Tuesday scorecard: Athletics 2, Twins 1

May 6, 2015 at 3:31AM

SCORECARD

FIRST INNING

Oakland: Billy Burns singled to left off Twins starter Trevor May. Burns stole second. Marcus Semien flied out to center. Josh Reddick flied out to left. Billy Butler singled to right, scoring Burns.

Oakland 1, Twins 0

SIXTH INNING

Oakland: Stephen Vogt drew a two-out walk.Brian Duensing relieved May. Ike Davis singled to center, Vogt ran to third. Brett Lawrie singled to right, scoring Vogt.

Oakland 2, Twins 0

EIGHTH INNING

Twins: Jordan Schafer hit a one-out single to left center off Oakland starter Jesse Chavez. Danny Santana was safe at first on Davis' throwing error, Schafer advanced to third. Evan Scribner relieved Chavez. Brian Dozier singled to center, scoring Schafer.

Oakland 2, Twins 1

OaklandABRHBIBBSOAvg.

Burns cf512001.368

Semien ss301010.273

Reddick rf400000.368

Butler dh402100.267

Vogt c310012.358

Davis 1b401001.281

Lawrie 3b401101.260

Canha lf400001.271

Fuld lf000000.216

Sogard 2b402001.247

Totals3529227

TWINSABRHBIBBSOAvg.

Dozier 2b401100.248

Hunter rf402001.263

Mauer 1b401002.288

Plouffe 3b300012.268

Suzuki c400001.208

Vargas dh400001.213

Escobar lf300000.194

Schafer cf311001.237

Santana ss300001.260

Totals3215119

Oakland100 001 000—291

Twins000 000 010—150

E—Davis (2). LOB—Oakland 8, Twins 5. RBI—Butler (13), Lawrie (14), Dozier (14). SB—Burns (1). CS—Hunter (2). DP—Oakland 1, Twins 1.

OAKLANDIPHRERBBSONPERA

Chavez W, 1-27 1/341017871.80

Scribner01000071.17

Clippard S, 3-41 2/300002232.25

TWINSIPHRERBBSONPERA

May L, 2-25 2/3522231014.15

Duensing140002184.76

Tonkin1/30000040.00

Thompson100001102.45

Pressly100001120.00

Inherited runners-scored—Scribner 2-1, Clippard 2-0, Duensing 1-1, Tonkin 2-0. Umpires—Home, Todd Tichenor; First, Clint Fagan; Second, Mike Everitt; Third, Tim Timmons. T—2:43. A—18,135 (39,021).

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