0-13 (loss)

Blowout.  This Athletics team can not seem to string two wins together and even with the return of Crisp, tonight they fell totally flat in a devastating loss.

Twins 13, Athletics 0

(12-17)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
OAK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	6	1
MIN	0	0	4	0	0	2	4	3	x		13	12	0

W:

Gibson (3-2)

L:

Kazmir (2-1)

(15-13)

Oakland	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Crisp, LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000
Burns, CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304
Reddick, RF	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	.372
a-Fuld, PH-RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213
Butler, B, DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.257
Vogt, C	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.345
Muncy, 3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.300
Davis, I, 1B	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	.275
Canha, 1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267
Lawrie, 3B	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	.271
Phegley, C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269
Semien, SS	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	.283
Sogard, 2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250
Totals	32	0	6	0	2	5	13	.265

a-Grounded out for Reddick in the 8th.

Minnesota	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Dozier, 2B	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	.243
Bernier, 2B	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000
Hunter, To, DH	4	2	1	1	1	3	2	.263
Mauer, 1B	4	1	1	1	0	1	2	.287
Vargas, K, 1B	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	.222
Plouffe, 3B	4	1	1	2	1	0	2	.267
Escobar, E, LF	4	1	3	5	0	1	1	.225
Herrmann, C	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.192
Robinson, S, CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.340
Rosario, E, RF	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	.250
Santana, D, SS	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	.280
Totals	35	13	12	13	4	6	13	.260

BATTING
2B: Lawrie (5, Gibson), Reddick (5, Gibson).
TB: Lawrie 3; Sogard; Reddick 2; Semien 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Semien 2; Davis, I; Vogt; Crisp.
GIDP: Crisp.
Team RISP: 0-for-8.
Team LOB: 7.

FIELDING
E: Muncy (1, throw).
DP: (Lawrie-Sogard-Davis, I).

BATTING
2B: Escobar, E (5, Smith, Ch), Santana, D (6, Alvarez, R).
3B: Santana, D (1, Kazmir).
HR: Rosario, E (1, 3rd inning off Kazmir, 0 on, 0 out), Escobar, E (2, 6th inning off Kazmir, 1 on, 0 out), Vargas, K (3, 8th inning off Alvarez, R, 2 on, 2 out).
TB: Escobar, E 7; Santana, D 6; Plouffe; Vargas, K 4; Hunter, To; Robinson, S; Mauer; Rosario, E 4.
RBI: Rosario, E (1), Hunter, To (14), Plouffe 2 (17), Escobar, E 5 (10), Mauer (14), Vargas, K 3 (8).
2-out RBI: Vargas, K 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Robinson, S; Escobar, E.
SF: Escobar, E.
GIDP: Rosario, E.
Team RISP: 5-for-11.
Team LOB: 4.

FIELDING
DP: (Santana, D-Mauer).

Oakland	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Kazmir(L, 2-1)	6.0	7	6	6	2	4	2	2.75
Smith, Ch	0.1	3	4	4	1	0	0	33.75
Abad	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.48
Alvarez, R	1.0	2	3	3	1	2	1	13.00
Totals	8.0	12	13	13	4	6	3	4.14

Minnesota	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Gibson(W, 3-2)	6.0	4	0	0	2	1	0	2.97
Pressly	1.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0.00
Graham	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.86
Totals	9.0	6	0	0	2	5	0	3.92

Game Scores: Kazmir 36, Gibson 63.
WP: Kazmir, Gibson.
HBP: Dozier (by Smith, Ch).
Pitches-strikes: Kazmir 99-67, Smith, Ch 19-14, Abad 5-4, Alvarez, R 35-20, Gibson 104-62, Pressly 18-14, Graham 17-14.
Groundouts-flyouts: Kazmir 6-3, Smith, Ch 1-0, Abad 2-0, Alvarez, R 1-1, Gibson 10-2, Pressly 0-0, Graham 3-0.
Batters faced: Kazmir 26, Smith, Ch 6, Abad 2, Alvarez, R 7, Gibson 23, Pressly 5, Graham 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Abad 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Clint Fagan. 1B: Mike Everitt. 2B: Tim Timmons. 3B: Todd Tichenor.
Weather: 72 degrees, overcast.
Wind: 20 mph, Out to RF.
T: 2:56.
Att: 18,866.
Venue: Target Field.
May 6, 2015