Minnesota Twins vs Toronto Blue Jays
September 2, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 2008 at Rogers Centre. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 5, Toronto Blue Jays 7

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Span cf 5 1 1 1
Casilla 2b 4 1 1 0
Mauer c 3 1 2 1
Morneau 1b 4 1 1 1
Kubel rf 4 0 1 0
Ruiz dh 3 0 0 0
Young lf 4 0 2 1
Buscher 3b 2 0 0 0
  Macri ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Punto ss 4 1 1 0
Perkins p 0 0 0 0
  Bonser p 0 0 0 0
  Crain p 0 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
  Guerrier p 0 0 0 0
  Breslow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 4
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Scutaro 2b 4 2 2 0
Bautista dh 5 2 4 2
Rios rf 5 1 4 2
Wells cf 4 0 2 1
Barajas c 5 0 0 0
Lind lf 4 0 3 0
  Wilkerson pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Rolen 3b 3 1 0 0
Overbay 1b 4 1 2 2
McDonald ss 4 0 0 0
Purcey p 0 0 0 0
  Tallet p 0 0 0 0
  Carlson p 0 0 0 0
  Downs p 0 0 0 0
  Ryan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 17 7
Minnesota 003 200 000590
Toronto 001 032 01x7170
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Perkins   5.0 10 4 4 1 1
  Bonser  L(3-7) 1.0 2 2 2 1 1
  Crain   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Reyes   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Guerrier   0.2 3 1 1 1 1
  Breslow   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
1
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Purcey   3.0 7 5 5 2 4
  Tallet   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Carlson  W(5-1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Downs   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Ryan  SV(26) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
2

  E–None.  DP–Minnesota 1. Punto-Casilla-Morneau, Toronto 1. Scutaro-McDonald-Overbay.  2B–Toronto Bautista (2,off Bonser); Rios (41,off Guerrier).  HR–Toronto Bautista (1,5th inning off Perkins 1 on 0 out); Rios (11,5th inning off Perkins 0 on 0 out); Overbay (12,6th inning off Bonser 1 on 0 out).  SF–Mauer (8,off Tallet).  HBP–Casilla (2,by Purcey).  Team LOB–6.  IBB–V. Wells (3,by Guerrier).  Team–11.  SB–Punto (10,2nd base off Purcey/Barajas); Span (14,3rd base off Tallet/Barajas).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Angel Hernandez, 2B–Eric Cooper, 3B–Marty Foster.  T–2:53.  A–21,254.
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