 7 0 100 3.39   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Blyleven 82
Batters Faced: B. Blyleven 31
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Blyleven 12-8
Pitches - Strikes: B. Blyleven 100-68
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Bert Blyleven
Ballpark: Target Field
Weather: Partly Cloudy (68 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 12 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM CT
Time: 2:41
Attendance: 23585
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