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LAA 12
NYY  7

BAL  3
TBD  2

MIN  8
@CHW  7

(11)
CLE  8
DET  5

SEA  4
BOS  3

OAK  5
@TEX  3

KCR  2
@TOR  0

LAD  4
@ARI  3

ATL 10
WSN  1

SDP  5
@COL  2

FLA  7
MIL  2

NYM 11
PHI  5

HOU  7
@PIT  4

SFG  4
CIN  1

STL  2
CHC  1

Standings at end of play this day

Comiskey Park II, Attendance: 38,636

Saturday, August 26, 2006, 6:30PM
Time of Game: 3:37
Twins
8
76-52
Won 4
2nd, 4 GB
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9  10 11    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -    -  -  -
Twins           0  3  2   0  1  0   0  0  1   0  1    8 11  2
White Sox       0  1  0   1  1  0   0  2  2   0  0    7 11  1
W: W Eyre (1-0), L: M Thornton (4-2)
White Sox
7
75-54
Lost 2
3rd, 5½ GB

BATTING

Minnesota Twins              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
L Castillo 2B                 5   0   1   0    1   0  .290  .715   21    4   4   SB,GDP
N Punto 3B                    5   0   1   2    0   1  .309  .802   24    1   3   SF
J Mauer C                     4   0   0   0    2   0  .356  .948   19    7   0   IW
M Cuddyer RF                  5   1   1   0    0   2  .275  .863   17    4   0   
J Morneau 1B                  5   1   2   0    0   0  .317  .956   16   10   0   
T Hunter CF                   5   2   1   1    0   3  .276  .821   29    3   0   HR
R White DH                    5   1   1   2    0   0  .220  .551   12    0   0   3B
J Tyner LF                    4   2   2   2    0   0  .320  .703   17    3   0   2·SB
  L Ford PH-LF                1   1   1   0    0   0  .232  .612    5    0   0   
J Bartlett SS                 3   0   1   1    1   0  .347  .869   23    1   3   2B,SH

J Santana P                                                              0   1
  J Rincon P                                                             0   0
  D Reyes P                                                              0   0
  P Neshek P                                                             0   0
  J Nathan P                                                             0   0
  W Eyre P                                                               0   0
Totals                       42   8  11   8    4   6              183   33  11
BATTING
2B: J Bartlett (16, off J Contreras).
3B: R White (1, off J Contreras).
HR: T Hunter (21, off B McCarthy; 5th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to LF).
SF: N Punto (5, off B Jenks).
SH: J Bartlett (1, off M Thornton).
IBB: J Mauer (17, by B Jenks).
TB: T Hunter 4; R White 3; J Tyner 2; J Morneau 2; J Bartlett 2; M Cuddyer; N Punto; L Castillo; L Ford.
GIDP: L Castillo (12).
RBI: N Punto 2 (36); J Tyner 2 (11); R White 2 (27); J Bartlett (22); T Hunter (69).
2-out RBI: N Punto; J Tyner; T Hunter.
Team LOB: 7.
With RISP: 5 for 12.
FIELDING
DP: 1. J Bartlett-L Castillo-J Morneau.
E: M Cuddyer (3); N Punto (10).
BASERUNNING
SB: J Tyner 2 (3, 2nd base off J Contreras/S Alomar, 2nd base off B Jenks/A Pierzynski); L Castillo (19, 2nd base off B Jenks/A Pierzynski).
Chicago White Sox            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
P Ozuna LF                    4   0   2   0    0   1  .336  .808   11    2   0   
  S Podsednik LF              2   0   1   0    0   0  .260  .696   11    0   0   
T Iguchi 2B                   6   1   1   0    0   1  .283  .749   28    1   3   GDP
J Dye RF                      5   1   1   2    0   1  .326 1.042   21    1   0   HR
P Konerko DH                  5   2   2   1    0   0  .309  .929   16    0   0   HR
J Crede 3B                    5   1   1   0    0   1  .294  .860   13    0   0   
R Gload 1B                    4   1   2   1    1   0  .308  .772   20   15   0   HR
J Uribe SS                    4   0   0   0    1   0  .242  .705   13    3   7   
R Mackowiak CF                3   0   0   1    0   1  .300  .783    8    1   0   
  A Cintron PH                0   0   0   1    0   0  .274  .681    8    0   0   SF
  B Anderson CF               1   0   0   0    0   0  .227  .667    2    2   0   
S Alomar C                    2   1   1   1    1   0  .279  .687   12    6   0   HR
  A Pierzynski PH-C           2   0   0   0    0   1  .297  .755   12    1   1   

