Cleveland Indians vs. Minnesota Twins - Play By Play - August 01, 2008

Scores for Aug 1, 2008

Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

Minnesota leads 1-0 (as of 8/1)

Game 1: Friday, August 1
Cleveland	1	Final
Minnesota	4	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, August 2
Cleveland	5	Final
Minnesota	1	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, August 3
Cleveland	2	Final
Minnesota	6	Final
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Indians 1

(47-61, 18-35 away)

Twins 4

(61-48, 38-20 home)

Alerts

8:10 PM ET, August 1, 2008

Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	0
MIN	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	-	4	6	1

W: N. Blackburn (8-6)

L: J. Sowers (1-6)

S: J. Nathan (30)

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Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

Cleveland - Top of 1st	SCORE
Nick Blackburn pitching for Minnesota	CLE	MIN
G Sizemore grounded out to second.	0	0
J Carroll lined out to third.	0	0
B Francisco grounded out to shortstop.	0	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Minnesota - Bottom of 1st	SCORE
Jeremy Sowers pitching for Cleveland	CLE	MIN
D Span grounded out to second.	0	0
N Punto flied out to right.	0	0
J Mauer grounded out to second.	0	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Cleveland - Top of 2nd	SCORE
Nick Blackburn pitching for Minnesota	CLE	MIN
S Choo struck out looking.	0	0
K Shoppach flied out to right.	0	0
R Garko flied out to right.	0	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Minnesota - Bottom of 2nd	SCORE
Jeremy Sowers pitching for Cleveland	CLE	MIN
J Morneau grounded out to first.	0	0
D Young grounded out to shortstop.	0	0
R Ruiz grounded out to shortstop.	0	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Cleveland - Top of 3rd	SCORE
Nick Blackburn pitching for Minnesota	CLE	MIN
A Marte flied out to center.	0	0
F Gutierrez doubled to deep left.	0	0
A Cabrera flied out to left.	0	0
G Sizemore flied out to right.	0	0
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Minnesota - Bottom of 3rd	SCORE
Jeremy Sowers pitching for Cleveland	CLE	MIN
B Harris flied out to left.	0	0
A Everett popped out to second.	0	0
C Gomez struck out looking.	0	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Cleveland - Top of 4th	SCORE
Nick Blackburn pitching for Minnesota	CLE	MIN
J Carroll grounded out to shortstop.	0	0
B Francisco singled to left.	0	0
S Choo flied out to center.	0	0
K Shoppach singled to left, B Francisco to second.	0	0
R Garko grounded out to shortstop.	0	0
0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Minnesota - Bottom of 4th	SCORE
Jeremy Sowers pitching for Cleveland	CLE	MIN
D Span grounded out to first.	0	0
N Punto popped out to shortstop.	0	0
J Mauer grounded out to first.	0	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Cleveland - Top of 5th	SCORE
Nick Blackburn pitching for Minnesota	CLE	MIN
A Marte popped out to second.	0	0
F Gutierrez flied out to right.	0	0
A Cabrera flied out to center.	0	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Minnesota - Bottom of 5th	SCORE
Jeremy Sowers pitching for Cleveland	CLE	MIN
J Morneau fouled out to left.	0	0
D Young flied out to center.	0	0
R Ruiz struck out swinging.	0	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Cleveland - Top of 6th	SCORE
Nick Blackburn pitching for Minnesota	CLE	MIN
G Sizemore flied out to right.	0	0
J Carroll safe at second on error by left fielder D Young.	0	0
B Francisco grounded out to pitcher.	0	0
S Choo flied out to center.	0	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors
Minnesota - Bottom of 6th	SCORE
Jeremy Sowers pitching for Cleveland	CLE	MIN
B Harris doubled to deep left.	0	0
A Everett sacrificed to catcher, B Harris to third.	0	0
C Gomez singled to left center, B Harris scored.	0	1
C Gomez caught stealing second, catcher to second.	0	1
D Span struck out looking.	0	1
1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Cleveland - Top of 7th	SCORE
Nick Blackburn pitching for Minnesota	CLE	MIN
K Shoppach doubled to deep left.	0	1
R Garko singled to right, K Shoppach to third.	0	1
J Peralta hit for A Marte.	0	1
J Peralta singled to left, K Shoppach scored, R Garko to second.	1	1
F Gutierrez grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, R Garko out at third, J Peralta to second.	1	1
A Cabrera grounded out to first, J Peralta to third, F Gutierrez to second.	1	1
G Sizemore intentionally walked.	1	1
J Carroll struck out swinging.	1	1
1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
Minnesota - Bottom of 7th	SCORE
Jeremy Sowers pitching for Cleveland	CLE	MIN
J Carroll at third base.	1	1
J Peralta at shortstop.	1	1
A Cabrera at second base.	1	1
N Punto singled to center.	1	1
J Mauer homered to left center, N Punto scored.	1	3
J Morneau grounded out to second.	1	3
D Young struck out swinging.	1	3
R Ruiz singled to right.	1	3
B Harris doubled to deep left, R Ruiz scored.	1	4
J Lewis relieved J Sowers.	1	4
A Everett hit by pitch.	1	4
C Gomez popped out to shortstop.	1	4
3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors
Cleveland - Top of 8th	SCORE
Matt Guerrier pitching for Minnesota	CLE	MIN
M Guerrier relieved N Blackburn.	1	4
B Francisco struck out swinging.	1	4
S Choo grounded out to pitcher.	1	4
K Shoppach flied out to center.	1	4
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Minnesota - Bottom of 8th	SCORE
Jensen Lewis pitching for Cleveland	CLE	MIN
D Span grounded out to third.	1	4
N Punto lined out to shortstop.	1	4
J Mauer lined out to first.	1	4
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Cleveland - Top of 9th	SCORE
Joe Nathan pitching for Minnesota	CLE	MIN
J Nathan relieved M Guerrier.	1	4
R Garko doubled to deep left center.	1	4
J Peralta fouled out to first.	1	4
D Dellucci hit for F Gutierrez.	1	4
D Dellucci grounded out to second, R Garko to third.	1	4
A Cabrera grounded out to second.	1	4
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors

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