Tigers 11, 
Twins 9
| Detroit Tigers | |||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP |
| C Granderson CF | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 35 | .258 | .343 |
| P Polanco 2B | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 36 | .259 | .310 |
| M Cabrera 1B | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .325 | .388 |
| M Thames DH | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .255 | .324 |
R Raburn PR-DH | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .277 | .360 |
| D Kelly LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .279 | .340 |
a-M Ordonez PH-RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .261 | .330 |
| B Inge 3B | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .273 | .367 |
| J Anderson RF-LF | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23 | .250 | .280 |
| G Laird C | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .239 | .323 |
| R Santiago SS | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .285 | .321 |
| Totals | 63 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 218 | ||
| a-grounded to shortstop for D Kelly in the 13th | |||||||||
| BATTING 2B: P Polanco (19, K Slowey); M Cabrera (17, B Keppel); C Granderson (9, R Dickey) 3B: J Anderson (4, K Slowey) HR: M Thames (6, 3rd inning off K Slowey 1 on, 1 Out); G Laird (4, 4th inning off B Duensing 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: J Anderson 2 (14), G Laird 2 (22), P Polanco 3 (36), M Thames 2 (14), R Raburn (20), M Ordonez (25) S: R Santiago SF: G Laird 2-out RBI: P Polanco, R Raburn, M Ordonez Tigers RISP: 6-14 (P Polanco 2-3, D Kelly 0-1, M Ordonez 1-1, J Anderson 1-2, C Granderson 0-1, M Thames 1-2, B Inge 0-1, R Raburn 1-1, M Cabrera 0-2) Team LOB: 10 | |||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: C Granderson (14, 2nd base off J Nathan/J Mauer) | |||||||||
| FIELDING E: F Dolsi (1, catch) DP: 2 (B Inge-P Polanco-M Cabrera, P Polanco-R Santiago-M Cabrera). PB: G Laird. | |||||||||
| Detroit Tigers | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| L French | 4.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 81-50 | 2.35 |
| Z Miner | 0.2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22-13 | 4.98 |
| F Ni (B, 1) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6-6 | 3.00 |
| B Lyon | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21-13 | 3.82 |
| B Seay | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12-7 | 3.24 |
| J Zumaya | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 53-31 | 3.77 |
| F Rodney | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25-15 | 4.11 |
| F Dolsi (W, 1-0; B, 1) | 3.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 64-37 | 1.17 |
| Totals | 16.0 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 284-172 | |
| PITCHING WP: J Zumaya IBB: J Mauer (By J Zumaya); J Morneau (By J Zumaya) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: L French 13/22; Z Miner 5/7; F Ni 2/2; B Lyon 4/7; B Seay 1/2; J Zumaya 6/10; F Rodney 2/6; F Dolsi 6/13 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: L French 13-8-13-16; Z Miner 2-0-5-6; F Ni 1-0-3-2; B Lyon 3-1-2-7; B Seay 2-2-2-1; J Zumaya 8-6-13-4; F Rodney 3-2-5-5; F Dolsi 12-4-9-12 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: L French 1-10; Z Miner 2-0; F Ni 1-1; B Lyon 5-1; B Seay 0-1; J Zumaya 2-1; F Rodney 2-3; F Dolsi 6-1 Game Scores: L French 45 | |||||||||
| Minnesota Twins | |||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP |
| D Span LF-CF | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | .292 | .380 |
| B Harris SS | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | .280 | .322 |
| J Mauer C | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 35 | .390 | .464 |
| J Morneau 1B | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 39 | .311 | .392 |
| M Cuddyer RF | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 31 | .280 | .359 |
| J Crede 3B | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .229 | .299 |
| D Young DH | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 34 | .264 | .292 |
| C Gomez CF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .224 | .280 |
