SCORECARD

SECOND inning

Oakland: Twins starter Kevin Correia walked Brandon Moss. Yoenis Cespedes doubled to left, scoring Moss. Alberto Callaspo singled to right, advancing Cespedes to third. Josh Reddick singled to right, scoring Cespedes.

Twins: Kurt Suzuki hit a one-out single to left off Oakland starter Scott Kazmir. Aaron Hicks doubled to center, scoring Suzuki.

Oakland 2, Twins 1

THIRD inning

Oakland: Jed Lowrie drew a one-out walk. Josh Donaldson doubled to right, advancing Lowrie to third. Moss singled to right, scoring Lowrie and Donaldson. Cespedes flied out to center. Callaspo doubled to right, scoring Moss.

Twins: Trevor Plouffe singled to left-center. Chris Colabello walked, advancing Plouffe to second. Josmil Pinto flied out to right, advancing Plouffe to third. Jason Kubel doubled to right, scoring Plouffe and advancing Colabello to third. Suzuki grounded out to second, scoring Colabello.

Oakland 5, Twins 3

sixth inning

Oakland: Derek Norris homered to left-center.

Oakland 6, Twins 3

seventh inning

Oakland: Reliever Samuel Deduno hit Lowrie with a pitch. Donaldson singled to left, advancing pinch-runner Nick Punto to third. With Moss at the plate, Punto scored and Donaldson advanced to second on a balk. Moss flied out to center, advancing Donaldson to third. Cespedes hit a sacrifice fly to left, scoring Donaldson.

Oakland 8, Twins 3

OaklandABRHBIBBSOAvg.

Fuld cf500001.222

Lowrie ss210010.286

Punto pr-ss010010.200

Donaldson 3b522002.161

Moss 1b421211.320

Cespedes lf311200.231

Callaspo dh402100.444

Reddick rf401101.125

Norris c412102.417

Sogard 2b401000.286

Totals35810737

TWINSABRHBIBBSOAvg.

Dozier 2b400011.143

Mauer 1b300022.250

Plouffe 3b411011.370

Colabello rf411012.370

Pinto dh300011.167

Kubel lf401100.381

Suzuki c411100.389

Hicks cf401101.200

Florimon ss301011.100

Totals3336379

Oakland023 001 200—8100

Twins012 000 000—360

LOB—Oakland 5, Twins 10. 2B—Donaldson (1), Cespedes (2), Callaspo (1), Kubel (4), Hicks (2). HR—Norris (1), off Correia. RBI—Moss 2 (7), Cespedes 2 (6), Callaspo (3), Reddick (1), D.Norris (1), Kubel (5), Suzuki (6), Hicks (2). SB—Florimon (2). SF—Cespedes. DP—Twins 1.

OAKLANDIPHRERBBSONPERA

Kazmir W, 2-06633451012.03

Abad100011210.00

Otero100001103.38

Cook100022210.00

TWINSIPHRERBBSONPERA

Correia L, 0-15 2/396623976.17

Deduno3 1/312214545.40

Inherited runners-scored—Deduno 1-0. HBP—by Deduno (Lowrie). Balk—Deduno. Umpires—Home, Bill Miller; First, Vic Carapazza; Second, Adam Hamari; Third, Greg Gibson. T—3:05. A—35,837 (39,021).