Minnesota Twins vs. Toronto Blue Jays - Box Score - September 08, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Sep 8, 2009

Final

Series: Game 2 of 4

Series tied 1-1 (as of 9/8)

Game 1: Monday, September 7
Minnesota	6	Final
Toronto	3	Final
Recap »Boxscore »

Game 2: Tuesday, September 8
Minnesota	3	Final
Toronto	6	Final
Recap »Boxscore »

Game 3: Wednesday, September 9
Minnesota	4	Final
Toronto	1	Final
Recap »Boxscore »

Game 4: Thursday, September 10
Minnesota	2	Final
Toronto	3	Final
Recap »Boxscore »

Twins 3

(69-69, 30-39 away)

Blue Jays 6

(62-76, 37-35 home)

Alerts

7:07 PM ET, September 8, 2009

Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	0
TOR	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	-	6	11	0

W: R. Romero (12-7)

L: J. Rauch (2-1)

S: J. Frasor (7)

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF	4	1	2	0	0	2	19	.312	.396	.413
O Cabrera SS	4	1	2	0	0	0	10	.274	.310	.362
J Kubel DH	3	1	1	2	1	0	18	.308	.382	.542
J Morneau 1B	4	0	1	1	0	1	15	.279	.367	.521
M Cuddyer RF	4	0	1	0	0	2	18	.268	.334	.497
B Harris 3B	2	0	0	0	1	0	16	.264	.311	.364
D Young LF	3	0	1	0	0	0	11	.265	.288	.381
a-J Morales PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	.351	.400	.405
M Redmond C	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	.244	.309	.299
b-J Mauer PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	.368	.434	.605
N Punto 2B	2	0	0	0	1	1	17	.220	.320	.275
Totals	31	3	8	3	3	7	148
a-struck out swinging for D Young in the 9th b-grounded to first for M Redmond in the 9th
BATTING 2B: D Span 2 (13, R Romero 2); J Morneau (31, R Romero); J Kubel (30, R Romero) RBI: J Morneau (99), J Kubel 2 (81) 2-out RBI: J Morneau GIDP: M Redmond, J Kubel Twins RISP: 2-10 (B Harris 0-1, O Cabrera 1-2, J Mauer 0-1, J Kubel 1-1, D Span 0-1, M Cuddyer 0-2, J Morneau 0-1, N Punto 0-1) Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING SB: N Punto (10, 2nd base off J Carlson/R Chavez) Picked Off: D Span (3rd base by R Chavez)
FIELDING DP: 1 (O Cabrera-J Morneau).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B Duensing	5.0	6	3	3	2	2	0	90-56	3.94
J Rauch (L, 2-1; B, 1)	0.2	3	3	3	1	0	1	20-13	5.79
B Keppel	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	23-15	4.93
J Mijares	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	11-9	2.19
Totals	8.0	11	6	6	3	5	1	144-93
PITCHING B Duensing pitched to 3 batters in the 6th First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Duensing 12/22; J Rauch 5/6; B Keppel 3/5; J Mijares 3/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Duensing 17-6-15-18; J Rauch 3-4-1-5; B Keppel 3-5-4-3; J Mijares 2-2-3-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Duensing 6-7; J Rauch 0-2; B Keppel 0-2; J Mijares 1-1 Game Scores: B Duensing 43

Toronto Blue Jays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
M Scutaro SS	5	0	1	0	0	0	18	.281	.377	.409
J Bautista RF	4	1	2	0	0	1	18	.225	.354	.332
A Lind LF	4	1	1	0	0	1	15	.303	.367	.551
T Snider LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.311	.377
V Wells CF	3	1	1	0	1	0	16	.250	.304	.391
R Ruiz DH	3	0	0	1	0	2	16	.284	.379	.541
K Millar 1B	3	1	1	0	1	0	18	.217	.300	.354
E Encarnacion 3B	4	1	1	2	0	1	15	.178	.225	.247
R Chavez C	3	0	1	0	1	0	20	.274	.298	.370
J McDonald 2B	4	1	3	3	0	0	8	.267	.284	.395
Totals	33	6	11	6	3	5	144
BATTING 2B: J Bautista (10, B Duensing) HR: J Mcdonald (2, 6th inning off J Rauch 2 on, 2 Out) RBI: R Ruiz (12), E Encarnacion 2 (7), J McDonald 3 (7) SF: R Ruiz 2-out RBI: J McDonald 3 GIDP: M Scutaro Blue Jays RISP: 2-8 (E Encarnacion 1-1, A Lind 0-1, V Wells 0-1, M Scutaro 0-1, J McDonald 1-1, J Bautista 0-1, R Ruiz 0-1, R Chavez 0-1) Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING SB: M Scutaro (11, 2nd base off B Keppel/M Redmond)
FIELDING DP: 3 (M Scutaro-J McDonald-K Millar, J McDonald-K Millar, J McDonald-M Scutaro-K Millar).

Toronto Blue Jays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
R Romero (W, 12-7)	6.2	7	3	3	3	4	0	104-62	4.14
J Carlson (H, 10)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6-3	4.58
S Downs (H, 6)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	13-7	3.00
J Frasor (S, 7)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	25-17	2.23
Totals	9.0	8	3	3	3	7	0	148-89
PITCHING HBP: B Harris (By J Frasor) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: R Romero 14/27; J Carlson 0/1; S Downs 2/3; J Frasor 2/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: R Romero 16-8-18-20; J Carlson 2-0-1-0; S Downs 4-1-0-2; J Frasor 5-2-8-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R Romero 11-3; J Carlson 0-0; S Downs 2-0; J Frasor 2-0 Game Scores: R Romero 49

Scoring Summary

			MIN	TOR
	1st	J Morneau hit a ground rule double to right, J Kubel scored.	1	0
	3rd	J Kubel doubled to deep center, D Span and O Cabrera scored.	3	0
	6th	R Ruiz hit sacrifice fly to center, J Bautista scored.	3	1
	6th	E Encarnacion singled to left, A Lind and V Wells scored, K Millar to second.	3	3
	6th	J McDonald homered to left, K Millar and E Encarnacion scored.	3	6
View complete Play-By-Play

Game Information

Stadium	Rogers Centre, Toronto, ON
Attendance	13,488 (27.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:54
Weather	71 degrees, clear
Wind	7 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Paul Schrieber, First Base - Paul Nauert, Second Base - Joe West, Third Base - Ed Rapuano