Twins 6, 
Tigers 5
| Detroit Tigers | |||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP |
| C Granderson CF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | .249 | .327 |
| P Polanco 2B | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .285 | .331 |
| M Ordonez RF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .310 | .376 |
C Thomas RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .240 | .324 |
| M Cabrera 1B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22 | .324 | .396 |
| C Guillen DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .242 | .339 |
W Ramirez PR-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .364 | .385 |
a-A Huff PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .241 | .310 |
D Kelly PR-DH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .311 |
| R Raburn LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24 | .291 | .359 |
| B Inge 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | .230 | .314 |
| G Laird C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .225 | .306 |
| R Santiago SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .267 | .318 |
A Everett PR-SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .238 | .288 |
| Totals | 46 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 198 | ||
| a-hit by pitch for W Ramirez in the 10th | |||||||||
| BATTING 2B: M Cabrera (34, S Baker); B Inge (16, J Crain) HR: M Cabrera (34, 3rd inning off S Baker 1 on, 2 Out); M Ordonez (9, 8th inning off M Guerrier 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: M Ordonez 2 (50), M Cabrera 2 (103), B Inge (84) 2-out RBI: M Ordonez, M Cabrera 2, B Inge GIDP: G Laird Tigers RISP: 2-13 (P Polanco 0-2, C Guillen 0-1, M Ordonez 1-2, B Inge 0-3, R Raburn 1-1, G Laird 0-4) Team LOB: 12 | |||||||||
| FIELDING E: R Porcello (2, throw) DP: 1 (R Raburn-G Laird). Outfield Assist: R Raburn (A Casilla at Home). | |||||||||
| Detroit Tigers | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| R Porcello | 5.2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 92-59 | 3.95 |
| Z Miner (B, 4) | 0.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23-15 | 4.29 |
| F Ni | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-3 | 2.61 |
| B Lyon | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26-18 | 2.86 |
| F Rodney (L, 2-5) | 3.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 48-28 | 4.40 |
| Totals | 11.1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 193-123 | |
| PITCHING IBB: J Mauer (By F Rodney); D Young (By F Rodney) HBP: B Harris (By Z Miner) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: R Porcello 13/23; Z Miner 5/7; F Ni 0/1; B Lyon 3/6; F Rodney 10/15 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: R Porcello 17-15-14-13; Z Miner 2-1-7-5; F Ni 1-1-0-1; B Lyon 1-5-8-4; F Rodney 5-4-8-11 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R Porcello 4-5; Z Miner 0-1; F Ni 0-1; B Lyon 4-0; F Rodney 5-2 Game Scores: R Porcello 61 | |||||||||
| Minnesota Twins | |||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP |
| D Span CF-RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .311 | .392 |
| O Cabrera SS | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .284 | .316 |
| J Mauer C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 | .365 | .444 |
| J Kubel RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .300 | .369 |
C Gomez CF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .229 | .287 |
| M Cuddyer 1B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | .276 | .342 |
| D Young LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | .284 | .308 |
| J Morales DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .311 | .381 |
a-B Harris PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .261 | .310 |
A Casilla PR-DH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .202 | .280 |
| M Tolbert 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23 | .232 | .303 |
| N Punto 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 | .228 | .337 |
| Totals | 44 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 193 | ||
| a-hit by pitch for J Morales in the 6th | |||||||||
| BATTING 2B: J Mauer (30, R Porcello) 3B: M Cuddyer (7, F Rodney) HR: J Kubel (28, 6th inning off R Porcello 0 on, 2 Out); O Cabrera (9, 7th inning off Z Miner 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: J Kubel (103), O Cabrera 2 (77), M Tolbert (19), A Casilla (17) S: D Span 2-out RBI: J Kubel Twins RISP: 2-10 (A Casilla 1-1, O Cabrera 0-2, M Tolbert 1-2, C Gomez 0-1, J Kubel 0-2, D Young 0-1, N Punto 0-1) Team LOB: 12 | |||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 2 (M Tolbert-N Punto-M Cuddyer, O Cabrera-M Cuddyer). | |||||||||
| Minnesota Twins | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| S Baker | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 91-59 | 4.36 |
| J Rauch | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-3 | 1.72 |
| J Mijares | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7-4 | 2.34 |
| M Guerrier | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22-11 | 2.36 |
| J Nathan | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21-14 | 2.10 |
| J Crain | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16-12 | 4.70 |
| R Mahay | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-3 | 4.29 |
| B Keppel (W, 1-1) | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 33-17 | 4.83 |
| Totals | 12.0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 198-123 | |
| PITCHING S Baker pitched to 1 batter in the 7th; J Mijares pitched to 1 batter in the 7th IBB: R Raburn (By B Keppel) HBP: A Huff (By J Crain) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: S Baker 11/25; J Rauch 1/2; J Mijares 0/1; M Guerrier 2/5; J Nathan 2/6; J Crain 4/6; R Mahay 1/1; B Keppel 3/7 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: S Baker 4-7-27-21; J Rauch 1-0-0-2; J Mijares 1-1-1-1; M Guerrier 2-0-6-3; J Nathan 5-3-2-4; J Crain 2-4-3-3; R Mahay 2-1-0-0; B Keppel 3-3-7-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S Baker 5-11; J Rauch 0-2; J Mijares 0-0; M Guerrier 2-0; J Nathan 0-2; J Crain 2-0; R Mahay 0-0; B Keppel 1-2 Game Scores: S Baker 48 | |||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| DET | MIN | |||
 | 3rd | M Ordonez singled to center, C Granderson scored. | 1 | 0 |
| 3rd | M Cabrera homered to center, M Ordonez scored. | 3 | 0 |
 | 3rd | M Tolbert scored on throwing error by pitcher R Porcello. | 3 | 1 |
| 6th | J Kubel homered to right center. | 3 | 2 |
| 7th | O Cabrera homered to left, N Punto scored. | 3 | 4 |
| 8th | M Ordonez homered to left. | 4 | 4 |
| 10th | B Inge doubled to left, D Kelly scored. | 5 | 4 |
| 10th | M Tolbert singled to center, M Cuddyer scored, A Casilla to third. | 5 | 5 |
| 12th | A Casilla singled to right, C Gomez scored, D Young to second. | 5 | 6 |
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| Game Notes |
| TWINS SHORTSTOP ORLANDO CABRERA HOMERED IN THE SEVENTH INNING TO EXTEND HIS HITTING STREAK TO 16 GAMES. |
| Game Information | |
| Stadium | Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, MN |
| Attendance | 54,088 (116% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 4:37 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Randy Marsh, First Base - Dale Scott, Second Base - Jerry Layne, Third Base - Gary Cederstrom |