Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
May 13, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 13, 2009 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Detroit Tigers 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)
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Detroit Tigers 10, Minnesota Twins 14

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 6 2 3 0
Polanco 2b 5 1 0 0
Thomas lf,rf 7 1 2 0
Cabrera 1b 4 2 1 3
Ordonez rf 5 1 1 0
  Anderson lf 1 0 0 0
Larish dh 3 2 1 1
  Raburn pr,dh 1 0 1 0
Inge 3b 5 1 3 2
Everett ss 6 0 2 2
Sardinha c 4 0 0 0
  Laird ph,c 2 0 0 0
Willis p 0 0 0 0
  Miner p 0 0 0 0
  Seay p 0 0 0 0
  Zumaya p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
  Lyon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 49 10 14 8
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Span lf,cf 5 1 1 2
Tolbert 2b 5 2 2 2
Mauer dh 5 1 1 1
Morneau 1b 6 2 2 2
Cuddyer rf 6 1 2 0
Crede 3b 7 1 2 4
Harris ss 5 2 3 0
Redmond c 6 1 2 0
Gomez cf 1 1 0 1
  Kubel ph,lf 3 1 2 2
  Punto pr 0 1 0 0
Perkins p 0 0 0 0
  Ayala p 0 0 0 0
  Guerrier p 0 0 0 0
  Dickey p 0 0 0 0
  Nathan p 0 0 0 0
  Mijares p 0 0 0 0
  Crain p 0 0 0 0
Totals 49 14 17 14
Detroit 000 212 400 000 110141
Minnesota 201 103 020 000 514170
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Willis   4.2 8 4 4 2 0
  Miner   0.2 1 2 2 2 0
  Seay   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Zumaya   2.2 3 2 2 0 3
  Rodney   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Lyon  L(1-3) 2.2 4 5 5 3 1
Totals
12.2
17
14
14
7
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Perkins   5.1 5 5 5 4 4
  Ayala   0.2 2 2 2 1 0
  Guerrier   0.1 2 2 2 0 1
  Dickey   1.2 2 0 0 1 2
  Nathan   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Mijares   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Crain  W(2-1) 2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
13.0
14
10
10
7
11

  E–Cabrera (4).  DP–Detroit 2. Willis-Everett, Everett-Polanco-Cabrera, Minnesota 3. Nathan-Harris-Morneau, Tolbert-Morneau, Harris-Tolbert-Morneau.  2B–Detroit Ordonez (2,off Perkins); Thomas (2,off Ayala), Minnesota Tolbert (2,off Willis); Harris (3,off Lyon).  3B–Detroit Granderson (1,off Crain), Minnesota Span (2,off Seay).  HR–Detroit Inge (9,6th inning off Perkins 1 on 1 out); Cabrera (8,7th inning off Guerrier 2 on 0 out); Larish (4,7th inning off Guerrier 0 on 1 out), Minnesota Morneau (9,1st inning off Willis 1 on 2 out); Kubel (5,8th inning off Zumaya 1 on 1 out); Crede (5,13th inning off Lyon 3 on 2 out).  SH–Polanco (2,off Dickey); Tolbert (3,off Willis); Span (2,off Lyon).  IBB–Cabrera (3,by Dickey); Morneau (5,by Lyon).  Team LOB–8.  SF–Gomez (1,off Willis); Tolbert (1,off Seay).  Team–8.  SB–Granderson (5,2nd base off Perkins/Redmond); Everett (2,2nd base off Ayala/Redmond).  U-HP–Paul Schrieber, 1B–Paul Nauert, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Ed Rapuano.  T–4:48.  A–22,178.
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