Cleveland Indians vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - September 15, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Sep 15, 2009

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Minnesota leads 2-0 (as of 9/15)

Game 1: Monday, September 14
Cleveland	3	Final
Minnesota	6	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, September 15
Cleveland	4	Final
Minnesota	5	Final
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Game 3: Wednesday, September 16
Cleveland	3	Final
Minnesota	7	Final
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Indians 4

(61-83, 30-42 away)

Twins 5

(73-72, 42-32 home)

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8:10 PM ET, September 15, 2009

Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	4	8	1
MIN	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	-	5	10	0

W: J. Rauch (3-1)

L: R. Hernandez (3-11)

S: J. Nathan (40)

Cleveland Indians
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
M Brantley CF	5	0	0	0	0	2	23	.321	.368	.340
J Carroll 2B	4	1	2	0	0	2	14	.295	.371	.369
A Cabrera SS	3	0	1	0	1	1	17	.308	.361	.442
J Peralta 3B	4	1	1	1	0	1	18	.274	.334	.405
T Hafner DH	3	1	1	0	0	0	17	.276	.357	.483
A Marte 1B	1	0	0	1	1	0	9	.227	.291	.395
a-L Valbuena PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.237	.287	.394
M LaPorta RF	4	1	2	2	0	0	13	.246	.285	.425
L Marson C	3	0	0	0	0	0	15	.154	.313	.231
b-S Choo PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.300	.392	.478
T Crowe LF	3	0	1	0	1	0	15	.225	.291	.325
Totals	32	4	8	4	3	7	149
a-popped out to shortstop for A Marte in the 9th b-struck out swinging for L Marson in the 9th
BATTING 2B: T Hafner (16, S Baker) HR: M Laporta (5, 9th inning off J Nathan 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: J Peralta (78), A Marte (19), M LaPorta 2 (14) SF: A Marte 2-out RBI: M LaPorta GIDP: M LaPorta, A Marte Indians RISP: 2-7 (M Brantley 0-1, M LaPorta 1-1, L Marson 0-1, A Marte 0-1, A Cabrera 0-1, J Peralta 1-2) Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING SB: A Cabrera (17, 2nd base off S Baker/J Mauer); J Carroll (3, 2nd base off S Baker/J Mauer); T Crowe (5, 2nd base off J Nathan/J Mauer)
FIELDING E: M LaPorta (3, throw) DP: 1 (J Peralta-J Carroll-A Marte).

Cleveland Indians
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
F Carmona (L, 3-11)	5.1	9	5	5	3	3	1	99-57	6.58
T Sipp	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	23-14	3.12
J Veras	1.2	0	0	0	0	3	0	29-19	5.89
Totals	8.0	10	5	5	3	7	1	151-90
PITCHING HBP: B Buscher (By J Veras) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: F Carmona 13/27; T Sipp 1/4; J Veras 3/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: F Carmona 19-7-10-21; T Sipp 5-1-5-3; J Veras 3-5-9-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: F Carmona 10-3; T Sipp 1-1; J Veras 2-0 Game Scores: R Hernandez 30

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF-RF	5	1	1	0	0	2	25	.306	.389	.413
O Cabrera SS	4	1	2	1	0	1	14	.271	.306	.369
J Mauer C	3	0	2	1	1	0	17	.373	.439	.610
J Kubel RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	16	.302	.373	.532
C Gomez CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.292	.347
M Cuddyer 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	19	.271	.334	.501
D Young LF	3	1	1	0	1	1	19	.265	.289	.383
B Buscher DH	2	2	1	1	1	1	18	.241	.366	.323
A Casilla PR-DH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.275	.249
M Tolbert 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	14	.197	.288	.241
N Punto 2B	4	0	3	2	0	0	9	.232	.327	.291
Totals	32	5	10	5	3	7	151
BATTING 2B: N Punto (13, F Carmona); D Young (12, F Carmona); J Mauer (26, T Sipp) HR: O Cabrera (7, 5th inning off F Carmona 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: J Mauer (85), N Punto 2 (32), O Cabrera (61), B Buscher (12) S: M Tolbert 2-out RBI: N Punto GIDP: M Cuddyer Twins RISP: 4-16 (O Cabrera 0-2, J Mauer 1-1, J Kubel 0-2, D Span 0-3, M Cuddyer 0-2, D Young 0-1, B Buscher 1-2, N Punto 2-3) Team LOB: 8
FIELDING DP: 2 (M Tolbert-N Punto-M Cuddyer, O Cabrera-N Punto-M Cuddyer).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
S Baker	5.1	5	3	3	2	5	0	101-68	4.35
R Mahay	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3-2	4.57
J Rauch (W, 3-1)	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	9-8	3.37
J Mijares (H, 22)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3-3	2.09
M Guerrier (H, 29)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12-9	2.24
J Nathan (S, 40)	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	21-11	2.28
Totals	9.0	8	4	4	3	7	1	149-101
PITCHING R Mahay pitched to 1 batter in the 6th WP: S Baker HBP: T Hafner (By R Mahay) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: S Baker 14/22; R Mahay 1/1; J Rauch 3/4; J Mijares 1/1; M Guerrier 2/4; J Nathan 2/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: S Baker 16-11-26-15; R Mahay 1-0-1-0; J Rauch 2-1-2-3; J Mijares 2-1-0-0; M Guerrier 3-0-2-4; J Nathan 4-2-2-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S Baker 6-5; R Mahay 0-0; J Rauch 2-2; J Mijares 0-0; M Guerrier 2-1; J Nathan 0-2 Game Scores: S Baker 49

Scoring Summary

			CLE	MIN
	1st	J Mauer singled to left, D Span scored, O Cabrera to second.	0	1
	4th	J Peralta singled to center, J Carroll scored.	1	1
	4th	A Marte hit sacrifice fly to right, J Peralta scored.	2	1
	4th	M LaPorta singled to left center, T Hafner scored.	3	1
	4th	N Punto singled to center, B Buscher scored.	3	2
	5th	O Cabrera homered to left.	3	3
	6th	B Buscher singled to center, D Young scored.	3	4
	6th	N Punto singled to right, B Buscher scored, N Punto to second on throwing error by right fielder M LaPorta.	3	5
	9th	M LaPorta homered to right center.	4	5
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Game Information

Stadium	Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	19,035 (48.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:14
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Gary Cederstrom, First Base - Fieldin Culbreth, Second Base - Jeff Nelson, Third Base - Adrian Johnson