Detroit Tigers vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - July 05, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Jul 5, 2009

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Minnesota won 2-1

Game 1: Friday, July 3
Detroit	11	Final in 16
Minnesota	9	Final in 16
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Game 2: Saturday, July 4
Detroit	3	Final
Minnesota	4	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, July 5
Detroit	2	Final
Minnesota	6	Final
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Tigers 2

(44-37, 21-26 away)

Twins 6

(43-40, 26-16 home)

Alerts

2:10 PM ET, July 5, 2009

Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	7	1
MIN	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	-	6	12	1

W: N. Blackburn (7-4)

L: R. Porcello (8-6)

Detroit Tigers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
C Granderson CF	3	0	1	0	1	0	16	.256	.341	.467
R Santiago 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	18	.276	.311	.465
M Cabrera 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	8	.323	.385	.540
D Kelly LF	4	1	0	0	0	1	9	.250	.308	.354
B Inge 3B	4	1	1	2	0	2	15	.269	.361	.513
M Ordonez DH	4	0	1	0	0	1	10	.266	.332	.352
J Anderson RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	8	.250	.279	.324
G Laird C	4	0	1	0	0	1	13	.239	.322	.368
A Everett SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	12	.272	.323	.364
Totals	35	2	7	2	1	6	109
BATTING HR: B Inge (19, 9th inning off N Blackburn 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: B Inge 2 (54) Tigers RISP: 2-7 (D Kelly 0-1, A Everett 0-1, R Santiago 0-2, B Inge 1-1, M Cabrera 0-1, G Laird 1-1) Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING SB: C Granderson (15, 2nd base off N Blackburn/J Mauer)
FIELDING E: A Everett (8, throw) DP: 2 (A Everett-R Santiago-M Cabrera 2).

Detroit Tigers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
R Porcello (L, 8-6)	4.0	7	6	4	2	3	1	91-51	4.14
F Ni	2.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	44-29	1.80
Z Miner	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	30-20	4.78
Totals	8.0	12	6	4	3	8	1	165-100
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: R Porcello 11/20; F Ni 4/9; Z Miner 5/7 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: R Porcello 13-9-14-15; F Ni 8-5-11-5; Z Miner 3-4-8-5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R Porcello 5-3; F Ni 3-0; Z Miner 3-1 Game Scores: R Porcello 29

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF-LF	4	0	2	1	0	0	14	.291	.379	.384
B Harris SS	4	0	0	0	0	2	19	.270	.311	.373
J Mauer C	3	1	1	0	1	0	19	.389	.465	.648
J Morneau 1B	4	1	2	2	0	0	16	.323	.399	.601
J Kubel DH	4	0	2	0	0	1	16	.302	.360	.531
M Cuddyer RF	3	1	0	0	1	2	20	.278	.359	.516
J Crede 3B	4	1	2	0	0	1	22	.234	.302	.446
D Young LF	4	1	2	1	0	1	13	.269	.296	.349
C Gomez CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.280	.328
N Punto 2B	3	1	1	0	1	1	26	.220	.323	.244
Totals	33	6	12	4	3	8	165
BATTING 2B: J Kubel (18, R Porcello) HR: J Morneau (21, 4th inning off R Porcello 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: J Morneau 2 (69), D Young (25), D Span (27) 2-out RBI: D Young, D Span GIDP: J Kubel, D Young Twins RISP: 3-6 (B Harris 0-1, D Span 2-2, J Crede 0-1, D Young 1-1, M Cuddyer 0-1) Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING CS: J Kubel (1, 2nd base by R Porcello/G Laird)
FIELDING E: D Span (2, fly ball)

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
N Blackburn (W, 7-4)	9.0	7	2	1	1	6	1	109-76	2.94
Totals	9.0	7	2	1	1	6	1	109-76
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: N Blackburn 24/36 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: N Blackburn 24-5-20-27 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: N Blackburn 12-9 Game Scores: N Blackburn 72

Scoring Summary

			DET	MIN
	4th	J Morneau homered to center, J Mauer scored.	0	2
	4th	D Young singled to center, M Cuddyer scored, J Crede to second.	0	3
	4th	D Span reached on infield single to shortstop, J Crede scored, D Young to third, N Punto to third, D Young and N Punto scored, D Span to third on throwing error by shortstop A Everett.	0	6
	9th	B Inge homered to left, D Kelly scored.	2	6
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Game Information

Stadium	Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	33,274 (84.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:25
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Chuck Meriwether, First Base - Laz Diaz, Second Base - Eric Cooper, Third Base - Mike Reilly