Shawnna got 4 tickets to the A's game from the CEO of the company we work for and we invited Dan and Kelley to come with us. The game was at 7:05pm and while it was 82° in Tracy when we left, we dressed warm knowing it was in the low 60s in Oakland. The seats were three rows up, right behind the visitor's dugout - nice! To our right were the seats reserved for the visiting team's owner and to our left was the family of Kevin Slowey who was a rookie making his very first major league appearance (he was the starting pitcher for the Twins).
The game was less interesting than making up stories about the relationships between Kevin Slowey and the people we assumed was his family to our left. They actually didn't have tickets to sit that close, but the security guard let them sit there after telling him who they were. Even though they were related to the opposing pitcher, letting them sit close was the right thing to do. For their sake, I'm glad Slowey pitched a great game (he gave up 1 run, 5 hits in 6 innings).
The game started slow and was pretty uneventful until the end. In the 3rd inning, Jeff Cirillo hit a sacrifice fly to score Nick Punto and put the Twins up 1-0. Eric Chavez answered for the A's in the 6th by hitting a homer to tie the score. It remained 1-1 until the 10th inning when Jeff Cirillo hit a single to score Luis Castillo. Then, Mike Redmond singled to score Jason Tyner putting the Twins up 3-1. The A's rallied in the bottom of the 10th but only managed to score 1 run when Dan Johnson hit a sacrifice fly, bringing home Travis Buck and making the final score 3-2. Tough loss for the A's, but an exciting end to a pretty boring game.
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