Detroit Tigers vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - September 29, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Sep 29, 2012

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Series tied 1-1 (as of 9/29)

Game 1: Friday, September 28
Detroit	2	Final
Minnesota	4	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, September 29
Detroit	6	Final
Minnesota	4	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, September 30
Detroit	2	Final
Minnesota	1	Final
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Tigers 6

(85-73, 35-42 away)

Twins 4

(66-92, 31-49 home)

Alerts

4:05 PM ET, September 29, 2012

Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	6	8	1
MIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	6	1

W: J. Verlander (17-8)

L: P. Walters (2-5)

S: J. Valverde (33)

Detroit Tigers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Jackson CF	5	1	1	0	0	0	28	.299	.378	.480
Q Berry LF	4	1	1	0	1	2	22	.263	.335	.363
M Cabrera 3B	4	1	1	3	0	2	13	.327	.391	.603
P Fielder 1B	4	1	1	1	0	1	11	.309	.408	.522
D Young DH	4	0	0	0	0	2	15	.272	.302	.419
A Dirks RF	4	2	2	1	0	0	14	.317	.367	.485
J Peralta SS	4	0	1	1	0	1	14	.240	.305	.382
A Avila C	4	0	0	0	0	1	19	.245	.353	.390
O Infante 2B	3	0	1	0	1	0	16	.263	.290	.394
Totals	36	6	8	6	2	9	152
BATTING 2B: J Peralta (32, P Walters) HR: P Fielder (29, 2nd inning off P Walters 0 on, 0 Out); M Cabrera (43, 8th inning off C Fien 2 on, 0 Out); A Dirks (8, 8th inning off C Fien 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: P Fielder (106), J Peralta (62), M Cabrera 3 (136), A Dirks (35) 2-out RBI: A Dirks Tigers RISP: 1-5 (A Avila 0-1, A Jackson 0-1, M Cabrera 1-2, Q Berry 0-1) Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING SB: Q Berry (21, 2nd base off P Walters/R Doumit); A Jackson (12, 2nd base off A Burnett/R Doumit); O Infante (5, 2nd base off L Perdomo/R Doumit)
FIELDING E: J Peralta (7, throw)

Detroit Tigers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Verlander (W, 17-8)	7.0	4	1	0	2	8	0	117-76	2.64
J Benoit	0.1	1	3	3	2	0	1	20-9	3.60
A Alburquerque (H, 1)	0.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	20-13	0.00
J Valverde (S, 33)	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	19-9	3.90
Totals	9.0	6	4	3	6	10	1	176-107
PITCHING J Verlander pitched to 1 batter in the 8th Balk: A Alburquerque First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Verlander 18/28; J Benoit 1/4; A Alburquerque 3/4; J Valverde 2/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Verlander 22-14-22-18; J Benoit 1-2-4-2; A Alburquerque 6-3-3-1; J Valverde 3-0-3-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Verlander 8-5; J Benoit 1-0; A Alburquerque 0-0; J Valverde 0-3 Game Scores: J Verlander 73

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF	4	1	0	0	1	0	19	.284	.344	.392
B Revere LF	5	0	2	0	0	0	22	.287	.327	.338
J Mauer DH	3	1	0	0	2	0	28	.320	.415	.450
J Morneau 1B	4	1	0	0	1	3	25	.269	.336	.443
R Doumit C	4	1	1	4	0	1	14	.277	.323	.465
C Parmelee RF	4	0	1	0	0	3	21	.239	.301	.398
T Plouffe 3B	4	0	2	0	0	1	13	.229	.295	.444
J Carroll 2B	3	0	0	0	1	0	14	.263	.340	.310
P Florimon SS	3	0	0	0	1	2	20	.232	.289	.328
Totals	34	4	6	4	6	10	176
BATTING 2B: T Plouffe (17, J Verlander) HR: R Doumit (18, 8th inning off J Benoit 3 on, 1 Out) RBI: R Doumit 4 (75) Twins RISP: 1-9 (P Florimon 0-1, R Doumit 1-2, C Parmelee 0-1, B Revere 0-1, D Span 0-1, J Carroll 0-1, J Morneau 0-2) Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING SB: B Revere (39, 2nd base off J Verlander/A Avila)
FIELDING E: T Plouffe (18, throw)

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
P Walters (L, 2-5)	5.0	4	2	2	1	5	1	92-60	5.69
B Duensing	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	16-12	5.07
A Burnett	0.1	1	2	2	1	0	0	10-4	3.54
C Fien	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	2	16-10	2.10
L Perdomo	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	18-10	3.52
Totals	9.0	8	6	6	2	9	3	152-96
PITCHING A Burnett pitched to 2 batters in the 8th First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: P Walters 9/21; B Duensing 3/5; A Burnett 0/3; C Fien 1/5; L Perdomo 2/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: P Walters 17-9-20-14; B Duensing 3-5-1-3; A Burnett 2-0-0-2; C Fien 1-2-3-4; L Perdomo 3-3-1-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: P Walters 3-7; B Duensing 3-0; A Burnett 1-0; C Fien 0-2; L Perdomo 1-1 Game Scores: P Walters 55

Scoring Summary

			DET	MIN
	2nd	P Fielder homered to center (423 feet).	1	0
	2nd	J Peralta doubled to deep left, A Dirks scored.	2	0
	8th	M Cabrera homered to left (368 feet), A Jackson and Q Berry scored.	5	0
	8th	A Dirks homered to right (374 feet).	6	0
	8th	R Doumit homered to left (377 feet), D Span, J Mauer and J Morneau scored.	6	4
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Game Information

Stadium	Target Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	32,839 (83.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:23
Weather	80 degrees, sunny
Wind	7 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Wally Bell, First Base - Jim Wolf, Second Base - Ted Barrett, Third Base - Ron Kulpa