Tigers

Hitters	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
C. Granderson CF	0-4	4	0	0	0	1	1	19	.248	.330	.452
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: C Granderson struck out swinging. 3rd: C Granderson popped out to second. 5th: C Granderson grounded out to first, G Laird to third, R Santiago to second. 6th: C Granderson flied out to center.
P. Polanco 2B	2-4	4	1	2	3	0	1	21	.283	.328	.405
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: P Polanco singled to left, P Polanco to second on error by left fielder D Young. 3rd: P Polanco struck out looking. 5th: P Polanco singled to right, G Laird and R Santiago scored. 7th: P Polanco grounded out to second. 8th: P Polanco hit sacrifice fly to right, B Inge scored, G Laird to third.
M. Thames DH	1-4	4	0	1	0	0	2	17	.254	.317	.464
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: M Thames struck out swinging. 4th: M Thames flied out to right. 5th: M Thames singled to left, P Polanco to second. 7th: M Thames struck out swinging.
A. Huff PH-DH	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.245	.309	.393
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 8th: A Huff struck out looking.
M. Cabrera 1B	1-5	5	0	1	0	0	1	12	.332	.401	.551
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: M Cabrera grounded out to shortstop. 4th: M Cabrera struck out swinging. 5th: M Cabrera flied out to center. 7th: M Cabrera doubled to deep right. 9th: M Cabrera grounded out to third.
M. Ordonez RF	2-4	4	1	2	1	0	0	14	.290	.359	.394
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: M Ordonez flied out to right. 4th: M Ordonez singled to left. 5th: M Ordonez singled to center, P Polanco scored, M Thames to second. 7th: M Ordonez grounded out to third.
C. Thomas RF	1-1	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	.244	.331	.394
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 9th: C Thomas singled to right.
C. Guillen LF	1-2	2	0	1	1	0	1	10	.238	.325	.404
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: C Guillen struck out swinging. 4th: C Guillen tripled to right, M Ordonez scored.
R. Raburn PH-LF	1-3	3	1	1	1	0	1	9	.276	.336	.502
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 5th: R Raburn struck out swinging. 8th: R Raburn homered to left center. 9th: R Raburn grounded out to third, C Thomas to second.
B. Inge 3B	0-3	3	1	0	0	1	1	22	.234	.323	.422
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: B Inge flied out to right. 4th: B Inge grounded out to second. 6th: B Inge struck out swinging. 8th: B Inge walked. 9th: B Inge hit by pitch.
G. Laird C	2-4	4	1	2	0	1	0	20	.227	.306	.330
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 3rd: G Laird grounded out to third. 5th: G Laird walked. 6th: G Laird reached on bunt single to pitcher. 8th: G Laird singled to center, B Inge to second. 9th: G Laird flied out to right.
R. Santiago SS	2-3	3	1	2	0	0	0	8	.263	.319	.399
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 3rd: R Santiago singled to center. 5th: R Santiago singled to right, G Laird to second. 6th: R Santiago flied out to left, G Laird to second. 8th: R Santiago sacrificed to pitcher, B Inge to third, G Laird to second.

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
N. Robertson	5.0	5	2	2	3	6	0	98-62	5.13	98
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Z. Miner	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	36-21	4.41	36
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B. Seay	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8-5	3.54	8
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F. Rodney	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16-10	3.82	16
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Twins

Hitters	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D. Span CF	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	4	24	.306	.387	.410
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: D Span struck out swinging. 2nd: D Span struck out swinging. 5th: D Span struck out looking. 7th: D Span struck out swinging, N Punto stole second.
O. Cabrera SS	1-3	3	1	1	0	1	0	19	.269	.306	.366
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: O Cabrera singled to center. 3rd: O Cabrera popped out to shortstop. 5th: O Cabrera walked. 7th: O Cabrera flied out to right.
J. Mauer C	2-4	4	0	2	0	0	0	11	.374	.442	.611
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: J Mauer singled to left, O Cabrera to third. 3rd: J Mauer grounded out to first. 5th: J Mauer fouled out to left. 8th: J Mauer singled to left.
J. Kubel RF	0-3	3	0	0	1	1	1	17	.301	.371	.526
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: J Kubel grounded out to second, O Cabrera scored, J Mauer to second. 3rd: J Kubel walked. 5th: J Kubel struck out looking. 8th: J Kubel grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, J Mauer out at second.
M. Cuddyer 1B	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	1	15	.272	.333	.514
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: M Cuddyer struck out swinging. 3rd: M Cuddyer flied out to center. 6th: M Cuddyer flied out to center. 8th: M Cuddyer grounded out to shortstop.
D. Young LF	1-4	4	1	1	0	0	0	19	.268	.291	.387
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: D Young fouled out to first. 4th: D Young doubled to deep right. 6th: D Young popped out to second. 9th: D Young grounded out to first.
B. Harris DH	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	1	17	.261	.310	.360
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: B Harris struck out swinging. 4th: B Harris grounded out to second, D Young to third. 6th: B Harris flied out to center.
J. Morales PH	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	.367	.420	.433
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 9th: J Morales walked.
M. Tolbert 3B	2-4	4	0	2	0	0	0	16	.215	.298	.262
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: M Tolbert singled to center. 4th: M Tolbert grounded out to third. 7th: M Tolbert singled to center. 9th: M Tolbert grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J Morales out at second.
N. Punto 2B	1-3	3	0	1	1	1	0	15	.227	.325	.284
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: N Punto walked. 4th: N Punto singled to left center, D Young scored. 7th: N Punto grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, M Tolbert out at second. 9th: N Punto grounded out to second.

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
S. Baker	4.2	8	4	4	1	5	0	86-57	4.43	86
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R. Mahay	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5-3	4.53	5
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile No at bats in this game
J. Crain	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	9-7	5.04	9
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F. Liriano	1.1	2	2	2	1	1	1	27-16	5.79	27
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J. Rauch	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	20-10	2.70	20
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B. Keppel	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	16-11	4.96	16
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Game Stats

Walks Issued
- DET4
- 3MIN
Stolen Bases
- DET0
- 2MIN
Strikeouts Thrown
- DET7
- 9MIN
Total Bases
- DET19
- 8MIN

Game Information

Mall of America Field

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55488

Attendance: 36,335

Game Time: 3:12

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire - Chris Guccione, First Base Umpire - Mike Winters, Second Base Umpire - Jerry Layne, Third Base Umpire - Tony Randazzo

9/21/2009 Associated Press

Tigers topple Twins to tighten grip on Central

The Tigers avoided a three-game sweep with a 6-2 win over the Twins on Sunday to increase their AL Central lead to three games.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Tigers DET	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	6	13	0
Twins MIN	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	1

WINNate RobertsonN. Robertson(2-2)5.0 IP, 2 ER, 6 K, 3 BB

LOSSScott BakerS. Baker(13-9)4.2 IP, 4 ER, 5 K, 1 BB

Scoring Summary

		DET	MIN
1st	J Kubel grounded out to second, O Cabrera scored, J Mauer to second.	0	1
4th	C Guillen tripled to right, M Ordonez scored.	1	1
4th	N Punto singled to left center, D Young scored.	1	2
5th	P Polanco singled to right, G Laird and R Santiago scored.	3	2
5th	M Ordonez singled to center, P Polanco scored, M Thames to second.	4	2
8th	R Raburn homered to left center.	5	2
8th	P Polanco hit sacrifice fly to right, B Inge scored, G Laird to third.	6	2