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

Scores for Sep 23, 2012

Final in 10

Series: Game 3 of 3

Minnesota won 2-1

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 2

(64-89, 35-43 away)

Tigers 1

(80-72, 46-31 home)

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7:05 PM ET, September 23, 2012

Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan

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

W: J. Burton (2-1)

L: J. Valverde (3-4)

S: G. Perkins (14)

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
B Revere CF-RF	5	0	0	0	0	1	20	.293	.332	.345
J Carroll 2B	5	0	2	1	0	0	22	.263	.339	.311
J Mauer C	5	0	0	0	0	0	23	.323	.416	.457
J Willingham LF	3	0	1	0	1	0	16	.261	.366	.526
E Escobar SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.276	.262
J Morneau 1B	4	0	2	0	0	0	13	.276	.341	.455
R Doumit DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	13	.273	.319	.451
T Plouffe 3B	3	0	0	0	1	3	24	.234	.301	.454
M Carson RF-LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	13	.244	.271	.267
P Florimon SS	2	1	0	0	0	1	9	.239	.297	.321
a-D Span PH-CF	1	1	1	0	0	0	5	.287	.346	.397
Totals	36	2	7	1	2	7	158
a-singled to right for P Florimon in the 10th
BATTING RBI: J Carroll (39) S: P Florimon Twins RISP: 1-7 (R Doumit 0-1, J Mauer 0-1, B Revere 0-1, J Carroll 1-2, J Morneau 0-1, T Plouffe 0-1) Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING SB: J Carroll (9, 2nd base off D Smyly/A Avila)
FIELDING E: J Morneau (5, dropped foul ball) DP: 2 (P Florimon-J Carroll-J Morneau, P Florimon-J Morneau).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
P Walters	6.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	90-54	5.88
B Duensing	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	18-13	4.68
J Burton (W, 2-1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10-9	2.01
G Perkins (S, 14)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8-7	2.44
Totals	10.0	6	1	1	1	8	0	126-83
PITCHING WP: P Walters First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: P Walters 10/23; B Duensing 4/6; J Burton 3/3; G Perkins 3/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: P Walters 17-7-13-17; B Duensing 4-2-3-4; J Burton 1-3-3-2; G Perkins 1-1-3-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: P Walters 7-7; B Duensing 2-2; J Burton 1-1; G Perkins 1-1 Game Scores: P Walters 61

Detroit Tigers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Jackson CF	4	1	1	0	0	1	21	.299	.379	.478
Q Berry LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	11	.272	.345	.370
M Cabrera 3B	4	0	1	1	0	1	18	.331	.396	.613
P Fielder 1B	4	0	2	0	0	1	13	.307	.408	.516
D Young DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	14	.268	.299	.419
B Boesch RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	.242	.289	.376
a-A Garcia PH-RF	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	.382	.432	.382
J Peralta SS	4	0	0	0	0	3	18	.242	.308	.389
A Avila C	2	0	0	0	1	0	9	.246	.356	.386
c-G Laird PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.276	.335	.368
R Santiago 2B	2	0	0	0	0	1	6	.207	.286	.275
b-O Infante PH-2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.259	.286	.378
Totals	34	1	6	1	1	8	126
a-singled to center for B Boesch in the 7th b-lined out to left for R Santiago in the 8th c-flied out to right for A Avila in the 10th
BATTING 2B: M Cabrera (40, P Walters) RBI: M Cabrera (133) GIDP: D Young, A Avila Tigers RISP: 0-3 (P Fielder 0-1, D Young 0-2) Team LOB: 4
FIELDING E: D Smyly (3, throw); A Avila (6, throw); P Fielder (9, ground ball) Outfield Assist: A Jackson (J Carroll at 2nd base); B Boesch (B Revere at Home).

Detroit Tigers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D Smyly	4.1	3	1	0	2	2	0	78-45	4.24
A Alburquerque	2.2	2	0	0	0	3	0	35-25	0.00
J Benoit	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	28-17	3.19
J Valverde (L, 3-4)	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	17-9	4.08
Totals	10.0	7	2	1	2	7	0	158-96
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: D Smyly 9/19; A Alburquerque 6/10; J Benoit 3/6; J Valverde 1/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: D Smyly 17-4-9-15; A Alburquerque 7-8-3-7; J Benoit 3-6-4-4; J Valverde 1-0-4-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Smyly 4-7; A Alburquerque 3-1; J Benoit 0-4; J Valverde 2-0 Game Scores: D Smyly 55

Scoring Summary

			MIN	DET
	1st	M Cabrera doubled to deep right center, A Jackson scored.	0	1
	5th	J Carroll grounded into fielder's choice, third to catcher to right to pitcher to third, P Florimon scored, M Carson out at home, B Revere out at home, J Carroll to first.	1	1
	10th	J Carroll singled to center, D Span scored, J Carroll thrown out at second attempting to advance on play.	2	1
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Game Information

Stadium	Comerica Park, Detroit, MI
Attendance	39,839 (96.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:07
Weather	56 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	12 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Brian O'Nora, First Base - Chad Fairchild, Second Base - Alfonso Marquez, Third Base - David Rackley