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Pens perfect until the 18th

Sunday, August 8, 2004

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Oakland Athletics needed 11 innings to solve Minnesota's bullpen. When they did, it was just enough. Jermaine Dye's tiebreaking RBI single keyed a three-run 18th inning, and Oakland withstood another shaky outing by closer Octavio Dotel to beat the Twins 6-5 Sunday. "The way this game is, until the last out, anything can happen," Dye said. It was the second-longest game in the 23-year history of the Metrodome. Cleveland and Minnesota played 22 innings on Aug. 31, 1993. ...

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