Game 2:

Wednesday, October 4, 2006 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Team

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

R

H

E

Oakland

0

0

0

0

2

0

2

0

1

5

11

0

Minnesota

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

2

9

0

WP: Kiko Calero (1–0)   LP: Pat Neshek (0–1)

SV: Huston Street (2)

Home runs:
OAK: Mark Kotsay (1)
MIN: Michael Cuddyer (1), Justin Morneau (1)



@ retrosheet.org

The A's followed their Game 1 victory with an even more shocking victory in Game 2. An RBI double in the fifth inning by A's short stop Marco Scutaro scored Nick Swisher to give the A's the lead, which was followed by a single from Jason Kendall to score Scutaro. The Twins would tie the game up in the sixth inning off back-to-back home runs from Michael Cuddyer and Justin Morneau to chase Oakland starter Esteban Loaiza. In the seventh, with two out and Kendall on first base, Oakland's Mark Kotsay hit a hard line drive to center field. Torii Hunter, an accomplished defensive player, made an ill-considered dive for what should only have been a single, but Hunter's dive allowed the ball to roll all the way to the wall, allowing Kotsay to score for a two-run inside-the-park home run, and give the Athletics a commanding lead in the series.