Minnesota Twins vs. Detroit Tigers - Box Score - September 23, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Sep 23, 2012

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Series tied 1-1 (as of 9/23)

Game 1: Friday, September 21
Minnesota		Postponed
Detroit		Postponed
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Game 1: Saturday, September 22
Minnesota	0	Final
Detroit	8	Final
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Game 2: Sunday, September 23
Minnesota	10	Final
Detroit	4	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, September 23
Minnesota	2	Final in 10
Detroit	1	Final in 10
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Twins 10

(63-89, 34-43 away)

Tigers 4

(80-71, 46-30 home)

Alerts

Coverage: FOX DET

1:05 PM ET, September 23, 2012

Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	4	0	10	13	1
DET	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	4	6	1

W: S. Diamond (12-8)

L: M. Scherzer (16-7)

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF	5	0	0	0	0	2	24	.286	.345	.395
B Revere RF	4	3	3	1	1	0	26	.296	.335	.349
J Mauer DH	4	1	3	4	0	0	30	.326	.419	.462
J Willingham LF	5	1	1	0	0	1	21	.261	.365	.527
M Carson LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.273	.268
J Morneau 1B	4	1	1	1	1	0	15	.274	.339	.454
R Doumit C	4	2	1	0	1	1	17	.276	.322	.455
T Plouffe 3B	5	0	1	1	0	3	16	.235	.302	.458
E Escobar 2B	4	1	2	1	0	1	14	.213	.276	.262
P Florimon SS	4	1	1	1	0	1	11	.243	.302	.327
Totals	39	10	13	9	3	9	174
BATTING 2B: J Willingham (30, M Scherzer); R Doumit (32, D Downs) 3B: B Revere (6, M Scherzer); J Mauer (4, L Putkonen) RBI: J Mauer 4 (83), J Morneau (77), T Plouffe (52), P Florimon (7), E Escobar (9), B Revere (32) SF: J Mauer 2-out RBI: B Revere, J Mauer 2 Twins RISP: 6-15 (J Willingham 0-2, P Florimon 0-1, J Mauer 2-2, D Span 0-3, B Revere 1-1, T Plouffe 1-2, J Morneau 1-2, E Escobar 1-2) Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING SB: E Escobar (3, 2nd base off M Scherzer/G Laird); P Florimon (3, 2nd base off B Villarreal/G Laird); B Revere (38, 2nd base off B Villarreal/G Laird)
FIELDING E: J Morneau (4, catch)

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
S Diamond (W, 12-8)	7.0	4	2	2	3	5	0	104-61	3.64
C Fien	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18-12	1.39
A Burnett	1.0	2	2	0	0	2	0	18-12	3.29
Totals	9.0	6	4	2	3	8	0	140-85
PITCHING WP: A Burnett First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: S Diamond 13/27; C Fien 3/3; A Burnett 2/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: S Diamond 18-5-19-19; C Fien 2-2-6-2; A Burnett 2-3-3-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S Diamond 9-6; C Fien 0-2; A Burnett 0-1 Game Scores: S Diamond 63

Detroit Tigers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Jackson CF	3	0	0	0	1	2	18	.300	.380	.480
B Boesch RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.290	.377
O Infante 2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	16	.260	.287	.380
M Cabrera 3B	4	1	1	1	0	1	19	.332	.397	.613
D Worth 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.321	.254
P Fielder 1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	12	.306	.407	.516
D Kelly 1B	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	.187	.275	.252
D Young DH	4	0	1	1	0	1	11	.270	.301	.422
J Peralta SS	3	0	0	0	1	1	19	.244	.310	.392
A Dirks LF	4	1	0	0	0	0	11	.313	.368	.484
A Garcia RF-CF	3	0	2	2	1	0	16	.375	.429	.375
G Laird C	4	0	0	0	0	2	17	.278	.337	.370
Totals	33	4	6	4	3	8	140
BATTING 2B: M Cabrera (39, S Diamond) RBI: M Cabrera (132), D Young (72), A Garcia 2 (3) 2-out RBI: D Young, A Garcia 2 Tigers RISP: 2-7 (P Fielder 0-1, A Dirks 0-2, A Garcia 1-1, D Young 1-2, J Peralta 0-1) Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING CS: A Garcia (2, 2nd base by S Diamond) Picked Off: A Garcia (1st base by S Diamond)
FIELDING E: G Laird (3, throw)

Detroit Tigers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
M Scherzer (L, 16-7)	5.0	6	3	3	1	4	0	86-56	3.82
P Coke (B, 2)	0.0	1	2	2	1	0	0	6-2	3.96
B Villarreal	1.2	1	1	0	1	2	0	39-22	2.22
D Downs	1.0	4	4	4	0	1	0	20-13	3.66
L Putkonen	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	23-15	4.73
Totals	9.0	13	10	9	3	9	0	174-108
PITCHING M Scherzer pitched to 3 batters in the 6th; P Coke pitched to 2 batters in the 6th WP: B Villarreal First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: M Scherzer 14/22; P Coke 1/2; B Villarreal 3/7; D Downs 2/7; L Putkonen 5/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: M Scherzer 15-9-16-16; P Coke 0-1-0-1; B Villarreal 6-3-9-4; D Downs 1-4-2-6; L Putkonen 4-3-5-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: M Scherzer 2-9; P Coke 0-0; B Villarreal 1-2; D Downs 0-2; L Putkonen 0-2 Game Scores: M Scherzer 46

Scoring Summary

			MIN	DET
	4th	M Cabrera doubled to deep left, O Infante scored.	0	1
	4th	D Young singled to right, M Cabrera scored.	0	2
	6th	J Mauer reached on infield single to second, B Revere scored.	1	2
	6th	J Morneau singled to left, J Mauer scored.	2	2
	6th	T Plouffe singled to left, J Willingham scored, J Morneau to third, R Doumit to second.	3	2
	6th	E Escobar struck out swinging, J Morneau scored, R Doumit to third on wild pitch by B Villarreal.	4	2
	6th	P Florimon grounded into fielder's choice to second, R Doumit scored, T Plouffe out at second.	5	2
	7th	J Mauer hit sacrifice fly to left, B Revere scored.	6	2
	8th	E Escobar singled to center, R Doumit scored.	7	2
	8th	B Revere singled to left, E Escobar scored, P Florimon to second.	8	2
	8th	J Mauer tripled to deep right center, P Florimon and B Revere scored.	10	2
	9th	A Garcia singled to center, D Kelly and A Dirks scored.	10	4
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Game Information

Stadium	Comerica Park, Detroit, MI
Attendance	40,438 (98% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:05
Weather	55 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	9 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Tom Hallion, First Base - David Rackley, Second Base - Chad Fairchild, Third Base - Alfonso Marquez