FIRST INNING

Twins: With Oakland starter Jason Hammel pitching, Brian Dozier homered to left.

Oakland: With Twins starter Phil Hughes pitching, Sam Fuld singled to left. Fuld stole second. Josh Donaldson struck out. Brandon Moss was hit by a pitch. Stephen Vogt singled to right, scoring Fuld. Twins 1, Athletics 1

EIGHTH INNING

Twins: With Oakland reliever Luke Gregerson pitching, Danny Santana reached first on a bunt single to the catcher. Santana stole second. Dozier flied out to center. Santana moved to third on a wild pitch. Kurt Suzuki doubled to center, scoring Santana. Kennys Vargas struck out. Josh Willingham homered to left, scoring Suzuki. Twins 4, Athletics 1

NINTH INNING

Twins: With Oakland reliever Jesse Chavez pitching, Jordan Schafer singled to short. Santana singled to left, moving Schafer to second. Dozier walked, moving Schafer to third and Santana to second. Suzuki singled to third, scoring Schafer and moving Santana to third and Dozier to second. Vargas walked, scoring Santana. Twins 6, Athletics 1

TWINSABRHBIBBSOAvg.

Santana cf523001.315

Dozier 2b411111.240

Suzuki c512200.305

Vargas 1b400112.297

Willingham dh411210.210

Parmelee rf400001.253

Nunez 3b401000.252

Escobar ss301012.274

Schafer lf411001.313

Totals37610648

OaklandABRHBIBBSOAvg.

Crisp dh401000.266

Fuld cf411001.258

Donaldson 3b401002.250

Moss lf300002.246

Vogt 1b401101.319

Reddick rf200010.256

Gomes ph100000.236

Jaso c300000.263

Freiman ph100000.216

Callaspo 2b401002.231

Sogard ss301001.216

Totals3316119

Twins100 000 032—6100

Oakland100 000 000—161

E—Hammel (1). LOB—Twins 8, Oakland 7. 2B—Suzuki (22). HR—Dozier (20), off Hammel; Willingham (12), off Gregerson. RBI—Dozier (51), Suzuki 2 (48), Vargas (8), Willingham 2 (34), Vogt (28). SB—Santana (10), Nunez (7), Schafer (4), Fuld (17). CS—Nunez (3).

TWINSIPHRERBBSONPERA

Hughes W, 12-8741117943.88

Fien120001172.86

Perkins10000182.74

OAKLANDIPHRERBBSONPERA

Hammel6⅓41125925.90

Abad⅔0000141.76

Gregerson L, 2-2133301252.26

Chavez132221423.43

Inherited runners-scored—Abad 2-0. HBP—by Hughes (Moss). WP—Hammel, Gregerson. Umpires—Home, Lance Barrett; First, Brian Gorman; Second, Ed Hickox; Third, Pat Hoberg. T—2:49. A—25,598 (35,067).