July 20, 2002 Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers Play by Play and Box Score

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ANA 7
SEA 6 BAL 4
CHW 3
(14) MIN 14
@DET 4 KCR 7
CLE 5 CLE 5
@KCR 3
(10) NYY 9
BOS 8
(11) OAK 6
TEX 5 TOR 12
TBD 10 HOU 3
@CHC 2 NYM 8
@CIN 7 COL 6
MIL 5 FLA 3
MON 0 LAD 4
SFG 2 ATL 4
@PHI 3 PIT 15
STL 6 ARI 7
@SDP 1

Standings at end of play this day

Comerica Park, Attendance: 22,102

Saturday, July 20, 2002
Time of Game: 2:48

Twins

58-41

Won 4

1st

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Twins           0  2  0   2  5  0   4  1  0   14 17  0
Tigers          0  2  1   0  0  0   1  0  0    4 10  3

W: J Mays (1-2), L: A Bernero (2-6)

Tigers

35-61

Lost 5

5th, 21½ GB

BATTING

Minnesota Twins              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Jones LF                    4   1   1   0    0   1  .286  .796   14    2   0   
  D Mohr PH-LF                2   0   0   0    0   0  .300  .820    6    0   0   
C Guzman SS                   6   0   1   0    0   2  .258  .641   16    1   2   
C Koskie 3B                   4   1   1   0    0   1  .280  .860   15    1   2   SB
  D Hocking PH-3B             2   1   1   0    0   0  .262  .659    3    0   0   
D Ortiz DH                    5   3   3   3    0   0  .256  .809   19    0   0   2·HR
B Kielty CF                   4   4   4   3    1   0  .328  .984   19    1   0   HR,3B
D Mientkiewicz 1B             4   2   1   0    1   0  .250  .737   15   12   0   
M Cuddyer RF                  5   2   3   4    0   0  .316  .842   18    3   0   HR
A Pierzynski C                4   0   2   1    0   0  .298  .799    5    2   0   
  M LeCroy PH-C               1   0   0   0    0   1  .295  .826    3    2   0   
L Rivas 2B                    4   0   0   1    1   2  .283  .724   17    3   3   

J Mays P                                                                 0   0
  K Frederick P                                                          0   0
  J Romero P                                                             0   0
Totals                       45  14  17  12    3   7              150   27   7

BATTING

3B: B Kielty (2, off A Bernero).

HR: B Kielty (7, off A Bernero; 2nd inn, 1 on, 0 outs to CF-RF); M Cuddyer (1, off J Walker; 5th inn, 2 on, 2 outs to CF-RF); D Ortiz 2 (10, off A Bernero, off J Walker; 5th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to RF; 7th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to RF).

TB: B Kielty 9; D Ortiz 9; M Cuddyer 6; A Pierzynski 2; D Hocking; C Koskie; J Jones; C Guzman; D Mientkiewicz.

RBI: M Cuddyer 4 (5); D Ortiz 3 (41); B Kielty 3 (32); A Pierzynski (34); L Rivas (21).

2-out RBI: M Cuddyer 4; D Ortiz 2.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 5 for 13.

FIELDING

DP: 1. C Guzman-L Rivas-D Mientkiewicz.

BASERUNNING

SB: C Koskie (9, 2nd base off A Bernero/B Inge).

Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
G Lombard CF                  5   2   2   1    0   1  .306  .928   12    4   0   HR
D Easley 2B                   5   0   2   0    0   0  .201  .640   26    1   3   
B Higginson LF                3   0   1   1    0   0  .291  .808    6    6   0   
  D Jackson PH-LF             0   0   0   0    1   0  .275  .742    6    0   0   
R Simon DH                    4   1   1   0    0   0  .283  .725    9    0   0   
R Fick RF                     4   0   0   0    0   0  .283  .797   15    0   0   
  S Halter 3B                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .252  .714         0   0   
C Pena 1B                     4   1   2   2    0   0  .241  .757   22    6   0   HR
C Paquette 3B-RF              4   0   1   0    0   1  .198  .553    9    2   0   
B Inge C                      4   0   1   0    0   1  .242  .734   18    7   0   GDP
  M Walbeck C                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .150  .361         0   0   
R Santiago SS                 3   0   0   0    0   1  .244  .690   15    1   2   HBP

A Bernero P                                                              0   0
  J Walker P                                                             0   0
  J Farnsworth P                                                         0   0
  F Rodney P                                                             0   0
Totals                       36   4  10   4    1   4              138   27   5

BATTING

HR: C Pena (8, off J Mays; 2nd inn, 1 on, 1 out to RF); G Lombard (4, off K Frederick; 7th inn, 0 on, 1 out to RF).

