Final
Minnesota leads 1-0 (as of 7/16)
| Game 1: Monday, July 16 | ||
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| Baltimore | 7 | Final |
| Minnesota | 19 | |
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| Game 2: Tuesday, July 17 | ||
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| Baltimore | 4 | Final |
| Minnesota | 6 | |
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| Game 3: Wednesday, July 18 | ||
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| Baltimore | 2 | Final |
| Minnesota | 1 | |
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| Game 4: Thursday, July 19 | ||
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| Baltimore | 4 | Final |
| Minnesota | 3 | |
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8:10 PM ET, July 16, 2012
Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
W: S. Diamond (8-3)
L: C. Tillman (1-1)
| Baltimore Orioles | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| N Markakis RF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .266 | .339 | .463 |
| J Hardy SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | .216 | .255 | .373 |
E Chavez CF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .170 | .207 | .245 |
| A Jones CF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .293 | .337 | .530 |
R Flaherty 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .208 | .238 | .271 |
| M Wieters C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .254 | .332 | .434 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .200 | .333 | .800 | |
| M Reynolds 1B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .213 | .340 | .396 |
| S Pearce LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .246 | .308 | .435 |
| C Davis DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .262 | .305 | .454 |
| W Betemit 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .255 | .317 | .422 |
| S Tolleson 2B-SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .207 | .258 | .362 |
| Totals | 39 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 148 | |||
| BATTING 2B: M Reynolds (14, S Diamond); A Jones (20, S Diamond); S Tolleson (3, M Capps) HR: M Reynolds (8, 5th inning off S Diamond 2 on, 2 Out); E Chavez (2, 9th inning off M Capps 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: W Betemit (32), M Reynolds 4 (27), E Chavez 2 (6) 2-out RBI: W Betemit, M Reynolds 4 GIDP: M Wieters Orioles RISP: 5-14 (S Pearce 0-2, M Wieters 1-4, N Markakis 0-1, E Chavez 1-1, M Reynolds 2-3, A Jones 0-1, W Betemit 1-1, C Davis 0-1) Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: M Reynolds (10, ground ball) DP: 2 (J Hardy-S Tolleson-M Reynolds, S Tolleson-M Reynolds). | ||||||||||
| Baltimore Orioles | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| C Tillman (L, 1-1) | 0.2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 49-27 | 1.00 | |
| M Socolovich | 2.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 44-24 | 9.00 | |
| K Gregg | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 36-18 | 3.90 | |
| D O'Day | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17-13 | 3.16 | |
| T Patton | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10-9 | 3.27 | |
| J Johnson | 0.1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25-12 | 2.56 | |
| M Lindstrom | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6-4 | 2.53 | |
| Totals | 8.0 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 187-107 | ||
| PITCHING HBP: B Dozier (By J Johnson) Balk: M Socolovich First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: C Tillman 3/10; M Socolovich 5/11; K Gregg 4/9; D O'Day 5/7; T Patton 3/3; J Johnson 2/6; M Lindstrom 1/2 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: C Tillman 8-4-8-7; M Socolovich 8-3-5-8; K Gregg 9-0-2-7; D O'Day 1-0-5-7; T Patton 3-0-3-3; J Johnson 3-2-2-5; M Lindstrom 1-0-1-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Tillman 0-1; M Socolovich 3-3; K Gregg 3-1; D O'Day 1-2; T Patton 3-0; J Johnson 1-0; M Lindstrom 2-0 Game Scores: C Tillman 25 | ||||||||||
| Minnesota Twins | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| D Span CF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 28 | .283 | .345 | .389 |
| B Revere RF | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .319 | .350 | .371 |
| J Mauer C | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 24 | .328 | .414 | .454 |
a-D Butera PH-C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .227 | .282 | .348 |
