Major League Baseball
Detroit Tigers
2
Minnesota Twins
8
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MIN | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
Mike Pelfrey pitched into the sixth inning in his Minnesota debut, Josh Willingham and Trevor Plouffe hit home runs and the Twins took the season-opening series from the Detroit Tigers with an 8-2 victory Thursday.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
A Hicks singled to right, J Carroll and P Florimon scored.
P Florimon doubled to left, R Doumit and C Parmelee scored, J Carroll to third.
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
C Parmelee reached on infield single to second, J Morneau scored, R Doumit to third.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 10: foul
Pitch 9: foul
Pitch 8: foul
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
T Plouffe homered to left (396 feet).
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
J Willingham homered to left center (394 feet), J Mauer scored.
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Middle of the 9th
M Cabrera grounded out to shortstop.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
M Cabrera batting
T Hunter struck out swinging.
Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
T Hunter batting
A Jackson popped out to shortstop.
Pitch 6: in play
Pitch 5: ball 2
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
A Jackson batting
O Infante singled to left.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: ball 1
O Infante batting
R Pressly relieved J Burton.
D Mastroianni in left field.
Top of the 9th inning
End of the 8th
J Mauer struck out swinging.
Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 5: foul
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MIN wins series 2-1
Aaron HicksCF12
Joe MauerC7
Josh WillinghamLF7
Justin Morneau1B44
Ryan DoumitDH4
Trevor Plouffe3B80
Chris Mathhew ParmeleeRF89
Jamey Carroll2B1
Pedro FlorimonSS18
Darin MastroianniLF21
Austin JacksonCF16
Torii HunterRF48
Miguel Cabrera3B24
Prince Fielder1B84
Victor MartinezDH41
Don T KellyLF31
Jhonny PeraltaSS27
Alex AvilaC6
Omar Rafael Infante2B14
Matt TuiasosopoLF30
Andy DirksLF
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