J Contreras P                                                            0   1
  B McCarthy P                                                           0   0
  B Jenks P                                                              1   0
  M Thornton P                                                           0   1
Totals                       43   7  11   7    3   6              175   33  13
BATTING
HR: R Gload (2, off J Santana; 4th inn, 0 on, 1 out to LF-CF); J Dye (38, off J Nathan; 9th inn, 1 on, 1 out to LF); S Alomar (1, off J Santana; 5th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to CF); P Konerko (29, off J Rincon; 8th inn, 0 on, 1 out to LF-CF).
SF: A Cintron (2, off P Neshek).
TB: P Konerko 5; R Gload 5; S Alomar 4; J Dye 4; P Ozuna 2; T Iguchi; J Crede; S Podsednik.
GIDP: T Iguchi (5).
RBI: J Dye 2 (101); R Mackowiak (19); P Konerko (92); S Alomar (13); R Gload (13); A Cintron (34).
Team LOB: 7.
With RISP: 1 for 6.
FIELDING
DP: 1. J Uribe-R Gload.
E: J Uribe (11).

PITCHING

Minnesota Twins               IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Santana                      7     6   3   2    1   4   2   3.01   29   95-61   35· 6·20    9·10· 5· 0     58    -     1.00   0.17
J Rincon, H (23)               0.1   2   2   2    0   1   1   2.73    3   12-7     3· 1· 3    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    1.04  -0.09
D Reyes                        0     0   0   0    2   0   0   0.95    2    9-1     1· 0· 0    0· 0· 0· 0          1-0    3.29  -0.20
P Neshek, H (5)                0.2   0   0   0    0   1   0   1.14    2   16-11    9· 1· 1    0· 1· 0· 0          3-1    5.49   0.21
J Nathan, BS (2)               1     2   2   2    0   0   1   1.80    5   20-13   10· 1· 2    1· 3· 1· 0          0-0    1.87  -0.39
W Eyre, W (1-0)                2     1   0   0    0   0   0   5.54    6   23-15   12· 1· 2    3· 3· 0· 0          0-0    2.82   0.38
Totals                        11    11   7   6    3   6   4          47  175-108  70·10·28   14·18· 6· 0          4-1 
Chicago White Sox             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Contreras                    2.2   7   5   5    2   1   0   4.25   17   73-43   27· 2·14    7· 6· 1· 0     23    -     0.99  -0.31
B McCarthy                     5.1   1   1   1    1   4   1   3.82   17   63-39   21· 5·13    5· 7· 0· 0          1-0    0.34   0.08
B Jenks                        2     1   1   0    1   1   0   3.43    9   24-14   12· 2· 0    5· 2· 0· 0          0-0    1.19   0.08
M Thornton, L (4-2)            1     2   1   1    0   0   0   3.38    5   13-9     7· 1· 1    4· 0· 1· 0          0-0    2.84  -0.27
Totals                        11    11   8   7    4   6   1          48  173-105  67·10·28   21·15· 2· 0          1-0 
D Reyes faced 2 batters in the 8th inning.
Balks: None.
WP: None.
IBB: B Jenks (7; J Mauer).
HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Andy Fletcher, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Jerry Meals, 3B - Jeff Kellogg.
Time of Game: 3:37.
Attendance: 38,636.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Weather: 78° F, Wind 9mph from Right to Left.

LINEUPS

   Minnesota Twins               Chicago White Sox                    
1. L Castillo           2B    1. P Ozuna              LF 
2. N Punto              3B    2. T Iguchi             2B 
3. J Mauer              C     3. J Dye                RF 
4. M Cuddyer            RF    4. P Konerko            DH 
5. J Morneau            1B    5. J Crede              3B 
6. T Hunter             CF    6. R Gload              1B 
7. R White              DH    7. J Uribe              SS 
8. J Tyner              LF    8. R Mackowiak          CF 
9. J Bartlett           SS    9. S Alomar             C  

   J Santana            P        J Contreras          P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 9   1  7-5  -2-  5  -46%  41% J Dye           J Nathan        Home Run (Fly Ball); Iguchi Scores
   t11   2  7-7  --3  1   32%  80% N Punto         M Thornton      Single to RF (Ground Ball); Ford Scores
   b11   1  8-7  1--  6   23% 100% T Iguchi        W Eyre          Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
   b 8   2  6-5  1-3  8   15%  82% A Pierzynski    P Neshek        Strikeout Swinging
   t 2   1  0-0  1--  4   13%  64% R White         J Contreras     Triple to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Morneau Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Twins Batting, Tied 0-0, Jose Contreras facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  3   48%  L Castillo      Popfly: 1B
   O      ---  2   46%  N Punto         Groundout: 1B unassisted
          ---  5   47%  J Mauer         Walk
   O      1--  1   45%  M Cuddyer       Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 0, White Sox 0.

