Some excellent pitching by Ervin Santana helped the Minnesota Twins take the three games series against the Oakland Athletics after this (Wednesday) afternoon's 4-0 shut out.
The Twins fell to the Oakland Athletics 9-1 yesterday at the Oakland Coliseum, as the Athletics reduced their magic number to one to clinch the American League West.
Pat Neshek was overcome with emotion when he found out his teammates were taking the field wearing patches honoring his late son. The Oakland reliever pitched briefly in the Athletics' 3-1 loss to Detroit in the American League playoffs Saturday night. The A's wore patches with the initials GJN.