Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers
August 8, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 2009 at Comerica Park. 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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Minnesota Twins 11, Detroit Tigers 0

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Span cf 5 3 5 1
Cabrera ss 5 1 1 2
Mauer c 4 1 2 3
Morneau 1b 4 1 1 2
Kubel dh 5 1 2 1
Cuddyer rf 5 1 1 0
Young lf 5 0 1 1
Punto 3b 3 1 1 0
Casilla 2b 2 2 1 1
Pavano p 0 0 0 0
  Mijares p 0 0 0 0
  Perkins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 11 15 11
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 3 0 1 0
  Thames ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Polanco 2b 3 0 1 0
  Santiago 2b 1 0 0 0
Thomas lf,cf 4 0 0 0
Cabrera 1b 2 0 0 0
  Raburn 1b 1 0 0 0
Guillen dh 3 0 0 0
Ordonez rf 4 0 2 0
Inge 3b 3 0 0 0
Laird c 4 0 1 0
Everett ss 3 0 1 0
Verlander p 0 0 0 0
  Lambert p 0 0 0 0
  Miner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 6 0
Minnesota 200 012 33011150
Detroit 000 000 000061
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Pavano  W(10-8) 7.0 5 0 0 0 5
  Mijares   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Perkins   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
1
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Verlander  L(12-6) 6.0 7 5 5 2 6
  Lambert   1.2 7 6 6 2 1
  Miner   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
11
11
4
8

  E–Thomas (4).  DP–Minnesota 1. Punto-Casilla-Morneau, Detroit 2. Polanco, Inge-Santiago-Raburn.  2B–Minnesota Span (7,off Verlander); Cuddyer (23,off Verlander); Kubel (24,off Verlander), Detroit Everett (14,off Pavano).  3B–Minnesota Cabrera (1,off Lambert).  HR–Minnesota Mauer (20,1st inning off Verlander 1 on 1 out).  SF–Casilla (1,off Verlander).  Team LOB–5.  HBP–Inge (13,by Pavano); Cabrera (3,by Pavano).  Team–8.  CS–Young (3,2nd base by Verlander/Laird).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Doug Eddings, 2B–Brian Knight, 3B–Hunter Wendelstedt.  T–2:34.  A–39,685.
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