Minnesota Twins vs. Chicago White Sox - Box Score - May 21, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for May 21, 2009

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Chi White Sox won 2-1

Game 1: Tuesday, May 19
Minnesota	2	Final
Chi White Sox	6	Final
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Game 2: Wednesday, May 20
Minnesota	4	Final
Chi White Sox	7	Final
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Game 3: Thursday, May 21
Minnesota	20	Final
Chi White Sox	1	Final
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Twins 20

(19-23, 5-14 away)

White Sox 1

(17-23, 10-9 home)

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2:05 PM ET, May 21, 2009

U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago, Illinois

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	1	7	1	1	0	6	4	0	0	20	20	1
CWS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	8	2

W: N. Blackburn (3-2)

L: B. Colon (2-4)

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF-LF	5	2	2	0	0	1	18	.299	.387	.390
J Mauer DH	4	2	3	6	0	0	22	.417	.500	.819
a-B Harris PH-DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.267	.309	.378
J Morneau 1B	2	1	0	0	3	0	20	.327	.430	.629
B Buscher 1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.224	.350	.367
J Kubel LF	4	2	3	2	0	0	19	.336	.382	.536
C Gomez CF	2	1	1	0	0	0	8	.230	.301	.311
M Cuddyer RF	6	4	4	3	0	0	15	.275	.364	.471
J Crede 3B	6	1	1	2	0	0	20	.226	.291	.443
J Morales C	4	3	3	0	2	0	31	.358	.424	.415
M Tolbert 2B	6	2	3	4	0	1	16	.208	.291	.313
N Punto SS	5	2	0	1	0	3	25	.193	.295	.211
Totals	46	20	20	18	5	5	198
a-grounded to shortstop for J Mauer in the 7th
BATTING 2B: J Mauer 2 (5, B Colon, L Broadway); M Cuddyer (8, J Gobble); D Span (5, D Carrasco) HR: M Cuddyer (6, 2nd inning off B Colon 2 on, 2 Out); J Crede (6, 2nd inning off B Colon 0 on, 2 Out); J Mauer (8, 6th inning off J Gobble 3 on, 2 Out); M Tolbert (1, 7th inning off J Gobble 2 on, 1 Out) RBI: J Kubel 2 (23), J Mauer 6 (24), M Cuddyer 3 (25), J Crede 2 (18), M Tolbert 4 (8), N Punto (11) S: N Punto SF: J Mauer 2-out RBI: J Kubel, M Cuddyer 3, J Crede, J Mauer 5 Twins RISP: 8-18 (B Harris 0-1, M Tolbert 2-3, J Mauer 1-1, J Kubel 2-3, J Morales 2-2, D Span 0-1, J Crede 0-3, M Cuddyer 1-2, N Punto 0-2) Team LOB: 7
FIELDING E: M Tolbert (1, throw) DP: 1 (J Crede-J Morneau).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
N Blackburn (W, 3-2)	7.0	4	0	0	3	2	0	82-53	3.83
J Mijares	1.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	20-14	2.08
J Nathan	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	16-13	2.87
Totals	9.0	8	1	0	3	3	0	118-80
PITCHING WP: N Blackburn First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: N Blackburn 14/26; J Mijares 4/6; J Nathan 4/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: N Blackburn 13-6-15-19; J Mijares 6-0-2-6; J Nathan 1-2-6-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: N Blackburn 8-9; J Mijares 0-3; J Nathan 0-2 Game Scores: N Blackburn 68

Chicago White Sox
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
S Podsednik LF	4	0	1	0	1	0	20	.267	.297	.317
A Ramirez SS	3	0	0	0	1	0	13	.213	.261	.276
J Dye RF	2	0	0	0	0	1	7	.270	.327	.518
a-J Nix PH-RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	.212	.325	.424
J Thome DH	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	.255	.392	.509
b-C Quentin PH-DH	2	0	1	1	0	0	5	.233	.336	.467
P Konerko 1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	.313	.365	.521
c-J Fields PH-3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	.215	.289	.304
A Pierzynski C	3	0	1	0	0	0	8	.267	.303	.414
d-C Miller PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.212	.278	.303
W Betemit 3B-1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	13	.225	.295	.350
C Getz 2B	4	0	2	0	0	0	10	.241	.301	.304
B Anderson CF	4	1	3	0	0	1	12	.281	.361	.313
Totals	34	1	8	1	3	3	118
a-grounded to second for J Dye in the 6th b-grounded to third for J Thome in the 6th c-grounded to shortstop for P Konerko in the 6th d-struck out swinging for A Pierzynski in the 9th
BATTING RBI: C Quentin (19) 2-out RBI: C Quentin White Sox RISP: 1-8 (S Podsednik 0-1, J Nix 0-1, C Quentin 1-1, W Betemit 0-1, C Getz 0-1, A Ramirez 0-1, J Fields 0-1, J Dye 0-1) Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING CS: S Podsednik (2, 2nd base by N Blackburn)
FIELDING E: W Betemit 2 (4, throw 2)

Chicago White Sox
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B Colon (L, 2-4)	2.0	7	8	1	2	1	2	61-35	4.23
L Broadway	3.1	7	6	5	2	2	0	68-42	5.06
J Gobble	1.0	5	6	6	0	0	2	27-16	18.90
D Carrasco	2.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	42-27	2.73
Totals	9.0	20	20	12	5	5	4	198-120
PITCHING IBB: J Morneau (By B Colon) HBP: D Span (By J Gobble) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Colon 8/16; L Broadway 13/19; J Gobble 6/9; D Carrasco 6/10 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Colon 9-1-12-13; L Broadway 10-8-9-15; J Gobble 3-3-2-8; D Carrasco 6-4-10-7 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Colon 1-4; L Broadway 3-5; J Gobble 2-1; D Carrasco 2-4 Game Scores: B Colon 23

Scoring Summary

			MIN	CWS
	1st	J Kubel singled to left center, J Mauer scored, J Morneau to third.	1	0
	2nd	N Punto sacrificed to catcher, J Morales to third, M Tolbert to second, N Punto safe at second on throwing error by third baseman W Betemit. J Morales scored, M Tolbert to third on throwing error by t	2	0
	2nd	J Mauer hit sacrifice fly to center, M Tolbert scored.	3	0
	2nd	J Kubel singled to right, N Punto scored, J Morneau to third.	4	0
	2nd	M Cuddyer homered to left, J Morneau and J Kubel scored.	7	0
	2nd	J Crede homered to left.	8	0
	3rd	J Mauer doubled to deep right, D Span scored.	9	0
	4th	J Morales reached on infield single to third, M Cuddyer scored, J Morales to second on throwing error by third baseman W Betemit.	10	0
	6th	M Tolbert singled to left, J Kubel scored, M Cuddyer to third, J Morales to second.	11	0
	6th	N Punto grounded into fielder's choice to third, M Cuddyer scored, M Tolbert out at second, J Morales to third.	12	0
	6th	J Mauer homered to left center, J Morales, N Punto and D Span scored.	16	0
	7th	J Crede grounded out to shortstop, C Gomez scored.	17	0
	7th	M Tolbert homered to left, M Cuddyer and J Morales scored.	20	0
	8th	C Quentin singled to left, B Anderson scored, A Ramirez to third.	20	1
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Game Notes

MINNESOTA'S MICHAEL CUDDYER AND JOE CREDE HIT BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS IN THE SECOND INNING.

Game Information

Stadium	U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago, IL
Attendance	23,048 (56.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:58
Weather	82 degrees, sunny
Wind	13 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Tim Timmons, First Base - Rob Drake, Second Base - Jeff Kellogg, Third Base - Mark Wegner