Seattle Mariners vs Minnesota Twins
May 9, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 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 6, Minnesota Twins 9

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Suzuki rf 4 2 2 0
Lopez 2b 5 1 1 1
Sweeney dh 4 1 1 2
Beltre 3b 4 2 3 2
Balentien lf 4 0 0 0
Branyan 1b 3 0 1 0
Johjima c 4 0 2 1
Gutierrez cf 2 0 0 0
Betancourt ss 4 0 0 0
Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Stark p 0 0 0 0
  Aardsma p 0 0 0 0
  Batista p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 10 6
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Span cf,lf 3 1 1 1
Tolbert 2b 4 1 0 0
Mauer c 3 2 2 3
Morneau 1b 2 2 2 1
Kubel dh 4 0 0 0
Cuddyer rf 4 2 2 3
Buscher 3b 3 1 1 0
Young lf 4 0 0 0
  Gomez cf 0 0 0 0
Harris ss 4 0 0 0
Liriano p 0 0 0 0
  Ayala p 0 0 0 0
  Guerrier p 0 0 0 0
  Nathan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 9 8 8
Seattle 000 320 0106102
Minnesota 202 230 00x980
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Hernandez  L(4-2) 4.0 6 6 5 3 2
  White   1.0 2 3 3 1 1
  Stark   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
  Aardsma   1.0 0 0 0 1 3
  Batista   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
8
9
8
7
9
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Liriano  W(2-4) 5.0 6 5 5 2 4
  Ayala   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Guerrier   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Nathan  SV(5) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
3
6

  E–Beltre 2 (7).  DP–Seattle 1. Beltre-Lopez-Branyan, Minnesota 2. Harris-Tolbert-Morneau, Buscher-Tolbert-Morneau.  2B–Seattle Lopez (5,off Liriano); Beltre (9,off Liriano), Minnesota Span (4,off Hernandez); Mauer (3,off Hernandez).  HR–Seattle Sweeney (2,4th inning off Liriano 1 on 1 out); Beltre (1,8th inning off Guerrier 0 on 0 out), Minnesota Mauer (3,3rd inning off Hernandez 0 on 2 out); Morneau (8,3rd inning off Hernandez 0 on 2 out); Cuddyer (3,5th inning off White 2 on 1 out).  HBP–Suzuki (1,by Liriano).  Team LOB–5.  SF–Span (2,off Hernandez).  Team–6.  SB–Beltre (5,2nd base off Liriano/Mauer).  CS–Beltre (2,3rd base by Liriano/Mauer); Span (1,2nd base by Hernandez/Johjima).  U-HP–Eric Cooper, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–Laz Diaz, 3B–Chuck Meriwether.  T–2:56.  A–29,552.
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