September 25, 2007 Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers Box Score and Play by Play

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

Standings at end of play this day

Comerica Park, Attendance: 31,394

Tuesday, September 25, 2007, 7:05PM
Time of Game: 2:31

Twins

77-80

Lost 1

3rd, 16½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Twins           0  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    0  7  1
Tigers          0  1  0   0  0  3   2  2  X    8 15  0

W: Y Bazardo (2-1), L: M Garza (4-7)

Tigers

86-72

Won 1

2nd, 8 GB

BATTING

Minnesota Twins              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Bartlett SS                 4   0   0   0    0   0  .266  .703   14    4   7   
J Kubel LF                    4   0   1   0    0   0  .270  .775   14    0   0   
T Hunter CF                   3   0   1   0    0   1  .289  .849   12    2   0   GDP
  J Tyner PH-CF               1   0   0   0    0   0  .287  .689    1    0   0   
J Morneau 1B                  3   0   0   0    1   0  .273  .841   13    8   1   GDP
M Cuddyer RF                  2   0   2   0    2   0  .276  .789   19    1   0   
G Jones DH                    4   0   2   0    0   1  .194  .549   11    0   0   2B,SB
C Heintz C                    4   0   1   0    0   2  .236  .512   15    6   0   
B Buscher 3B                  3   0   0   0    1   1  .246  .686   17    0   1   
A Casilla 2B                  3   0   0   0    0   0  .228  .525   13    3   4   GDP

M Garza P                                                                0   1
  J Rincon P                                                             0   0
  J DePaula P                                                            0   0
Totals                       31   0   7   0    4   5              129   24  14

BATTING

2B: G Jones (2, off Y Bazardo).

TB: G Jones 3; M Cuddyer 2; C Heintz; T Hunter; J Kubel.

GIDP: A Casilla (5); T Hunter (15); J Morneau (17).

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 0 for 5.

FIELDING

DP: 3. A Casilla-J Bartlett-J Morneau 2; J Bartlett-A Casilla-J Morneau.

E: M Garza ().

BASERUNNING

SB: G Jones (1, 2nd base off Y Bazardo/I Rodriguez).

Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
C Granderson CF               5   1   1   1    0   1  .301  .912   20    0   0   3B,GDP
P Polanco 2B                  4   1   2   1    0   0  .340  .848   14    2   5   HBP
  O Infante 2B                0   0   0   0    0   0  .268  .649         0   2   
G Sheffield DH                4   1   2   0    0   0  .266  .844   18    0   0   
  C Maybin PH                 1   0   0   0    0   1  .149  .493    6    0   0   
M Ordonez RF                  4   2   2   3    0   0  .359 1.020    9    1   0   HR,2B,GDP
  B Clevlen RF                0   0   0   0    0   0  .125  .250         0   0   
C Guillen SS-1B               3   1   2   0    1   0  .295  .851   16    4   3   IW
I Rodriguez C                 4   0   1   0    0   1  .279  .711   10    5   0   GDP
T Perez LF                    4   1   2   1    0   1  .415 1.028   16    1   0   2B
  R Raburn LF                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .302  .837         1   0   
S Casey 1B                    2   0   1   1    1   0  .297  .752   10    9   1   
  R Santiago PR-SS            1   1   1   0    0   0  .300  .761    2    1   1   2B
B Inge 3B                     4   0   1   1    0   2  .239  .696   19    0   3   2B

Y Bazardo P                                                              1   1
  J Zumaya P                                                             2   0
  C Durbin P                                                             0   0
Totals                       36   8  15   8    2   6              140   27  16

BATTING

2B: T Perez (9, off M Garza); M Ordonez (52, off M Garza); R Santiago (5, off J DePaula); B Inge (24, off M Garza).

3B: C Granderson (23, off J DePaula).

HR: M Ordonez (28, off J DePaula; 7th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to LF).

IBB: C Guillen (10, by M Garza).

HBP: P Polanco (11, by M Garza).

TB: M Ordonez 6; C Granderson 3; T Perez 3; C Guillen 2; G Sheffield 2; P Polanco 2; B Inge 2; R Santiago 2; I Rodriguez; S Casey.

GIDP: M Ordonez (20); C Granderson (3); I Rodriguez (16).

RBI: M Ordonez 3 (136); T Perez (13); P Polanco (66); C Granderson (74); S Casey (53); B Inge (69).

2-out RBI: M Ordonez 2; B Inge; C Granderson; P Polanco.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 6 for 11.

FIELDING

DP: 3. B Inge-P Polanco-S Casey; P Polanco-R Santiago-C Guillen; P Polanco-C Guillen-S Casey.