a-J Kubel PH-LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .304 | .364 |
| N Punto 2B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | .209 | .310 |
b-B Buscher PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .196 | .336 |
M Tolbert 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .184 | .275 |
| Totals | 63 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 284 | ||
| a-struck out swinging for C Gomez in the 10th b-struck out swinging for N Punto in the 11th | |||||||||
| BATTING 2B: M Cuddyer (18, L French); D Young (6, B Lyon); J Morneau (21, F Dolsi) 3B: D Span (4, Z Miner); B Harris (1, Z Miner) HR: D Young (3, 4th inning off L French 0 on, 1 Out); J Crede (12, 6th inning off Z Miner 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: J Morneau (65), D Young (24), J Crede (36), D Span 2 (26), B Harris (22), J Mauer (45), M Cuddyer 2 (44) SF: J Mauer 2-out RBI: J Morneau GIDP: J Crede, B Harris Twins RISP: 4-18 (B Harris 1-3, C Gomez 0-2, J Mauer 0-1, J Crede 0-3, D Span 1-1, M Cuddyer 1-5, D Young 0-1, J Morneau 1-2) Team LOB: 12 | |||||||||
| FIELDING E: J Mauer (2, throw) DP: 1 (M Tolbert-J Morneau). | |||||||||
| Minnesota Twins | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| K Slowey | 3.0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 51-36 | 4.86 |
| B Duensing | 3.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 39-26 | 4.05 |
| B Keppel | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14-9 | 0.00 |
| J Nathan | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21-11 | 1.39 |
| M Guerrier | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19-16 | 2.65 |
| J Mijares | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32-24 | 2.16 |
| R Dickey (L, 1-1) | 3.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42-31 | 2.96 |
| Totals | 16.0 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 218-153 | |
| PITCHING HBP: B Inge 2 (By K Slowey; B Keppel) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: K Slowey 11/15; B Duensing 8/13; B Keppel 4/6; J Nathan 1/4; M Guerrier 6/7; J Mijares 5/7; R Dickey 9/17 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: K Slowey 11-6-11-8; B Duensing 7-5-4-10; B Keppel 2-0-2-5; J Nathan 4-2-4-1; M Guerrier 3-2-6-5; J Mijares 5-3-11-5; R Dickey 5-1-10-15 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: K Slowey 2-3; B Duensing 3-6; B Keppel 2-2; J Nathan 1-0; M Guerrier 2-3; J Mijares 3-1; R Dickey 3-5 Game Scores: K Slowey 29 | |||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| DET | MIN | |||
 | 2nd | J Anderson tripled to deep right center, D Kelly and B Inge scored. | 2 | 0 |
| 2nd | G Laird hit sacrifice fly to center, J Anderson scored. | 3 | 0 |
| 3rd | P Polanco doubled to deep right center, C Granderson scored. | 4 | 0 |
| 3rd | M Thames homered to left, P Polanco scored. | 6 | 0 |
 | 3rd | J Morneau singled to right center, N Punto scored, D Span to third. | 6 | 1 |
| 4th | G Laird homered to left. | 7 | 1 |
| 4th | D Young homered to right. | 7 | 2 |
| 6th | J Crede homered to left. | 7 | 3 |
| 6th | D Span tripled to right, C Gomez and N Punto scored. | 7 | 5 |
| 6th | B Harris tripled to deep right, D Span scored. | 7 | 6 |
| 6th | J Mauer hit sacrifice fly to center, B Harris scored. | 7 | 7 |
| 14th | P Polanco singled to center, G Laird scored. | 8 | 7 |
| 14th | M Cuddyer singled to shallow left, J Mauer scored, J Morneau tagged out at third, M Cuddyer to second. | 8 | 8 |
| 16th | P Polanco singled to left, R Santiago scored, C Granderson to third. | 9 | 8 |
| 16th | R Raburn singled to right, C Granderson scored, P Polanco to third. | 10 | 8 |
| 16th | M Ordonez singled to center, P Polanco scored, R Raburn to third. | 11 | 8 |
| 16th | M Cuddyer grounded out to third, J Mauer scored. | 11 | 9 |
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| Game Information | |
| Stadium | Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, MN |
| Attendance | 33,368 (71.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 5:07 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Eric Cooper, First Base - Mike Reilly, Second Base - Chuck Meriwether, Third Base - Laz Diaz |
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