Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers
September 30, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 2009 at Comerica Park. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Minnesota Twins 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 2, Detroit Tigers 7

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Span cf 5 0 2 0
Cabrera ss 5 1 1 0
Mauer c 4 1 1 0
Kubel rf 3 0 1 1
Cuddyer 1b 3 0 1 0
Young lf 4 0 2 1
Morales dh 2 0 0 0
Tolbert 3b 4 0 1 0
Punto 2b 4 0 0 0
Pavano p 0 0 0 0
  Crain p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
  Rauch p 0 0 0 0
  Liriano p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 5 0 0 0
Polanco 2b 3 1 1 0
Thomas rf 3 1 0 0
Cabrera 1b 4 1 2 0
Ordonez dh 4 1 2 3
Guillen lf 2 1 0 0
  Raburn lf 1 0 0 0
Inge 3b 4 1 2 2
Avila c 2 0 0 0
  Ramirez pr 0 0 0 0
  Laird c 0 0 0 0
Santiago ss 3 1 2 2
Bonine p 0 0 0 0
  Miner p 0 0 0 0
  Lyon p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 9 7
Minnesota 200 000 000290
Detroit 040 030 00x790
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Pavano  L(13-12) 4.2 7 7 7 2 4
  Crain   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Mahay   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Rauch   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Liriano   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
7
7
5
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bonine  W(1-1) 5.0 7 2 2 2 3
  Miner   2.1 2 0 0 3 1
  Lyon   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Rodney   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
5
6

  E–None.  DP–Minnesota 1. Cabrera-Punto-Cuddyer, Detroit 1. Polanco-Santiago-Cabrera.  2B–Detroit Inge (15,off Pavano); Ordonez (23,off Pavano).  Team LOB–10.  SH–Santiago (10,off Crain).  IBB–Polanco (2,by Mahay).  Team–6.  CS–Tolbert (2,2nd base by Bonine/Avila).  U-HP–Marvin Hudson, 1B–Angel Hernandez, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Lance Barksdale.  T–2:59.  A–34,775.
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