HBP: R Santiago (8, by J Mays).

TB: C Pena 5; G Lombard 5; D Easley 2; R Simon; C Paquette; B Higginson; B Inge.

GIDP: B Inge (5).

RBI: C Pena 2 (23); G Lombard (7); B Higginson (37).

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 1 for 5.

FIELDING

E: C Paquette (8); A Bernero (); D Jackson (4).

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 Mays, W (1-2)                6     7   3   3    0   2   1   9.17   26   90-66   43·10·13    9· 8· 5· 1     48    -     0.90  -0.09
K Frederick                    2     3   1   1    1   0   1   3.18    9   33-20   12· 4· 4    4· 1· 2· 1          0-0    0.02   0.00
J Romero                       1     0   0   0    0   2   0   2.04    3   15-8     3· 2· 3    0· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         9    10   4   4    1   4   2          38  138-94   58·16·20   13·10· 7· 2           -

Detroit Tigers                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
A Bernero, L (2-6)             4.2   8   8   8    2   5   2   6.72   24   82-47   25·12·10    5· 7· 3· 2     19    -     1.02  -0.46
J Walker                       1.1   5   4   4    0   1   2   4.81    9   27-18   11· 5· 2    3· 1· 2· 2          2-2    0.18  -0.13
J Farnsworth                   2     4   2   1    0   1   0   6.37   11   28-22   14· 2· 6    3· 3· 4· 0          1-1    0.01  -0.00
F Rodney                       1     0   0   0    1   0   0   7.88    4   10-5     4· 0· 1    1· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         9    17  14  13    3   7   4          48  147-92   54·19·19   12·13· 9· 4          3-3

J Walker faced 3 batters in the 7th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: J Farnsworth (4).

IBB: None.

HBP: J Mays (2; R Santiago).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Tim Timmons, 1B - Paul Emmel, 2B - Steve Rippley, 3B - Gary Darling.

Time of Game: 2:48.

Attendance: 22,102.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 79° F, Wind 7mph in from Leftfield, Sunny.

LINEUPS

   Minnesota Twins               Detroit Tigers                       
1. J Jones              LF    1. G Lombard            CF 
2. C Guzman             SS    2. D Easley             2B 
3. C Koskie             3B    3. B Higginson          LF 
4. D Ortiz              DH    4. R Simon              DH 
5. B Kielty             CF    5. R Fick               RF 
6. D Mientkiewicz       1B    6. C Pena               1B 
7. M Cuddyer            RF    7. C Paquette           3B 
8. A Pierzynski         C     8. B Inge               C  
9. L Rivas              2B    9. R Santiago           SS 

   J Mays               P        A Bernero            P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 5   2  3-4  1--  4   21%  82% D Ortiz         A Bernero       Home Run; Jones Scores
   b 2   1  2-0  1--  4  -19%  47% C Pena          J Mays          Home Run; Simon Scores
   t 2   0  0-0  1--  1   16%  70% B Kielty        A Bernero       Home Run (CF-RF); Ortiz Scores
   t 4   1  3-2  --3  4   13%  56% B Kielty        A Bernero       Triple (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Koskie Scores
   t 5   2  3-6  12-  1   12%  96% M Cuddyer       J Walker        Home Run (CF-RF); Kielty Scores; Mientkiewicz Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Twins Batting, Tied 0-0, Adam Bernero facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  5   48%  J Jones         Flyball: LF
   O      ---  5   46%  C Guzman        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   45%  C Koskie        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Joe Mays facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  1   47%  G Lombard       Flyball: LF
   O      ---  8   49%  D Easley        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  1   50%  B Higginson     Lineout: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0.

