First pitch of the game. Pitching matchup: Kirk Saarloos vs. Joe Mays.
The game was scoreless into the sixth. Joe Mauer hit a hard liner left with one out.
Jay Payton made a nice play in left to hold Mauer to a single.
Two pitches later, Justin Morneau crushed this pitch into the second deck in right field.
Morneau's homer made the score 2-0, Twins.
In the bottom of the sixth, an ill-advised dive by Twins RF Michael Ryan turned a Bobby Crosby line drive into a triple.
Eric Chavez followed Crosby's triple with a walk.
Dan Johnson grounded a single to right, scoring Crosby.
Eric Chavez took third on Johnson's single.
The fans and the A's dugout congratulate Bobby Crosby. It's now 2-1 Twins.
Joe Mays leaves a pitch up to Jay Payton, who deposits it over the left-center fence for a three-run homer.
The A's now lead, 4-2.
Mark Kotsay watches his seventh-inning home run leave the yard.
5-2, A's.
9th inning, time for Huston Street.
After a leadoff walk, Mike Redmond hits a blooper to right that turns into a double when Nick Swisher overruns the ball.
Street settles down and strikes out Jason Bartlett, then completely fools Shannon Stewart on this 2-2 pitch.
Last pitch of the game: Terry Tiffee strikes out.
Street gets the save, A's win, 5-2.