April 14, 2008 Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers Play by Play and Box Score

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BAL 4
TOR 3 OAK 2
@CHW 1 BOS 6
@CLE 4 DET 11
MIN 9 KCR 5
@SEA 1 NYY 8
@TBR 7 LAA 7
@TEX 4 PIT 6
@LAD 4 SFG 5
ARI 4

Standings at end of play this day

Comerica Park, Attendance: 32,002

Monday, April 14, 2008, 7:05pm
Time of Game: 3:16

Twins

6-7

Lost 2

3rd, 2 GB

Ron Gardenhire

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Twins           0  2  0   0  0  3   4  0  0    9 13  1
Tigers          0  0  0   0  0  4   1  6  X   11 16  3

W: F Beltran (1-0), L: P Neshek (0-1), S: T Jones (2)

Tigers

3-10

Won 1

5th, 5 GB

Jim Leyland

BATTING

Minnesota Twins              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
C Gomez CF                    5   1   0   0    0   2  .246  .622   23    0   0   SB
D Span RF                     4   1   2   0    1   0  .300  .691   17    5   1   
J Mauer C                     2   2   0   0    3   0  .238  .599   25    1   0   GDP
J Morneau 1B                  5   0   1   2    0   1  .222  .765   14   12   2   
D Young LF                    5   3   3   2    0   0  .280  .628   19    1   0   2B,SB
J Kubel DH                    4   1   2   2    1   1  .286  .835   18    0   0   
B Harris 2B                   4   1   2   2    0   2  .351  .864   25    1   4   SF
M Lamb 3B                     4   0   1   1    0   0  .189  .547    9    0   1   
  N Punto 3B                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .375  .819    1    0   0   
A Everett SS                  4   0   2   0    0   1  .185  .436   14    2   2   2B

N Blackburn P                                                            2   2
  M Guerrier P                                                           0   1
  P Neshek P                                                             0   0
Totals                       38   9  13   9    5   7              165   24  13

BATTING

2B: D Young (2, off J Bonderman); A Everett (1, off F Beltran).

SF: B Harris (1, off J Bonderman).

TB: D Young 4; A Everett 3; D Span 2; J Kubel 2; B Harris 2; M Lamb; J Morneau.

GIDP: J Mauer (3).

RBI: J Kubel 2 (11); D Young 2 (5); J Morneau 2 (11); B Harris 2 (2); M Lamb (6).

2-out RBI: M Lamb; B Harris; J Kubel.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 5 for 9.

FIELDING

DP: 1. N Blackburn-A Everett-J Morneau.

E: A Everett (3).

BASERUNNING

SB: C Gomez (6, 2nd base off J Bonderman/I Rodriguez); D Young (3, 2nd base off J Bonderman/I Rodriguez).

Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
C Thomas CF                   5   1   1   0    0   0  .344  .851   17    3   0   3B
P Polanco 2B                  5   0   1   1    0   0  .159  .419   22    2   4   
G Sheffield DH                5   2   2   0    0   1  .212  .668   22    0   0   2B
M Ordonez RF                  4   2   3   1    0   0  .275  .694   11    1   0   2B
M Cabrera 3B-1B               4   2   2   1    0   0  .205  .618    8    2   4   2B
C Guillen 1B                  4   1   3   3    0   0  .359 1.120   10    8   0   2B
  B Inge PR-3B                0   0   0   0    0   0  .282  .883         0   1   
E Renteria SS                 4   1   2   1    0   0  .264  .625   19    2   2   
I Rodriguez C                 4   2   2   3    0   0  .222  .649   14    7   0   HR,3B
J Jones LF                    3   0   0   1    0   0  .194  .429   19    1   1   SF,GDP
  R Raburn LF                 0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 2.000         1   0   

J Bonderman P                                                            0   2
  B Seay P                                                               0   0
  F Beltran P                                                            0   0
  T Jones P                                                              0   0
Totals                       38  11  16  11    0   1              142   27  14

BATTING

2B: G Sheffield (2, off M Guerrier); M Ordonez (3, off M Guerrier); C Guillen (5, off N Blackburn); M Cabrera (2, off N Blackburn).

