AL: MINNESOTA at DETROIT <div class="pre">AL AT DETROIT - MID INNING UPDATE PLAY: C Durbin relieved J Zumaya. SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 0 DETROIT 8 TOP, 9TH DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: J Morneau (.273, 0-FOR-2)</div>
AL: MINNESOTA at DETROIT <div class="pre">AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - MINNESOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 DETROIT 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 2 x 8 15 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: MIN - MATT GARZA, JUAN RINCON (6TH), JULIO DEPAULA (7TH) AND CHRIS HEINTZ DET - YORMAN BAZARDO, JOEL ZUMAYA (8TH), CHAD DURBIN (9TH) AND IVAN RODRIGUEZ HOME RUNS: MIN - NONE DET - MAGGLIO ORDONEZ (28) OFF JULIO DEPAULA IN THE 7TH, 1 ON</div>
AL: MINNESOTA at DETROIT <div class="pre">AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - MINNESOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 DETROIT 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 2 x 8 15 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: MIN - MATT GARZA, JUAN RINCON (6TH), JULIO DEPAULA (7TH) AND CHRIS HEINTZ DET - YORMAN BAZARDO, JOEL ZUMAYA (8TH), CHAD DURBIN (9TH) AND IVAN RODRIGUEZ WP - YORMAN BAZARDO (2-1) LP - MATT GARZA (4-7) SAVE - NONE HOME RUNS: MIN - NONE DET - MAGGLIO ORDONEZ (28) OFF JULIO DEPAULA IN THE 7TH, 1 ON TIME: 2:31 ATT: 31,394 PROBABLES: MIN - JOHAN SANTANA (15-13, 3.29) DET - JAIR JURRJENS (3-1, 3.90)</div>
AL: MINNESOTA at DETROIT <div class="pre">MINNESOTA (0) VS DETROIT (8) - FINAL MINNESOTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Bartlett ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266 J Kubel lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .270 T Hunter cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .289 a-J Tyner ph-cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287 J Morneau 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .273 M Cuddyer rf 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 .276 G Jones dh 4 0 2 0 0 1 3 .194 C Heintz c 4 0 1 0 0 2 4 .236 B Buscher 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 .246 A Casilla 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .228 Totals 31 0 7 0 4 5 14 a-grounded to first for T Hunter in the 8th. BATTING: 2B - G Jones (2, Y Bazardo). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Heintz 2, B Buscher 3, G Jones 1. GIDP - T Hunter, J Morneau, A Casilla. Team LOB - 8. BASERUNNING: SB - G Jones (1, 2nd base off Y Bazardo/I Rodriguez). FIELDING: E - M Garza (2, throw). DP: 3 (A Casilla-J Bartlett-J Morneau 2, J Bartlett-A Casilla-J Morneau). DETROIT ab r h rbi bb so lob avg C Granderson cf 5 1 1 1 0 1 3 .301 P Polanco 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .340 O Infante 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268 G Sheffield dh 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .266 a-C Maybin ph-dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .149 M Ordonez rf 4 2 2 3 0 0 2 .359 B Clevlen rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 C Guillen ss-1b 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .295 I Rodriguez c 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .279 T Perez lf 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .415 R Raburn lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .302 S Casey 1b 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 .297 R Santiago pr-ss 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .300 B Inge 3b 4 0 1 1 0 2 4 .239 Totals 36 8 15 8 2 6 14 a-struck out swinging for G Sheffield in the 8th. BATTING: 2B - T Perez (9, M Garza); B Inge (24, M Garza); M Ordonez (52, M Garza); R Santiago (5, J DePaula). 3B - C Granderson (23, J DePaula). HR - M Ordonez (28, 7th inning off J DePaula 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - B Inge (69), M Ordonez 3 (136), T Perez (13), S Casey (53), C Granderson (74), P Polanco (66). 2-out RBI - B Inge, M Ordonez 2, C Granderson, P Polanco. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Inge 1, C Granderson 2. GIDP - M Ordonez, I Rodriguez, C Granderson. Team LOB - 7. FIELDING: DP: 3 (B Inge-P Polanco-S Casey, P Polanco-C Guillen-S Casey, P Polanco-R Santiago-C Guillen). ---------------------------------------------------- MINNESOTA - 000 000 000 -- 0 DETROIT - 010 003 22x -- 8 ---------------------------------------------------- MINNESOTA ip h r er bb so hr era M Garza (L, 4-7) 5 1/3 9 4 4 2 3 0 3.92 J Rincon 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.25 J DePaula 2 6 4 4 0 2 1 9.00 DETROIT ip h r er bb so hr era Y Bazardo (W, 2-1) 7 6 0 0 3 5 0 2.28 J Zumaya 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.28 C Durbin 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4.72 IBB - C Guillen (by M Garza). HBP - P Polanco (by M Garza). Pitches-strikes: M Garza 84-58; J Rincon 8-5; J DePaula 46-27; Y Bazardo 99-64; J Zumaya 11-7; C Durbin 17-8. Ground balls-fly balls: M Garza 9-4; J Rincon 1-0; J DePaula 4-0; Y Bazardo 14-2; J Zumaya 2-1; C Durbin 2-1. Batters faced: M Garza 25; J Rincon 2; J DePaula 12; Y Bazardo 27; J Zumaya 3; C Durbin 5. UMPIRES: HP--Bruce Froemming. 