Cleveland Indians vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - August 16, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 16, 2009

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Cleveland won 2-1

Game 1: Friday, August 14
Cleveland	0	Final
Minnesota	11	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, August 15
Cleveland	7	Final
Minnesota	3	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, August 16
Cleveland	7	Final
Minnesota	4	Final
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Indians 7

(51-66, 26-34 away)

Twins 4

(56-61, 33-27 home)

Alerts

2:10 PM ET, August 16, 2009

Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	12	0
MIN	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	8	1

W: A. Laffey (7-3)

L: N. Blackburn (8-8)

Cleveland Indians
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
G Sizemore CF	4	2	2	2	1	1	17	.242	.335	.444
J Carroll RF	4	1	1	0	1	0	26	.306	.396	.393
T Crowe LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.271	.283
A Cabrera SS	5	1	1	1	0	2	17	.309	.358	.448
S Choo LF-RF	5	0	1	1	0	1	16	.291	.396	.474
J Peralta 3B	5	0	3	1	0	0	25	.272	.335	.402
T Hafner DH	5	0	0	0	0	2	22	.275	.357	.477
K Shoppach C	3	1	2	1	1	0	18	.224	.351	.423
L Valbuena 2B	4	1	1	1	0	0	13	.233	.291	.410
A Marte 1B	3	1	1	0	0	0	12	.194	.310	.222
Totals	38	7	12	7	3	6	166
BATTING 2B: A Cabrera (29, N Blackburn); G Sizemore (17, J Crain); S Choo (27, J Crain) HR: K Shoppach (10, 3rd inning off N Blackburn 0 on, 0 Out); L Valbuena (6, 3rd inning off N Blackburn 0 on, 0 Out); G Sizemore (17, 3rd inning off N Blackburn 1 on, 0 Out) RBI: K Shoppach (33), L Valbuena (18), G Sizemore 2 (60), A Cabrera (48), J Peralta (62), S Choo (65) 2-out RBI: S Choo GIDP: L Valbuena, T Hafner Indians RISP: 2-10 (S Choo 1-3, A Marte 0-1, J Carroll 0-1, A Cabrera 0-2, J Peralta 1-2, L Valbuena 0-1) Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING SB: G Sizemore (11, 2nd base off J Manship/J Mauer)
FIELDING DP: 3 (A Cabrera-L Valbuena-A Marte 2, A Cabrera-A Marte). PB: K Shoppach.

Cleveland Indians
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
A Laffey (W, 7-3)	5.1	5	3	3	4	2	1	105-60	3.37
J Smith	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	15-11	2.97
T Sipp	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	27-14	4.18
C Perez	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3-3	3.77
K Wood	1.0	1	1	1	1	3	0	29-19	4.71
Totals	9.0	8	4	4	6	7	1	179-107
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: A Laffey 14/23; J Smith 2/4; T Sipp 2/5; C Perez 1/1; K Wood 4/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: A Laffey 15-5-23-17; J Smith 2-2-4-3; T Sipp 5-1-5-3; C Perez 2-0-0-1; K Wood 3-3-12-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: A Laffey 6-8; J Smith 0-2; T Sipp 3-0; C Perez 0-1; K Wood 0-0 Game Scores: A Laffey 44

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF	4	0	2	1	1	0	24	.296	.383	.386
O Cabrera SS	5	0	0	0	0	2	18	.281	.316	.375
J Mauer C	4	0	1	0	0	0	24	.377	.444	.626
J Morneau 1B	3	0	0	0	1	1	16	.299	.387	.558
J Kubel DH	3	1	1	0	1	0	20	.312	.383	.550
M Cuddyer RF	3	1	1	0	1	1	16	.270	.341	.499
J Crede 3B	3	0	0	1	1	1	21	.232	.295	.432
D Young LF	4	1	1	2	0	1	20	.262	.287	.369
N Punto 2B	3	1	2	0	1	1	20	.209	.310	.260
Totals	32	4	8	4	6	7	179
BATTING 2B: M Cuddyer (25, A Laffey); N Punto (8, J Smith) HR: D Young (6, 2nd inning off A Laffey 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: J Crede (46), D Young 2 (33), D Span (44) 2-out RBI: D Young 2, D Span GIDP: O Cabrera 2, D Young Twins RISP: 2-8 (O Cabrera 0-2, J Kubel 0-1, J Crede 0-1, D Span 1-1, D Young 1-2, M Cuddyer 0-1) Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING SB: J Mauer (2, 2nd base off T Sipp/K Shoppach)
FIELDING E: O Cabrera (18, ground ball) DP: 2 (J Morneau-O Cabrera-J Morneau, O Cabrera-J Morneau).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
N Blackburn (L, 8-8)	2.1	6	6	6	0	2	3	54-36	4.29
J Crain	1.2	2	1	1	1	2	0	47-31	6.75
J Manship	1.2	1	0	0	2	0	0	27-14	0.00
J Mijares	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	13-8	2.36
M Guerrier	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9-7	2.20
J Nathan	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	16-11	1.61
Totals	9.0	12	7	7	3	6	3	166-107
PITCHING HBP: A Marte (By N Blackburn) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: N Blackburn 10/14; J Crain 7/9; J Manship 3/7; J Mijares 3/4; M Guerrier 4/4; J Nathan 1/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: N Blackburn 10-2-13-11; J Crain 4-3-18-6; J Manship 2-2-5-5; J Mijares 2-1-2-3; M Guerrier 3-0-0-4; J Nathan 3-4-1-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: N Blackburn 4-1; J Crain 2-1; J Manship 3-2; J Mijares 2-1; M Guerrier 1-2; J Nathan 0-2 Game Scores: N Blackburn 23

Scoring Summary

			CLE	MIN
	2nd	J Crede grounded out to shortstop, J Kubel scored.	0	1
	2nd	D Young homered to center, M Cuddyer scored.	0	3
	3rd	K Shoppach homered to left.	1	3
	3rd	L Valbuena homered to right.	2	3
	3rd	G Sizemore homered to right, A Marte scored.	4	3
	3rd	A Cabrera doubled to deep left, J Carroll scored.	5	3
	3rd	J Peralta singled to center, A Cabrera scored.	6	3
	4th	S Choo doubled to right center, G Sizemore scored.	7	3
	9th	D Span singled to center, N Punto scored.	7	4
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Game Information

Stadium	Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	30,260 (76.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:28
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Marty Foster, First Base - Chad Fairchild, Second Base - Bob Davidson, Third Base - Wally Bell