3B: C Thomas (1, off P Neshek); I Rodriguez (1, off P Neshek).

HR: I Rodriguez (1, off M Guerrier; 7th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep RF).

SF: J Jones (1, off P Neshek).

TB: I Rodriguez 7; C Guillen 4; M Ordonez 4; C Thomas 3; G Sheffield 3; M Cabrera 3; E Renteria 2; P Polanco.

GIDP: J Jones (1).

RBI: I Rodriguez 3 (5); C Guillen 3 (5); J Jones (2); M Ordonez (4); P Polanco (3); E Renteria (4); M Cabrera (3).

2-out RBI: C Guillen 2; E Renteria; M Cabrera; P Polanco.

Team LOB: 4.

With RISP: 7 for 12.

FIELDING

DP: 1. J Bonderman-E Renteria-C Guillen.

E: C Thomas (2); I Rodriguez (1); M Cabrera (4).

PITCHING

Minnesota Twins               IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
N Blackburn                    5.2   8   4   4    0   0   0   3.57   24   89-55   41· 3·11   14· 6· 4· 0     37    -     1.02   0.11
M Guerrier, H (4)              1.1   5   5   4    0   0   1   9.53    9   28-20   11· 2· 7    4· 1· 4· 0          1-1    1.19  -0.40
P Neshek, BS (2), L (0-1)      1     3   2   2    0   1   0   7.50    6   25-16   10· 2· 4    1· 2· 2· 0          2-2    2.16  -0.56
Totals                         8    16  11  10    0   1   1          39  142-91   62· 7·22   19· 9·10· 0          3-3

Detroit Tigers                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Bonderman                    6.1   8   7   4    2   5   0   4.58   29  104-70   44·15·11   12· 7· 3· 0     38    -     0.83  -0.23
B Seay                         0.2   3   2   2    1   1   0   4.91    5   19-12    6· 3· 3    1· 1· 1· 0          2-2    1.18  -0.19
F Beltran, W (1-0)             1     1   0   0    1   1   0   5.79    5   21-12    7· 1· 4    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.21   0.01
T Jones, S (2)                 1     1   0   0    1   0   0   0.00    5   15-8     5· 1· 2    1· 2· 1· 0          0-0    1.46   0.08
Totals                         9    13   9   6    5   7   0          44  159-102  62·20·20   16·11· 5· 0          2-2

M Guerrier faced 4 batters in the 8th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Mike Everitt, 1B - Mike DiMuro, 2B - Tim McClelland, 3B - Larry Vanover.

Time of Game: 3:16.

Attendance: 32,002.

Weather: 48° F, Wind 11mph in from Centerfield, Night, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Minnesota Twins               Detroit Tigers                       
1. C Gomez              CF    1. C Thomas             CF 
2. D Span               RF    2. P Polanco            2B 
3. J Mauer              C     3. G Sheffield          DH 
4. J Morneau            1B    4. M Ordonez            RF 
5. D Young              LF    5. M Cabrera            3B 
6. J Kubel              DH    6. C Guillen            1B 
7. B Harris             2B    7. E Renteria           SS 
8. M Lamb               3B    8. I Rodriguez          C  
9. A Everett            SS    9. J Jones              LF 

   N Blackburn          P        J Bonderman          P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 8   1  9-7  1-3  1   45%  74% I Rodriguez     P Neshek        Triple to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Cabrera Scores/unER; Renteria Scores
   b 8   0  9-6  12-  3   14%  37% C Guillen       M Guerrier      Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); Ordonez Scores; Cabrera to 2B
   b 6   2  5-1  12-  1   14%  23% C Guillen       N Blackburn     Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Ordonez Scores; Cabrera Scores
   t 7   1  4-5  123  2  -12%   9% J Morneau       B Seay          Single to LF (Fly Ball to LF Line); Gomez Scores; Span Scores; Mauer to 2B
   b 8   1  9-9  --3  6   10%  84% J Jones         P Neshek        Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Rodriguez Scores/Team unER

