The Oakland Athletics were ahead 4-3 heading into the seventh inning and then the Minnesota Twins scored a run in the seventh inning to tie the game, and then the go ahead run in the eigth inning as they beat the Athletics 5-4.
Joe Blanton pitched 7.2 innings and took the loss for the Athletics. Blanton allowed seven hits, four runs (three of them earned), and recorded seven strikeout. Blanton didn’t pitch bad, he just made a mistake to Craig Monroe who took him deep to tie the game and then Jason Kubel hit a RBI single in the eigth inning.
Emil Brown had a two run home run to lead the A’s at the plate. Kurt Suzuki also had two RBI in the game. Suzki singled in the fifth inning to score two runs.
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