BASERUNNING

PO: P Polanco (1st base by M Garza).

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, L (4-7)               5.1   9   4   4    2   3   0   3.92   25   84-58   38· 6·14    8· 5· 6· 0     35    -     1.01  -0.05
J Rincon                       0.2   0   0   0    0   1   0   5.25    2    8-5     3· 1· 1    1· 0· 0· 0          3-1    0.62   0.00
J DePaula                      2     6   4   4    0   2   1   9.00   12   46-27   19· 3· 5    5· 2· 3· 0          0-0    0.05  -0.02
Totals                         8    15   8   8    2   6   1          39  138-90   60·10·20   14· 7· 9· 0          3-1

Detroit Tigers                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
Y Bazardo, W (2-1)             7     6   0   0    3   5   0   2.28   27   98-64   29·15·20   14· 1· 4· 0     67    -     1.13   0.41
J Zumaya                       1     0   0   0    0   0   0   4.28    3   11-7     4· 0· 3    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.09   0.01
C Durbin                       1     1   0   0    1   0   0   4.72    5   17-8     4· 0· 4    2· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.01   0.00
Totals                         9     7   0   0    4   5   0          35  126-79   37·15·27   18· 3· 5· 0           -

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: M Garza (4; C Guillen).

PO: M Garza (0; P Polanco, 1st base).

HBP: M Garza (4; P Polanco).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Mark Wegner, 2B - Brian Runge, 3B - Mike Winters.

Time of Game: 2:31.

Attendance: 31,394.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 77° F, Wind 16mph from Right to Left.

LINEUPS

   Minnesota Twins               Detroit Tigers                       
1. J Bartlett           SS    1. C Granderson         CF 
2. J Kubel              LF    2. P Polanco            2B 
3. T Hunter             CF    3. G Sheffield          DH 
4. J Morneau            1B    4. M Ordonez            RF 
5. M Cuddyer            RF    5. C Guillen            SS 
6. G Jones              DH    6. I Rodriguez          C  
7. C Heintz             C     7. T Perez              LF 
8. B Buscher            3B    8. S Casey              1B 
9. A Casilla            2B    9. B Inge               3B 

   M Garza              P        Y Bazardo            P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 2   2  0-0  12-  2   11%  66% B Inge          M Garza         Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Perez Scores; Casey to 3B
   t 4   0  1-0  1--  4   10%  67% J Morneau       Y Bazardo       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
   t 2   1  0-0  -23  4    8%  49% C Heintz        Y Bazardo       Strikeout Swinging
   t 4   2  1-0  -23  3    7%  68% C Heintz        Y Bazardo       Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   b 4   0  0-1  1--  1   -7%  64% I Rodriguez     M Garza         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B (Weak SS)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Twins Batting, Tied 0-0, Yorman Bazardo facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  4   52%  J Bartlett      Lineout: RF (Deep CF-RF)
          ---  4   50%  J Kubel         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
   OO     1--  4   55%  T Hunter        Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Matt Garza facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   53%  C Granderson    Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  2   51%  P Polanco       Flyball: RF (Deep RF Line)
          ---  2   52%  G Sheffield     Single to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF-CF)
   O      1--  1   50%  M Ordonez       Lineout: CF (CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0.

Top of the 2nd, Twins Batting, Tied 0-0, Yorman Bazardo facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  2   52%  J Morneau       Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
          ---  8   50%  M Cuddyer       Walk
          1--  1   44%  G Jones         Single to CF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Cuddyer to 3B
          1-3      41%  C Heintz        Jones Steals 2B
   O      -23  4   49%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
   O      -23  3   55%  B Buscher       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Matt Garza facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  4   53%  C Guillen       Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  6   51%  I Rodriguez     Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   54%  T Perez         Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
          -2-  4   55%  S Casey         Walk
   R      12-  2   66%  B Inge          Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Perez Scores; Casey to 3B
   O      -23  4   61%  C Granderson    Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 1.

Top of the 3rd, Twins Batting, Behind 0-1, Yorman Bazardo facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  4   63%  A Casilla       Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
   O      ---  2   65%  J Bartlett      Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  2   67%  J Kubel         Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Ahead 1-0, Matt Garza facing 2-3-4
          ---  3   70%  P Polanco       Single to CF (Line Drive to CF-RF)
   O      1--  3   67%  G Sheffield     Popfly: SS (Short LF-CF)
   OO     1--  4   62%  M Ordonez       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 1.

