Twins @ Tigers
August 17, 2011

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Bottom 9 R H E
Twins 6 11 0
Tigers 5 12 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Twins 6 11 0
Tigers 5 12 1

Alex Avila Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .299
OBP .500 .392
At Bats 3 338
Hits 1 101
• Singles 1 62
• Doubles 0 22
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 13
Walks 1 54
RBI’s 0 58

Joe Nathan Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 10
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Comerica Park - August 17, 2011
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Strikeout
Joe Nathan
Joe Mauer
Justin Morneau
Trevor Plouffe
Danny Valencia
Tsuyoshi Nishioka
Rene Tosoni
Ben Revere
Jason Kubel
Alex Avila
Miguel Cabrera

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Minnesota Twins 6 11 0 9
Detroit Tigers 5 12 1 10
Winning Pitcher Matt Capps
Losing Pitcher Jose Valverde
Save Joe Nathan
Game Winning RBI Justin Morneau
Attendance 34,835
Time of Game 3 hours 30 minutes
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Count: 2-2, 2 Outs
Count: 2-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Avila strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Ryan Raburn pinch hits for Austin Jackson. Raburn hits a popup towards short. Nishioka settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Cabrera hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Boesch scores.
Bottom 9 Young hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nathan fields it and throws to first for the out. Boesch moves to second.
Bottom 9 Joe Nathan now pitching. Boesch hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Tolbert bunts towards the mound. Valverde fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Kubel is walked intentionally. Morneau moves to second.
Top 9 Morneau hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Tosoni scores. Nishioka scores. Revere moves to third. Two runs are unearned.
Top 9 Mauer strikes out.
Top 9 Plouffe strikes out.
Top 9 Revere bunts towards third. Betemit fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Tosoni moves to third. Nishioka moves to second.
Top 9 Nishioka bunts towards the mound. Valverde juggles the ball. That's an error on Valverde. Tosoni moves to second.
Top 9 Wilson Betemit now playing third base. Jose Valverde now pitching. Tosoni hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Dirks hits a popup, foul, towards third. Valencia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Santiago hits a fly ball into center field. Revere settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Avila moves to third.
Bottom 8 Wilson Betemit pinch hits for Don Kelly. Matt Capps now pitching. Betemit hits a fly ball into center field. Revere settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Jackson tags and scores.
Bottom 8 Peralta takes first base on ball four. Jackson moves to third. Avila moves to second.
Bottom 8 Austin Jackson pinch runs for Victor Martinez. Avila takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Glen Perkins now pitching. Martinez hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Revere. Martinez reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Joaquin Benoit now pitching. Matt Tolbert pinch runs for Jim Thome. Valencia hits a popup towards short. Peralta settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Thome hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Mauer scores.
Top 8 Kubel hits a line drive towards short. Peralta reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Morneau strikes out.
Top 8 Mauer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Young. Mauer reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Cabrera hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Santiago scores. There goes Boesch trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Bottom 7 Young hits a line drive into left field. Tosoni settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Boesch is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 7 Dirks bunts towards first. Morneau scoops it up and throws to first, with Plouffe covering, for the out. Santiago moves to second.
Bottom 7 Santiago takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Below fires to first and has Revere trapped. There's the throw to Peralta who tags Revere for the out.
Top 7 Plouffe hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Revere hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Duane Below now pitching. Nishioka hits a fly ball into right field. Boesch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Tosoni hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Valencia hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Dirks. Valencia reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Kelly hits a fly ball into right field. Kubel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Peralta hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Avila hits a ball on the ground towards first. Morneau fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Martinez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Thome strikes out.
Top 6 Kubel strikes out.
Top 6 Morneau hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kelly settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cabrera hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Plouffe reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Nishioka fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Boesch strikes out.
Bottom 5 Dirks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Nishioka scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Mauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peralta scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Plouffe hits a fly ball into center field. Dirks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Revere bunts towards the mound. Penny settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Santiago hits a line drive into right field. Kubel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Nishioka fields it and throws to second for the out. Martinez moves to third.
Bottom 4 Peralta hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Martinez moves to second.
Bottom 4 Avila strikes out.
Bottom 4 Martinez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Nishioka hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Santiago scoops it up and throws to first, with Penny covering, for the out.
Top 4 Tosoni takes first base on ball four. Thome moves to second.
Top 4 Valencia hits a fly ball into right field. Boesch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 The ball gets by Avila for a passed ball. Morneau moves to third.
Top 4 Thome takes first base on ball four. Morneau moves to second.
Top 4 Kubel hits a line drive towards short. Peralta reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Morneau hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Cabrera hits a ball on the ground towards short. Nishioka fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Young hits a line drive into center field. Revere settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Santiago tags and scores.
Bottom 3 Boesch hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Santiago moves to third.
Bottom 3 Dirks hits a fly ball into left field. Tosoni settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Santiago hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Mauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kelly fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Plouffe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Revere moves to second.
Top 3 Revere takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Nishioka hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Santiago scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Tosoni hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peralta scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Kelly hits a fly ball into left field. Tosoni settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Peralta strikes out.
Bottom 2 Avila hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Nishioka scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Valencia hits a fly ball into right field. Boesch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Thome hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Kubel strikes out.
Top 2 Morneau hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cabrera hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Plouffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Young hits a fly ball into center field. Revere settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Boesch takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Dirks strikes out.
Top 1 Mauer hits a line drive towards the mound. Penny reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Plouffe hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Santiago settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Revere hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peralta scoops it up and throws to first for the out.