Top of the 2nd, Twins Batting, Tied 0-0, Adam Bernero facing 4-5-6
          ---  4   54%  D Ortiz         Single to CF (Line Drive)
   RR     1--  1   70%  B Kielty        Home Run (CF-RF); Ortiz Scores
   O      ---  1   68%  D Mientkiewicz  Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---  4   67%  M Cuddyer       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  1   66%  A Pierzynski    Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-2, Joe Mays facing 4-5-6
          ---  3   62%  R Simon         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Short CF)
   O      1--  2   66%  R Fick          Flyball: RF
   RR     1--  4   47%  C Pena          Home Run; Simon Scores
   O      ---  1   49%  C Paquette      Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  3   50%  B Inge          Groundout: 3B-1B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Tigers 2.

Top of the 3rd, Twins Batting, Tied 2-2, Adam Bernero facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  3   48%  L Rivas         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  6   46%  J Jones         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  6   44%  C Guzman        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Tigers 2.

Bottom of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Tied 2-2, Joe Mays facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  5   47%  R Santiago      Groundout: 1B unassisted
          ---  1   44%  G Lombard       Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  3   37%  D Easley        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF); Lombard to 3B
   R      1-3  4   30%  B Higginson     Single to RF (Line Drive); Lombard Scores; Easley to 2B
   O      12-  1   33%  R Simon         Popfly: 1B
   O      12-  4   38%  R Fick          Popfly: 3B
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Tigers 3.

Top of the 4th, Twins Batting, Behind 2-3, Adam Bernero facing 3-4-5
          ---  4   42%  C Koskie        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF)
   O      1--  2   38%  D Ortiz         Popfly: 3B
          1--      43%  B Kielty        Koskie Steals 2B; Koskie to 3B/Adv on E1
   R      --3  4   56%  " "             Triple (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Koskie Scores
   O      --3  1   49%  D Mientkiewicz  Groundout: 1B unassisted
   R      --3  6   60%  M Cuddyer       Single (Line Drive to LF-CF); Kielty Scores
          1--  2   63%  A Pierzynski    Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF); Cuddyer to 3B
   O      1-3  1   57%  L Rivas         Flyball: CF
                  2 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Twins 4, Tigers 3.

Bottom of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-4, Joe Mays facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  7   60%  C Pena          Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  5   63%  C Paquette      Strikeout Swinging
          ---  5   61%  B Inge          Single to LF (Line Drive)
          1--  3   58%  R Santiago      Hit By Pitch; Inge to 2B
   O      12-  2   64%  G Lombard       Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 4, Tigers 3.

Top of the 5th, Twins Batting, Ahead 4-3, Adam Bernero facing 1-2-3
          ---  1   68%  J Jones         Single to 2B (Bunt)
   O      1--  2   64%  C Guzman        Foul Flyball: LF
   O      1--  4   61%  C Koskie        Flyball: LF
   RR     1--  4   82%  D Ortiz         Home Run; Jones Scores
          ---  5   83%  B Kielty        Walk
          1--  6   84%  D Mientkiewicz  Walk; Kielty to 2B
                  Jamie Walker replaces Adam Bernero pitching
   RRR    12-  1   96%  M Cuddyer       Home Run (CF-RF); Kielty Scores; Mientkiewicz Scores
   O      ---  1   96%  A Pierzynski    Groundout: SS-1B
                  5 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 9, Tigers 3.

Bottom of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-9, Joe Mays facing 2-3-4
          ---  7   94%  D Easley        Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  1   96%  B Higginson     Flyball: CF
   O      1--  2   97%  R Simon         Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--  4   97%  R Fick          Popfly: 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 9, Tigers 3.

Top of the 6th, Twins Batting, Ahead 9-3, Jamie Walker facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  6   97%  L Rivas         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   97%  J Jones         Groundout: 1B unassisted
          ---  1   97%  C Guzman        Single (Line Drive to CF-RF)
   O      1--  3   97%  C Koskie        Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 9, Tigers 3.

