Cleveland Indians vs Minnesota Twins
July 5, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 2008 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 6, Minnesota Twins 9

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Sizemore cf 5 1 2 3
Carroll 2b 4 0 1 1
Francisco lf 4 0 0 0
Peralta ss 4 0 0 0
Choo rf 3 1 0 0
Blake 1b 4 0 1 0
Dellucci dh 4 1 1 1
Shoppach c 3 2 1 0
Marte 3b 4 1 2 1
Laffey p 0 0 0 0
  Mastny p 0 0 0 0
  Perez p 0 0 0 0
  Betancourt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 8 6
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gomez cf 5 1 1 0
Casilla 2b 5 1 1 2
Mauer c 2 3 1 1
Morneau 1b 3 2 0 0
Monroe dh 2 0 1 2
Young lf 4 0 1 0
Harris 3b 4 0 1 2
Punto ss 4 1 1 0
Span rf 2 1 1 1
Slowey p 0 0 0 0
  Bonser p 0 0 0 0
  Guerrier p 0 0 0 0
  Nathan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 9 8 8
Cleveland 050 000 100680
Minnesota 200 115 00x980
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Laffey   5.0 5 4 4 4 4
  Mastny  L(0-2) 0.1 2 4 4 2 0
  Perez   1.1 1 1 1 2 1
  Betancourt   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
1
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Slowey  W(6-6) 6.0 5 5 5 2 6
  Bonser   1.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Guerrier   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Nathan  SV(24) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
0

  E–None.  2B–Cleveland Dellucci (12,off Slowey); Carroll (7,off Bonser); Marte (2,off Nathan), Minnesota Monroe (8,off Laffey); Punto (6,off Laffey); Casilla (10,off Mastny).  3B–Cleveland Sizemore (4,off Slowey).  HR–Cleveland Sizemore (22,2nd inning off Slowey 2 on 1 out), Minnesota Mauer (4,5th inning off Laffey 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–4.  HBP–Morneau (3,by Laffey).  IBB–Mauer (3,by Mastny); Monroe (1,by Perez).  Team–7.  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Jeff Nelson, 2B–Adrian Johnson, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–3:02.  A–31,887.
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