Detroit Tigers vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - July 03, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Jul 3, 2009

Final in 16

Series: Game 1 of 3

Detroit leads 1-0 (as of 7/3)

Game 1: Friday, July 3
Detroit	11	Final in 16
Minnesota	9	Final in 16
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Game 2: Saturday, July 4
Detroit	3	Final
Minnesota	4	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, July 5
Detroit	2	Final
Minnesota	6	Final
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Tigers 11

(44-35, 21-24 away)

Twins 9

(41-40, 24-16 home)

8:10 PM ET, July 3, 2009

Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	R	H	E
DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	11	17	1
MIN	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	9	18	1

W: F. Dolsi (1-0)

L: R. Dickey (1-1)

Detroit Tigers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
C Granderson CF	6	2	2	0	2	1	35	.258	.343	.474
P Polanco 2B	8	2	3	3	0	3	36	.259	.310	.390
M Cabrera 1B	8	0	1	0	0	2	17	.325	.388	.548
M Thames DH	5	1	2	2	0	0	15	.255	.324	.500
R Raburn PR-DH	3	0	2	1	0	0	10	.277	.360	.485
D Kelly LF	5	1	1	0	0	0	12	.279	.340	.395
a-M Ordonez PH-RF	3	0	1	1	0	0	9	.261	.330	.333
B Inge 3B	6	1	1	0	0	2	21	.273	.367	.513
J Anderson RF-LF	7	1	1	2	0	3	23	.250	.280	.326
G Laird C	6	2	2	2	0	0	18	.239	.323	.371
R Santiago SS	6	1	1	0	0	1	22	.285	.321	.480
Totals	63	11	17	11	2	12	218
a-grounded to shortstop for D Kelly in the 13th
BATTING 2B: P Polanco (19, K Slowey); M Cabrera (17, B Keppel); C Granderson (9, R Dickey) 3B: J Anderson (4, K Slowey) HR: M Thames (6, 3rd inning off K Slowey 1 on, 1 Out); G Laird (4, 4th inning off B Duensing 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: J Anderson 2 (14), G Laird 2 (22), P Polanco 3 (36), M Thames 2 (14), R Raburn (20), M Ordonez (25) S: R Santiago SF: G Laird 2-out RBI: P Polanco, R Raburn, M Ordonez Tigers RISP: 6-14 (P Polanco 2-3, D Kelly 0-1, M Ordonez 1-1, J Anderson 1-2, C Granderson 0-1, M Thames 1-2, B Inge 0-1, R Raburn 1-1, M Cabrera 0-2) Team LOB: 10
BASERUNNING SB: C Granderson (14, 2nd base off J Nathan/J Mauer)
FIELDING E: F Dolsi (1, catch) DP: 2 (B Inge-P Polanco-M Cabrera, P Polanco-R Santiago-M Cabrera). PB: G Laird.

Detroit Tigers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
L French	4.2	6	2	2	2	3	1	81-50	2.35
Z Miner	0.2	4	5	5	1	0	1	22-13	4.98
F Ni (B, 1)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6-6	3.00
B Lyon	2.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	21-13	3.82
B Seay	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	12-7	3.24
J Zumaya	2.1	1	0	0	2	4	0	53-31	3.77
F Rodney	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	25-15	4.11
F Dolsi (W, 1-0; B, 1)	3.0	4	2	1	0	1	0	64-37	1.17
Totals	16.0	18	9	8	5	10	2	284-172
PITCHING WP: J Zumaya IBB: J Mauer (By J Zumaya); J Morneau (By J Zumaya) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: L French 13/22; Z Miner 5/7; F Ni 2/2; B Lyon 4/7; B Seay 1/2; J Zumaya 6/10; F Rodney 2/6; F Dolsi 6/13 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: L French 13-8-13-16; Z Miner 2-0-5-6; F Ni 1-0-3-2; B Lyon 3-1-2-7; B Seay 2-2-2-1; J Zumaya 8-6-13-4; F Rodney 3-2-5-5; F Dolsi 12-4-9-12 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: L French 1-10; Z Miner 2-0; F Ni 1-1; B Lyon 5-1; B Seay 0-1; J Zumaya 2-1; F Rodney 2-3; F Dolsi 6-1 Game Scores: L French 45