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Twins Batting, Tied 0-0, Jeremy Bonderman facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  3   52%  C Gomez         Strikeout (foul bunt)
          ---  2   50%  D Span          Single to SS (Ground Ball to Weak SS)
   OO     1--  3   55%  J Mauer         Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Nick Blackburn facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   53%  C Thomas        Groundout: 1B-P
   O      ---  5   51%  P Polanco       Lineout: RF
   O      ---  2   50%  G Sheffield     Popfly: SS (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0.

Top of the 2nd, Twins Batting, Tied 0-0, Jeremy Bonderman facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  3   52%  J Morneau       Popfly: 3B (Weak SS)
          ---  5   50%  D Young         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  6   52%  J Kubel         Strikeout Swinging, Young Steals 2B
          -2-      52%  B Harris        E2 on Foul Ball
   R      -2-  6   42%  " "             Single to LF (Line Drive); Young Scores/unER
   R      1--  1   32%  M Lamb          Single to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Harris Scores/unER
   O      1--  5   34%  A Everett       Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-2, Nick Blackburn facing 4-5-6
          ---  1   38%  M Ordonez       Single to SS (Ground Ball to Weak SS)
   O      1--  3   34%  M Cabrera       Flyball: RF (CF-RF)
          1--  2   38%  C Guillen       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Ordonez to 2B
   O      12-  9   33%  E Renteria      Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
   O      12-  2   29%  I Rodriguez     Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Tigers 0.

Top of the 3rd, Twins Batting, Ahead 2-0, Jeremy Bonderman facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   31%  C Gomez         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  1   32%  D Span          Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
          ---  6   31%  J Mauer         Walk
   O      1--  2   33%  J Morneau       Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-2, Nick Blackburn facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  5   30%  J Jones         Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
   O      ---  3   28%  C Thomas        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  5   27%  P Polanco       Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Tigers 0.

Top of the 4th, Twins Batting, Ahead 2-0, Jeremy Bonderman facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  2   29%  D Young         Groundout: P-1B (Weak SS-2B)
   O      ---  1   30%  J Kubel         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  3   31%  B Harris        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-2, Nick Blackburn facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  4   28%  G Sheffield     Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  4   26%  M Ordonez       Flyball: RF (Short CF-RF)
          ---  3   29%  M Cabrera       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
   O      -2-  4   25%  C Guillen       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Tigers 0.

Top of the 5th, Twins Batting, Ahead 2-0, Jeremy Bonderman facing 8-9-1
          ---  5   22%  M Lamb          Reached on E5 (throw) (Ground Ball to Weak 3B)
   O      1--  2   25%  A Everett       Flyball: CF (Short CF)
   O      1--  4   27%  C Gomez         Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak 3B)
          1--      26%  D Span          Gomez Steals 2B
   O      -2-  2   29%  " "             Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-2, Nick Blackburn facing 7-8-9
          ---  5   34%  E Renteria      Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  5   29%  I Rodriguez     Lineout: RF (Short RF)
   OO     1--  4   22%  J Jones         Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B (P's Right)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Tigers 0.

Top of the 6th, Twins Batting, Ahead 2-0, Jeremy Bonderman facing 3-4-5
          ---  5   20%  J Mauer         Walk
   O      1--  5   22%  J Morneau       Strikeout Looking
   R      1--  4   13%  D Young         Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Mauer Scores
   R      -2-  4    7%  J Kubel         Single to CF (Line Drive); Young Scores; Kubel to 3B/Adv on E8
   RO     --3  3    5%  B Harris        Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF); Kubel Scores/unER
   O      ---  2    6%  M Lamb          Groundout: 2B-1B
                  3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-5, Nick Blackburn facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2    4%  C Thomas        Groundout: P-1B (P's Left)
   O      ---  6    4%  P Polanco       Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  4    4%  G Sheffield     Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Weak 3B)
          1--  4    5%  M Ordonez       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Sheffield to 2B
   R      12-  1    9%  M Cabrera       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B); Sheffield Scores; Ordonez to 2B
   RR     12-  1   23%  C Guillen       Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Ordonez Scores; Cabrera Scores
                  Matt Guerrier replaces Nick Blackburn pitching
   RO     -2-  1   31%  E Renteria      Single to RF (Line Drive); Guillen Scores; Renteria out at 2B
                  4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Tigers 4.