1B--Mark Wegner. 2B--Brian Runge. 3B--Mike Winters. T--2:31. Att--31,394. Weather: 77 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 16 mph, right to left.</div>
AL: MINNESOTA at DETROIT <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MINNESOTA (0) AT DETROIT (8) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DETROIT 2ND: C Guillen grounded out to pitcher. I Rodriguez struck out swinging. T Perez doubled to deep left. S Casey walked. B Inge doubled to deep right, T Perez scored, S Casey to third. C Granderson struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 0, DETROIT 1. DETROIT 6TH: P Polanco hit by pitch. P Polanco safe at second on throwing error by pitcher M Garza. G Sheffield flied out to center, P Polanco to third. M Ordonez doubled to left, P Polanco scored. C Guillen intentionally walked. I Rodriguez singled to left, M Ordonez to third, C Guillen to second. T Perez singled to right, M Ordonez scored, C Guillen to third, I Rodriguez to second. J Rincon relieved M Garza. S Casey grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, C Guillen scored, T Perez out at second, I Rodriguez to third. R Santiago ran for S Casey. B Inge struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Error) MINNESOTA 0, DETROIT 4. DETROIT 7TH: J DePaula relieved J Rincon. C Granderson grounded out to shortstop. P Polanco grounded out to shortstop. G Sheffield singled to center. M Ordonez homered to left, G Sheffield scored. C Guillen singled to center. I Rodriguez grounded into fielder's choice to third, C Guillen out at second. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 0, DETROIT 6. DETROIT 8TH: J Tyner in center field. T Perez grounded out to second. R Santiago doubled to deep left. B Inge struck out swinging. C Granderson tripled to deep right, R Santiago scored. P Polanco singled to center, C Granderson scored. C Maybin hit for G Sheffield. C Maybin struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 0, DETROIT 8.</div>
AL: MINNESOTA at DETROIT <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MINNESOTA (0) AT DETROIT (8) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Minnesota Starting Lineups -- J Bartlett SS, J Kubel LF, T Hunter CF, J Morneau 1B, M Cuddyer RF, G Jones DH, C Heintz C, B Buscher 3B, A Casilla 2B, M Garza RHP. Detroit Starting Lineups -- C Granderson CF, P Polanco 2B, G Sheffield DH, M Ordonez RF, C Guillen SS, I Rodriguez C, T Perez LF, S Casey 1B, B Inge 3B, Y Bazardo RHP. Umpires -- Bruce Froemming (HP), Mark Wegner (1B), Brian Runge (2B), Mike Winters (3B). Gametime Weather: 77 degrees, Cloudy, wind right to left at 16 mph. MINNESOTA 1ST: J Bartlett lined out to right. J Kubel singled to right. T Hunter grounded into double play, third to second to first, J Kubel out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 0, DETROIT 0. DETROIT 1ST: C Granderson grounded out to shortstop. P Polanco flied out to right. G Sheffield singled to left. M Ordonez lined out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 0, DETROIT 0. MINNESOTA 2ND: J Morneau grounded out to third. M Cuddyer walked. G Jones singled to center, M Cuddyer to third. G Jones stole second. C Heintz struck out swinging. B Buscher struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 0, DETROIT 0. DETROIT 2ND: C Guillen grounded out to pitcher. I Rodriguez struck out swinging. T Perez doubled to deep left. S Casey walked. B Inge doubled to deep right, T Perez scored, S Casey to third. C Granderson struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 0, DETROIT 1. MINNESOTA 3RD: A Casilla grounded out to first. J Bartlett grounded out to second. J Kubel grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 0, DETROIT 1. DETROIT 3RD: P Polanco singled to center. G Sheffield popped out to shortstop. M Ordonez grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, P Polanco out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 0, DETROIT 1. MINNESOTA 4TH: T Hunter singled to left. J Morneau grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, T Hunter out at second. M Cuddyer singled to center. G Jones doubled to left, M Cuddyer to third. C Heintz grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 0, DETROIT 1. DETROIT 4TH: C Guillen singled to right. I Rodriguez grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, C Guillen out at second. T Perez struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 0, DETROIT 1. MINNESOTA 5TH: B Buscher grounded out to first. A Casilla grounded out to pitcher. J Bartlett lined out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 0, DETROIT 1. DETROIT 5TH: S Casey singled to right. B Inge grounded into fielder's choice to first, S Casey out at second. C Granderson grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, B Inge out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 0, DETROIT 1. MINNESOTA 6TH: J Kubel grounded out to second. T Hunter struck out swinging. J Morneau walked. M Cuddyer singled to center, J Morneau to second. G Jones struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 0, DETROIT 1. DETROIT 6TH: P Polanco hit by pitch. P Polanco safe at second on throwing error by pitcher M Garza. G Sheffield flied out to center, P Polanco to third. M Ordonez doubled to left, P Polanco scored. C Guillen intentionally walked. I Rodriguez singled to left, M Ordonez to third, C Guillen to second. T Perez singled to right, M Ordonez scored, C Guillen to third, I Rodriguez to second. J Rincon relieved M Garza. S Casey grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, C Guillen scored, T Perez out at second, I Rodriguez to third. R Santiago ran for S Casey. B Inge struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Error) MINNESOTA 0, DETROIT 4. MINNESOTA 7TH: C Guillen at first base. R Santiago at shortstop. C Heintz struck out swinging. B Buscher walked. A Casilla grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, B Buscher out at second.(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 0, DETROIT 4. DETROIT 7TH: J DePaula relieved J Rincon. C Granderson grounded out to shortstop. P Polanco grounded out to shortstop. G Sheffield singled to center. M Ordonez homered to left, G Sheffield scored. C Guillen singled to center. I Rodriguez grounded into fielder's choice to third, C Guillen out at second. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 0, DETROIT 6. MINNESOTA 8TH: J Zumaya relieved Y Bazardo. B Clevlen in right field. J Bartlett flied out to left. J Kubel grounded out to first. J Tyner hit for T Hunter. J Tyner grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 0, DETROIT 6. DETROIT 8TH: J Tyner in center field. T Perez grounded out to second. R Santiago doubled to deep left. B Inge struck out swinging. C Granderson tripled to deep right, R Santiago scored. P Polanco singled to center, C Granderson scored. C Maybin hit for G Sheffield. C Maybin struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 0, DETROIT 8. MINNESOTA 9TH: O Infante at second base. R Raburn in left field. C Durbin relieved J Zumaya. J Morneau grounded out to second. M Cuddyer walked. G Jones flied out to left. C Heintz singled to right, M Cuddyer to third. B Buscher grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 0, DETROIT 8.</div>
Bazardo, Ordonez shine as Tiger rout Twins <h3>DETROIT 8, MINNESOTA 0</h3>DETROIT (Ticker) -- The Detroit Tigers can at least dream for afew more hours. Rookie Yorman Bazardo tossed seven scoreless innings and MagglioOrdonez homered as the Tigers blanked the Minnesota Twins, 8-0,on Tuesday. With the win, Detroit (86-72) drew within five games of the NewYork Yankees (90-66) in the American League wild card race, butNew York can clinch the wild card with a victory at Tampa Bay. The 23-year-old Bazardo (2-1) was impressive in his second startof the season, yielding six hits with five strikeouts and threewalks. It was his first career win as a starter. Ordonez continued his case for AL MVP honors, going 2-for-4 withthree RBI, highlighted by his two-run blast in the seventh tomake it 6-0. He now has a career-high 136 RBI - the most by aTiger since Rocky Colavito had 140 in 1961. With a 1-0 lead in the sixth, Detroit pulled away for good offstarter Matt Garza, who allowed an RBI double to Ordonez and arun-scoring single to Timo Perez for a 3-0 bulge. Garza gave up four runs and nine hits with three strikeoutsthrough 5 1/3 frames. Brandon Inge opened the scoring in the second against Garza(4-7) with an RBI double to plate Perez, who also doubled. The Tigers added two more runs in the eighth, when speedy CurtisGranderson laced an RBI triple to the right field corner andcame home on Placido Polanco's single up the middle to create an8-0 cushion.