Bottom of the 1st, White Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Johan Santana facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   47%  P Ozuna         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  5   49%  T Iguchi        Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  1   50%  J Dye           Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 0, White Sox 0.

Top of the 2nd, Twins Batting, Tied 0-0, Jose Contreras facing 5-6-7
          ---  5   54%  J Morneau       Single to CF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  6   50%  T Hunter        Strikeout Looking
   R      1--  4   64%  R White         Triple to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Morneau Scores
   R      --3  5   69%  J Tyner         Single to RF (Fly Ball to CF-RF); White Scores
          1--      70%  J Bartlett      Tyner Steals 2B
   R      -2-  7   77%  " "             Ground-rule Double (Fly Ball); Tyner Scores
          -2-  6   79%  L Castillo      Walk
   O      12-  3   76%  N Punto         Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
   O      12-  2   73%  J Mauer         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, White Sox Batting, Behind 0-3, Johan Santana facing 4-5-6
          ---  5   69%  P Konerko       Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  3   73%  J Crede         Flyball: RF
          1--  2   69%  R Gload         Single to LF (Line Drive); Konerko to 2B
          12-  2   63%  J Uribe         Reached on E5 (Ground Ball); Konerko to 3B; Gload to 2B
   RO     123  2   63%  R Mackowiak     Groundout: 1B unassisted; Konerko Scores/unER; Gload to 3B; Uribe to 2B
   O      -23  3   70%  S Alomar        Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 1.

Top of the 3rd, Twins Batting, Ahead 3-1, Jose Contreras facing 4-5-6
          ---  5   73%  M Cuddyer       Single to 2B (Ground Ball)
          1--  5   77%  J Morneau       Single to LF (Fly Ball to LF Line); Cuddyer to 2B
   O      12-  5   75%  T Hunter        Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B; Cuddyer to 3B
   RO     1-3  2   77%  R White         Groundout: SS-1B; Cuddyer Scores; Hunter to 2B
   R      -2-  7   83%  J Tyner         Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Hunter Scores
                  Brandon McCarthy replaces Jose Contreras pitching
   O      1--  2   82%  J Bartlett      Flyball: CF
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 5, White Sox 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, White Sox Batting, Behind 1-5, Johan Santana facing 1-2-3
          ---  2   78%  P Ozuna         Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  6   82%  T Iguchi        Lineout: 3B
   O      1--  5   84%  J Dye           Popfly: SS (Short LF)
   O      1--  3   86%  P Konerko       Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 5, White Sox 1.

Top of the 4th, Twins Batting, Ahead 5-1, Brandon McCarthy facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   85%  L Castillo      Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  4   84%  N Punto         Flyball: RF
   O      ---  1   84%  J Mauer         Popfly: SS (Short LF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 5, White Sox 1.

Bottom of the 4th, White Sox Batting, Behind 1-5, Johan Santana facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  1   86%  J Crede         Flyball: LF
   R      ---  3   79%  R Gload         Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
   O      ---  3   81%  J Uribe         Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  1   82%  R Mackowiak     Groundout: 2B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 5, White Sox 2.

Top of the 5th, Twins Batting, Ahead 5-2, Brandon McCarthy facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  4   81%  M Cuddyer       Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  4   80%  J Morneau       Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
   R      ---  5   87%  T Hunter        Home Run (Fly Ball)
   O      ---  2   86%  R White         Groundout: SS-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 6, White Sox 2.

Bottom of the 5th, White Sox Batting, Behind 2-6, Johan Santana facing 9-1-2
   R      ---  3   79%  S Alomar        Home Run (Fly Ball)
   O      ---  4   82%  P Ozuna         Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  5   84%  T Iguchi        Flyball: CF
   O      ---  5   85%  J Dye           Popfly: 2B (CF-RF)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 6, White Sox 3.

Top of the 6th, Twins Batting, Ahead 6-3, Brandon McCarthy facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  4   84%  J Tyner         Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  6   85%  J Bartlett      Walk
   OO     1--  4   82%  L Castillo      Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 6, White Sox 3.

Bottom of the 6th, White Sox Batting, Behind 3-6, Johan Santana facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  2   85%  P Konerko       Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  4   87%  J Crede         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   88%  R Gload         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 6, White Sox 3.

Top of the 7th, Twins Batting, Ahead 6-3, Brandon McCarthy facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  3   87%  N Punto         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  6   86%  J Mauer         Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  5   85%  M Cuddyer       Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 6, White Sox 3.

