MIN 23 vs. DET 20

BOXSCORE: 2011 Minnesota Twins At 2011 Detroit Tigers               5/22/2011
 
  Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Mauer C           5  2  2  0 .333     A.Jackson CF        5  0  0  0 .224  
  A.Casilla 2B        3  3  0  0 .288     D.Young LF          5  1  1  0 .275  
A-L.Hughes 2B         0  0  0  0 .250     M.Cabrera 1B        5  0  1  0 .355  
  M.Cuddyer RF        5  4  3  3 .304     V.Martinez DH       4  0  2  0 .262  
  J.Morneau 1B        4  2  3  3 .299     A.Avila C           3  0  2  1 .324  
  J.Kubel DH          6  2  3  2 .322     W.Betemit 3B        5  0  1  0 .311  
  D.Span CF           4  0  1  1 .225     J.Peralta SS        4  0  1  0 .211  
  D.Valencia 3B       4  2  1  5 .298     D.Kelly RF          3  1  1  0 .245  
  B.Revere LF         4  0  1  1 .191     R.Santiago 2B       3  0  1  0 .236  
  M.Tolbert SS        5  1  0  0 .111                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      40 16 14 15                 Totals      37  2 10  1
 
A-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Casilla In 9th Inning
 
INJURY: Alexi Casilla INJURED (for 0 more games) in 9th inning
 
Twins........... 1 0 3  0 0 0  5 0 7  - 16 14  1
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 1  -  2 10  1
 
Twins (12-11)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
N.Blackburn WIN(2-0)      7       7   1   1   5   4   0 120   2.86
P.Dumatrait               1 2/3   3   1   1   1   2   0  35  10.13
A.Swarzak                 0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   2.55
Totals                    9      10   2   2   6   6   0
 
Tigers (10-10)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
R.Porcello LOSS(1-2)      5 2/3   6   4   4   5   5   0 114   6.00
D.Below                   0 2/3   3   4   4   1   1   1  25   6.23
J.Benoit                  2       5   8   7   9   0   1  90   9.95
D.Schlereth               0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   9   0.00
Totals                    9      14  16  15  15   6   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 38,800 DATE-  TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- Dan Iassogna, Dale Scott, Jerry Meals, C.B. Bucknor
T- 3:48
LEFT ON BASE- Twins:13  Tigers:14
DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 1  Tigers: 1
ERRORS- M.Tolbert, W.Betemit
DOUBLES- J.Morneau(5th), V.Martinez(5th)
HOME RUNS- M.Cuddyer(2nd), D.Valencia(4th)
RBIs- M.Cuddyer-3(7th), J.Morneau-3(8th), J.Kubel-2(18th), D.Span(3rd),
      D.Valencia-5(17th), B.Revere(6th), A.Avila(12th)
STOLEN BASES- D.Valencia(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Casilla
WALKS- J.Mauer-2, A.Casilla-3, M.Cuddyer, J.Morneau-2, D.Span-2, D.Valencia-2,
       B.Revere-2, M.Tolbert, V.Martinez, A.Avila-2, J.Peralta, D.Kelly,
       R.Santiago
STRIKE OUTS- A.Casilla, M.Cuddyer, J.Kubel, D.Span, D.Valencia, M.Tolbert,
             A.Jackson, M.Cabrera-3, J.Peralta-2
GIDP- J.Kubel, A.Jackson
WILD PITCHES- P.Dumatrait, D.Below
2-out RBI- J.Morneau, A.Avila
RLISP 2-out- J.Kubel, M.Tolbert, R.Santiago-2, B.Revere-2, W.Betemit-2,
             J.Peralta-3, J.Mauer, M.Cuddyer-2, A.Casilla-2
 
Michael Cuddyer hit one over the fence and had 3 RBI at Comerica Park as the
Minnesota Twins embarrassed the Detroit Tigers by the lopsided score of 16 to
2.
 
Cuddyer had a big day against Detroit.  He laced a single in the 3rd inning,
blasted a two-run home run in the 7th inning and banged out a one-base hit
plating a run in the 9th inning.  Minnesota kept the scorekeepers busy in the
7th inning when they had 5 runs on 4 hits and the 9th inning which saw them
score 7 runs on 3 hits.  Minnesota had 14 hits for the game and Detroit had
10.  
 
Nick Blackburn(2-0) allowed 1 run in 7 innings, and picked up the victory.
Rick Porcello(1-2) was the loser.  He pitched 5 and 2/3 innings and
surrendered 6 hits and 5 walks.