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Oakland Athletics @ Minnesota Twins

2015-05-07 · Day game · Target Field · Att: 22379 · 71°F · Wind 16 mph R to L · 2:57

Minnesota Twins defeated Oakland Athletics 6–5. Oakland Athletics opened the scoring in the 2nd — Max Muncy out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Shane Robinson. Billy Butler scores. Ike Davis to 3rd. Brett Lawrie to 2nd. Minnesota Twins took the lead in the 2nd — Eddie Rosario out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Sam Fuld. Shane Robinson scores. Oakland Athletics took the lead in the 3rd — Ike Davis doubles (7) on a fly ball to left fielder Eduardo Escobar. Billy Butler scores. Minnesota Twins took the lead in the 5th — Eduardo Escobar singles on a ground ball to right fielder Josh Reddick. Brian Dozier scores. Trevor Plouffe scores. Kennys Vargas to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Eduardo Escobar singles on a ground ball to right fielder Josh Reddick. Brian Dozier scores. Trevor Plouffe scores. Kennys Vargas to 2nd — worth 14% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Ricky Nolasco L: Drew Pomeranz SV: Glen Perkins

Umpires — HP: Mike Everitt · 1B: Tim Timmons · 2B: Todd Tichenor · 3B: Clint Fagan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Burns	4	1	1	0	0	0
Sam Fuld	3	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Reddick	4	0	0	0	0	1
Billy Butler	4	2	2	1	0	1
Ike Davis	3	2	2	2	1	0
Brett Lawrie	4	0	2	0	0	2
Max Muncy	2	0	0	1	0	1
Josh Phegley	2	0	0	1	1	0
Eric Sogard	3	0	1	0	0	0
Mark Canha	1	0	0	0	0	0
Marcus Semien	1	0	0	0	0	1
Coco Crisp	1	0	0	0	0	0
Stephen Vogt	1	0	0	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brian Dozier	3	1	0	0	1	1
Torii Hunter	4	0	0	0	0	1
Trevor Plouffe	3	1	1	0	1	1
Kennys Vargas	2	1	1	0	2	1
Eduardo Escobar	3	1	1	2	1	0
Kurt Suzuki	3	1	1	0	1	0
Shane Robinson	4	1	0	1	0	0
Eddie Rosario	3	0	1	2	0	0
Danny Santana	3	0	0	0	0	2

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Drew Pomeranz	4.1	3	5	2
Dan Otero	0.2	1	1	0
Fernando Rodriguez	2.0	1	0	4
Evan Scribner	1.0	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ricky Nolasco	5.0	6	1	1
Michael Tonkin	1.0	1	1	2
Aaron Thompson	1.0	0	0	1
Blaine Boyer	0.2	1	0	1
Glen Perkins	1.1	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Billy Burns: 9/F9M
Sam Fuld: 4/F3DF
Josh Reddick: 7/F78D

Bot 1

Brian Dozier: 7/F78D
Torii Hunter: 9/F9M
Trevor Plouffe: K

Top 2

Billy Butler: D8/F78XD+
Ike Davis: W
Brett Lawrie: S7/L56D+.2-3;1-2
Max Muncy: 8/SF/F78XD+.3-H;2-3;1-2
Josh Phegley: 8/SF/F8LXD+.3-H;2-3
Eric Sogard: 53/G6S-

Bot 2

Kennys Vargas: S7/L7M
Eduardo Escobar: W.1-2
Kurt Suzuki: W.2-3;1-2
Shane Robinson: 64(1)/FO/G6MS-.3-H;2-H(NR);B-2(E4)
Eddie Rosario: SB3
Eddie Rosario: 7/SF/L7D+.3-H(UR)
Danny Santana: K

Top 3

Billy Burns: S8/L6MD-
Sam Fuld: 4/L4+
Josh Reddick: 4/L4-
Billy Butler: SB2
Billy Butler: S8/G4M+.2-H
Ike Davis: D7/F78D+.1-H
Brett Lawrie: K

Bot 3

Brian Dozier: 8/F8RXD+
Torii Hunter: 43/G4
Trevor Plouffe: 9/F89S-

Top 4

Max Muncy: 63/G6+
Josh Phegley: 5/F5SF-
Eric Sogard: D9/L9LS+
Billy Burns: 3/F34S-

Bot 4

Kennys Vargas: W
Eduardo Escobar: 64(1)3/GDP/G6+
Kurt Suzuki: S8/G4M+
Shane Robinson: E6/G6.1-2
Eddie Rosario: S8/L4M+.2-H(UR);1-3
Danny Santana: 4/F4-

Top 5

Sam Fuld: 43/G4-
Josh Reddick: 5/F56D-
Billy Butler: 63/G6

Bot 5

Brian Dozier: W
Torii Hunter: 6/F6D-
Trevor Plouffe: W.1-2
Kennys Vargas: W.2-3;1-2
Eduardo Escobar: S9/G34.3-H;2-H;1-2
Kurt Suzuki: 8/F8LD+.2-3
Shane Robinson: 13/G13S-

Top 6

Ike Davis: HR/F8RXD+
Brett Lawrie: K
Max Muncy: K
Josh Phegley: W
Eric Sogard: 8/F8LM

Bot 6

Eddie Rosario: 6/P
Danny Santana: K
Brian Dozier: K

Top 7

Billy Burns: 63/MREV/G6
Mark Canha: 6/P
Josh Reddick: K

Bot 7

Torii Hunter: K
Trevor Plouffe: D9/F9D+
Kennys Vargas: K
Eduardo Escobar: 5/F5F-

Top 8

Billy Butler: K
Ike Davis: 63/G6M
Brett Lawrie: S9/G4+
Marcus Semien: K

Bot 8

Kurt Suzuki: 63/G56
Shane Robinson: 13/G34S-
Eddie Rosario: 43/G4

Top 9

Josh Phegley: 3/F34S-
Coco Crisp: 63/G6
Stephen Vogt: 53/G56+

Notes & reviews

replay,7,burnb002,OAK,evem901 ,MIN04,,Y,M,MIN,C $when Billy Burns was called safe at 1B, Twins manager Paul Molitor challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay

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