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Twins
@ Tigers
Comerica Park
September 23, 2012
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins, played on September 23, 2012 at Comerica Park.
Game Summary
| Date | September 23, 2012 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 23, 2012 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Scott Diamond |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Max Scherzer |
| Ballpark | Comerica Park |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | 40,438 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 5 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Tom Hallion 1B: David Rackley 2B: Chad Fairchild 3B: Alfonso Marquez |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Denard Span | Center Fielder |
| Ben Revere | Right Fielder |
| Joe Mauer | DH |
| Josh Willingham | Left Fielder |
| Justin Morneau | First Baseman |
| Ryan Doumit | Catcher |
| Trevor Plouffe | Third Baseman |
| Eduardo Escobar | Second Baseman |
| Pedro Florimon | Shortstop |
| Ron Gardenhire | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Austin Jackson | Center Fielder |
| Omar Infante | Second Baseman |
| Miguel Cabrera | Third Baseman |
| Prince Fielder | First Baseman |
| Delmon Young | DH |
| Jhonny Peralta | Shortstop |
| Andy Dirks | Left Fielder |
| Avisail Garcia | Right Fielder |
| Gerald Laird | Catcher |
| Jim Leyland | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Twins
@ Tigers
Comerica Park
September 23, 2012
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Span vs. Scherzer
Span hits a popup towards short. Peralta settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Revere vs. Scherzer
Revere hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Mauer vs. Scherzer
Mauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Revere moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Willingham vs. Scherzer
Willingham strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Morneau vs. Scherzer
Morneau hits a fly ball into center field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Diamond
Jackson strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Infante vs. Diamond
Infante hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Escobar settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Cabrera vs. Diamond
Cabrera hits a fly ball into center field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doumit vs. Scherzer
Doumit hits a fly ball into left field. Dirks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Plouffe vs. Scherzer
Plouffe strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Escobar vs. Scherzer
Escobar hits a fly ball into left field. Dirks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Fielder vs. Diamond
Fielder strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Diamond
Young hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Escobar settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Peralta vs. Diamond
Peralta hits a fly ball into center field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Florimon vs. Scherzer
Florimon hits a fly ball into left field. Dirks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Span vs. Scherzer
Span hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Infante settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Revere vs. Scherzer
Revere hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Infante scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Dirks vs. Diamond
Dirks hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Diamond fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Diamond
Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Laird vs. Diamond
Laird strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Scherzer
Mauer hits a fly ball into left field. Dirks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Willingham vs. Scherzer
Willingham hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Infante settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Scherzer
Morneau takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Doumit vs. Scherzer
Doumit hits a fly ball into right field. Garcia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Diamond
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Infante vs. Diamond
Infante hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Cabrera vs. Diamond
Cabrera hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Willingham. Cabrera reaches second base with a double. Infante goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Fielder vs. Diamond
Fielder hits a fly ball into left field. Willingham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Diamond
Young hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Cabrera scores. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Peralta vs. Diamond
Peralta takes first base on ball four. Young moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Dirks vs. Diamond
Dirks hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Plouffe vs. Scherzer
Plouffe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peralta scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Escobar vs. Scherzer
Escobar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Florimon vs. Scherzer
Florimon strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Span vs. Scherzer
There goes Escobar. The throw from Laird and he is safe. Escobar steals second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Span vs. Scherzer
Span strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Diamond
Garcia hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Laird vs. Diamond
Diamond fires to first and has Garcia trapped. There's the throw to Florimon who tags Garcia for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Laird vs. Diamond
Laird hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Diamond
Jackson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Infante vs. Diamond
Infante hits a ball on the ground towards short. Florimon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Revere vs. Scherzer
Revere hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Dirks who is chasing the ball. Revere reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Mauer vs. Scherzer
Mauer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Infante fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Revere scores. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Willingham vs. Scherzer
Willingham hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Dirks. Willingham reaches second base with a double. Mauer moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -23
Morneau vs. Coke
Phil Coke now pitching.
Morneau hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Mauer scores. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: 12-
Doumit vs. Coke
Doumit takes first base on ball four. Willingham moves to third. Morneau moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Plouffe vs. Villarreal
Brayan Villarreal now pitching.
