Cleveland Indians vs Minnesota Twins
September 14, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 2009 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Cleveland Indians 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

Cleveland Indians 3, Minnesota Twins 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Brantley cf 4 0 1 0
Carroll 3b 3 0 1 0
Cabrera ss 4 0 0 0
Choo rf 4 1 2 1
Peralta dh 4 0 1 0
Valbuena 2b 4 0 0 0
LaPorta 1b 4 0 1 0
Marson c 2 1 1 0
Crowe lf 4 1 1 2
Sowers p 0 0 0 0
  Sipp p 0 0 0 0
  Perez p 0 0 0 0
  Lewis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Span rf,cf 5 0 0 0
Cabrera ss 5 1 0 0
Mauer c 3 1 3 0
Cuddyer 1b 4 1 2 3
Harris dh 4 0 0 0
Young lf 4 1 2 0
Tolbert 3b 3 1 2 0
Gomez cf 3 0 0 0
  Kubel ph,rf 1 1 1 2
Punto 2b 3 0 1 0
Pavano p 0 0 0 0
  Crain p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
  Nathan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 11 5
Cleveland 002 100 000381
Minnesota 000 000 06x6110
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Sowers   7.0 6 0 0 2 2
  Sipp   0.0 0 2 1 1 0
  Perez  L(0-1) 0.1 4 4 4 0 0
  Lewis   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
6
5
3
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Pavano   6.0 6 3 3 1 4
  Crain   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Mahay  W(2-1) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Nathan  SV(39) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
8

  E–Cabrera (10).  DP–Cleveland 1. Cabrera-Valbuena-LaPorta.  2B–Minnesota Cuddyer (32,off Sowers).  HR–Cleveland Crowe (1,3rd inning off Pavano 1 on 0 out); Choo (16,4th inning off Pavano 0 on 0 out), Minnesota Cuddyer (25,8th inning off C. Perez 2 on 0 out); Kubel (23,8th inning off C. Perez 1 on 1 out).  Team LOB–6.  Team–8.  CS–Brantley (2,2nd base by Mahay/Mauer).  U-HP–Adrian Johnson, 1B–Gary Cederstrom, 2B–Fieldin Culbreth, 3B–Jeff Nelson.  T–3:04.  A–20,640.
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