Seattle Mariners vs Minnesota Twins
April 8, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 2009 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Seattle Mariners 5, Minnesota Twins 6

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Chavez rf 4 0 1 0
Gutierrez cf 4 0 0 0
Griffey, Jr. dh 4 0 1 0
Beltre 3b 4 1 1 0
Branyan 1b 3 1 1 2
Lopez 2b 4 1 2 1
Johjima c 4 0 0 0
Cedeno lf 4 1 1 0
Betancourt ss 4 1 3 1
Silva p 0 0 0 0
  Jakubauskas p 0 0 0 0
  Lowe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Span lf 3 1 1 2
Casilla 2b 4 1 2 0
Cuddyer rf 4 1 1 0
Morneau 1b 3 2 2 3
Kubel dh 4 0 2 1
Crede 3b 4 0 0 0
Gomez cf 4 1 1 0
Morales c 3 0 0 0
Punto ss 3 0 0 0
Slowey p 0 0 0 0
  Breslow p 0 0 0 0
  Crain p 0 0 0 0
  Nathan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 6
Seattle 020 300 0005100
Minnesota 220 020 00x690
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Silva  L(0-1) 5.0 8 6 6 1 2
  Jakubauskas   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Lowe   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
2
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Slowey  W(1-0) 6.0 9 5 5 0 5
  Breslow   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Crain   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Nathan  SV(1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
1
8

  E–None.  DP–Seattle 1. Crede-Casilla-Morneau, Minnesota 1. Crede-Casilla-Morneau.  2B–Seattle Beltre (2,off Slowey); Betancourt (1,off Slowey), Minnesota Gomez (1,off Silva); Morneau (1,off Silva); Kubel (1,off Silva); Cuddyer (1,off Jakubauskas).  HR–Seattle Branyan (1,2nd inning off Slowey 1 on 0 out); Lopez (1,4th inning off Slowey 0 on 1 out), Minnesota Morneau (1,1st inning off Silva 1 on 2 out); Span (1,2nd inning off Silva 1 on 2 out).  SH–Chavez (1,off Breslow).  Team LOB–5.  IBB–Morneau (1,by Jakubauskas).  Team–4.  SB–Chavez (2,2nd base off Slowey/Morales).  U-HP–Eric Cooper, 1B–Scott Barry, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Chuck Meriwether.  T–2:34.  A–22,270.
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