Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers
April 5, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 5, 2001 at Comerica Park. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 9, Detroit Tigers 5

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Guzman ss 5 1 2 0
Rivas 2b 6 1 1 0
Lawton rf 4 2 1 0
Koskie 3b 4 2 2 1
Ortiz dh 3 1 2 0
  Allen pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Hunter cf 2 0 0 1
  Hocking ph,cf 3 1 1 2
Jones lf 4 0 2 3
Mientkiewicz 1b 3 0 0 1
Pierzynski c 5 0 0 0
Milton p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 11 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Cedeno rf 5 0 1 0
Easley 2b 5 0 0 0
Higginson lf 4 3 2 1
Clark T. 1b 5 1 4 1
Cruz ss 5 1 1 1
Magee dh 2 0 1 0
  McMillon ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Encarnacion cf 5 0 0 1
Halter 3b 4 0 1 1
  Clark J. pr 0 0 0 0
  Cardona c 0 0 0 0
Inge c 3 0 0 0
  Macias ph,3b 0 0 0 0
Moehler p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Nitkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Perisho p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 10 5
Minnesota 000 300 001 59112
Detroit 000 102 100 15101
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Milton   6.0 7 3 3 2 1
  Wells   2.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Guardado  W (1-0) 2.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
10.0
10
5
5
2
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Moehler   8.0 6 3 3 1 2
  Jones  L (0-1) 1.0 2 4 3 3 0
  Nitkowski   0.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Perisho   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Patterson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
11
9
8
6
2

  E–Guzman 2 (2), Easley (1).  2B–Minnesota J Jones 2 (2,off Moehler,off Nitkowski); Hocking (1,off Nitkowski), Detroit T Clark 2 (2,off Milton,off Guardado); Cruz (1,off Milton); Halter (1,off Milton).  3B–Minnesota Guzman (1,off Moehler).  HR–Detroit Higginson (1,7th inning off Wells 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Mientkiewicz (1,off Jones); Koskie (1,off Nitkowski).  IBB–Allen (1,by Nitkowski).  SH–Macias (1,off Guardado).  CS–Cedeno (1,2nd base by Milton/Pierzynski).  WP–Nitkowski (1).  IBB–Nitkowski (1,Allen).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Jeff Nelson, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–3:12.  A–20,836.
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