Bottom of the 7th, White Sox Batting, Behind 3-6, Johan Santana facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  1   89%  J Uribe         Flyball: CF
   O      ---  5   91%  R Mackowiak     Strikeout Swinging
          ---  6   89%  S Alomar        Walk
          1--  1   86%  P Ozuna         Single to 2B (Line Drive to Short RF); Alomar to 2B
   O      12-  3   92%  T Iguchi        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 6, White Sox 3.

Top of the 8th, Twins Batting, Ahead 6-3, Brandon McCarthy facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  1   91%  J Morneau       Popfly: SS (Short CF)
   O      ---  7   90%  T Hunter        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   90%  R White         Foul Popfly: C (Behind Home)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 6, White Sox 3.

Bottom of the 8th, White Sox Batting, Behind 3-6, Juan Rincon facing 3-4-5
                  Juan Rincon replaces Johan Santana pitching
   O      ---  5   93%  J Dye           Strikeout Swinging
   R      ---  5   86%  P Konerko       Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
          ---  2   81%  J Crede         Single to CF (Ground Ball)
                  Dennys Reyes replaces Juan Rincon pitching
          1--  5   73%  R Gload         Walk; Crede to 2B
          12-  4   61%  J Uribe         Walk; Crede to 3B; Gload to 2B
                  Pat Neshek replaces Dennys Reyes pitching; Alex Cintron pinch hits for Rob Mackowiak batting 8th
   RO     123  8   67%  A Cintron       Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep RF); Crede Scores; Gload to 3B
                  A.J. Pierzynski pinch hits for Sandy Alomar batting 9th
   O      1-3  8   82%  A Pierzynski    Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 6, White Sox 5.

Top of the 9th, Twins Batting, Ahead 6-5, Bobby Jenks facing 8-9-1
                  Bobby Jenks replaces Brandon McCarthy pitching; A.J. Pierzynski moves to C; Scott Podsednik replaces Pablo Ozuna playing LF batting 1st; Brian N. Anderson replaces Alex Cintron playing CF batting 8th
          ---  1   85%  J Tyner         Reached on E6 (Ground Ball)
          1--      87%  J Bartlett      Tyner Steals 2B
   O      -2-  2   84%  " "             Bunt Popfly: P
          -2-  1   88%  L Castillo      Single to 2B (Ground Ball); Tyner to 3B
          1-3      89%  N Punto         Castillo Steals 2B
   RO     -23  6   91%  " "             Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (LF-CF); Tyner Scores/unER
          -2-  4   91%  J Mauer         Intentional Walk
   O      12-  2   89%  M Cuddyer       Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Twins 7, White Sox 5.

Bottom of the 9th, White Sox Batting, Behind 5-7, Joe Nathan facing 1-2-3
                  Joe Nathan replaces Pat Neshek pitching
   O      ---  8   95%  S Podsednik     Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  3   87%  T Iguchi        Single to RF (Line Drive); Iguchi to 2B/Adv on E9
   RR     -2-  5   41%  J Dye           Home Run (Fly Ball); Iguchi Scores
   O      ---  1   46%  P Konerko       Foul Popfly: C (Behind Home)
   O      ---  3   50%  J Crede         Flyball: LF
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Twins 7, White Sox 7.

Top of the 10th, Twins Batting, Tied 7-7, Bobby Jenks facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  1   44%  J Morneau       Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  6   39%  T Hunter        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   35%  R White         Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 7, White Sox 7.

Bottom of the 10th, White Sox Batting, Tied 7-7, Willie Eyre facing 6-7-8
                  Willie Eyre replaces Joe Nathan pitching
   O      ---  5   41%  R Gload         Flyball: RF
   O      ---  3   46%  J Uribe         Popfly: 2B
   O      ---  2   50%  B Anderson      Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 7, White Sox 7.

Top of the 11th, Twins Batting, Tied 7-7, Matt Thornton facing 8-9-1
                  Matt Thornton replaces Bobby Jenks pitching; Lew Ford pinch hits for Jason Tyner batting 8th
          ---  5   58%  L Ford          Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  1   55%  J Bartlett      Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; Ford to 2B
   O      -2-  5   48%  L Castillo      Groundout: 2B-1B; Ford to 3B
   R      --3  1   80%  N Punto         Single to RF (Ground Ball); Ford Scores
   O      1--  1   77%  J Mauer         Bunt Groundout: C-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 8, White Sox 7.

Bottom of the 11th, White Sox Batting, Behind 7-8, Willie Eyre facing 9-1-2
                  Lew Ford moves to LF
   O      ---  4   87%  A Pierzynski    Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  3   77%  S Podsednik     Single to 2B/Bunt
   OO     1--  6  100%  T Iguchi        Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 8, White Sox 7.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:CHA200608260

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