September 8, 2007 Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox Box Score and Play by Play

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CLE 6
@LAA 1 BAL 11
BOS 5 CHW 8
MIN 7 DET 12
SEA 6 NYY 11
@KCR 5 TBD 5
TOR 4 TEX 7
OAK 3 ARI 9
STL 8 ATL 9
WSN 2 MIL 4
@CIN 3 SDP 3
@COL 1 NYM 3
HOU 1 PHI 9
FLA 1 CHC 5
@PIT 1 LAD 6
@SFG 2

Standings at end of play this day

Comiskey Park II, Attendance: 31,747

Saturday, September 8, 2007, 2:56PM
Time of Game: 3:25

Twins

69-73

Lost 6

3rd, 13 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Twins           0  1  4   0  1  1   0  0  0    7 14  1
White Sox       2  0  0   3  0  0   3  0  X    8 16  1

W: M Myers (4-0), L: C Cali (0-1), S: M Thornton (2)

White Sox

61-81

Won 2

5th, 21 GB

BATTING

Minnesota Twins              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Tyner LF                    5   0   2   3    0   2  .299  .707   17    2   0   
L Rodriguez 2B                5   0   1   0    0   0  .222  .583   14    2   2   
T Hunter CF                   5   1   2   1    0   0  .292  .867   14    1   0   HR,2B
J Morneau 1B                  4   1   0   0    1   1  .280  .856   18    3   1   
M Cuddyer RF                  5   1   2   0    0   1  .280  .792   24    1   0   2B
J Kubel DH                    3   1   1   1    0   0  .263  .745    7    0   0   2B,SF
  R White PH                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .146  .495    4    0   0   
B Buscher 3B                  4   2   2   2    0   1  .277  .750   16    3   1   HR
  J Bartlett PH               1   0   0   0    0   0  .276  .725    2    0   0   
J Morales C                   3   1   3   0    0   0 1.000 2.333   12    5   1   2B
  C Heintz PR-C               1   0   0   0    0   0  .220  .493    6    4   0   
N Punto SS                    4   0   1   0    0   0  .200  .543   17    2   3   

M Garza P                                                                1   1
  K Slowey P                                                             0   0
  C Cali P                                                               0   0
  P Neshek P                                                             0   0
  M Guerrier P                                                           0   0
Totals                       41   7  14   7    1   6              151   24   9

BATTING

2B: J Kubel (25, off J Contreras); J Morales (1, off J Contreras); T Hunter (40, off J Contreras); M Cuddyer (25, off J Contreras).

HR: B Buscher (2, off J Contreras; 2nd inn, 0 on, 1 out to RF); T Hunter (28, off J Contreras; 6th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF-CF).

SF: J Kubel (5, off J Contreras).

TB: T Hunter 6; B Buscher 5; J Morales 4; M Cuddyer 3; J Kubel 2; J Tyner 2; L Rodriguez; N Punto.

RBI: J Tyner 3 (21); B Buscher 2 (4); J Kubel (54); T Hunter (99).

2-out RBI: J Tyner 3.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 5 for 14.

FIELDING

E: B Buscher (4).

Chicago White Sox            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Owens CF                    5   2   2   1    1   2  .247  .604   29    2   0   
S Podsednik LF                5   0   1   0    0   2  .260  .700   21    1   0   
J Thome DH                    4   1   2   2    1   2  .270  .924   21    0   0   HR,IW
P Konerko 1B                  4   1   2   3    1   0  .262  .848   19   14   0   HR
J Dye RF                      4   0   1   0    1   1  .247  .797   16    3   0   
A Cintron 3B                  4   0   1   0    0   0  .232  .590   27    0   1   HBP
J Uribe SS                    5   2   4   0    0   1  .227  .655   17    0   5   2·2B
D Richar 2B                   5   0   2   0    0   0  .214  .663   17    1   4   2·2B
T Hall C                      3   1   0   0    0   1  .204  .445   11    3   0   
  A Pierzynski PH-C           1   1   1   2    1   0  .268  .735    5    3   0   HR,IW

J Contreras P                                                            0   1
  M Myers P                                                              0   1
  M MacDougal P                                                          0   0
  M Thornton P                                                           0   0
Totals                       40   8  16   8    5   9              183   27  12

BATTING

2B: D Richar 2 (5, off M Garza, off P Neshek); J Uribe 2 (14, 2 off K Slowey).

HR: J Thome (25, off M Garza; 1st inn, 0 on, 2 outs to CF); A Pierzynski (14, off C Cali; 7th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to RF); P Konerko (28, off M Garza; 1st inn, 0 on, 2 outs to LF).

IBB: J Thome (11, by M Garza); A Pierzynski (5, by P Neshek).

HBP: A Cintron (1, by P Neshek).

TB: J Uribe 6; P Konerko 5; J Thome 5; A Pierzynski 4; D Richar 4; J Owens 2; J Dye; A Cintron; S Podsednik.

RBI: P Konerko 3 (78); A Pierzynski 2 (46); J Thome 2 (79); J Owens (12).

2-out RBI: P Konerko 3; J Thome 2; A Pierzynski 2.

Team LOB: 14.

With RISP: 5 for 15.

FIELDING

PB: T Hall (5).

E: A Cintron (8).

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
M Garza                        4     9   5   3    3   5   2   3.71   24   88-53   32· 7·14    9· 7· 0· 0     30    -     1.35  -0.30
K Slowey                       2.2   3   1   1    0   2   0   5.24   11   44-27   13· 3·11    3· 6· 0· 0          0-0    1.50   0.19
C Cali, BS (1), L (0-1)        0     3   2   2    1   0   1   5.03    4   11-6     3· 2· 1    1· 1· 1· 0          1-1    1.75  -0.57
P Neshek                       1     1   0   0    1   1   0   2.78    6   34-22   15· 2· 5    1· 0· 2· 0          2-0    0.88   0.04
M Guerrier                     0.1   0   0   0    0   1   0   2.38    1    6-3     0· 1· 2    0· 0· 0· 0          3-0    1.72   0.05
Totals                         8    16   8   6    5   9   3          46  183-111  63·15·33   14·14· 3· 0          6-1

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                    5    13   7   4    1   2   2   5.91   30   97-55   43· 5· 7   15· 9· 3· 0     20    -     1.30  -0.49
M Myers, W (4-0)               2     1   0   0    0   1   0   3.83    7   27-17    8· 2· 7    5· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.67   0.09
M MacDougal, H (18)            0.2   0   0   0    0   0   0   6.56    2    5-4     3· 0· 1    2· 0· 0· 0          0-0    1.89   0.10
M Thornton, S (2)              1.1   0   0   0    0   3   0   4.76    4   18-14    7· 5· 2    1· 0· 0· 0          0-0    1.93   0.21
Totals                         9    14   7   4    1   6   2          43  147-90   61·12·17   23·10· 3· 0           -

C Cali faced 4 batters in the 7th inning.
J Contreras faced 1 batter in the 6th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: M Garza (3; J Thome); P Neshek (5; A Pierzynski).

HBP: P Neshek (2; A Cintron).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - CB Bucknor, 1B - Joe West, 2B - Ed Rapuano, 3B - Ed Hickox.

Time of Game: 3:25.

Attendance: 31,747.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 76° F, Wind 11mph in from Leftfield, Cloudy.

LINEUPS

   Minnesota Twins               Chicago White Sox                    
1. J Tyner              LF    1. J Owens              CF 
2. L Rodriguez          2B    2. S Podsednik          LF 
3. T Hunter             CF    3. J Thome              DH 
4. J Morneau            1B    4. P Konerko            1B 
5. M Cuddyer            RF    5. J Dye                RF 
6. J Kubel              DH    6. A Cintron            3B 
7. B Buscher            3B    7. J Uribe              SS 
8. J Morales            C     8. D Richar             2B 
9. N Punto              SS    9. T Hall               C  

   M Garza              P        J Contreras          P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 7   2  7-5  -2-  1   32%  52% A Pierzynski    C Cali          Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Uribe Scores
   b 7   2  7-7  12-  3   20%  78% J Thome         C Cali          Single to RF (Ground Ball); Owens Scores; Podsednik to 3B
   b 4   2  5-3  123  2   19%  55% P Konerko       M Garza         Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Weak 3B); Hall Scores/unER; Owens Scores/unER; Thome to 2B
   t 3   2  2-3  -23  6  -16%  23% J Tyner         J Contreras     Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Buscher Scores/unER; Morales Scores/unER; Tyner to 2B/Adv on throw
   t 5   2  5-5  1-3  1  -12%  38% J Tyner         J Contreras     Single to 1B/Bunt (Bunt to Weak 2B); Kubel Scores; Morales to 2B

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      ---  4   52%  J Tyner         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   54%  L Rodriguez     Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  2   52%  T Hunter        Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF)
          -2-  4   51%  J Morneau       Walk
   O      12-  3   55%  M Cuddyer       Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 0, White Sox 0.

