Win: Joe Lieber Loss: Tommy Habyan
Save: Tony Jones
Inning: 1 Minnesota Joe Lieber pitching. Frank Valentine lines out to the first baseman. Khris Bryant grounds out to the shortstop. Clint Handrahan grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Tommy Habyan pitching. Jason Marsans walks. Jack Skube strikes out. Tiny Naton hits a home run. Jason Marsans scores. Dario Nelson triples. Bob Diehl strikes out. Gene Metzler grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Lance Hunter pops out to the second baseman. Clayton Brickell hits an infield single to the third baseman. Orville Smith strikes out. Karl Bates doubles to right field. Clayton Brickell uses his aggressiveness and scores. Chris Suder grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Joe Laurinaitis strikes out. Oswald Cobblepot walks. Joe Lieber lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jason Marsans flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Tommy Habyan grounds out to the pitcher. Frank Valentine doubles to center field. Khris Bryant pops out to the second baseman. Clint Handrahan doubles to center field. Frank Valentine scores. Lance Hunter pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Jack Skube grounds out to the pitcher. Tiny Naton strikes out. Dario Nelson singles to right field. Bob Diehl grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Clayton Brickell singles to left field. Orville Smith grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Clayton Brickell is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Karl Bates grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Gene Metzler grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Laurinaitis singles past the third baseman. Oswald Cobblepot triples. Joe Laurinaitis scores. Joe Lieber strikes out. Jason Marsans walks. Jack Skube strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Chris Suder grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Stu Redman is pinch hitting for Tommy Habyan. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Stu Redman grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Valentine grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Ken Jones pitching. Tiny Naton singles to left field. Dario Nelson flies out to the left fielder. Tiny Naton is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Bob Diehl hits a home run. Gene Metzler grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Khris Bryant grounds out to the second baseman. Clint Handrahan flies out to the left fielder. Lance Hunter strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Joe Laurinaitis flies out to the center fielder. Oswald Cobblepot strikes out. Joe Lieber flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Clayton Brickell pops out to the shortstop. Orville Smith flies out to the right fielder. Karl Bates pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Jason Marsans singles to left field. Jack Skube grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Tiny Naton singles to left field. Dario Nelson walks. Bob Diehl singles to right field. Tiny Naton scores. Dario Nelson advances to third on the hit. Darren Ledbetter comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gene Metzler strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Raidel Rodriguez enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bob Diehl at SS. Tony Jones comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Chris Suder strikes out. Pat Wheaton is pinch hitting for Darren Ledbetter. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Pat Wheaton singles to center field. Frank Valentine flies out to the center fielder. Khris Bryant strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Jack Mueller pitching. Joe Laurinaitis grounds out to the shortstop. Oswald Cobblepot flies out to the left fielder. Tony Jones flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Clint Handrahan flies out to the center fielder. Lance Hunter singles past the second baseman. Clayton Brickell pops out to the pitcher. Orville Smith doubles to left field. Lance Hunter uses his aggressiveness and scores. Karl Bates flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners left on base: 4 Detroit total runners left on base: 7