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Oakland Athletics @ Minnesota Twins

1999-05-23 · Day game · Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Att: 12881 · 72°F, dome, dry · 3:12

Minnesota Twins defeated Oakland Athletics 8–3. Minnesota Twins put up 5 in the 1st. Eric Milton earned the win. Matt Stairs went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	7
MIN	5	1	0	2	0	0	0	0		8	15

W: Eric Milton L: Gil Heredia SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Barnett · 1B: Greg Kosc · 2B: Dan Morrison · 3B: Ed Hickox · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tim Raines	5	0	0	0	0	1
Ryan Christenson	5	0	0	0	0	2
Jason Giambi	3	1	1	0	2	0
John Jaha	4	1	1	0	1	2
Matt Stairs	4	1	2	3	0	0
Olmedo Saenz	4	0	0	0	0	1
Scott Spiezio	2	0	1	0	1	0
Mike Macfarlane	4	0	2	0	0	0
Miguel Tejada	2	0	0	0	2	2

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Todd Walker	5	2	3	0	0	0
Denny Hocking	4	2	2	1	1	0
Ron Coomer	5	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Lawton	3	2	1	0	2	0
Marty Cordova	4	1	3	3	0	1
Doug Mientkiewicz	5	0	1	0	0	2
Chad Allen	4	1	2	2	0	1
A. J. Pierzynski	4	0	1	1	0	1
Cristian Guzman	4	0	2	1	0	1

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gil Heredia	3.0	8	2	2
Brad Rigby	3.2	6	1	4
Doug Jones	1.1	1	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eric Milton	5.0	3	4	5
Joe Mays	1.1	3	2	1
Travis Miller	0.1	0	0	0
Bob Wells	2.1	1	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tim Raines: K
Ryan Christenson: K
Jason Giambi: 13/G15

Bot 1

Todd Walker: S8/G6
Denny Hocking: S9/L3S.1-3
Ron Coomer: 13/G15.1-2
Matt Lawton: IW
Marty Cordova: HP.3-H;2-3;1-2
Doug Mientkiewicz: K
Chad Allen: S9/G34.3-H;2-H;1-3
A. J. Pierzynski: S7/L56D.3-H;1-2
Cristian Guzman: D7/L5D.2-H;1-3
Todd Walker: 63/G6MS

Top 2

John Jaha: K
Matt Stairs: D9/P4D
Olmedo Saenz: 7/F7D
Scott Spiezio: W
Mike Macfarlane: 7/F78D

Bot 2

Denny Hocking: 43/G4
Ron Coomer: 9/F9D
Matt Lawton: W
Marty Cordova: D8/F78XD.1-H
Doug Mientkiewicz: 9/F9D

Top 3

Miguel Tejada: W
Tim Raines: 7/F78XD
Ryan Christenson: K+CS2(24)/DP

Bot 3

Chad Allen: 63/G6S
A. J. Pierzynski: 43/G4S
Cristian Guzman: K

Top 4

Jason Giambi: D9/G3
John Jaha: 53/G56.2-3
Matt Stairs: 43/G4
Olmedo Saenz: K

Bot 4

Todd Walker: D9/F89XD
Denny Hocking: D9/F9D.2-H
Ron Coomer: 53/G56
Matt Lawton: 43/G34.2-3
Marty Cordova: S8/G4.3-H
Doug Mientkiewicz: S8/G6M.1-2
Chad Allen: S5/G6.2-3;1-2
A. J. Pierzynski: K

Top 5

Scott Spiezio: HP
Mike Macfarlane: 8/F8RS
Miguel Tejada: W.1-2
Tim Raines: 7/F78M
Ryan Christenson: 4/L4

Bot 5

Cristian Guzman: E6/G6S
Todd Walker: 64(1)3/GDP/G6S
Denny Hocking: 8/F8RS

Top 6

Jason Giambi: W
John Jaha: S5/G5L.1-2
Matt Stairs: HR/F7LD.2-H;1-H
Olmedo Saenz: 53/G56S
Scott Spiezio: D8/P8RS
Mike Macfarlane: S7/L6D.2-3
Miguel Tejada: K
Tim Raines: 8/F8RS

Bot 6

Ron Coomer: 4/L4M
Matt Lawton: S7/L6D
Marty Cordova: K+WP.1-2
Doug Mientkiewicz: K

Top 7

Ryan Christenson: 8/F8RD
Jason Giambi: W
John Jaha: W.1-2
Matt Stairs: 3/G3.2-3;1-2
Olmedo Saenz: 8/F8RXD

Bot 7

Chad Allen: K
A. J. Pierzynski: 7/F7M
Cristian Guzman: S4/G34S
Todd Walker: D8/G4M.1-3
Denny Hocking: W
Ron Coomer: 5/G5L

Top 8

Scott Spiezio: 8/F8RM
Mike Macfarlane: D7/G5
Miguel Tejada: K
Tim Raines: 4/P4MD

Bot 8

Matt Lawton: 63/G6
Marty Cordova: S7/G56
Doug Mientkiewicz: 46(1)3/GDP/G4S

Top 9

Ryan Christenson: 63/G6M
Jason Giambi: 7/F78S
John Jaha: K