Major League Baseball
Detroit Tigers
8
Minnesota Twins
6
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Torii Hunter and Miguel Cabrera hit back-to-back home runs in the ninth inning to help the Detroit Tigers tighten their grip on the American League Central by winning their fourth straight game, 8-6 over the Minnesota Twins on Monday night.
Pitch 8: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
M Cabrera homered to left center (402 feet).
T Hunter homered to left (398 feet).
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
J Mauer singled to left, D Santana and B Dozier scored.
Pitch 8: foul
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
T Plouffe hit sacrifice fly to right, J Mauer scored.
J Mauer singled to center, D Santana and B Dozier scored.
Pitch 8: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
O Arcia homered to right center (433 feet).
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
N Castellanos walked, M Cabrera scored, V Martinez to third, J Martinez to second.
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
A Romine singled to center, N Castellanos and B Holaday scored.
B Holaday doubled to deep left, J Martinez scored, N Castellanos to third.
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
End of the 9th
D Santana grounded out to shortstop.
Pitch 9: in play
Pitch 8: foul
Pitch 7: ball 3
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: ball 2
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
D Santana batting
J Pinto grounded out to third.
Pitch 1: in play
J Pinto batting
J Pinto hit for J Schafer.
C Parmelee struck out swinging.
Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
C Parmelee batting
K Suzuki doubled to right.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
K Suzuki batting
J Soria relieved K Ryan.
R Davis in left field.
D Kelly at third base.
E Carrera in center field.
Bottom of the 9th inning
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MIN wins series 2-1
Danny SantanaCF22
Brian Dozier2B15
Joe Mauer1B7
Kennys VargasDH92
Trevor Plouffe3B80
Oswaldo ArciaRF34
Kurt SuzukiC24
Chris Mathhew ParmeleeRF89
Jordan SchaferLF19
Eduardo NunezSS12
Josmil PintoPH21
Ian Kinsler2B3
Torii HunterRF48
Miguel Cabrera1B24
Victor MartinezDH41
J.D. MartinezLF28
Nick Castellanos3B21
Bryan HoladayC28
Andrew RomineSS24
Rajai DavisLF18
Ezequiel CarreraCF41
Don T Kelly3B31
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