Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers
May 5, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 2009 at Comerica Park. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Minnesota Twins 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

Minnesota Twins 0, Detroit Tigers 9

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Span cf 3 0 0 0
Casilla 2b 4 0 1 0
Mauer c 2 0 0 0
  Redmond ph,c 1 0 0 0
Morneau 1b 2 0 0 0
  Buscher ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Kubel dh 4 0 3 0
Crede 3b 3 0 0 0
Cuddyer rf 4 0 1 0
Young lf 3 0 0 0
Punto ss 2 0 0 0
  Harris ss 1 0 0 0
Blackburn p 0 0 0 0
  Dickey p 0 0 0 0
  Crain p 0 0 0 0
  Breslow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 5 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Anderson lf 5 1 2 1
Polanco 2b 4 2 1 0
Thomas rf 4 2 3 2
Cabrera 1b 4 1 3 4
  Larish ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Granderson cf 5 1 1 1
Ordonez dh 4 0 0 0
Inge 3b 4 0 0 0
Laird c 2 1 0 0
Santiago ss 4 1 1 1
Porcello p 0 0 0 0
  Robertson p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 11 9
Minnesota 000 000 000053
Detroit 150 300 00x9111
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blackburn  L(2-2) 3.1 8 9 6 3 1
  Dickey   2.2 2 0 0 0 3
  Crain   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Breslow   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
11
9
6
4
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Porcello  W(2-3) 7.0 4 0 0 3 3
  Robertson   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Rincon   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
5
4

  E–Casilla (3), Crede (1), Young (2), Santiago (2).  DP–Detroit 3. Santiago-Polanco-Cabrera, Santiago-Polanco-Cabrera, Santiago-Polanco-Cabrera.  PB–Mauer (1).  2B–Detroit Thomas (1,off Blackburn); Santiago (2,off Blackburn); Cabrera (3,off Dickey).  3B–Detroit Thomas (1,off Blackburn).  HR–Detroit Cabrera (7,4th inning off Blackburn 1 on 1 out); Granderson (9,4th inning off Blackburn 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–8.  Team–8.  U-HP–CB Bucknor, 1B–Mike Everitt, 2B–Gerry Davis, 3B–Brian Gorman.  T–2:24.  A–23,754.
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