Mark Ellis hit the first pitch off Twins Nick Blackburn into the left field seats. It was Ellis's third career leadoff home run, and helped lead the A's to a much needed 3 to 2 victory over the Twins on Monday. Ellis was excited to get things started for his team and expressed wanting to get more offense going, "We haven't been scoring a lot of runs, period, so to put one up there that quick was nice," Ellis said. "Blackburn's around the plate a lot, so I was looking for something to hit right away. We're going to have the opportunity to be spoilers. We need to get back to playing how we played the first month and start scoring some runs. It was nice to get out early tonight."
The low point in the game came when A's pitcher Justin Duchscherer left the game with pain in his right hip. "It's terrible," second baseman Mark Ellis said. "Not just for the team, but for him personally. He's been having such an incredible year. When he's our starter, we're 100 percent sure we're going to win that game." The injury problems continue for the A's.
Mark Ellis was 1 for 3 with an rbi and a run scored and a walk. The home run was his 12th of the year.
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