| J Willingham LF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | .271 | .384 | .562 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .268 | .350 | .352 | |
| J Morneau 1B | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .257 | .318 | .450 |
| T Plouffe 3B | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | .257 | .327 | .535 |
| R Doumit DH | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .287 | .341 | .453 |
| B Dozier SS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .246 | .278 | .344 |
| J Carroll 2B | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 26 | .236 | .321 | .278 |
| Totals | 41 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 187 | |||
| a-grounded to shortstop for J Mauer in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: B Revere (8, C Tillman); J Morneau 2 (17, D O'Day, C Tillman); D Span 2 (22, J Johnson, C Tillman); T Plouffe (11, J Johnson) HR: J Mauer (6, 2nd inning off M Socolovich 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: J Mauer 2 (43), B Dozier (25), D Span 5 (29), B Revere 3 (14), T Plouffe (37), J Morneau (40), R Doumit 2 (39), J Carroll 2 (27) SF: R Doumit 2-out RBI: B Dozier, D Span 3, B Revere 2, J Carroll GIDP: T Plouffe, D Butera Twins RISP: 9-15 (R Doumit 0-2, J Mauer 1-2, B Dozier 1-2, B Revere 2-3, D Span 2-2, J Carroll 2-2, T Plouffe 1-2) Team LOB: 5 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: B Revere (19, 2nd base off K Gregg/M Wieters) CS: D Span (5, 2nd base by K Gregg/M Wieters) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (T Plouffe-J Carroll-J Morneau). | ||||||||||
| Minnesota Twins | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| S Diamond (W, 8-3) | 6.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 100-67 | 2.96 | |
| A Swarzak | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30-19 | 4.25 | |
| M Capps | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18-12 | 3.81 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 148-98 | ||
| PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: S Diamond 18/27; A Swarzak 5/8; M Capps 3/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: S Diamond 22-4-18-23; A Swarzak 5-3-6-5; M Capps 4-2-2-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S Diamond 8-7; A Swarzak 1-2; M Capps 1-1 Game Scores: S Diamond 36 | ||||||||||
| BAL | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | J Mauer singled to center, B Revere scored. | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st | R Doumit safe at first on error by first baseman M Reynolds, J Mauer and J Morneau scored, T Plouffe to third. | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st | B Dozier singled to left, T Plouffe scored, R Doumit to second. | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st | D Span doubled to deep right center, R Doumit, B Dozier and J Carroll scored. | 0 | 7 | |
| 2nd | W Betemit singled to right, M Reynolds scored. | 1 | 7 | |
| 2nd | J Mauer homered to right (362 feet). | 1 | 8 | |
| 3rd | M Reynolds reached on infield single to shortstop, A Jones scored, M Wieters to second. | 2 | 8 | |
| 3rd | B Revere reached on infield single to shortstop, J Carroll and D Span scored. | 2 | 10 | |
| 4th | T Plouffe grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J Willingham scored, J Morneau out at second. | 2 | 11 | |
| 5th | M Reynolds homered to left center (425 feet), N Markakis and A Jones scored. | 5 | 11 | |
| 6th | J Morneau doubled to deep center, J Willingham scored. | 5 | 12 | |
| 6th | R Doumit hit sacrifice fly to center, J Morneau scored, T Plouffe to second. | 5 | 13 | |
| 6th | J Carroll singled to center, T Plouffe scored. | 5 | 14 | |
| 8th | R Doumit grounded out to first, J Morneau scored, T Plouffe to third. | 5 | 15 | |
| 8th | J Carroll singled to right, T Plouffe scored, B Dozier to third, J Carroll to second advancing on throw. | 5 | 16 | |
| 8th | D Span doubled to right, B Dozier and J Carroll scored. | 5 | 18 | |
| 8th | B Revere singled to center, D Span scored. | 5 | 19 | |
| 9th | E Chavez homered to right (387 feet), S Tolleson scored. | 7 | 19 | |
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| Stadium | Target Field, Minneapolis, MN |
| Attendance | 32,445 (82.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:22 |
| Weather | 97 degrees, clear |
| Wind | 18 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Tom Hallion, First Base - Brian O'Nora, Second Base - Chad Fairchild, Third Base - Alfonso Marquez |
