Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
October 6, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 6, 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 5, Minnesota Twins 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 5 1 2 0
Polanco 2b 6 0 1 0
Ordonez rf 5 2 2 2
  Thomas rf 1 0 0 0
Cabrera 1b 5 1 2 2
Guillen dh 3 0 0 0
  Ramirez pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Huff ph,dh 0 0 0 0
  Kelly pr,dh 1 1 1 0
Raburn lf 4 0 2 0
Inge 3b 5 0 1 1
Laird c 6 0 0 0
Santiago ss 4 0 1 0
  Everett pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Porcello p 0 0 0 0
  Miner p 0 0 0 0
  Ni p 0 0 0 0
  Lyon p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 5 12 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Span cf,rf 5 0 1 0
Cabrera ss 6 1 1 2
Mauer c 4 0 2 0
Kubel rf 4 1 1 1
  Gomez cf 2 1 1 0
Cuddyer 1b 5 1 1 0
Young lf 5 0 1 0
Morales dh 2 0 0 0
  Harris ph,dh 1 0 0 0
  Casilla pr,dh 1 0 1 1
Tolbert 3b 5 1 2 1
Punto 2b 4 1 1 0
Baker p 0 0 0 0
  Rauch p 0 0 0 0
  Mijares p 0 0 0 0
  Guerrier p 0 0 0 0
  Nathan p 0 0 0 0
  Crain p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
  Keppel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 6 12 5
Detroit 003 000 010 1005121
Minnesota 001 001 200 1016120
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Porcello   5.2 4 2 1 2 8
  Miner   0.2 4 2 2 0 1
  Ni   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Lyon   1.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Rodney  L(2-5) 3.0 4 2 2 3 1
Totals
11.1
12
6
5
6
11
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Baker   6.0 6 3 3 2 2
  Rauch   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Mijares   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Guerrier   0.2 1 1 1 2 0
  Nathan   1.2 2 0 0 0 2
  Crain   1.1 1 1 1 0 2
  Mahay   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Keppel  W(1-1) 1.1 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
12.0
12
5
5
6
8

  E–Porcello (2).  DP–Detroit 1. Raburn-Laird, Minnesota 2. Tolbert-Punto-Cuddyer, Cabrera-Cuddyer.  2B–Detroit Cabrera (34,off Baker); Inge (16,off Crain), Minnesota Mauer (30,off Porcello).  3B–Minnesota Cuddyer (7,off Rodney).  HR–Detroit Cabrera (34,3rd inning off Baker 1 on 2 out); Ordonez (9,8th inning off Guerrier 0 on 0 out), Minnesota Kubel (28,6th inning off Porcello 0 on 2 out); Cabrera (9,7th inning off Miner 1 on 1 out).  HBP–Huff (5,by Crain); Harris (3,by Miner).  IBB–Raburn (2,by Keppel); Mauer (14,by Rodney); Young (1,by Rodney).  Team LOB–12.  SH–Span (12,off Lyon).  Team–12.  U–Randy Marsh, Dale Scott, Jerry Layne, Gary Cederstrom, Fieldin Culbreth, Bruce Dreckman.  T–4:37.  A–54,088.
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