Bottom of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-9, Joe Mays facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  6   98%  C Pena          Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  1   98%  C Paquette      Popfly: SS
   O      ---  6   98%  B Inge          Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 9, Tigers 3.

Top of the 7th, Twins Batting, Ahead 9-3, Jamie Walker facing 4-5-6
   R      ---  4   99%  D Ortiz         Home Run
          ---  4   99%  B Kielty        Single to LF (Line Drive)
   R      1--  5  100%  D Mientkiewicz  Single to 3B (Ground Ball); Kielty Scores/Adv on E5 (throw); Mientkiewicz to 2B
                  Jeff Farnsworth replaces Jamie Walker pitching
          -2-  4  100%  M Cuddyer       Single to LF (Line Drive); Mientkiewicz to 3B
   R      1-3  1  100%  A Pierzynski    Single to CF (Line Drive); Mientkiewicz Scores; Cuddyer to 2B
          12-     100%  L Rivas         Wild Pitch; Cuddyer to 3B; Pierzynski to 2B
   RO     -23  2  100%  " "             Groundout: SS-1B; Cuddyer Scores
                  Dustan Mohr pinch hits for Jacque Jones batting 1st
   O      -2-  2  100%  D Mohr          Groundout: 2B-1B; Pierzynski to 3B
   O      --3  1  100%  C Guzman        Flyball: LF
                  4 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Twins 13, Tigers 3.

Bottom of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-13, Kevin Frederick facing 9-1-2
                  Kevin Frederick replaces Joe Mays pitching; Dustan Mohr moves to LF
   O      ---  1  100%  R Santiago      Groundout: 1B unassisted
   R      ---  2  100%  G Lombard       Home Run
   O      ---  5  100%  D Easley        Popfly: 1B
                  Damian Jackson pinch hits for Bobby Higginson batting 3rd
          ---  6  100%  D Jackson       Walk
   O      1--  3  100%  R Simon         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 13, Tigers 4.

Top of the 8th, Twins Batting, Ahead 13-4, Jeff Farnsworth facing 3-4-5
                  Damian Jackson moves to LF; Dennis Hocking pinch hits for Corey Koskie batting 3rd
          ---  2  100%  D Hocking       Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  5  100%  D Ortiz         Flyball: CF
          1--  3  100%  B Kielty        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF); Hocking to 2B
   R      12-  2  100%  D Mientkiewicz  Reached on E7 (Line Drive); Hocking Scores/No RBI/unER; Kielty to 2B
   O      12-  3  100%  M Cuddyer       Popfly: 2B
                  Matt LeCroy pinch hits for A.J. Pierzynski batting 8th
   O      12-  3  100%  M LeCroy        Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Twins 14, Tigers 4.

Bottom of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Behind 4-14, Kevin Frederick facing 5-6-7
                  Matt LeCroy moves to C; Dennis Hocking moves to 3B
   O      ---  5  100%  R Fick          Groundout: 1B unassisted
          ---  5  100%  C Pena          Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  2  100%  C Paquette      Single to RF (Line Drive to RF Line); Pena to 3B
   OO     1-3  4  100%  B Inge          Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 14, Tigers 4.

Top of the 9th, Twins Batting, Ahead 14-4, Fernando Rodney facing 9-1-2
                  Fernando Rodney replaces Jeff Farnsworth pitching; Matt Walbeck replaces Brandon Inge playing C batting 8th; Shane Halter replaces Robert Fick playing 3B batting 5th; Craig Paquette moves to RF
          ---  4  100%  L Rivas         Walk
   O      1--  4  100%  D Mohr          Flyball: RF
   O      1--  1  100%  C Guzman        Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--  1  100%  D Hocking       Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 14, Tigers 4.

Bottom of the 9th, Tigers Batting, Behind 4-14, J.C. Romero facing 9-1-2
                  J.C. Romero replaces Kevin Frederick pitching
   O      ---  6  100%  R Santiago      Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  6  100%  G Lombard       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3  100%  D Easley        Flyball: RF
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 14, Tigers 4.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:DET200207200

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation