Minnesota Twins vs. Detroit Tigers - Box Score - May 16, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for May 16, 2012

Final

Series: Game 1 of 2

Twins 11

(11-26, 5-12 away)

Tigers 7

(18-19, 9-10 home)

Alerts

Coverage: FOX DET

7:05 PM ET, May 16, 2012

Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	2	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	11	14	0
DET	1	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	11	4

W: A. Burnett (1-0)

L: D. Below (2-1)

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
E Komatsu CF	5	1	0	0	0	1	22	.200	.286	.200
B Dozier SS	5	2	1	3	0	2	25	.286	.318	.476
J Mauer DH	5	1	2	1	0	0	17	.275	.391	.374
J Willingham LF	5	2	3	1	0	1	25	.299	.410	.607
J Morneau 1B	5	0	1	0	0	1	22	.228	.307	.456
R Doumit C	3	1	2	1	1	1	19	.264	.328	.445
D Butera C	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.294	.313
T Plouffe RF	5	1	1	2	0	2	24	.138	.282	.262
A Casilla 2B	3	1	1	1	2	0	22	.253	.293	.310
J Carroll 3B	5	1	2	2	0	0	18	.229	.322	.275
Totals	42	11	14	11	3	8	195
BATTING 2B: J Mauer (8, R Porcello); J Willingham 2 (13, R Porcello 2); J Carroll (6, D Below); J Morneau (6, L Putkonen); D Butera (1, C Balester) HR: B Dozier (2, 2nd inning off R Porcello 2 on, 2 Out); T Plouffe (2, 9th inning off C Balester 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: J Mauer (16), J Willingham (22), B Dozier 3 (5), R Doumit (24), J Carroll 2 (9), A Casilla (5), T Plouffe 2 (5) 2-out RBI: B Dozier 3, A Casilla GIDP: J Carroll Twins RISP: 6-15 (J Willingham 1-2, A Casilla 1-2, R Doumit 1-2, B Dozier 1-2, E Komatsu 0-1, J Carroll 1-2, J Morneau 0-2, T Plouffe 1-2) Team LOB: 7
FIELDING DP: 1 (A Casilla-B Dozier-J Morneau).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
N Blackburn	2.0	6	6	6	2	2	0	53-33	8.37
J Gray	2.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	25-14	2.12
A Burnett (W, 1-0)	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	22-10	2.61
B Duensing (H, 4)	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	25-17	1.89
J Burton (H, 6)	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	14-8	3.68
G Perkins	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10-7	4.80
Totals	9.0	11	7	7	4	4	0	149-89
PITCHING IBB: A Avila (By A Burnett) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: N Blackburn 9/13; J Gray 3/9; A Burnett 3/5; B Duensing 3/6; J Burton 2/4; G Perkins 1/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: N Blackburn 9-4-11-9; J Gray 4-0-1-9; A Burnett 2-0-5-3; B Duensing 5-2-6-4; J Burton 2-2-1-3; G Perkins 2-1-1-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: N Blackburn 0-3; J Gray 4-3; A Burnett 2-1; B Duensing 1-2; J Burton 1-2; G Perkins 2-1 Game Scores: N Blackburn 20

