detroit tigers at minnesota twins

april 27, 2006

top of the first

wade miller takes the mound for the twins.
mark kotsay grounded to third. <--->
placido polanco grounded to second. <--->
carlos lee grounded to first. <--->
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, and 0 left on base.
in the middle of the first, the game is tied at 0.

bottom of the first

mike maroth takes the mound for the tigers.
luis castillo grounded to short. <--->
nomar garciaparra singled up the middle. <--1>
the twins put on the hit and run.
vladimir guerrero flied out to left. <--1>
jose vizcaino tripled to right-center, scoring a run. <3-->
torii hunter grounded to third. <3-->
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, and 1 left on base.
at the end of the first, minnesota leads 1 to 0.

top of the second

travis hafner grounded to the shortstop. <--->
ivan rodriguez struck out. <--->
mark sweeney grounded to short. <--->
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, and 0 left on base.
in the middle of the second, detroit trails 1 to 0.

bottom of the second

jose cruz popped up to first. <--->
justin morneau flied out to right. <--->
carlos guillen flied out to left field. <--->
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, and 0 left on base.
at the end of the second, minnesota leads 1 to 0.

top of the third

edwin encarnacion singled to right. <--1>
craig monroe flied out to center. <--1>
yuniesky betancourt lined out to center field. <--1>
mark kotsay lined out to the second baseman. <--1>
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, and 1 left on base.
in the middle of the third, detroit trails 1 to 0.

bottom of the third

yadier molina grounded to first. <--->
luis castillo singled to left field. <--1>
the twins put on the hit and run.
nomar garciaparra singled through the left side. <-21>
vladimir guerrero popped up to second. <-21>
jose vizcaino grounded to the second baseman. <-21>
0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, and 2 left on base.
at the end of the third, minnesota leads 1 to 0.

top of the fourth

placido polanco grounded to the shortstop. <--->
carlos lee popped up behind home plate. <--->
travis hafner singled to center. <--1>
travis hafner went for an extra base and reached second. <-2->
ivan rodriguez walked. <-21>
mark sweeney popped up to second. <-21>
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, and 2 left on base.
in the middle of the fourth, detroit trails 1 to 0.

bottom of the fourth

torii hunter homered to right-center. <--->
jose cruz singled up the middle. <--1>
justin morneau singled through the left side. <-21>
carlos guillen lined out to right. <-21>
yadier molina popped up to first. <-21>
luis castillo singled through the hole, scoring a run. <-21>
nomar garciaparra singled to right, scoring a run. <3-1>
vladimir guerrero grounded to short. <3-1>
3 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, and 2 left on base.
at the end of the fourth, minnesota leads 4 to 0.

top of the fifth

edwin encarnacion singled to left. <--1>
craig monroe struck out. <--1>
yuniesky betancourt flied out to center. <--1>
mark kotsay popped up to second. <--1>
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, and 1 left on base.
in the middle of the fifth, detroit trails 4 to 0.

bottom of the fifth

jake woods came in to pitch for the tigers. <--->
jose vizcaino tripled in the right field gap. <3-->
torii hunter popped up to the second baseman. <3-->
jose cruz popped up to second. <3-->
justin morneau homered over the center field fence for two rbis. <--->
carlos guillen flied out to right. <--->
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, and 0 left on base.
at the end of the fifth, minnesota leads 6 to 0.

top of the sixth

placido polanco grounded to the second baseman. <--->
carlos lee doubled in the left field gap. <-2->
travis hafner grounded to the pitcher. <-2->
wade miller threw a wild pitch. <3-->
ivan rodriguez flied out to center. <3-->
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, and 1 left on base.
in the middle of the sixth, detroit trails 6 to 0.

bottom of the sixth

yadier molina flied out to right. <--->
luis castillo grounded to second. <--->
nomar garciaparra flied out to left. <--->
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, and 0 left on base.
at the end of the sixth, minnesota leads 6 to 0.

top of the seventh

mark sweeney lined out to right. <--->
edwin encarnacion flied out to center field. <--->
craig monroe grounded to short. <--->
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, and 0 left on base.
in the middle of the seventh, detroit trails 6 to 0.
bottom of the seventh
chris spurling came in to pitch for the tigers. <--->
vladimir guerrero singled to center. <--1>
jose vizcaino flied out to center. <--1>
torii hunter singled to right field, advancing the runner to third. <3-1>
jose cruz was hit by a pitch. <321>
justin morneau struck out. <321>
carlos guillen popped up to the second baseman. <321>
0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, and 3 left on base.
at the end of the seventh, minnesota leads 6 to 0.

top of the eighth

yuniesky betancourt popped up to second. <--->
mark kotsay lined out to second. <--->
placido polanco grounded to the pitcher. <--->
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, and 0 left on base.
in the middle of the eighth, detroit trails 6 to 0.

bottom of the eighth

yadier molina lined out to first. <--->
luis castillo grounded to the shortstop. <--->
nomar garciaparra popped up to short. <--->
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, and 0 left on base.
at the end of the eighth, minnesota leads 6 to 0.

top of the ninth

carlos lee grounded to short. <--->
travis hafner walked. <--1>
ivan rodriguez grounded back to the pitcher for a double play (1-6-3). <--->

twins win: 6-0