Tigers 7, 
Twins 5
| W: | C. Lambert (1-1) |
| L: | G. Perkins (12-4) |
| SV: | F. Rodney (10) |
| Detroit Tigers | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| C Granderson CF | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .309 |
| P Polanco 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .307 |
| M Ordonez RF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .319 |
| M Cabrera 1B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .291 |
| G Sheffield DH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .223 |
| M Thames LF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .239 |
| M Joyce LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .259 |
| E Renteria SS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .268 |
| M Hessman 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .214 |
| D Ryan C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .250 |
| Totals | 39 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 18 | |
| BATTING 2B: C Granderson (24, G Perkins); M Thames (11, G Perkins); G Sheffield (15, G Perkins); E Renteria (18, G Perkins) HR: D Ryan (1, 2nd inning off G Perkins 1 on, 2 Out); M Cabrera (32, 6th inning off G Perkins 0 on, 0 Out); M Ordonez (18, 7th inning off B Bonser 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: D Ryan 2 (2), M Cabrera (113), M Thames 2 (51), C Granderson (57), M Ordonez (86) SF: M Thames 2-out RBI: D Ryan 2, C Granderson GIDP: M Ordonez Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: P Polanco 2, M Ordonez 1, G Sheffield 1 Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||
| FIELDING E: M Hessman (1, throw) | ||||||||
| Detroit Tigers | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| C Lambert (W, 1-1) | 5.0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 85-55 | 6.17 |
| B Seay (H, 11) | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36-21 | 3.78 |
| K Farnsworth (H, 14) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13-10 | 3.64 |
| F Rodney (S, 10) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17-11 | 4.33 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 151-97 | |
| PITCHING WP: B Seay Batters faced: C Lambert 24; B Seay 8; K Farnsworth 4; F Rodney 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Lambert 3-9; B Seay 1-4; K Farnsworth 0-1; F Rodney 1-2 Game Scores: C Lambert 41 | |||||||||
| Minnesota Twins | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| D Span RF-CF | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .301 |
| A Casilla 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .293 |
| J Mauer C | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .326 |
| J Morneau 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .310 |
| J Kubel DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .275 |
| D Young LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .286 |
| B Buscher 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .296 |
| N Punto SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .285 |
| C Gomez CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .251 |
| a-J Pridie PH-RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Totals | 37 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | |
| a-struck out swinging for C Gomez in the 8th | ||||||||
| BATTING 3B: J Morneau (4, C Lambert) RBI: B Buscher (44), J Morneau 4 (117) SF: J Morneau 2 2-out RBI: B Buscher, J Morneau 2 Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: C Gomez 1, J Kubel 1, D Young 1, N Punto 1 Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: N Punto (11, 2nd base off C Lambert/D Ryan); D Span (15, 2nd base off C Lambert/D Ryan) | ||||||||
| FIELDING E: N Punto (9, ground ball); B Buscher (10, throw) DP: 1 (A Casilla-N Punto-J Morneau). Outfield Assist: D Young (M Thames at 2nd base). | ||||||||
| Minnesota Twins | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| G Perkins (L, 12-4) | 5.2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 97-62 | 4.11 |
| C Breslow | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-2 | 2.27 |
| B Bonser | 1.1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24-17 | 6.12 |
| E Guardado | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23-14 | 4.27 |
| J Nathan | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9-5 | 1.05 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 157-100 | |
| PITCHING Batters faced: G Perkins 27; C Breslow 1; B Bonser 6; E Guardado 5; J Nathan 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: G Perkins 6-6; C Breslow 0-0; B Bonser 1-2; E Guardado 0-2; J Nathan 2-0 Game Scores: G Perkins 37 | |||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| DET | MIN | |||
 | 2nd | D Ryan homered to right, E Renteria scored. | 2 | 0 |
 | 2nd | B Buscher singled to center, J Morneau scored, B Buscher to second advancing on throw. | 2 | 1 |
| 3rd | J Morneau tripled to deep right, D Span and J Mauer scored. | 2 | 3 |
| 5th | J Morneau hit sacrifice fly to left, D Span scored. | 2 | 4 |
| 6th | M Cabrera homered to right. | 3 | 4 |
| 6th | M Thames singled to deep left, G Sheffield scored, M Thames out stretching at second. | 4 | 4 |
| 6th | C Granderson singled to center, E Renteria scored, D Ryan to second. | 5 | 4 |
| 7th | M Ordonez homered to left. | 6 | 4 |
| 7th | M Thames hit sacrifice fly to center, M Cabrera scored. | 7 | 4 |
| 7th | J Morneau hit sacrifice fly to left, D Span scored. | 7 | 5 |
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| Game Information | |
| Stadium | Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, MN |
| Attendance | 31,236 (67% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:06 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - James Hoye, First Base - Jeff Nelson, Second Base - Rob Drake, Third Base - Tim Tschida |
MLB Scores
Sunday, September 7th 2008
| Tampa Bay | 0 | Final |
| Toronto | 1 |
| Chi Cubs | 3 | Final |
| Cincinnati | 4 |
| Washington | 7 | Final |
| Atlanta | 4 | in 14 |
| LA Angels | 3 | Final |
| Chi White Sox | 2 |
| San Diego | 10 | Final |
| Milwaukee | 1 |
| Cleveland | 3 | Final |
| Kansas City | 1 |
| Detroit | 7 | Final |
| Minnesota | 5 |
| Florida | 1 | Final |
| St. Louis | 3 |
| Philadelphia | 6 | Final |
| NY Mets | 2 |
| Boston | 7 | Final |
| Texas | 2 |
| Houston | 7 | Final |
| Colorado | 5 |
| Pittsburgh | 6 | Final |
| San Francisco | 11 |
| NY Yankees | 2 | Final |
| Seattle | 5 |
| Arizona | 3 | Final |
| LA Dodgers | 5 |
| Philadelphia | 3 | Final |
| NY Mets | 6 |