Detroit Tigers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Jackson CF	3	2	2	1	0	0	8	.331	.414	.544
D Kelly CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	.220	.289	.220
A Dirks LF	4	2	3	1	1	0	17	.370	.427	.593
M Cabrera 3B	5	0	2	2	0	0	18	.311	.356	.510
P Fielder 1B	3	0	1	2	0	0	17	.293	.358	.443
D Young DH	4	0	1	0	0	1	12	.234	.295	.324
A Avila C	3	0	0	0	1	2	21	.232	.313	.414
R Raburn 2B	3	1	0	0	1	1	20	.157	.223	.235
B Boesch RF	4	1	1	0	0	0	7	.234	.270	.345
R Santiago SS	3	1	1	1	1	0	22	.164	.230	.218
Totals	34	7	11	7	4	4	149
BATTING 2B: M Cabrera (6, J Gray); D Young (7, B Duensing) RBI: P Fielder 2 (20), R Santiago (6), A Jackson (17), A Dirks (12), M Cabrera 2 (33) SF: P Fielder 2 GIDP: M Cabrera Tigers RISP: 4-11 (P Fielder 0-1, A Avila 0-1, A Jackson 1-1, R Santiago 1-1, R Raburn 0-2, A Dirks 1-1, M Cabrera 1-2, D Young 0-2) Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING CS: M Cabrera (1, 2nd base by N Blackburn)
FIELDING E: P Fielder (4, catch); R Santiago (2, throw); R Raburn (2, ground ball); M Cabrera (5, throw) DP: 1 (M Cabrera-R Raburn-P Fielder).

Detroit Tigers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
R Porcello	4.0	6	6	2	0	3	1	100-65	5.12
D Below (L, 2-1)	2.1	2	2	2	1	2	0	37-23	2.79
L Putkonen	1.2	4	1	1	1	3	0	41-25	10.50
C Balester	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	1	17-8	6.50
Totals	9.0	14	11	7	3	8	2	195-121
PITCHING WP: L Putkonen IBB: R Doumit (By L Putkonen) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: R Porcello 10/20; D Below 6/10; L Putkonen 6/10; C Balester 2/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: R Porcello 16-9-23-17; D Below 7-6-3-7; L Putkonen 9-4-6-6; C Balester 2-1-1-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R Porcello 5-4; D Below 2-3; L Putkonen 1-1; C Balester 2-1 Game Scores: R Porcello 37

Scoring Summary

			MIN	DET
	1st	J Mauer doubled to deep left, B Dozier scored, J Mauer to third on throwing error by shortstop R Santiago.	1	0
	1st	J Willingham doubled to deep left, J Mauer scored.	2	0
	1st	P Fielder hit sacrifice fly to left, A Jackson scored.	2	1
	2nd	B Dozier homered to left (389 feet), J Carroll and E Komatsu scored.	5	1
	2nd	R Santiago singled to left, R Raburn scored, B Boesch to third.	5	2
	2nd	A Jackson singled to center, B Boesch scored, R Santiago to second.	5	3
	2nd	A Dirks singled to center, R Santiago scored, A Jackson to third, A Dirks to second advancing on throw.	5	4
	2nd	M Cabrera singled to right, A Jackson scored, A Dirks to third.	5	5
	2nd	P Fielder hit sacrifice fly to right, A Dirks scored.	5	6
	3rd	R Doumit singled to right center, J Willingham scored.	6	6
	5th	M Cabrera doubled to deep center, A Dirks scored.	6	7
	6th	J Carroll doubled to left, R Doumit and A Casilla scored.	8	7
	7th	A Casilla singled to right, J Willingham scored, J Morneau to third, R Doumit to second.	9	7
	9th	T Plouffe homered to left (411 feet), D Butera scored.	11	7
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Game Notes

THE DOUBLE BY JOSH WILLINGHAM IN THE TOP OF THE THIRD INNING WAS REVIEWED BY INSTANT REPLAY AND UPHELD BY CREW CHIEF JEFF KELLOGG.
TIGERS CENTERFIELDER AUSTIN JACKSON LEFT THE GAME IN THE TOP OF THE FIFTH INNING WITH A MILD ABDOMINAL STRAIN.
TWINS CENTERFIELDER DENARD SPAN WAS SCRATCHED FROM THE STARTING LINEUP WITH RIGHT HAMSTRING TIGHTNESS.

Game Information

Stadium	Comerica Park, Detroit, MI
Attendance	33,955 (82.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:25
Weather	64 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	9 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Eric Cooper, First Base - Marty Foster, Second Base - Tim Timmons, Third Base - Jeff Kellogg