7-8 (loss)

Early lead disintegrates as the bullpen of this team seems to be in shambles.  On the positive side: Reddick and Vogt are still smashing the ball.

Twins 8, Athletics 7

(11-16)

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

W:

Hughes (1-4)

L:

Hahn (1-2)

SV:

Perkins (9)

(14-12)

Oakland	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Burns, CF	5	0	2	0	0	1	1	.357
Semien, SS	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	.271
Reddick, RF	3	2	1	0	2	0	1	.389
Butler, B, DH	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	.257
Vogt, C	5	1	3	5	0	1	0	.372
1-Fuld, PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216
Davis, I, 1B	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	.282
a-Gentry, PH-LF	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	.086
Lawrie, 3B	4	0	2	0	0	1	1	.260
Canha, LF-1B	4	1	1	2	0	0	4	.284
Sogard, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.234
Totals	40	7	13	7	2	5	16	.268

a-Singled for Davis, I in the 8th.
1-Ran for Vogt in the 9th.

Minnesota	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Dozier, 2B	5	0	2	2	0	1	5	.248
Hunter, To, RF	5	1	1	3	0	1	6	.253
Mauer, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.290
Plouffe, 3B	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	.277
Suzuki, K, C	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.221
Vargas, K, DH	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	.224
Escobar, E, LF	4	2	3	0	0	0	1	.203
Robinson, S, LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.348
Schafer, J, CF	3	2	3	2	1	0	0	.232
Santana, D, SS	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	.269
Totals	36	8	13	8	2	8	19	.260

BATTING
2B: Burns (1, Hughes, P), Lawrie (4, Hughes, P), Vogt (4, Perkins).
HR: Vogt (7, 1st inning off Hughes, P, 3 on, 1 out), Canha (4, 6th inning off Hughes, P, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Davis, I; Lawrie 3; Butler, B; Vogt 7; Canha 4; Reddick; Semien; Burns 3; Gentry.
RBI: Vogt 5 (25), Canha 2 (14).
2-out RBI: Vogt.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Sogard 2; Burns; Gentry.
Team RISP: 3-for-10.
Team LOB: 8.

FIELDING
E: Lawrie (3, fielding).
DP: (Sogard-Semien-Canha).

BATTING
2B: Dozier 2 (8, Hahn, Hahn), Schafer, J (3, Hahn), Escobar, E 2 (4, Hahn, Bassitt).
HR: Hunter, To (3, 6th inning off Alvarez, R, 2 on, 2 out).
TB: Escobar, E 5; Santana, D; Schafer, J 4; Plouffe; Vargas, K 2; Hunter, To 4; Dozier 4.
RBI: Schafer, J 2 (4), Santana, D (7), Dozier 2 (13), Hunter, To 3 (13).
2-out RBI: Hunter, To 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Plouffe; Mauer.
GIDP: Hunter, To.
Team RISP: 5-for-14.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Santana, D (2, 2nd base off Hahn/Vogt).
CS: Schafer, J (3, 2nd base by Hahn/Vogt).

Oakland	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Hahn(L, 1-2)	5.0	10	6	6	0	5	0	4.33
Alvarez, R(BS, 1)	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	11.25
Bassitt	2.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	2.89
Totals	8.0	13	8	8	2	8	1	3.94

Minnesota	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Hughes, P(W, 1-4)	6.0	9	5	5	2	2	2	5.02
Thompson, A(H, 4)	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	2.60
Boyer(H, 3)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.29
Perkins(S, 9)	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	1.50
Totals	9.0	13	7	7	2	5	2	4.15

Hahn pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.
Thompson, A pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

Game Scores: Hahn 28, Hughes, P 34.
WP: Alvarez, R.
Pitches-strikes: Hahn 104-71, Alvarez, R 22-12, Bassitt 35-19, Hughes, P 101-64, Thompson, A 20-12, Boyer 9-7, Perkins 13-11.
Groundouts-flyouts: Hahn 5-2, Alvarez, R 0-2, Bassitt 2-0, Hughes, P 7-4, Thompson, A 0-1, Boyer 2-1, Perkins 0-1.
Batters faced: Hahn 25, Alvarez, R 5, Bassitt 8, Hughes, P 29, Thompson, A 4, Boyer 4, Perkins 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Alvarez, R 2-2, Boyer 1-1.
Umpires: HP: Tim Timmons. 1B: Todd Tichenor. 2B: Clint Fagan. 3B: Mike Everitt.
Weather: 71 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 7 mph, In from LF.
T: 3:10.
Att: 20,605.
Venue: Target Field.
May 4, 2015