MIN 17 vs. CLE 13

BOXSCORE: 2012 Minnesota Twins At 2012 Cleveland Indians            5/15/2012
 
  Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG     Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Span CF           5  1  2  3 .338     L.Marson C          2  0  0  0 .240  
  B.Revere RF         5  0  1  0 .264   B-L.Chisenhall PH     1  0  0  0 .353  
  J.Mauer C           5  4  3  1 .368     M.Brantley CF       6  1  1  0 .250  
  J.Willingham LF     6  2  2  1 .213     C.Santana 1B        5  1  1  2 .321  
  J.Morneau 1B        5  1  2  0 .219     R.Canzler DH        3  1  1  1 .381  
  R.Doumit DH         5  1  1  2 .162   A-S.Duncan PH,DH      2  0  1  0 .167  
  T.Plouffe 3B        4  2  1  0 .172     A.Cabrera SS        4  1  3  1 .269  
  B.Dozier SS         5  2  2  2 .281     J.Kipnis 2B         5  1  2  1 .347  
  J.Carroll 2B        3  0  2  2 .245     A.Cunningham LF     5  0  2  0 .400  
                                          S.Choo RF           5  0  3  0 .333  
                                          J.Hannahan 3B       4  0  1  0 .405  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      43 13 16 11                 Totals      42  5 15  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Canzler In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Marson In 9th Inning
 
Twins........... 3 0 0  1 5 0  1 2 1  - 13 16  1
Indians......... 0 0 3  0 0 0  0 2 0  -  5 15  3
 
Twins (5-12)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
F.Liriano WIN(2-2)        5       8   3   3   5   4   2 107   5.75
A.Swarzak HOLD(1st)       3       6   2   2   1   2   2  65   7.94
J.Burton                  1       1   0   0   0   1   0  10   2.55
Totals                    9      15   5   5   6   7   4
 
Indians (10-3)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Masterson LOSS(1-2)     4 2/3  11   9   7   5   0   0 127   6.12
C.Perez                   2 2/3   3   3   3   2   2   0  50   4.50
V.Pestano                 0 2/3   1   0   0   0   2   0  13   1.04
T.Hafner                  1       1   1   0   0   0   0  17       
Totals                    9      16  13  10   7   4   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 18,003 DATE-  TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- Gerry Davis, Phil Cuzzi, Bruce Dreckman, Greg Gibson
T- 3:36
LEFT ON BASE- Twins:10  Indians:16
DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 0  Indians: 0
ERRORS- T.Plouffe, A.Cabrera-2, A.Cunningham
DOUBLES- D.Span(8th), J.Mauer(6th), J.Willingham(4th), R.Doumit(4th),
         T.Plouffe(5th), M.Brantley(4th), A.Cunningham(1st), S.Choo(3rd)
HOME RUNS- C.Santana(2nd), R.Canzler(1st), A.Cabrera(2nd), J.Kipnis(1st)
RBIs- D.Span-3(11th), J.Mauer(15th), J.Willingham(6th), R.Doumit-2(7th),
      B.Dozier-2(6th), J.Carroll-2(2nd), C.Santana-2(10th), R.Canzler(1st),
      A.Cabrera(11th), J.Kipnis(9th)
STOLEN BASES- D.Span-2(6th), B.Revere(7th), M.Brantley(3rd)
WALKS- D.Span, B.Revere, J.Mauer, J.Morneau, T.Plouffe, J.Carroll-2, L.Marson-3,
       C.Santana, A.Cabrera, J.Hannahan
STRIKE OUTS- J.Morneau, T.Plouffe-2, J.Carroll, M.Brantley, C.Santana,
             R.Canzler, S.Duncan, A.Cabrera, J.Hannahan-2
WILD PITCHES- A.Swarzak, T.Hafner
2-out RBI- R.Doumit-2, J.Carroll, B.Dozier-2, A.Cabrera, J.Kipnis
RLISP 2-out- T.Plouffe, A.Cabrera, B.Revere-4, L.Marson-3, R.Canzler-2, J.Mauer,
             J.Kipnis-2, M.Brantley, J.Carroll, J.Morneau, C.Santana
TEAM RISP- Twins: 7 for 20  Indians: 2 for 15
 
Denard Span had 2 base hits and 3 RBI at Progressive Field where the Minnesota
Twins beat the Cleveland Indians 13 to 5.
 
Cleveland never recovered after Minnesota took the lead in the 4th inning
plating one baserunner utilizing 3 base hits.  Minnesota simply wore out the
Cleveland pitching staff, scoring in 6 different innings.  
 
Francisco Liriano(2-2) went 5 innings allowing 3 runs for the win. Justin
Masterson(1-2) ended up with the loss.  He allowed a few too many baserunners
giving up 11 hits and 5 walks in 4 and 2/3 innings.