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Twins
@ Tigers
Comerica Park
July 12, 2008
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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 July 12, 2008 at Comerica Park.
Game Summary
Date | July 12, 2008 |
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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 | July 12, 2008 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Scott Baker |
Home Starting Pitcher | Nate Robertson |
Ballpark | Comerica Park |
City | Detroit |
State | MI |
Attendance | 41,301 |
Time of Game | 3 hours 4 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Ed Montague 1B: Ron Kulpa 2B: Jim Wolf 3B: Jerry Layne |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
Name | Position |
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Carlos Gomez | Center Fielder |
Alexi Casilla | Second Baseman |
Joe Mauer | Catcher |
Justin Morneau | First Baseman |
Craig Monroe | DH |
Delmon Young | Left Fielder |
Brian Buscher | Third Baseman |
Brendan Harris | Shortstop |
Denard Span | Right Fielder |
Ron Gardenhire | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Curtis Granderson | Center Fielder |
Placido Polanco | Second Baseman |
Carlos Guillen | Third Baseman |
Miguel Cabrera | First Baseman |
Matt Joyce | Right Fielder |
Marcus Thames | Left Fielder |
Gary Sheffield | DH |
Brandon Inge | Catcher |
Ramon Santiago | Shortstop |
Jim Leyland | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Twins
@ Tigers
Comerica Park
July 12, 2008
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Robertson
Gomez hits a fly ball into left field. Thames settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Casilla vs. Robertson
Casilla hits a ball on the ground towards short. Santiago scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Robertson
Mauer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Robertson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Granderson vs. Baker
Granderson hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Polanco vs. Baker
Polanco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Baker
Guillen hits a fly ball into right 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: 2-2, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Robertson
Morneau hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Monroe vs. Robertson
Monroe strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Robertson
Young hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Morneau moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Buscher vs. Robertson
Buscher strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Harris vs. Robertson
Harris hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Morneau scores. Young moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Span vs. Robertson
Span strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Cabrera vs. Baker
Cabrera hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buscher fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joyce vs. Baker
Joyce hits a fly ball into center field. Gomez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Thames vs. Baker
Thames hits a line drive towards third. Buscher reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Robertson
Gomez bunts towards the mound. Robertson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Casilla vs. Robertson
Casilla hits a fly ball into right field. Joyce settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Robertson
Mauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Morneau vs. Robertson
Morneau hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Sheffield vs. Baker
Sheffield strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Inge vs. Baker
Inge hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Santiago vs. Baker
Santiago is hit by the pitch. Inge moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Granderson vs. Baker
Granderson strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Polanco vs. Baker
Polanco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buscher fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Monroe vs. Robertson
Monroe strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Robertson
Young hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Buscher vs. Robertson
Buscher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Young moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Harris vs. Robertson
There goes Young. The throw from Inge and he is safe. Young steals third. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Harris vs. Robertson
Harris hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Young scores. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Span vs. Robertson
Span hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cabrera scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Span for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Baker
Guillen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Cabrera vs. Baker
Cabrera strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Joyce vs. Baker
Joyce hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Thames vs. Baker
Thames strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Sheffield vs. Baker
Sheffield hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mauer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Robertson
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Santiago fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Casilla vs. Robertson
Casilla bunts in front of the plate. Inge fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mauer vs. Robertson
Mauer hits a line drive towards short. Santiago reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Morneau vs. Robertson
Morneau hits a ball on the ground towards short. Santiago scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Inge vs. Baker
Inge hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Santiago vs. Baker
Santiago bunts towards the mound. Baker fields it and throws to first for the out. Inge moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Granderson vs. Baker
Granderson hits a popup towards short. Harris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Polanco vs. Baker
Polanco hits a fly ball into center field. Gomez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Monroe vs. Robertson
Monroe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cabrera scoops it up and throws to first, with Robertson covering, for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Robertson
Young hits a fly ball into right field. Joyce settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Buscher vs. Robertson
Buscher hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Polanco settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Baker
Guillen hits a popup towards third. Buscher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Cabrera vs. Baker
Cabrera hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buscher fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Joyce vs. Baker
Joyce hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Robertson
Harris hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Span vs. Robertson
Span hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cabrera scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Span for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Robertson
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Santiago scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Casilla vs. Robertson
Casilla hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Mauer vs. Robertson
Mauer hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Robertson
Morneau hits a ball on the ground towards short. Santiago scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thames vs. Baker
Thames hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Sheffield vs. Baker
Sheffield hits a popup towards third. Buscher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Inge vs. Baker
Inge hits a fly ball into center field. Gomez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Monroe vs. Lopez
Aquilino Lopez now pitching.
