Minnesota Twins vs. Detroit Tigers - Box Score - July 03, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Jul 3, 2012

Final

Series: Game 2 of 4

Minnesota leads 2-0 (as of 7/3)

Game 1: Monday, July 2
Minnesota	6	Final
Detroit	4	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, July 3
Minnesota	8	Final
Detroit	6	Final
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Game 3: Wednesday, July 4
Minnesota	1	Final
Detroit	5	Final
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Game 4: Thursday, July 5
Minnesota	3	Final
Detroit	7	Final
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Twins 8

(35-45, 18-20 away)

Tigers 6

(39-42, 17-20 home)

Alerts

Coverage: FOX DET

7:05 PM ET, July 3, 2012

Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan

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

W: J. Gray (5-0)

L: B. Villarreal (3-2)

S: G. Perkins (4)

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF	5	0	1	0	0	1	22	.270	.339	.382
B Revere RF	4	2	2	0	1	1	25	.328	.359	.382
J Mauer C	5	3	3	1	0	1	23	.332	.420	.464
J Willingham LF	3	1	2	3	1	0	23	.272	.383	.551
J Morneau 1B	4	1	1	0	1	0	15	.238	.307	.434
T Plouffe 3B	4	1	1	2	1	1	22	.249	.328	.569
R Doumit DH	3	0	0	1	1	2	21	.282	.344	.449
B Dozier SS	5	0	0	0	0	3	24	.235	.262	.332
A Casilla 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	12	.244	.282	.315
Totals	37	8	10	7	5	10	187
BATTING 2B: J Mauer (18, B Villarreal); J Willingham (21, B Villarreal) HR: J Willingham (18, 3rd inning off D Below 1 on, 2 Out); T Plouffe (19, 3rd inning off J Ortega 1 on, 2 Out); J Mauer (5, 9th inning off J Benoit 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: J Willingham 3 (59), T Plouffe 2 (35), R Doumit (36), J Mauer (38) SF: J Willingham, R Doumit 2-out RBI: J Willingham 2, T Plouffe 2 Twins RISP: 1-10 (J Willingham 1-1, R Doumit 0-1, J Mauer 0-1, B Dozier 0-2, B Revere 0-1, T Plouffe 0-2, J Morneau 0-2) Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING SB: B Revere (16, 3rd base off D Below/A Avila); J Mauer (4, 2nd base off D Below/A Avila)
FIELDING DP: 1 (T Plouffe-J Morneau).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
N Blackburn	4.0	8	6	6	1	1	2	75-48	8.10
J Gray (W, 5-0)	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	31-19	4.08
K Waldrop (H, 1)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	10-6	0.00
T Robertson (H, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12-8	5.40
G Perkins (S, 4)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11-7	3.28
Totals	9.0	10	6	6	1	3	2	139-88
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: N Blackburn 12/21; J Gray 3/6; K Waldrop 2/3; T Robertson 2/3; G Perkins 1/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: N Blackburn 14-4-12-18; J Gray 5-2-7-5; K Waldrop 3-1-0-2; T Robertson 1-4-0-3; G Perkins 2-1-2-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: N Blackburn 4-7; J Gray 1-3; K Waldrop 0-1; T Robertson 2-1; G Perkins 0-3 Game Scores: N Blackburn 22

Detroit Tigers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Jackson CF	4	1	1	2	0	1	15	.320	.402	.532
Q Berry LF	3	0	1	0	1	0	19	.295	.388	.394
M Cabrera 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	19	.317	.378	.535
P Fielder 1B	4	1	1	0	0	0	15	.299	.379	.484
D Young DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	6	.263	.291	.377
A Avila C	4	1	1	0	0	1	19	.253	.337	.401
R Raburn 2B	4	1	1	1	0	1	22	.180	.236	.261
B Boesch RF	4	1	3	3	0	0	9	.238	.274	.362
R Santiago SS	4	1	2	0	0	0	15	.228	.301	.310
Totals	35	6	10	6	1	3	139
BATTING 2B: R Raburn (10, N Blackburn) HR: B Boesch (8, 4th inning off N Blackburn 0 on, 1 Out); A Jackson (9, 4th inning off N Blackburn 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: R Raburn (10), B Boesch 3 (30), A Jackson 2 (37) Tigers RISP: 2-4 (A Jackson 0-1, R Raburn 1-1, M Cabrera 0-1, B Boesch 1-1) Team LOB: 3
BASERUNNING CS: B Boesch (2, 2nd base by J Gray/J Mauer)
FIELDING E: R Santiago 2 (4, ground ball 2)

Detroit Tigers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D Below	2.2	5	5	1	0	3	1	60-42	2.75
J Ortega	2.1	1	1	1	1	4	1	44-28	3.38
B Villarreal (L, 3-2)	2.0	3	1	1	2	1	0	42-24	1.61
J Benoit	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	22-12	2.37
D Downs	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	19-11	0.00
Totals	9.0	10	8	4	5	10	3	187-117
PITCHING J Benoit pitched to 2 batters in the 9th WP: D Below IBB: J Morneau (By B Villarreal) Balk: D Below First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: D Below 8/14; J Ortega 7/10; B Villarreal 6/11; J Benoit 3/5; D Downs 2/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: D Below 15-3-13-11; J Ortega 6-7-10-5; B Villarreal 5-3-8-8; J Benoit 5-1-3-3; D Downs 2-4-3-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Below 1-4; J Ortega 1-2; B Villarreal 0-5; J Benoit 2-0; D Downs 0-2 Game Scores: D Below 39

Scoring Summary

			MIN	DET
	1st	J Willingham hit sacrifice fly to left, B Revere scored.	1	0
	2nd	R Raburn doubled to right, P Fielder scored, A Avila to third.	1	1
	2nd	B Boesch singled to right center, A Avila and R Raburn scored.	1	3
	3rd	J Mauer safe at first on error by shortstop R Santiago, B Revere scored.	2	3
	3rd	J Willingham homered to left (429 feet), J Mauer scored.	4	3
	3rd	T Plouffe homered to left (396 feet), J Morneau scored.	6	3
	4th	B Boesch homered to left center (396 feet).	6	4
	4th	A Jackson homered to left center (418 feet), R Santiago scored.	6	6
	7th	R Doumit hit sacrifice fly to center, J Mauer scored, J Willingham to third, J Morneau to second.	7	6
	9th	J Mauer homered to left (372 feet).	8	6
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Game Notes

THE GAME IS UNDERWAY AFTER A 1 HOUR AND 30 MINUTE DELAY.

Game Information

Stadium	Comerica Park, Detroit, MI
Attendance	36,757 (89.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:26
Weather	79 degrees, cloudy
Wind	8 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Paul Nauert, First Base - Doug Eddings, Second Base - Dana Demuth, Third Base - Angel Campos