Plouffe hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Willingham scores. Morneau moves to third. Doumit moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Escobar vs. Villarreal
Escobar strikes out. There goes Morneau. He's safe. There goes Doumit. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Florimon vs. Villarreal
Florimon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Infante fields it and throws to second for the out. Doumit scores. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Span vs. Villarreal
There goes Florimon. The throw from Laird and he is safe. Florimon steals second. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Span vs. Villarreal
Span strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cabrera vs. Diamond
Cabrera strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Fielder vs. Diamond
Fielder hits a ball on the ground towards short. Florimon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Diamond
Young hits a fly ball into center field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Revere vs. Villarreal
Revere takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Mauer vs. Villarreal
There goes Revere. The throw from Laird and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Mauer vs. Villarreal
Mauer hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Dirks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Revere tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Willingham vs. Villarreal
Willingham hits a fly ball into center field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Downs
Darin Downs now pitching.
Morneau hits a line drive towards short. Peralta reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Peralta vs. Diamond
Peralta strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dirks vs. Diamond
Dirks hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Diamond
Garcia takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Laird vs. Diamond
Laird hits a ball on the ground towards short. Florimon fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Doumit vs. Downs
Doumit hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Dirks. Doumit reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Plouffe vs. Downs
Plouffe strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Escobar vs. Downs
Escobar hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Doumit scores. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Florimon vs. Downs
Florimon hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Escobar moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Span vs. Downs
Span hits a fly ball into right field. Garcia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Revere vs. Downs
Revere hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Escobar scores. Florimon moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Mauer vs. Putkonen
Luke Putkonen now pitching.
Mauer hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Jackson who is chasing the ball. Mauer reaches third base with a triple. Florimon scores. Revere goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Willingham vs. Putkonen
Willingham hits a fly ball into center field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 10 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Fien
Casey Fien now pitching.
Jackson strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Infante vs. Fien
Infante hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Escobar settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cabrera vs. Fien
Cabrera hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Escobar settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 10 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Putkonen
Brennan Boesch now playing right field. Danny Worth now playing third base. Don Kelly now playing first base. Avisail Garcia now playing center fi
Morneau hits a fly ball into left field. Dirks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Doumit vs. Putkonen
Doumit strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Plouffe vs. Putkonen
Plouffe strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Twins, 10 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Burnett
Matt Carson now playing left field. Alex Burnett now pitching.
Kelly hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Burnett
There's a wild pitch. Kelly moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Burnett
Young strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Peralta vs. Burnett
Peralta hits a line drive towards third. Plouffe reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Dirks vs. Burnett
Dirks hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Kelly moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Garcia vs. Burnett
That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Dirks moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Garcia vs. Burnett
Garcia hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kelly scores. Dirks scores. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Laird vs. Burnett
Laird strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/23/2012, game 1 -- Minnesota at Detroit (D)
Minnesota AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI
Span D, cf 5 0 0 0 Jackson A, cf 3 0 0 0
Revere B, rf 4 3 3 1 Boesch B, rf 0 0 0 0
Mauer J, dh 4 1 3 4 Infante O, 2b 4 1 1 0
Willingham J, lf 5 1 1 0 Cabrera M, 3b 4 1 1 1
Carson M, lf 0 0 0 0 Worth D, 3b 0 0 0 0
Morneau J, 1b 4 1 1 1 Fielder P, 1b 3 0 0 0
Doumit R, c 4 2 1 0 Kelly D, 1b 1 1 1 0
Plouffe T, 3b 5 0 1 1 Young D, dh 4 0 1 1
Escobar E, 2b 4 1 2 1 Peralta J, ss 3 0 0 0
Florimon P, ss 4 1 1 1 Dirks A, lf 4 1 0 0
Garcia A, rf-cf 3 0 2 2
Laird G, c 4 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
39 10 13 9 33 4 6 4
Minnesota 000 005 140 -- 10
Detroit 000 200 002 -- 4
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Diamond S (W) 7.0 4 2 2 3 5
Fien C 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Burnett A 1.0 2 2 0 0 2
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Scherzer M (L)* 5.0 6 3 3 1 4
Coke P+ 0.0 1 2 2 1 0
Villarreal B 1.2 1 1 0 1 2
Downs D 1.0 4 4 4 0 1
Putkonen L 1.1 1 0 0 0 2
* Pitched to 3 batters in 6th
+ Pitched to 2 batters in 6th
E -- Laird G, Morneau J
LOB -- Minnesota 6, Detroit 5
2B -- Cabrera M, Willingham J, Doumit R
3B -- Revere B, Mauer J
SB -- Escobar E, Florimon P, Revere B
CS -- Garcia A
SF -- Mauer J
WP -- Villarreal B, Burnett A
T -- 3:05
A -- 40438
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