Marquis pitching lasted four innings between two top notch starters. Loaiza was a little shaky with two outs.. allowing the Twins to mount a little offense on a couple of occasions. He was able to snuff out the scares each time.
A's batters staked him to a 2-0 lead in the fifth when Scutaro started a rally. Then in the Twins' half of the 6th two incredible at bats by Cuddyer and Morneau tied the game for the home team with back to back blasts! Cuddyer worked a beautiful count to 3-2 and deposited a Loaiza pitch into the Left Field stands and deep. Morneau followed with a monster blast to the upper deck in Right field.
But with two outs in 7th inning Kotsay hit a sinking drive to center that Twins center fielder Tori Hunter misplayed. Thinking he could snag the liner to end the inning.. the ball died and dropped to the left of the sliding Hunter, rolling all the way to the wall. Kotsay motored around for an inside the park homer and the deciding runs. The A's went on to win it 5-2.
Ironically, exactly four years ago to the day Ray Durham (then with the A's)also hit an inside the parker against the Twins in Minnesota. It's a crazy game.
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