Twins 11, 
Tigers 0
| W: | C. Pavano (10-8) |
| L: | J. Verlander (12-6) |
| Minnesota Twins | |||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP |
| D Span CF | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .300 | .382 |
| O Cabrera SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .288 | .324 |
| J Mauer C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | .366 | .434 |
| J Morneau 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | .303 | .387 |
| J Kubel DH | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .305 | .377 |
| M Cuddyer RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .270 | .344 |
| D Young LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .263 | .288 |
| N Punto 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | .206 | .311 |
| A Casilla 2B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | .167 | .261 |
| Totals | 38 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 147 | ||
| BATTING 2B: D Span (7, J Verlander); M Cuddyer (23, J Verlander); J Kubel (24, J Verlander) 3B: O Cabrera (1, C Lambert) HR: J Mauer (20, 1st inning off J Verlander 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: J Mauer 3 (66), A Casilla (9), J Kubel (62), D Young (29), D Span (40), J Morneau 2 (91), O Cabrera 2 (46) SF: A Casilla 2-out RBI: D Young, O Cabrera 2, J Mauer GIDP: M Cuddyer Twins RISP: 7-14 (O Cabrera 1-4, J Mauer 2-2, J Kubel 0-1, D Span 2-2, J Morneau 1-1, D Young 1-2, M Cuddyer 0-2) Team LOB: 5 | |||||||||
| BASERUNNING CS: D Young (3, 2nd base by J Verlander/G Laird) | |||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (N Punto-A Casilla-J Morneau). | |||||||||
| Minnesota Twins | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| C Pavano (W, 10-8) | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 90-61 | 5.09 |
| J Mijares | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14-9 | 2.58 |
| G Perkins | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19-11 | 5.89 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 123-81 | |
| PITCHING HBP: B Inge (By C Pavano); M Cabrera (By C Pavano) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: C Pavano 19/27; J Mijares 2/3; G Perkins 3/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: C Pavano 13-12-17-19; J Mijares 1-3-3-2; G Perkins 4-0-3-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Pavano 7-9; J Mijares 1-1; G Perkins 1-2 Game Scores: C Pavano 72 | |||||||||
| Detroit Tigers | |||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP |
| C Granderson CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .261 | .344 |
a-M Thames PH-LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .256 | .328 |
| P Polanco 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .272 | .323 |
R Santiago 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .300 |
| C Thomas LF-CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .262 | .345 |
| M Cabrera 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .329 | .394 |
R Raburn 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .259 | .328 |
| C Guillen DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | .229 | .302 |
| M Ordonez RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .264 | .330 |
| B Inge 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .254 | .350 |
| G Laird C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .228 | .307 |
| A Everett SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .243 | .291 |
| Totals | 32 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 123 | ||
| a-lined out to center for C Granderson in the 8th | |||||||||
| BATTING 2B: A Everett (14, C Pavano) GIDP: P Polanco Tigers RISP: 2-7 (A Everett 0-1, P Polanco 0-1, C Granderson 1-2, B Inge 0-1, G Laird 1-2) Team LOB: 8 | |||||||||
| FIELDING E: C Thomas (4, throw) DP: 2 (P Polanco, B Inge-R Santiago-R Raburn). | |||||||||
| Detroit Tigers | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| J Verlander (L, 12-6) | 6.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 88-61 | 3.45 |
| C Lambert | 1.2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 49-31 | 32.40 |
| Z Miner | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10-6 | 4.60 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 147-98 | |
| PITCHING Balk: J Verlander First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Verlander 19/25; C Lambert 10/14; Z Miner 1/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Verlander 18-10-16-17; C Lambert 9-2-9-11; Z Miner 0-1-2-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Verlander 5-5; C Lambert 1-3; Z Miner 3-0 Game Scores: J Verlander 42 | |||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| MIN | DET | |||
 | 1st | J Mauer homered to left, D Span scored. | 2 | 0 |
| 5th | A Casilla hit sacrifice fly to center, M Cuddyer scored. | 3 | 0 |
| 6th | J Kubel doubled to deep center, J Morneau scored. | 4 | 0 |
| 6th | D Young singled to center, J Kubel scored. | 5 | 0 |
| 7th | D Span singled to left, N Punto scored. | 6 | 0 |
| 7th | J Morneau singled to center, A Casilla and D Span scored, J Mauer to second. | 8 | 0 |
| 8th | O Cabrera tripled to deep right center, A Casilla and D Span scored. | 10 | 0 |
| 8th | J Mauer singled to center, O Cabrera scored. | 11 | 0 |
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| Game Notes |
| TWINS SHORTSTOP ORLANDO CABRERA TRIPLED IN THE TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING TO EXTEND HIS HITTING STREAK TO 18 GAMES. |
| Game Information | |
| Stadium | Comerica Park, Detroit, MI |
| Attendance | 39,685 (96.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:34 |
| Weather | 74 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 7 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Dana Demuth, First Base - Doug Eddings, Second Base - Brian Knight, Third Base - Hunter Wendelstedt |
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