1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota	3	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	10	18	0
Oakland	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	4

MINNESOTA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
J Jones lf D Hocking ss Lawton rf Coomer 1b D Ortiz dh a-Huskey ph-dh Lecroy c Koskie 3b T Hunter cf Canizaro 2b Totals	6 6 5 3 3 2 5 5 5 5 45	3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 10	4 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 3 18	2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8	0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2	0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5	2 1 4 2 4 3 5 0 3 0 24	.346 .276 .344 .290 .239 .222 .179 .268 .227 .256

a-hit into fielder's choice for D Ortiz in the 6th.

BATTING
2B: D Hocking 2 (9, Appier 2); Koskie (9, Appier).
HR: D Hocking (2, 7th inning off Sauveur 1 on, 1 out).
Rbi: Lawton (33), Koskie (11), D Hocking 3 (13), J Jones 2 (21), Huskey (12).
2-out rbi: Koskie, J Jones.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: T Hunter 2, Lecroy 3, Lawton 1.
Gidp: Coomer.
Team LOB: 10.

OAKLAND	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Long cf R Velarde 2b Ja Giambi 1b Saenz dh Grieve lf Tejada ss b-Stairs ph Je Giambi rf Chavez 3b Fasano c a-Ra Hernandez ph-c Totals	4 4 4 4 4 3 1 4 3 2 1 34	1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5	1 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7	1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 4	0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 8	.258 .310 .314 .329 .308 .262 .216 .263 .248 .163 .226

a-grounded to shortstop for Fasano in the 8th; b-flied to right for Tejada in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Long (6, Redman).
HR: R Velarde (3, 3rd inning off Redman 1 on, 2 out); Tejada (6, 4th inning off Redman 1 on, 1 out).
Rbi: Long (18), R Velarde 2 (6), Tejada 2 (29).
2-out rbi - Long,: R Velarde 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Je Giambi 1.
Team LOB: 2.

FIELDING
E: Chavez (5, ground ball); Long (3, bobble); Ja Giambi (2, throw); Je Giambi (1, ground ball).
Outfield assists: Grieve (Coomer at 2nd base).
DP: 1 (Tejada-R Velarde-Ja Giambi).


Pitching

MINNESOTA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Redman (W, 3-0) Travis Miller B Wells	6 2 1/3 2/3	5 2 0	5 0 0	5 0 0	0 0 0	3 1 0	2 0 0	3.89 4.76 4.76

OAKLAND	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Appier L Vizcaino (L, 0-1) Magnante Sauveur	3 2 1 1/3 2 2/3	9 3 2 4	5 1 2 2	2 1 2 2	1 0 1 0	2 1 1 1	0 0 0 1	4.31 6.00 5.14 4.91

L Vizcaino pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.

Ibb: Coomer 2 (by Appier, (by Magnante).
Pitches-strikes: Appier 69-45; L Vizcaino 25-19; Magnante 23-11; Sauveur 36-22;: Redman 87-57; Travis Miller 32-21; B Wells 3-2.
Ground balls-fly balls: Appier 3-4; L Vizcaino 1-3; Magnante 2-1; Sauveur 6-1; Redman 7-8;: Travis Miller 4-2; B Wells 0-2.
Batters faced: Appier 21; L Vizcaino 8;: Magnante 7; Sauveur 11; Redman 23; Travis Miller 9; B Wells 2.
Umpires: HP: Paul Schrieber. 1B--Phil Cuzzi. 2B--Terry Craft. 3B--Ian Lamplugh.
T: 2:55.
Att: 8,746.
Weather: 64 degrees, clear.
Wind: 13 mph,: out to right.