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span LF-CF	8	1	5	2	0	1	32	.292	.380	.388
B Harris SS	8	1	1	1	0	1	33	.280	.322	.387
J Mauer C	6	2	2	1	1	0	35	.390	.464	.657
J Morneau 1B	7	0	3	1	1	3	39	.311	.392	.574
M Cuddyer RF	8	0	3	2	0	1	31	.280	.359	.513
J Crede 3B	8	1	1	1	0	0	25	.229	.299	.445
D Young DH	6	1	3	1	1	1	34	.264	.292	.346
C Gomez CF	4	1	0	0	0	0	13	.224	.280	.328
a-J Kubel PH-LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	9	.304	.364	.536
N Punto 2B	2	2	0	0	2	0	17	.209	.310	.234
b-B Buscher PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	.196	.336	.304
M Tolbert 2B	2	0	0	0	0	1	8	.184	.275	.232
Totals	63	9	18	9	5	10	284
a-struck out swinging for C Gomez in the 10th b-struck out swinging for N Punto in the 11th
BATTING 2B: M Cuddyer (18, L French); D Young (6, B Lyon); J Morneau (21, F Dolsi) 3B: D Span (4, Z Miner); B Harris (1, Z Miner) HR: D Young (3, 4th inning off L French 0 on, 1 Out); J Crede (12, 6th inning off Z Miner 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: J Morneau (65), D Young (24), J Crede (36), D Span 2 (26), B Harris (22), J Mauer (45), M Cuddyer 2 (44) SF: J Mauer 2-out RBI: J Morneau GIDP: J Crede, B Harris Twins RISP: 4-18 (B Harris 1-3, C Gomez 0-2, J Mauer 0-1, J Crede 0-3, D Span 1-1, M Cuddyer 1-5, D Young 0-1, J Morneau 1-2) Team LOB: 12
FIELDING E: J Mauer (2, throw) DP: 1 (M Tolbert-J Morneau).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
K Slowey	3.0	5	6	6	0	4	1	51-36	4.86
B Duensing	3.2	1	1	1	1	2	1	39-26	4.05
B Keppel	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	14-9	0.00
J Nathan	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	21-11	1.39
M Guerrier	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	19-16	2.65
J Mijares	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	32-24	2.16
R Dickey (L, 1-1)	3.0	9	4	4	0	0	0	42-31	2.96
Totals	16.0	17	11	11	2	12	2	218-153
PITCHING HBP: B Inge 2 (By K Slowey; B Keppel) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: K Slowey 11/15; B Duensing 8/13; B Keppel 4/6; J Nathan 1/4; M Guerrier 6/7; J Mijares 5/7; R Dickey 9/17 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: K Slowey 11-6-11-8; B Duensing 7-5-4-10; B Keppel 2-0-2-5; J Nathan 4-2-4-1; M Guerrier 3-2-6-5; J Mijares 5-3-11-5; R Dickey 5-1-10-15 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: K Slowey 2-3; B Duensing 3-6; B Keppel 2-2; J Nathan 1-0; M Guerrier 2-3; J Mijares 3-1; R Dickey 3-5 Game Scores: K Slowey 29

Scoring Summary

			DET	MIN
	2nd	J Anderson tripled to deep right center, D Kelly and B Inge scored.	2	0
	2nd	G Laird hit sacrifice fly to center, J Anderson scored.	3	0
	3rd	P Polanco doubled to deep right center, C Granderson scored.	4	0
	3rd	M Thames homered to left, P Polanco scored.	6	0
	3rd	J Morneau singled to right center, N Punto scored, D Span to third.	6	1
	4th	G Laird homered to left.	7	1
	4th	D Young homered to right.	7	2
	6th	J Crede homered to left.	7	3
	6th	D Span tripled to right, C Gomez and N Punto scored.	7	5
	6th	B Harris tripled to deep right, D Span scored.	7	6
	6th	J Mauer hit sacrifice fly to center, B Harris scored.	7	7
	14th	P Polanco singled to center, G Laird scored.	8	7
	14th	M Cuddyer singled to shallow left, J Mauer scored, J Morneau tagged out at third, M Cuddyer to second.	8	8
	16th	P Polanco singled to left, R Santiago scored, C Granderson to third.	9	8
	16th	R Raburn singled to right, C Granderson scored, P Polanco to third.	10	8
	16th	M Ordonez singled to center, P Polanco scored, R Raburn to third.	11	8
	16th	M Cuddyer grounded out to third, J Mauer scored.	11	9
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Game Information

Stadium	Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	33,368 (85.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	5:07
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Eric Cooper, First Base - Mike Reilly, Second Base - Chuck Meriwether, Third Base - Laz Diaz

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