Detroit Tigers vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - May 14, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for May 14, 2009

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Minnesota won 3-0

Game 1: Tuesday, May 12
Detroit	2	Final
Minnesota	6	Final
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Game 2: Wednesday, May 13
Detroit	10	Final in 13
Minnesota	14	Final in 13
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Game 3: Thursday, May 14
Detroit	5	Final
Minnesota	6	Final
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Tigers 5

(17-16, 9-11 away)

Twins 6

(18-17, 14-9 home)

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1:10 PM ET, May 14, 2009

Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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

W: C. Breslow (1-1)

L: B. Seay (0-1)

S: J. Nathan (6)

Detroit Tigers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
C Granderson CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	18	.257	.333	.493
R Santiago 2B	4	1	2	1	0	0	9	.300	.340	.480
M Ordonez RF	4	1	1	2	0	0	13	.240	.324	.306
M Cabrera 1B	4	1	2	0	0	2	17	.366	.439	.593
J Larish DH	2	0	0	0	1	0	18	.250	.385	.688
a-R Raburn PH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.095	.240	.095
b-J Anderson PH-DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.310	.355	.397
C Thomas LF	4	0	1	2	0	1	10	.333	.389	.455
B Inge 3B	4	1	1	0	0	2	15	.283	.391	.558
A Everett SS	4	1	2	0	0	0	14	.297	.329	.405
D Sardinha C	3	0	0	0	0	1	11	.063	.059	.125
G Laird C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.306	.286
Totals	34	5	9	5	1	7	130
a-hit for J Larish in the 8th b-grounded to second for R Raburn in the 8th
BATTING 2B: R Santiago (3, S Baker); M Cabrera (4, S Baker) RBI: R Santiago (15), M Ordonez 2 (14), C Thomas 2 (5) 2-out RBI: R Santiago, M Ordonez 2, C Thomas 2 GIDP: M Ordonez, D Sardinha Tigers RISP: 3-6 (C Granderson 0-1, M Ordonez 1-1, R Santiago 1-1, B Inge 0-1, D Sardinha 0-1, C Thomas 1-1) Team LOB: 3

Detroit Tigers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Verlander	6.1	5	2	2	3	13	0	122-76	4.29
B Seay (L, 0-1)	0.1	3	4	4	1	0	0	19-10	5.56
Z Miner (B, 1)	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	20-11	4.70
Totals	8.0	9	6	6	5	14	0	161-97
PITCHING WP: J Verlander First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Verlander 14/27; B Seay 3/5; Z Miner 2/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Verlander 25-15-25-11; B Seay 4-0-2-4; Z Miner 2-1-4-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Verlander 2-4; B Seay 1-0; Z Miner 2-1 Game Scores: J Verlander 65

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF-LF	5	1	2	0	0	2	19	.299	.372	.380
M Tolbert 2B	4	0	0	1	1	2	24	.200	.306	.267
J Mauer C	3	1	1	1	1	1	20	.455	.547	.795
J Morneau DH	4	1	1	1	0	2	15	.313	.383	.582
J Kubel LF	4	1	3	1	0	0	12	.333	.369	.579
C Gomez CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.274	.321
M Cuddyer RF	3	0	0	0	1	2	20	.268	.359	.415
J Crede 3B	4	0	1	2	0	2	11	.237	.302	.454
B Buscher 1B	3	1	1	0	1	1	19	.211	.362	.368
N Punto SS	3	1	0	0	1	2	21	.193	.308	.216
Totals	33	6	9	6	5	14	161
BATTING 2B: J Kubel 2 (11, J Verlander, B Seay) RBI: M Tolbert (3), J Mauer (14), J Morneau (29), J Kubel (20), J Crede 2 (15) 2-out RBI: J Morneau, J Kubel, J Crede 2 Twins RISP: 4-10 (J Mauer 0-1, J Kubel 1-1, J Crede 1-2, D Span 1-1, J Morneau 1-2, M Cuddyer 0-1, N Punto 0-1, B Buscher 0-1) Team LOB: 8
FIELDING DP: 2 (N Punto-M Tolbert-B Buscher, J Crede-M Tolbert-B Buscher).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
S Baker	6.0	7	5	5	1	4	0	98-67	6.95
C Breslow (W, 1-4)	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	15-12	5.84
M Guerrier (H, 9)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5-2	4.34
J Nathan (S, 10)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12-9	1.29
Totals	9.0	9	5	5	1	7	0	130-90
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: S Baker 16/25; C Breslow 5/6; M Guerrier 0/1; J Nathan 3/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: S Baker 15-10-22-20; C Breslow 5-1-1-5; M Guerrier 0-0-1-1; J Nathan 4-1-3-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S Baker 7-7; C Breslow 2-2; M Guerrier 1-0; J Nathan 1-0 Game Scores: S Baker 41

Scoring Summary

			DET	MIN
	6th	R Santiago hit a ground rule double to deep left, B Inge scored, A Everett to third.	1	0
	6th	M Ordonez singled to center, A Everett and R Santiago scored.	3	0
	6th	C Thomas singled to center, M Ordonez and M Cabrera scored, J Larish to third.	5	0
	7th	M Tolbert walked, B Buscher scored, N Punto to third, D Span to second.	5	1
	7th	J Mauer grounded into fielder's choice to second, N Punto scored, M Tolbert out at second, D Span to third.	5	2
	7th	J Morneau singled to right, D Span scored, J Mauer to third.	5	3
	7th	J Kubel hit a ground rule double to deep center, J Mauer scored, J Morneau to third.	5	4
	7th	J Crede singled to center, J Morneau and J Kubel scored, M Cuddyer to third.	5	6
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Game Notes

DETROIT'S DANE SARDINHA LEFT THE GAME IN THE SEVENTH INNING DUE TO AN APPARENT HAND INJURY.
MINNESOTA MANAGER RON GARDENHIRE WAS EJECTED BY HOME PLATE UMPIRE PAUL NAUERT IN THE SEVENTH INNING.

Game Information

Stadium	Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	26,046 (65.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:51
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Paul Nauert, First Base - Joe West, Second Base - Ed Rapuano, Third Base - Paul Schrieber