Pittsburgh Pirates vs Minnesota Twins
June 18, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 18, 2009 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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

Pittsburgh Pirates 1, Minnesota Twins 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
McCutchen cf 4 0 1 0
Morgan lf 4 0 0 0
Hinske dh 4 1 1 0
LaRoche A. 1b 4 0 1 1
LaRoche A. 3b 4 0 0 0
Moss rf 3 0 2 0
Jaramillo c 3 0 0 0
Vazquez 2b 2 0 0 0
Wilson ss 3 0 1 0
Duke p 0 0 0 0
  Chavez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gomez cf 3 0 0 0
Harris ss 4 1 3 0
Morneau 1b 4 0 1 1
Cuddyer rf 4 1 2 1
Kubel lf 4 0 1 0
Crede 3b 4 1 0 0
Buscher dh 3 1 1 2
Redmond c 4 0 0 0
Punto 2b 3 1 2 0
Blackburn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 4
Pittsburgh 000 000 001161
Minnesota 101 001 02x5100
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Duke  L(7-5) 6.0 7 3 3 2 0
  Chavez   2.0 3 2 2 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
2
2
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blackburn  W(6-2) 9.0 6 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
2

  E–Morgan (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Vazquez-Wilson-Adam LaRoche, Minnesota 2. Blackburn-Harris-Morneau, Punto-Harris-Morneau.  2B–Pittsburgh Moss (11,off Blackburn); Hinske (9,off Blackburn), Minnesota Morneau (18,off Duke); Punto (4,off Duke); Kubel (14,off Duke).  3B–Minnesota Cuddyer (5,off Chavez).  HR–Minnesota Cuddyer (10,6th inning off Duke 0 on 1 out); Buscher (2,8th inning off Chavez 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–4.  Team–6.  SB–Punto (6,2nd base off Duke/Jaramillo); Punto (6,2nd base off Duke/Jaramillo).  U-HP–Delfin Colon, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Marvin Hudson, 3B–Lance Barksdale.  T–2:06.  A–30,670.
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