Starting Lineups:
Minnesota Twins Oakland Athletics
1. Knoblauch 2b Bordick ss
2. Reboulet 3b Browne lf
3. Puckett rf Sierra rf
4. Winfield dh Neel dh
5. Mack cf Steinbach c
6. Harper c Aldrete 1b
7. Brito lf Gates 2b
8. McCarty 1b D. Henderson cf
9. Meares ss Paquette 3b
Erickson p Mohler p
TWINS 1ST: Knoblauch grounded out (pitcher to first); Reboulet
walked; Puckett singled to right [Reboulet to third]; Winfield
grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first)
[Puckett out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0,
Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 1ST: Bordick singled to left; Browne grounded out
(first unassisted) [Bordick to second]; Sierra flied to left;
Neel grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 0, Athletics 0.
TWINS 2ND: Mack lined to second; Harper singled to center; Brito
homered to left [Harper scored]; McCarty grounded out (third to
first); Meares grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Twins 2, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Steinbach grounded out (shortstop to first);
Aldrete struck out; Gates popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 2, Athletics 0.
TWINS 3RD: Knoblauch singled to right; Reboulet out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Knoblauch to second]; Puckett
homered to left [Knoblauch scored]; Winfield flied to center;
Mack singled to right; Mack stole second [Mack to third (error
by Steinbach)]; Harper singled to left [Mack scored]; Brito
homered to center [Harper scored]; BRISCOE REPLACED MOHLER
(PITCHING); McCarty walked; Meares forced McCarty (shortstop to
second); 5 R, 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 7, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 3RD: D. Henderson flied to center; Paquette flied to
right; Bordick singled to center; Browne singled to left
[Bordick to second]; Sierra singled to left [Bordick scored,
Browne to second]; Neel forced Sierra (shortstop unassisted); 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 7, Athletics 1.
TWINS 4TH: Knoblauch singled to right; Reboulet struck out;
Puckett homered to left-center [Knoblauch scored]; Winfield
lined to center; Mack struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins
9, Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 4TH: Steinbach singled to right; Aldrete singled to
left [Steinbach to second]; BROSIUS RAN FOR ALDRETE; Gates
reached on an error by Knoblauch [Steinbach to third, Brosius to
second, Gates to first]; D. Henderson out on a sacrifice fly to
center [Steinbach scored]; Paquette grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Gates out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E,
1 LOB. Twins 9, Athletics 2.
TWINS 5TH: BROSIUS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Harper homered
to left-center; Brito flied to left; McCarty grounded out (third
to first); Meares struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 10,
Athletics 2.
ATHLETICS 5TH: Bordick singled to center; Browne popped to
third; Sierra struck out; Neel singled to center [Bordick to
third]; Steinbach was hit by a pitch [Neel to second]; Brosius
popped to first; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Twins 10, Athletics 2.
TWINS 6TH: GOSSAGE REPLACED BRISCOE (PITCHING); HEMOND REPLACED
STEINBACH (PLAYING C ); Knoblauch tripled to right; Reboulet
homered to left [Knoblauch scored]; Puckett singled to center;
Winfield popped to third; Mack grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Puckett out at second]; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 12, Athletics 2.
ATHLETICS 6TH: Gates singled to left; D. Henderson forced Gates
(third to second) [D. Henderson to second (error by Knoblauch)];
Paquette grounded out (pitcher to first); Bordick singled to
center [D. Henderson scored]; Browne forced Bordick (shortstop
unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 12, Athletics 3.
TWINS 7TH: Harper grounded out (shortstop to first); Brito
struck out; McCarty flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 12, Athletics 3.
ATHLETICS 7TH: Sierra grounded out (first unassisted); Neel
grounded out (pitcher to first); Hemond popped to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 12, Athletics 3.
TWINS 8TH: GOSSAGE REPLACED SIERRA (PITCHING); LYDY REPLACED
BORDICK (PLAYING RF); NEEL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B);
BROSIUS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Meares struck out; HALE
BATTED FOR KNOBLAUCH; Hale struck out; Reboulet singled to
center; Puckett singled to right [Reboulet to third (error by
Lydy)]; Winfield popped to third; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Twins
12, Athletics 3.
ATHLETICS 8TH: HALE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); WEBSTER
REPLACED HARPER (PLAYING C ); HARTLEY REPLACED ERICKSON
(PITCHING); Brosius popped to shortstop; Gates singled to right;
D. Henderson popped to shortstop; Paquette struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 12, Athletics 3.
TWINS 9TH: HORSMAN REPLACED GOSSAGE (PITCHING); Mack grounded
out (second to first); Webster popped to left; Brito singled to
left; McCarty forced Brito (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Twins 12, Athletics 3.
ATHLETICS 9TH: Lydy singled to right; Browne singled to right
[Lydy to second]; BLANKENSHIP BATTED FOR HORSMAN; Blankenship
singled to right [Lydy to third, Browne to second]; Neel
grounded out (third to first) [Lydy scored, Browne to third,
Blankenship to second]; Hemond lined to third; Brosius singled
to shortstop [Browne scored, Blankenship to third]; Gates walked
[Brosius to second]; D. Henderson flied to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0
E, 3 LOB. Twins 12, Athletics 5.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Twins 12 17 2 5
Athletics 5 15 2 12