Top of the 4th, Twins Batting, Behind 0-1, Yorman Bazardo facing 3-4-5
          ---  4   57%  T Hunter        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
   OO     1--  4   67%  J Morneau       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
          ---  5   65%  M Cuddyer       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
          1--  3   61%  G Jones         Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line); Cuddyer to 3B
   O      -23  3   68%  C Heintz        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 1-0, Matt Garza facing 5-6-7
          ---  3   71%  C Guillen       Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF)
   OO     1--  1   64%  I Rodriguez     Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  4   63%  T Perez         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 1.

Top of the 5th, Twins Batting, Behind 0-1, Yorman Bazardo facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  2   66%  B Buscher       Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
   O      ---  5   69%  A Casilla       Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  2   70%  J Bartlett      Lineout: 2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 1.

Bottom of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 1-0, Matt Garza facing 8-9-1
          ---  3   74%  S Casey         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
   O      1--  7   70%  B Inge          Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B (2B-1B)
   OO     1--  4   65%  C Granderson    Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 1.

Top of the 6th, Twins Batting, Behind 0-1, Yorman Bazardo facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  4   69%  J Kubel         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  4   72%  T Hunter        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  6   70%  J Morneau       Walk
          1--  1   66%  M Cuddyer       Single to CF (Fly Ball to Short CF); Morneau to 2B
   O      12-  3   74%  G Jones         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 1.

Bottom of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 1-0, Matt Garza facing 2-3-4
          ---  3   77%  P Polanco       Hit By Pitch
          1--      79%  G Sheffield     Polanco Picked off 1B, safe on E1; Polanco to 2B
   O      -2-  5   78%  " "             Flyball: CF (Deep CF); Polanco to 3B
   R      --3  1   85%  M Ordonez       Double to LF (Ground Ball); Polanco Scores
          -2-  4   86%  C Guillen       Intentional Walk
          12-  2   89%  I Rodriguez     Single to LF (Line Drive); Ordonez to 3B; Guillen to 2B
   R      123  5   94%  T Perez         Single to RF (Line Drive); Ordonez Scores; Guillen to 3B; Rodriguez to 2B
                  Juan Rincon replaces Matt Garza pitching
   RO     123  3   95%  S Casey         Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak SS); Guillen Scores; Rodriguez to 3B
                  Ramon Santiago pinch runs for Sean Casey batting 8th
   O      1-3  5   94%  B Inge          Strikeout Swinging
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 4.

Top of the 7th, Twins Batting, Behind 0-4, Yorman Bazardo facing 7-8-9
                  Carlos Guillen moves to 1B; Ramon Santiago moves to SS
   O      ---  4   95%  C Heintz        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  6   93%  B Buscher       Walk
   OO     1--  4   97%  A Casilla       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 4.

Bottom of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 4-0, Julio DePaula facing 1-2-3
                  Julio DePaula replaces Juan Rincon pitching
   O      ---  4   96%  C Granderson    Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  2   96%  P Polanco       Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
          ---  6   96%  G Sheffield     Single to CF (Line Drive)
   RR     1--  3   99%  M Ordonez       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Sheffield Scores
          ---  5   99%  C Guillen       Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  1   99%  I Rodriguez     Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak 3B)
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 6.

Top of the 8th, Twins Batting, Behind 0-6, Joel Zumaya facing 1-2-3
                  Joel Zumaya replaces Yorman Bazardo pitching; Brent Clevlen replaces Magglio Ordonez playing RF batting 4th
   O      ---  6  100%  J Bartlett      Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---  4  100%  J Kubel         Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
                  Jason Tyner pinch hits for Torii Hunter batting 3rd
   O      ---  1  100%  J Tyner         Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 6.

Bottom of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 6-0, Julio DePaula facing 7-8-9
                  Jason Tyner moves to CF
   O      ---  3  100%  T Perez         Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
          ---  2  100%  R Santiago      Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   O      -2-  5  100%  B Inge          Strikeout Swinging
   R      -2-  5  100%  C Granderson    Triple to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Santiago Scores
   R      --3  4  100%  P Polanco       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Granderson Scores
                  Cameron Maybin pinch hits for Gary Sheffield batting 3rd
   O      1--  6  100%  C Maybin        Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 8.

Top of the 9th, Twins Batting, Behind 0-8, Chad Durbin facing 4-5-6
                  Chad Durbin replaces Joel Zumaya pitching; Omar Infante replaces Placido Polanco playing 2B batting 2nd; Ryan Raburn replaces Timo Perez playing LF batting 7th
   O      ---  1  100%  J Morneau       Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  5  100%  M Cuddyer       Walk
   O      1--  4  100%  G Jones         Flyball: LF
          1--  1  100%  C Heintz        Single to RF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF); Cuddyer to 3B
   O      1-3  6  100%  B Buscher       Groundout: 2B-1B
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 8.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:DET200709250

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation