April 27, 2002 Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers Play by Play and Box Score

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ANA 11
TOR 4 BOS 10
TBD 0 DET 5
MIN 1 BAL 9
@KCR 4 OAK 16
CHW 1 SEA 1
NYY 0 TEX 4
CLE 2 HOU 6
@ATL 3 CIN 8
SFG 4
(8) COL 8
PHI 6 FLA 6
ARI 3 STL 5
@MON 0 NYM 2
MIL 1

Standings at end of play this day

Comerica Park, Attendance: 17,030

Saturday, April 27, 2002
Time of Game: 2:20

Twins

14-10

Lost 2

2nd, 1 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Twins           0  1  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    1  9  0
Tigers          2  0  2   0  1  0   0  0  X    5  9  0

W: N Cornejo (1-2), L: M Kinney (1-1)

Tigers

6-16

Won 2

5th, 8 GB

BATTING

Minnesota Twins              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Jones LF                    5   0   1   0    0   1  .330  .935   14    2   0   
C Guzman SS                   5   0   0   0    0   1  .211  .461   10    1   1   
D Mientkiewicz 1B             4   0   1   0    0   1  .289  .831   12    9   0   2B
C Koskie 3B                   4   0   1   0    0   1  .262  .761   18    1   5   
T Hunter CF                   3   1   1   1    1   1  .366 1.058   16    3   0   HR
M LeCroy DH                   4   0   2   0    0   0  .348 1.012    8    0   0   2B
B Buchanan RF                 4   0   2   0    0   2  .333 1.031   14    3   0   
A Pierzynski C                4   0   0   0    0   0  .319  .777   15    5   0   
J Canizaro 2B                 1   0   1   0    0   0  .189  .547    7    0   0   HBP
  D Hocking 2B                1   0   0   0    0   0  .178  .424    1    0   0   
  B Kielty PH                 1   0   0   0    0   1  .226  .867    4    0   0   

M Kinney P                                                               0   0
  T Fiore P                                                              0   1
  J Cressend P                                                           0   0
Totals                       36   1   9   1    1   8              119   24   7

BATTING

2B: D Mientkiewicz (10, off N Cornejo); M LeCroy (5, off N Cornejo).

HR: T Hunter (8, off N Cornejo; 2nd inn, 0 on, 1 out to LF).

HBP: J Canizaro (1, by N Cornejo).

TB: T Hunter 4; M LeCroy 3; B Buchanan 2; D Mientkiewicz 2; C Koskie; J Jones; J Canizaro.

RBI: T Hunter (18).

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 1 for 10.

Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
W Magee CF                    4   0   0   0    0   0  .383  .928   16    0   0   
R Fick RF                     3   2   1   0    1   0  .371 1.022   14    1   0   3B
B Higginson LF                4   2   3   2    0   0  .291  .918   11    3   0   3B
R Simon 1B                    4   1   2   3    0   0  .339 1.036   10   13   0   HR
S Halter SS                   4   0   2   0    0   0  .220  .582   17    1   7   
C Paquette 3B                 4   0   0   0    0   1  .221  .625   14    0   2   
J Cruz DH                     4   0   0   0    0   2  .283  .811   19    0   0   
M Rivera C                    3   0   0   0    0   0  .264  .744    8    8   0   
J Macias 2B                   3   0   1   0    0   1  .203  .495    8    1   2   SB

N Cornejo P                                                              0   2
Totals                       33   5   9   5    1   4              117   27  13

BATTING

3B: B Higginson (2, off M Kinney); R Fick (1, off T Fiore).

HR: R Simon (6, off M Kinney; 3rd inn, 1 on, 2 outs to RF).

TB: B Higginson 5; R Simon 5; R Fick 3; S Halter 2; J Macias.

RBI: R Simon 3 (17); B Higginson 2 (17).

2-out RBI: R Simon 2.

Team LOB: 5.

With RISP: 3 for 6.

BASERUNNING

SB: J Macias (1, 2nd base off T Fiore/A Pierzynski).

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 Kinney, L (1-1)              3     5   4   4    1   3   1   4.82   15   53-31   18· 6· 7    1· 5· 4· 1     35    -     0.69  -0.26
T Fiore                        4     4   1   1    0   1   0   0.90   16   52-37   26· 7· 4    5· 8· 2· 0          0-0    0.31   0.01
J Cressend                     1     0   0   0    0   0   0   6.23    3   11-8     6· 0· 2    2· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.05   0.00
Totals                         8     9   5   5    1   4   1          34  116-76   50·13·13    8·13· 7· 1           -

Detroit Tigers                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
N Cornejo, W (1-2)             9     9   1   1    1   8   1   4.76   38  119-85   52· 9·24   16· 5· 6· 1     72    -     0.88   0.25
Totals                         9     9   1   1    1   8   1          38  119-85   52· 9·24   16· 5· 6· 1           -

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: N Cornejo (1; J Canizaro).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Paul Schrieber, 1B - Jim Reynolds, 2B - Matt Hollowell, 3B - Mark Hirschbeck.

Time of Game: 2:20.

Attendance: 17,030.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 50° F, Wind 10mph in from Leftfield, Cloudy.

LINEUPS

   Minnesota Twins               Detroit Tigers                       
1. J Jones              LF    1. W Magee              CF 
2. C Guzman             SS    2. R Fick               RF 
3. D Mientkiewicz       1B    3. B Higginson          LF 
4. C Koskie             3B    4. R Simon              1B 
5. T Hunter             CF    5. S Halter             SS 
6. M LeCroy             DH    6. C Paquette           3B 
7. B Buchanan           RF    7. J Cruz               DH 
8. A Pierzynski         C     8. M Rivera             C  
9. J Canizaro           2B    9. J Macias             2B 

   M Kinney             P        N Cornejo            P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 3   2  1-2  1--  1   18%  82% R Simon         M Kinney        Home Run; Higginson Scores
   b 1   1  0-0  1--  4   14%  69% B Higginson     M Kinney        Triple (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Fick Scores
   t 2   1  2-0  ---  1   -9%  63% T Hunter        N Cornejo       Home Run
   t 2   2  2-1  123  3    8%  66% J Jones         N Cornejo       Groundout: P-1B
   t 4   1  4-1  1-3  3    6%  82% J Jones         N Cornejo       Strikeout Swinging

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Twins Batting, Tied 0-0, Nate Cornejo facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  3   52%  J Jones         Flyball: LF
   O      ---  5   54%  C Guzman        Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  4   55%  D Mientkiewicz  Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Matt Kinney facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   53%  W Magee         Flyball: RF
          ---  4   55%  R Fick          Walk
   R      1--  4   69%  B Higginson     Triple (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Fick Scores
   R      --3  1   74%  R Simon         Single to RF (Line Drive); Higginson Scores
   O      1--  5   72%  S Halter        Flyball: RF
   O      1--  4   70%  C Paquette      Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 2.

Top of the 2nd, Twins Batting, Behind 0-2, Nate Cornejo facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  8   72%  C Koskie        Strikeout Looking
   R      ---  1   63%  T Hunter        Home Run
          ---  1   60%  M LeCroy        Single to LF (Line Drive)
          1--  3   56%  B Buchanan      Single to CF (Line Drive); LeCroy to 2B
   O      12-  6   61%  A Pierzynski    Flyball: LF
          12-  3   58%  J Canizaro      Hit By Pitch; LeCroy to 3B; Buchanan to 2B
   O      123  3   66%  J Jones         Groundout: P-1B
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Twins 1, Tigers 2.

Bottom of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Ahead 2-1, Matt Kinney facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  5   64%  J Cruz          Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   62%  M Rivera        Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---  4   61%  J Macias        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Tigers 2.

Top of the 3rd, Twins Batting, Behind 1-2, Nate Cornejo facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  1   64%  C Guzman        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  3   66%  D Mientkiewicz  Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  2   64%  C Koskie        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF)
          1--  5   62%  T Hunter        Walk; Koskie to 2B
   O      12-  2   67%  M LeCroy        Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Tigers 2.

Bottom of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Ahead 2-1, Matt Kinney facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   65%  W Magee         Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  4   63%  R Fick          Flyball: RF
          ---  4   65%  B Higginson     Single to RF (Line Drive)
   RR     1--  1   82%  R Simon         Home Run; Higginson Scores
          ---  2   83%  S Halter        Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  3   82%  C Paquette      Flyball: CF (Short CF)
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Tigers 4.

Top of the 4th, Twins Batting, Behind 1-4, Nate Cornejo facing 7-8-9
          ---  1   78%  B Buchanan      Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  6   80%  A Pierzynski    Groundout: SS-1B; Buchanan to 2B
          -2-  4   75%  J Canizaro      Single (Ground Ball); Buchanan to 3B
   O      1-3  3   82%  J Jones         Strikeout Swinging
   O      1-3  1   86%  C Guzman        Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Tigers 4.

Bottom of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 4-1, Tony Fiore facing 7-8-9
                  Tony Fiore replaces Matt Kinney pitching; Dennis Hocking replaces Jay Canizaro playing 2B batting 9th
   O      ---  3   85%  J Cruz          Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  2   85%  M Rivera        Groundout: P-1B
          ---  1   85%  J Macias        Single to C (Bunt to Front of Home)
          1--      86%  W Magee         Macias Steals 2B
   O      -2-  2   84%  " "             Foul Flyball: 1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Tigers 4.

Top of the 5th, Twins Batting, Behind 1-4, Nate Cornejo facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  3   86%  D Mientkiewicz  Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  7   88%  C Koskie        Popfly: SS
   O      ---  5   89%  T Hunter        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Tigers 4.

Bottom of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 4-1, Tony Fiore facing 2-3-4
          ---  3   93%  R Fick          Triple (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
   R      --3  2   94%  B Higginson     Single to RF (Line Drive); Fick Scores
   O      1--  1   94%  R Simon         Groundout: 3B-1B; Higginson to 2B
          -2-  5   95%  S Halter        Single to RF (Pop Fly to Short RF); Higginson to 3B
   O      1-3  5   93%  C Paquette      Foul Flyball: C (Front of Home)
   O      1-3  7   92%  J Cruz          Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Tigers 5.

Top of the 6th, Twins Batting, Behind 1-5, Nate Cornejo facing 6-7-8
          ---  2   88%  M LeCroy        Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line)
   O      -2-  6   91%  B Buchanan      Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  1   93%  A Pierzynski    Groundout: SS-1B; LeCroy to 3B
   O      --3  1   95%  D Hocking       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Tigers 5.

Bottom of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 5-1, Tony Fiore facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  2   95%  M Rivera        Flyball: LF
   O      ---  3   94%  J Macias        Flyball: CF
   O      ---  5   94%  W Magee         Popfly: 1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Tigers 5.

Top of the 7th, Twins Batting, Behind 1-5, Nate Cornejo facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   96%  J Jones         Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  2   97%  C Guzman        Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  2   96%  D Mientkiewicz  Double to RF (Line Drive to RF Line)
   O      -2-  1   97%  C Koskie        Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Tigers 5.

Bottom of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 5-1, Tony Fiore facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  3   97%  R Fick          Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  1   97%  B Higginson     Flyball: CF
   O      ---  7   96%  R Simon         Popfly: 3B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Tigers 5.

Top of the 8th, Twins Batting, Behind 1-5, Nate Cornejo facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  5   98%  T Hunter        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  3   99%  M LeCroy        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  4   99%  B Buchanan      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Tigers 5.

Bottom of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 5-1, Jack Cressend facing 5-6-7
                  Jack Cressend replaces Tony Fiore pitching
   O      ---  5   99%  S Halter        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  2   99%  C Paquette      Lineout: SS
   O      ---  4   99%  J Cruz          Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Tigers 5.

Top of the 9th, Twins Batting, Behind 1-5, Nate Cornejo facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  2  100%  A Pierzynski    Groundout: 3B-1B
                  Bobby Kielty pinch hits for Dennis Hocking batting 9th
   O      ---  4  100%  B Kielty        Strikeout Looking
          ---  1  100%  J Jones         Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  1  100%  C Guzman        Groundout: 3B-1B
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Tigers 5.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:DET200204270

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