Ejections: Bobby Higginson by Mike DiMuro [Called third strike];
DET Coach Bill Madlock by Mike DiMuro [Called third strike]; Cristian Guzman
by Mike DiMuro [Called third strike]
Time of Game: 2:55 Attendance: 8734
Starting Lineups:
Detroit Tigers Minnesota Twins
1. McMillon dh Guzman ss
2. Encarnacion cf Canizaro 2b
3. Higginson lf Lawton rf
4. Gonzalez rf Coomer 1b
5. Palmer 1b Ortiz dh
6. Easley 2b Koskie 3b
7. D. Cruz ss Hunter cf
8. Ausmus c Jones lf
9. Macias 3b Pierzynski c
Blair p Radke p
TIGERS 1ST: McMillon doubled to right; Encarnacion singled to
center [McMillon scored]; Encarnacion stole second; Higginson
flied to right [Encarnacion to third]; Gonzalez grounded out
(pitcher to first); Palmer flied to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 1, Twins 0.
TWINS 1ST: Guzman flied to center; Canizaro grounded out (second
to first); Lawton walked; Coomer flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Tigers 1, Twins 0.
TIGERS 2ND: Easley struck out; D. Cruz flied to center; Ausmus
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1,
Twins 0.
TWINS 2ND: Ortiz flied to left; Koskie singled; Hunter struck
out; Jones grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 1, Twins 0.
TIGERS 3RD: Macias reached on an error by Guzman; McMillon
struck out while Macias stole second; Encarnacion struck out;
Higginson doubled to right [Macias scored (unearned)]; Gonzalez
singled to center [Higginson scored (unearned)]; Palmer walked
[Gonzalez to second]; Easley was called out on strikes; 2 R (0
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Twins 0.
TWINS 3RD: Pierzynski singled to center; Guzman popped to
shortstop; Canizaro walked [Pierzynski to second]; Lawton flied
to left; Coomer homered to left-center [Pierzynski scored,
Canizaro scored]; Ortiz flied to center; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 3, Twins 3.
TIGERS 4TH: D. Cruz flied to center; Ausmus struck out; Macias
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3,
Twins 3.
TWINS 4TH: Koskie flied to center; Hunter singled to left; Jones
reached on catcher's interference by Ausmus [Hunter to second];
Pierzynski singled to left [Hunter to third, Jones to second];
Guzman was called out on strikes; Canizaro homered to right
[Hunter scored, Jones scored (unearned), Pierzynski scored];
Lawton grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R (3 ER), 3 H, 1 E,
0 LOB. Tigers 3, Twins 7.
TIGERS 5TH: McMillon singled to left; Encarnacion struck out;
Higginson grounded out (second to first) [McMillon to second];
Gonzalez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 3, Twins 7.
TWINS 5TH: Coomer singled to center; Ortiz flied to center;
Koskie grounded out (second to first) [Coomer to second]; Hunter
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Twins 7.
TIGERS 6TH: Palmer struck out; Easley struck out (catcher to
first); D. Cruz flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3,
Twins 7.
TWINS 6TH: Jones flied to right; Pierzynski singled to right;
Pierzynski stole second; Guzman was called out on strikes;
Guzman ejected by HP umpire Dimuro for arguing called strike
3; Canizaro singled to right [Pierzynski scored]; ANDERSON
REPLACED BLAIR (PITCHING); Lawton flied to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Twins 8.
TIGERS 7TH: HOCKING REPLACED GUZMAN (PLAYING SS); Ausmus
doubled; WELLS REPLACED RADKE (PITCHING); Macias struck out;
McMillon popped to third; Encarnacion flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Twins 8.
TWINS 7TH: Coomer was called out on strikes; Ortiz struck out;
Koskie flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Twins 8.
TIGERS 8TH: Higginson was called out on strikes; Higginson
and Tigers coach Madlock ejected by HP umpire Dimuro for arguing
called strike 3; Gonzalez flied to center; Palmer flied to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Twins 8.
TWINS 8TH: BECKER REPLACED HIGGINSON (PLAYING LF); Hunter struck
out; Jones popped to third; Pierzynski singled; Hocking grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Twins 8.
TIGERS 9TH: Easley popped to first; D. Cruz popped to third;
Ausmus singled to right; Macias struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Tigers 3, Twins 8.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Tigers 3 7 1 6
Twins 8 10 1 5
