Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers
May 17, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 2012 at Comerica Park. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 4, Detroit Tigers 3

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Revere cf 4 0 1 0
Dozier ss 5 0 2 0
Mauer 1b 5 0 0 0
Willingham lf 2 2 0 0
Morneau dh 4 1 2 3
Plouffe rf 4 1 1 1
  Mastroianni rf 0 0 0 0
Casilla 2b 4 0 0 0
Butera c 4 0 3 0
Carroll 3b 4 0 1 0
Walters p 0 0 0 0
  Liriano p 0 0 0 0
  Perkins p 0 0 0 0
  Capps p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kelly cf 2 0 0 0
  Santiago ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Dirks lf,cf 3 1 1 1
Cabrera 3b 3 0 0 0
Fielder 1b 3 1 1 1
Young dh 4 0 0 0
Avila c 4 0 0 0
Boesch rf 4 1 1 1
Peralta ss 4 0 1 0
Raburn 2b,lf 2 0 0 0
Fister p 0 0 0 0
  Coke p 0 0 0 0
  Villarreal p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 4 3
Minnesota 003 010 0004101
Detroit 000 012 000342
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Walters  W(1-1) 6.1 4 3 3 3 2
  Liriano   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Perkins   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
  Capps  SV(8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Fister  L(0-2) 6.0 9 4 3 2 5
  Coke   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Villarreal   2.0 1 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
1
4

  E–Casilla (2), Cabrera (6), Fielder (5).  DP–Minnesota 2. Liriano-Casilla-Mauer, Casilla-Dozier-Mauer, Detroit 2. Peralta-Raburn-Fielder, Fielder-Peralta-Fielder.  2B–Minnesota Dozier (3,off Fister); Butera (2,off Fister).  HR–Minnesota Morneau (5,3rd inning off Fister 1 on 2 out); Plouffe (3,3rd inning off Fister 0 on 2 out), Detroit Boesch (5,5th inning off Walters 0 on 0 out); Dirks (4,6th inning off Walters 0 on 0 out); Fielder (6,6th inning off Walters 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–9.  Team–5.  SB–Revere (1,2nd base off Villarreal/Avila).  CS–Carroll (3,2nd base by Fister/Avila).  U-HP–Marty Foster, 1B–Tim Timmons, 2B–Jeff Kellogg, 3B–Eric Cooper.  T–2:36.  A–37,840.
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