Bottom of the 1st, White Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Matt Garza facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  6   53%  J Owens         Popfly: SS (Weak SS)
   O      ---  2   51%  S Podsednik     Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
   R      ---  3   61%  J Thome         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
   R      ---  1   69%  P Konerko       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
          ---  4   70%  J Dye           Single to P (Ground Ball to Weak SS)
          1--  3   72%  A Cintron       Single to CF (Fly Ball to Short CF); Dye to 2B
          12-  1   74%  J Uribe         Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Weak SS); Dye to 3B; Cintron to 2B
   O      123  3   69%  D Richar        Groundout: 1B-P
                  2 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Twins 0, White Sox 2.

Top of the 2nd, Twins Batting, Behind 0-2, Jose Contreras facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  1   71%  J Kubel         Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   R      ---  3   62%  B Buscher       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
          ---  3   60%  J Morales       Single to LF (Ground Ball)
          1--  8   56%  N Punto         Single to LF (Ground Ball); Morales to 2B
   O      12-  4   61%  J Tyner         Strikeout Swinging
          12-  4   57%  L Rodriguez     Single to P (Ground Ball); Morales to 3B; Punto to 2B
   O      123  2   65%  T Hunter        Flyball: RF (Short RF)
                  1 run, 4 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Twins 1, White Sox 2.

Bottom of the 2nd, White Sox Batting, Ahead 2-1, Matt Garza facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  5   63%  T Hall          Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   62%  J Owens         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  6   60%  S Podsednik     Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 1, White Sox 2.

Top of the 3rd, Twins Batting, Behind 1-2, Jose Contreras facing 4-5-6
          ---  5   56%  J Morneau       Reached on E5 (throw) (Ground Ball to Weak SS)
          1--  1   45%  M Cuddyer       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); Morneau to 3B
   RO     -23  2   45%  J Kubel         Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF-RF); Morneau Scores/unER; Cuddyer to 3B
   R      --3  1   39%  B Buscher       Single to 3B (Pop Fly to Deep 3B); Cuddyer Scores
          1--  3   31%  J Morales       Double to RF (Ground Ball); Buscher to 3B
   O      -23  2   39%  N Punto         Groundout: 1B unassisted
   RR     -23  6   23%  J Tyner         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Buscher Scores/unER; Morales Scores/unER; Tyner to 2B/Adv on throw
   O      -2-  1   25%  L Rodriguez     Groundout: 2B-1B
                  4 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Twins 5, White Sox 2.

Bottom of the 3rd, White Sox Batting, Behind 2-5, Matt Garza facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  6   23%  J Thome         Strikeout Looking
          ---  4   26%  P Konerko       Walk
   O      1--  1   23%  J Dye           Flyball: CF (Short CF)
   O      1--  3   20%  A Cintron       Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 5, White Sox 2.

Top of the 4th, Twins Batting, Ahead 5-2, Jose Contreras facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  5   22%  T Hunter        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  2   23%  J Morneau       Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---  6   23%  M Cuddyer       Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 5, White Sox 2.

Bottom of the 4th, White Sox Batting, Behind 2-5, Matt Garza facing 7-8-9
          ---  5   28%  J Uribe         Single to SS (Ground Ball to Weak SS)
          1--  2   39%  D Richar        Double to RF (Ground Ball); Uribe to 3B
          -23  3   43%  T Hall          Reached on E5 (Ground Ball)
   RO     123  4   43%  J Owens         Single to SS (Ground Ball to SS-2B); Uribe Scores; Richar out at Hm/SS-2B-3B-C-P-3B; Hall to 3B; Owens to 2B
   O      -23  6   34%  S Podsednik     Strikeout Swinging
          -23  4   36%  J Thome         Intentional Walk
   RR     123  2   55%  P Konerko       Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Weak 3B); Hall Scores/unER; Owens Scores/unER; Thome to 2B
          12-  4   59%  J Dye           Walk; Thome to 3B; Konerko to 2B
   O      123  5   50%  A Cintron       Popfly: SS (Deep SS)
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB. Twins 5, White Sox 5.

