Twins 8, 
Tigers 3
| W: | S. Baker (15-9) |
| L: | N. Robertson (2-3) |
| Minnesota Twins | |||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP |
| D Span CF-RF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | .315 | .395 |
| O Cabrera SS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .278 | .312 |
| J Mauer DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | .367 | .442 |
| M Cuddyer 1B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .277 | .339 |
| J Kubel RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .296 | .367 |
C Gomez CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .228 | .286 |
| D Young LF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | .279 | .302 |
| B Harris 3B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .262 | .308 |
M Tolbert 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .223 | .298 |
| M Redmond C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .237 | .299 |
| N Punto 2B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .233 | .338 |
| Totals | 38 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 154 | ||
| BATTING 2B: D Span (15, N Robertson); O Cabrera (34, B Seay) RBI: J Mauer 2 (95), M Cuddyer (90), J Kubel (94), D Span (68), O Cabrera 3 (73) S: N Punto SF: J Kubel 2-out RBI: O Cabrera 3, J Mauer Twins RISP: 4-13 (O Cabrera 1-4, C Gomez 0-1, J Mauer 2-2, J Kubel 0-1, M Redmond 0-1, D Span 0-1, M Cuddyer 1-2, N Punto 0-1) Team LOB: 10 | |||||||||
| FIELDING E: D Young (5, bobble); B Harris 2 (12, pop up, ground ball); M Tolbert (4, ground ball) DP: 2 (O Cabrera-N Punto-M Cuddyer, D Span-O Cabrera-M Cuddyer). Outfield Assist: D Span (R Santiago at 1st base). | |||||||||
| Minnesota Twins | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| S Baker (W, 15-9) | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 105-68 | 4.36 |
| J Rauch (H, 4) | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10-7 | 1.98 |
| R Mahay (H, 6) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-2 | 4.35 |
| M Guerrier (H, 32) | 1.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26-13 | 2.28 |
| J Mijares | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16-8 | 2.05 |
| J Nathan | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27-16 | 2.22 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 187-114 | |
| PITCHING HBP: M Thames (By S Baker) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: S Baker 14/24; J Rauch 1/3; R Mahay 0/1; M Guerrier 3/7; J Mijares 0/3; J Nathan 2/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: S Baker 7-11-35-16; J Rauch 3-0-1-3; R Mahay 1-0-0-1; M Guerrier 3-2-2-6; J Mijares 2-0-4-2; J Nathan 2-3-8-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S Baker 6-6; J Rauch 0-2; R Mahay 0-1; M Guerrier 0-4; J Mijares 1-0; J Nathan 0-3 Game Scores: S Baker 55 | |||||||||
| Detroit Tigers | |||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP |
| C Granderson CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | .250 | .328 |
| R Santiago 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | .271 | .323 |
| M Ordonez RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | .301 | .369 |
| M Cabrera 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | .329 | .400 |
| C Guillen LF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24 | .250 | .343 |
| M Thames DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .252 | .323 |
a-A Huff PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .242 | .309 |
| B Inge 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .233 | .318 |
| G Laird C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .229 | .310 |
A Avila C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .366 |
| A Everett SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | .236 | .287 |
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 187 | ||
| a-flied out to left for M Thames in the 9th | |||||||||
| BATTING RBI: G Laird (33), C Granderson (71) 2-out RBI: C Granderson GIDP: M Cabrera Tigers RISP: 2-7 (C Guillen 0-1, C Granderson 1-1, B Inge 0-1, R Santiago 0-2, G Laird 1-2) Team LOB: 12 | |||||||||
| FIELDING E: B Inge (20, throw) Outfield Assist: M Ordonez (M Cuddyer at 3rd base). | |||||||||
| Detroit Tigers | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| N Robertson (L, 2-3) | 6.0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 90-62 | 5.44 |
| R Perry | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11-5 | 3.99 |
| F Ni | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-3 | 2.67 |
| C Fien | 0.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20-9 | 10.80 |
| B Seay | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14-8 | 4.25 |
| J Bonderman | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-4 | 8.71 |
| A Galarraga | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11-6 | 5.60 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 154-97 | |
| PITCHING N Robertson pitched to 2 batters in the 7th; B Seay pitched to 3 batters in the 8th; J Bonderman pitched to 1 batter in the 9th IBB: J Mauer (By R Perry) HBP: D Span (By N Robertson); D Young (By J Bonderman) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: N Robertson 17/28; R Perry 1/3; F Ni 1/1; C Fien 1/4; B Seay 1/3; J Bonderman 2/3; A Galarraga 1/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: N Robertson 14-7-16-25; R Perry 0-2-2-1; F Ni 2-1-0-0; C Fien 0-1-6-2; B Seay 5-0-1-2; J Bonderman 1-0-1-2; A Galarraga 2-2-0-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: N Robertson 7-8; R Perry 1-0; F Ni 0-0; C Fien 0-1; B Seay 0-0; J Bonderman 0-1; A Galarraga 2-0 Game Scores: N Robertson 42 | |||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| MIN | DET | |||
 | 2nd | G Laird singled to center, M Thames scored. | 0 | 1 |
 | 3rd | J Mauer singled to center, N Punto scored, D Span to third. | 1 | 1 |
| 3rd | M Cuddyer singled to center, D Span scored, J Mauer to third. | 2 | 1 |
| 3rd | J Kubel hit sacrifice fly to center, J Mauer scored. | 3 | 1 |
| 4th | D Span grounded out to second, B Harris scored, M Redmond to third. | 4 | 1 |
| 8th | O Cabrera doubled to deep left, D Young, N Punto and D Span scored. | 7 | 1 |
| 8th | J Mauer singled to left, O Cabrera scored. | 8 | 1 |
| 8th | G Laird safe at first on error by third baseman M Tolbert, C Guillen scored. | 8 | 2 |
| 8th | C Granderson singled to left, G Laird scored, A Everett to second. | 8 | 3 |
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| Game Notes |
| TIGERS PITCHER JEREMY BONDERMAN AND CATHCER GERALD LAIRD WERE EJECTED BY HOME PLATE UMPIRE ANGEL HERNANDEZ AFTER BONDERMAN HIT DELMON YOUNG WITH A PITCH. |
| TIGERS MANAGER JIM LEYLAND WAS EJECTED BY HOME PLATE UMPIRE ANGEL HERNANDEZ IN THE BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING FOR ARGUING THAT WARNINGS WERE ISSUED TO EACH TEAM AFTER A PITCH WAS THROWN BEHIND TIGERS BATTER ADAM EVERETT. |
| Game Information | |
| Stadium | Comerica Park, Detroit, MI |
| Attendance | 40,533 (98.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:33 |
| Weather | 54 degrees, sunny |
| Wind | 8 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Angel Hernandez, First Base - Randy Marsh, Second Base - Lance Barksdale, Third Base - Marvin Hudson |
MLB Scores
Thursday, October 1st
| St. Louis | 13 | Final |
| Cincinnati | 0 |
| Minnesota | 8 | Final |
| Detroit | 3 |
| Milwaukee | 2 | Final |
| Colorado | 9 |
| Arizona | 3 | Final |
| San Francisco | 7 |
| Texas | 11 | Final |
| LA Angels | 3 |
| Washington | 2 | Final |
| Atlanta | 1 |
| Houston | 5 | Final |
| Philadelphia | 3 |
| Baltimore | 3 | Final |
| Tampa Bay | 2 |
| Cleveland | 0 | Final |
| Boston | 3 |
| Pittsburgh | Cancelled | |
| Chi Cubs |
| Oakland | 2 | Final |
| Seattle | 4 |