Game 3:

Friday, October 6, 2006 at McAfee Coliseum in Oakland, California

Team

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

R

H

E

Minnesota

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

1

0

3

12

3

Oakland

0

2

2

0

0

0

4

0

x

8

8

1

WP: Dan Haren (1–0)   LP: Brad Radke (0–1)

Home runs:
MIN: Torii Hunter (1), Justin Morneau (2)
OAK: Eric Chavez (1), Milton Bradley (1)



@ retrosheet.org

The A's have had a difficult time in winning games when they have the opportunity to eliminate an opponent in the postseason, leaving many to question if the team would choke another time. All questions were answered when Oakland scored twice in the second when Eric Chavez hit a home run and Marco Scutaro added another RBI double in the series. The A's added two more runs in the third when Mark Kotsay scored on a home run by Milton Bradley to deep center field. Scutaro would add insurance runs for the A's in the seventh inning from a three-RBI double, giving the A's an 8–2 lead and Scutaro his sixth RBI in three games as Oakland swept the Twins with the 8–3 victory. This was Oakland's first postseason series win since they swept the Boston Red Sox in the 1990 ALCS. This game was also notable in that Twins pitcher Brad Radke made his final career appearance.