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Athletics vs. Twins
The Home Run Derby was hosted in St. Louis this year with many of the best players in the world dazzling fans with their ability to hit the long ball. The Oakland Athletics hosted a home run derby of their own Wednesday night as they teed off on Minnesota Twins’ pitching staff.
Trevor Cahill was on the mound for the A’s on Wednesday. He gave up one run in the first inning and things were looking down for the Oakland club. He would settle down and his team would help him out in a big way. After the one run top half of the inning, the A’s scored 5 runs in the bottom of the first. The run came off of Twins star player Justin Morneau after he hit a solo shot. Cahill would remain solid through the rest of his outing, keeping the Twins to just one run the entire game.
The A’s would add 7 runs in the second and 4 more throughout the game to beat the Twins 16-1. Matt Holliday went three for three and joined Rajai Davis and Scott Hairston in contributing to the victory. Davis had four RBI’s on the night and Hairston hit a three-run home run to help the team blow out the Twins.
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