Minnesota Twins vs. Detroit Tigers - Box Score - September 29, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Sep 29, 2009

Final in 10

Series: Game 1 of 4

Minnesota leads 1-0 (as of 9/29)

Game 1: Monday, September 28
Minnesota		Postponed
Detroit		Postponed
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Game 1: Tuesday, September 29
Minnesota	3	Final in 10
Detroit	2	Final in 10
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Game 2: Tuesday, September 29
Minnesota	5	Final
Detroit	6	Final
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Game 3: Wednesday, September 30
Minnesota	2	Final
Detroit	7	Final
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Game 4: Thursday, October 1
Minnesota	8	Final
Detroit	3	Final
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Twins 3

(82-74, 37-41 away)

Tigers 2

(83-73, 48-27 home)

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12:05 PM ET, September 29, 2009

Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
MIN	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	11	0
DET	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	0

W: J. Rauch (4-1)

L: B. Lyon (6-5)

S: J. Nathan (45)

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF-RF	4	1	2	1	0	0	14	.313	.393	.417
O Cabrera SS	5	1	1	1	0	1	23	.275	.310	.376
J Mauer C	4	0	0	0	1	0	20	.368	.442	.598
J Kubel RF	4	0	2	0	0	0	19	.295	.368	.518
C Gomez PR-CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.231	.290	.341
M Cuddyer 1B	3	0	1	0	1	0	16	.278	.340	.520
D Young LF	4	0	1	1	0	0	19	.271	.294	.397
J Morales DH	3	0	1	0	0	1	14	.336	.395	.393
A Casilla PR-DH	2	0	1	0	0	0	9	.198	.277	.256
M Tolbert 3B	2	1	1	0	0	0	17	.229	.306	.297
N Punto 2B	2	0	1	0	1	0	12	.232	.338	.289
Totals	33	3	11	3	3	2	164
BATTING 2B: M Tolbert (6, R Porcello); A Casilla (7, B Lyon) RBI: D Span (67), O Cabrera (69), D Young (49) S: M Tolbert 2, C Gomez, N Punto SF: D Span, D Young GIDP: M Cuddyer Twins RISP: 1-7 (A Casilla 0-1, O Cabrera 1-3, J Morales 0-1, D Span 0-1, N Punto 0-1) Team LOB: 10

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
N Blackburn	7.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	111-65	4.08
J Mijares	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5-3	2.07
J Rauch (W, 4-1)	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	15-8	2.25
J Nathan (S, 45)	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	12-9	2.25
Totals	10.0	7	2	2	2	4	1	143-85
PITCHING HBP: G Laird (By N Blackburn) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: N Blackburn 16/29; J Mijares 1/2; J Rauch 3/5; J Nathan 3/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: N Blackburn 17-8-18-22; J Mijares 1-0-0-2; J Rauch 1-0-3-4; J Nathan 4-0-1-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: N Blackburn 11-6; J Mijares 0-2; J Rauch 2-2; J Nathan 1-2 Game Scores: N Blackburn 64

Detroit Tigers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
C Granderson CF	5	1	2	1	0	0	20	.251	.329	.460
P Polanco 2B	5	0	0	0	0	1	23	.285	.332	.402
C Thomas RF	3	0	1	0	0	0	11	.244	.327	.393
a-R Raburn PH-RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	.283	.346	.514
M Cabrera 1B	4	0	1	0	1	0	14	.329	.399	.550
A Huff DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	8	.242	.310	.388
b-M Thames PH-DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.249	.315	.455
C Guillen LF	3	0	0	0	1	2	24	.255	.342	.444
W Ramirez PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.385	.818
D Kelly LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.300	.327
G Laird C	2	1	0	0	0	0	8	.228	.310	.328
B Inge 3B	4	0	2	0	0	1	16	.230	.318	.410
R Santiago SS	4	0	1	1	0	0	13	.271	.325	.397
Totals	36	2	7	2	2	4	143
a-flied out to center for C Thomas in the 8th b-grounded to third for A Huff in the 8th
BATTING 2B: C Granderson (23, N Blackburn); C Thomas (13, N Blackburn) HR: C Granderson (29, 10th inning off J Nathan 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: R Santiago (33), C Granderson (69) S: G Laird Tigers RISP: 2-14 (P Polanco 0-3, C Granderson 0-2, C Guillen 0-1, B Inge 0-1, R Santiago 1-2, A Huff 0-2, C Thomas 0-1, M Cabrera 1-1, G Laird 0-1) Team LOB: 8
FIELDING DP: 2 (M Cabrera-R Santiago-M Cabrera, B Lyon-B Inge).

Detroit Tigers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
R Porcello	6.1	7	1	1	1	1	0	111-74	4.04
Z Miner	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	21-13	4.23
B Lyon (L, 6-5)	2.0	3	2	2	2	0	0	32-19	2.99
Totals	10.0	11	3	3	3	2	0	164-106
PITCHING WP: B Lyon 2 IBB: M Cuddyer (By B Lyon) HBP: M Cuddyer (By R Porcello) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: R Porcello 14/27; Z Miner 4/6; B Lyon 8/10 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: R Porcello 19-6-26-23; Z Miner 4-2-2-5; B Lyon 5-1-5-8 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R Porcello 9-9; Z Miner 1-3; B Lyon 2-3 Game Scores: R Porcello 55

Scoring Summary

			MIN	DET
	2nd	R Santiago reached on infield single to second, G Laird scored, B Inge to second.	0	1
	5th	D Span hit sacrifice fly to center, M Tolbert scored.	1	1
	10th	O Cabrera singled to left, D Span scored.	2	1
	10th	D Young hit sacrifice fly to center, O Cabrera scored, J Mauer to third, M Cuddyer to second.	3	1
	10th	C Granderson homered to right.	3	2
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Game Information

Stadium	Comerica Park, Detroit, MI
Attendance	35,243 (85.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:52
Weather	7 degrees, cloudy
Wind	15 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Randy Marsh, First Base - Marvin Hudson, Second Base - Paul Emmel, Third Base - Angel Hernandez