Minnesota Twins at Oakland Athletics: Final Score & Recap
Line Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| OAK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
The Story
The Minnesota Twins shut out the Oakland Athletics 3-0 at Oakland Coliseum on June 23, 2024, holding Oakland to just three hits across nine innings. The DiamondIQ model's estimate gave the Athletics a 35% chance of winning before first pitch, a figure that fell steadily throughout the game and reached 0% by the final out.
The decisive sequence arrived in the top of the seventh inning, where Minnesota broke a 1-0 game open against Hogan Harris. Byron Buxton led off the frame with a double that shifted win probability by plus 11.7 points, and Willi Castro followed with a single worth another plus 7.4 points, pushing Minnesota's lead to 3-0 and effectively sealing the outcome. Buxton had done the early damage as well, delivering a solo home run off Harris in the second inning for a plus 5.0 swing that gave the Twins their first run. A Carlos Santana forceout in the first inning was the game's most negative play for Minnesota, costing 4.9 points of win probability and keeping the game scoreless early.
Buxton finished as the game's top offensive contributor, posting a combined WPA of plus 14.2 and an RE24 of plus 2.4, the clearest statistical signature of any position player on the night. Miguel Andujar added plus 7.1 WPA and Willi Castro contributed plus 4.4. On the mound, Pablo López was the defining force, accumulating plus 38.1 WPA across his outing and leaving Oakland's offense with nothing to show across nine innings of team pitching that produced zero earned runs.