Top of the 7th, Twins Batting, Ahead 5-4, Jeremy Bonderman facing 9-1-2
          ---  4   27%  A Everett       Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  4   31%  C Gomez         Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak 3B)
          1--  6   23%  D Span          Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Gomez to 3B
                  Bobby Seay replaces Jeremy Bonderman pitching
          1-3  6   21%  J Mauer         Walk; Span to 2B
   RR     123  2    9%  J Morneau       Single to LF (Fly Ball to LF Line); Gomez Scores; Span Scores; Mauer to 2B
   RO     12-  4    6%  D Young         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B); Mauer Scores; Morneau out at 3B/LF-3B-2B-SS; Young to 2B/Adv on throw
   R      -2-  2    4%  J Kubel         Single to RF (Line Drive); Young Scores
   O      1--  5    4%  B Harris        Strikeout Swinging
                  4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 9, Tigers 4.

Bottom of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Behind 4-9, Matt Guerrier facing 8-9-1
   R      ---  6    7%  I Rodriguez     Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
   O      ---  4    5%  J Jones         Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  2    4%  C Thomas        Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
   O      ---  4    4%  P Polanco       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 9, Tigers 5.

Top of the 8th, Twins Batting, Ahead 9-5, Francis Beltran facing 8-9-1
                  Francis Beltran replaces Bobby Seay pitching
   O      ---  1    4%  M Lamb          Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  3    3%  A Everett       Double to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF Line)
   O      -2-  7    4%  C Gomez         Strikeout Looking
          -2-  5    4%  D Span          Walk
   O      12-  5    4%  J Mauer         Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 9, Tigers 5.

Bottom of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Behind 5-9, Matt Guerrier facing 3-4-5
                  Nick Punto replaces Mike Lamb playing 3B batting 8th
          ---  5    8%  G Sheffield     Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
   R      -2-  2   15%  M Ordonez       Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Sheffield Scores
          -2-  1   23%  M Cabrera       Reached on E6 (throw) (Ground Ball to Weak SS)
   R      12-  3   37%  C Guillen       Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); Ordonez Scores; Cabrera to 2B
                  Pat Neshek replaces Matt Guerrier pitching; Brandon Inge pinch runs for Carlos Guillen batting 6th
   O      12-  4   29%  E Renteria      Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak SS); Cabrera to 3B
   RR     1-3  1   74%  I Rodriguez     Triple to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Cabrera Scores/unER; Renteria Scores
   RO     --3  6   84%  J Jones         Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Rodriguez Scores/Team unER
          ---  5   86%  C Thomas        Triple to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
   R      --3  2   93%  P Polanco       Single to CF (Line Drive); Thomas Scores/Team unER
   O      1--  7   92%  G Sheffield     Strikeout Looking
                  6 runs, 6 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Twins 9, Tigers 11.

Top of the 9th, Twins Batting, Behind 9-11, Todd Jones facing 4-5-6
                  Todd Jones replaces Francis Beltran pitching; Miguel Cabrera moves to 1B; Brandon Inge moves to 3B; Ryan Raburn replaces Jacque Jones playing LF batting 9th
   O      ---  2   96%  J Morneau       Flyball: RF (CF-RF)
   O      ---  4   99%  D Young         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
          ---  5   96%  J Kubel         Walk
          1--  3   93%  B Harris        Single to RF (Line Drive); Kubel to 2B
   O      12-  1  100%  N Punto         Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 9, Tigers 11.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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