Top of the 5th, Twins Batting, Tied 5-5, Jose Contreras facing 6-7-8
          ---  3   42%  J Kubel         Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
   O      -2-  1   48%  B Buscher       Groundout: P-1B
          -2-  6   42%  J Morales       Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Weak 3B); Kubel to 3B
   O      1-3  5   50%  N Punto         Lineout: 2B
   R      1-3  1   38%  J Tyner         Single to 1B/Bunt (Bunt to Weak 2B); Kubel Scores; Morales to 2B
                  Chris Heintz pinch runs for Jose Morales batting 8th
   O      12-  3   43%  L Rodriguez     Flyball: RF (CF-RF)
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 6, White Sox 5.

Bottom of the 5th, White Sox Batting, Behind 5-6, Kevin Slowey facing 7-8-9
                  Kevin Slowey replaces Matt Garza pitching; Chris Heintz moves to C
          ---  5   52%  J Uribe         Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
   O      -2-  2   45%  D Richar        Popfly: 3B (Weak 3B)
   O      -2-  3   39%  T Hall          Fielder's Choice SS; Uribe out at 3B/SS-3B
          1--  2   42%  J Owens         Single to SS (Ground Ball to Weak SS); Hall to 2B
   O      12-  6   35%  S Podsednik     Flyball: LF (LF Line)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 6, White Sox 5.

Top of the 6th, Twins Batting, Ahead 6-5, Jose Contreras facing 3-4-5
   R      ---  4   24%  T Hunter        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
                  Mike Myers replaces Jose Contreras pitching
   O      ---  3   25%  J Morneau       Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
          ---  6   23%  M Cuddyer       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  1   26%  J Kubel         Flyball: RF
          1--      25%  B Buscher       Passed Ball; Cuddyer to 2B
   O      -2-  7   28%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 7, White Sox 5.

Bottom of the 6th, White Sox Batting, Behind 5-7, Kevin Slowey facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  5   24%  J Thome         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  5   22%  P Konerko       Flyball: LF
   O      ---  4   20%  J Dye           Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 7, White Sox 5.

Top of the 7th, Twins Batting, Ahead 7-5, Mike Myers facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  6   22%  C Heintz        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  2   23%  N Punto         Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  2   24%  J Tyner         Groundout: P-1B (Front of Home)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 7, White Sox 5.

Bottom of the 7th, White Sox Batting, Behind 5-7, Kevin Slowey facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  5   20%  A Cintron       Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  2   27%  J Uribe         Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   O      -2-  5   20%  D Richar        Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B-1B)
                  Carmen Cali replaces Kevin Slowey pitching; A.J. Pierzynski pinch hits for Toby Hall batting 9th
   RR     -2-  1   52%  A Pierzynski    Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Uribe Scores
          ---  6   54%  J Owens         Walk
          1--  1   58%  S Podsednik     Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF); Owens to 2B
   R      12-  3   78%  J Thome         Single to RF (Ground Ball); Owens Scores; Podsednik to 3B
                  Pat Neshek replaces Carmen Cali pitching
   O      1-3  7   73%  P Konerko       Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak SS)
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 7, White Sox 8.

Top of the 8th, Twins Batting, Behind 7-8, Mike MacDougal facing 2-3-4
                  Mike MacDougal replaces Mike Myers pitching; A.J. Pierzynski moves to C
   O      ---  4   79%  L Rodriguez     Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
   O      ---  1   83%  T Hunter        Groundout: 2B-1B (Deep 2B-1B)
                  Matt Thornton replaces Mike MacDougal pitching
   O      ---  4   86%  J Morneau       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 7, White Sox 8.

Bottom of the 8th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 8-7, Pat Neshek facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  3   84%  J Dye           Lineout: 1B (2B-1B)
          --- 11   86%  A Cintron       Hit By Pitch
   O      1--  4   84%  J Uribe         Strikeout Swinging
          1--  5   86%  D Richar        Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Cintron to 3B
          -23  4   87%  A Pierzynski    Intentional Walk
                  Matt Guerrier replaces Pat Neshek pitching
   O      123  6   82%  J Owens         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Twins 7, White Sox 8.

Top of the 9th, Twins Batting, Behind 7-8, Matt Thornton facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  8   90%  M Cuddyer       Strikeout Swinging
                  Rondell White pinch hits for Jason Kubel batting 6th
   O      ---  4   96%  R White         Strikeout Swinging
                  Jason Bartlett pinch hits for Brian Buscher batting 7th
   O      ---  2  100%  J Bartlett      Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 7, White Sox 8.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:CHA200709080

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