Monroe takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Lopez
Young hits a fly ball into center field. Granderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Buscher vs. Lopez
Buscher hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Joyce. Buscher reaches second base with a double. Monroe moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: -23
Harris vs. Lopez
Harris hits a fly ball into center field. Granderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Monroe tags and scores. Buscher tags and moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Span vs. Lopez
Span strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Santiago vs. Baker
Santiago hits a line drive to left field. Young throws towards Casilla. Casilla fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Casilla. Santiago moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Granderson vs. Baker
Granderson hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Polanco vs. Crain
Jesse Crain now pitching.
Polanco hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Casilla fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Guillen vs. Crain
Guillen takes first base on ball four. Polanco moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Cabrera vs. Crain
Cabrera strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Raburn vs. Reyes
Dennys Reyes now pitching. Ryan Raburn pinch hits for Matthew Joyce.
There's a wild pitch. Polanco moves to third. Guillen moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -23
Raburn vs. Reyes
Raburn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buscher fields it and throws to first for the out. Polanco scores. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Thames vs. Bass
Brian Bass now pitching.
Thames hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buscher fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 6 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Zumaya
Ryan Raburn now playing right field. Joel Zumaya now pitching.
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Casilla vs. Zumaya
Casilla hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Raburn. Casilla reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Mauer vs. Zumaya
There's a wild pitch. Casilla moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Mauer vs. Zumaya
Mauer strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: --3
Morneau vs. Zumaya
Morneau is walked intentionally. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Kubel vs. Zumaya
Jason Kubel pinch hits for Craig Monroe.
There's a wild pitch. Morneau moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Kubel vs. Zumaya
Kubel takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Young vs. Zumaya
Young strikes out. Inge drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Young out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Twins, 6 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Sheffield vs. Nathan
Joe Nathan now pitching.
Sheffield strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Inge vs. Nathan
Inge takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Larish vs. Nathan
Jeff Larish pinch hits for Ramon Santiago.
Larish strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Granderson vs. Nathan
Granderson strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/12/2008 -- Minnesota at Detroit (D) Minnesota AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI Gomez C, cf 5 0 1 0 Granderson C, cf 5 1 1 2 Casilla A, 2b 5 1 2 0 Polanco P, 2b 4 1 1 0 Mauer J, c 5 1 2 2 Guillen C, 3b 3 1 1 0 Morneau J, 1b 4 1 1 0 Cabrera M, 1b 4 0 0 0 Monroe C, dh 3 1 0 0 Joyce M, rf 3 1 1 2 Kubel J, ph 0 0 0 0 Raburn R, ph-rf 1 0 0 1 Young D, lf 5 1 2 0 Thames M, lf 4 0 0 0 Buscher B, 3b 4 0 1 0 Sheffield G, dh 4 0 0 0 Harris B, ss 3 1 3 4 Inge B, c 3 0 2 0 Span D, rf 4 0 0 0 Santiago R, ss 1 1 1 0 Larish J, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 38 6 12 6 33 5 7 5 Minnesota 010 100 310 -- 6 Detroit 000 200 030 -- 5 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO Baker S (W)* 7.0 6 4 4 0 4 Crain J 0.1 1 1 1 1 1 Reyes D 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Bass B 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Nathan J (S) 1.0 0 0 0 1 3 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Robertson N (L) 7.0 10 5 5 0 4 Lopez A 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 Zumaya J 1.0 1 0 0 2 2 * Pitched to 2 batters in 8th E -- Casilla A LOB -- Minnesota 9, Detroit 5 2B -- Buscher B, Casilla A HR -- Joyce M, Harris B, Mauer J, Granderson C SB -- Young D SH -- Santiago R SF -- Harris B HBP -- by Baker S (Santiago R) WP -- Reyes D, Zumaya J 2 T -- 3:04 A -- 41301
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