Bazardo, Ordonez shine as Tiger rout Twins <h3>DETROIT 8, MINNESOTA 0</h3>DETROIT (Ticker) -- The Detroit Tigers can at least dream for afew more hours. Rookie Yorman Bazardo tossed seven scoreless innings and MagglioOrdonez homered as the Tigers blanked the Minnesota Twins, 8-0,on Tuesday. With the win, Detroit (86-72) drew within five games of the NewYork Yankees (90-66) in the American League wild card race, butNew York can clinch the wild card with a victory at Tampa Bay. "Bottom line we are not going to the playoffs," Tigers managerJim Leyland said. "I'm not a idiot. New York is going to winand we are going home on Monday. I'm very proud of this teamand happy with the effort they put forth all season. Our job isto keep it going for years to come." The 23-year-old Bazardo (2-1) was impressive in his second startof the season, yielding six hits with five strikeouts and threewalks. It was his first career win as a starter. "He did a great job," Leyland said. "He used all of his pitchesand showed a lot of poise. He was able to keep them off-balanceall night. I'm not taking anything away from him, but thistime of the year you have to be careful about pitchers thesituation is different than earlier in the season." Ordonez continued his case for AL MVP honors, going 2-for-4 withthree RBI, highlighted by his two-run blast in the seventh tomake it 6-0. He now has a career-high 136 RBI - the most by aTiger since Rocky Colavito had 140 in 1961. "I just want to keep playing hard and see what happens," saidOrdonez, who leads the AL in batting with a .359 average. "Idon't want to talk about the batting title, I just want to playmy game." With a 1-0 lead in the sixth, Detroit pulled away for good offstarter Matt Garza, who allowed an RBI double to Ordonez and arun-scoring single to Timo Perez for a 3-0 bulge. Garza gave up four runs and nine hits with three strikeoutsthrough 5 1/3 frames. "Garza was throwing good," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said."But he did it to himself again. He lost control of the gameagain. He's so intense and he gets out of whack. When you'rescreaming at yourself on the mound, it doesn't bode well. "He was OK until he got some adversity, but that's when you haveto control the game. He's a young man with a great arm, and he'llget there." Brandon Inge opened the scoring in the second against Garza(4-7) with an RBI double to plate Perez, who also doubled. The Tigers added two more runs in the eighth, when speedy CurtisGranderson laced an RBI triple to the right field corner andcame home on Placido Polanco's single up the middle to create an8-0 cushion. "I not really physically or mentally tired," Polanco said. "I'vebeen given a lot of spot rest which helped me a lot. I justwant to get good at-bats and see what happens with the rest ofthe year."
Bazardo, Ordonez shine as Tiger rout Twins <h3>DETROIT 8, MINNESOTA 0</h3>DETROIT (Ticker) -- The Detroit Tigers can at least dream forone more day. Rookie Yorman Bazardo tossed seven scoreless innings and MagglioOrdonez homered as the Tigers blanked the Minnesota Twins, 8-0,on Tuesday. With the win, Detroit (86-72) closed within 4 1/2 games of theNew York Yankees (90-67) in the American League wild card racewith four games left. New York fell at Tampa Bay on Tuesday. However, the Yankees still can clinch the wild card with a winand a loss by the Tigers on Wednesday. "Bottom line we are not going to the playoffs," Tigers managerJim Leyland said. "I'm not a idiot. New York is going to winand we are going home on Monday. I'm very proud of this teamand happy with the effort they put forth all season. Our job isto keep it going for years to come." The 23-year-old Bazardo (2-1) was impressive in his second startof the season, yielding six hits with five strikeouts and threewalks. It was his first career win as a starter. "He did a great job," Leyland said. "He used all of his pitchesand showed a lot of poise. He was able to keep them off-balanceall night. I'm not taking anything away from him, but thistime of the year you have to be careful about pitchers thesituation is different than earlier in the season." Ordonez continued his case for AL MVP honors, going 2-for-4 withthree RBI, highlighted by his two-run blast in the seventh tomake it 6-0. He now has a career-high 136 RBI - the most by aTiger since Rocky Colavito had 140 in 1961. "I just want to keep playing hard and see what happens," saidOrdonez, who leads the AL in batting with a .359 average. "Idon't want to talk about the batting title, I just want to playmy game." With a 1-0 lead in the sixth, Detroit pulled away for good offstarter Matt Garza, who allowed an RBI double to Ordonez and arun-scoring single to Timo Perez for a 3-0 bulge. Garza gave up four runs and nine hits with three strikeoutsthrough 5 1/3 frames. "Garza was throwing good," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said."But he did it to himself again. He lost control of the gameagain. He's so intense and he gets out of whack. When you'rescreaming at yourself on the mound, it doesn't bode well. "He was OK until he got some adversity, but that's when you haveto control the game. He's a young man with a great arm, andhe'll get there." Brandon Inge opened the scoring in the second against Garza(4-7) with an RBI double to plate Perez, who also doubled. The Tigers added two more runs in the eighth, when speedy CurtisGranderson laced an RBI triple to the right field corner andcame home on Placido Polanco's single up the middle to create an8-0 cushion. "I not really physically or mentally tired," Polanco said. "I'vebeen given a lot of spot rest which helped me a lot. I justwant to get good at-bats and see what happens with the rest ofthe year."
