Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Detroit 4,
Minnesota 2
When: 8:10 PM ET, Thursday, September 22, 2016
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 64°
Umpires: Home - Eric Cooper, 1B - Ryan Blakney, 2B - Adrian Johnson, 3B - Nic Lentz
Attendance: 21599
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 64°
Umpires: Home - Eric Cooper, 1B - Ryan Blakney, 2B - Adrian Johnson, 3B - Nic Lentz
Attendance: 21599
Final Scoring Summary
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Iglesias | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .248 |
| Tyler Collins | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .230 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .307 |
| Victor Martinez | DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .289 |
| J.D. Martinez | RF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .312 |
| Justin Upton | LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .237 |
| Erick Aybar | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .254 |
| Jarrod Saltalamacchia | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .179 |
| Andrew Romine | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .245 |
| Totals | 31 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jose Iglesias (22), Miguel Cabrera (30) | |||||||||
| TB - Jose Iglesias 2, Miguel Cabrera 2, Victor Martinez, Justin Upton, Erick Aybar, Jarrod Saltalamacchia | |||||||||
| RBI - Erick Aybar 2 (8), Jarrod Saltalamacchia (38) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jose Iglesias 2 (41), Justin Upton (53) | |||||||||
| SF - Jarrod Saltalamacchia (5) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Justin Verlander (W 15-8) | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 3.21 |
| Justin Wilson (H 24) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.20 |
| Bruce Rondon (H 5) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.06 |
| Francisco Rodriguez (SV 44) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.54 |
| WP - Bruce Rondon | ||||||||
| HBP - Eduardo Escobar (by Verlander) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Justin Verlander 115-73, Justin Wilson 17-12, Bruce Rondon 24-14, Francisco Rodriguez 11-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Verlander 2-2, Justin Wilson 0-1, Bruce Rondon 0-0, Francisco Rodriguez 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Justin Verlander 24, Justin Wilson 4, Bruce Rondon 4, Francisco Rodriguez 3 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .279 |
| Logan Schafer | LF-RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .225 |
| Jorge Polanco | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .288 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .232 |
| Kennys Vargas | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .256 |
| Robbie Grossman | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .278 |
| Eduardo Escobar | 3B-LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .238 |
| Juan Centeno | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .247 |
| Kurt Suzuki | PH-C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .261 |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .221 |
| James Beresford | 1B-3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .214 |
| Totals | 30 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Juan Centeno (3), Byron Buxton (8) | |||||||||
| TB - Jorge Polanco, Robbie Grossman, Juan Centeno 4, Byron Buxton 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Juan Centeno (21), Byron Buxton (32) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Robbie Grossman (39), Juan Centeno 2 (24) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Jorge Polanco (3, 2nd by Verlander/Saltalamacchia) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Brian Dozier (8), Max Kepler (7) | |||||||||
| PB - Juan Centeno (5) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Ervin Santana (L 7-11) | 6.0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3.37 |
| J.T. Chargois | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.79 |
| Taylor Rogers | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.59 |
| WP - Ervin Santana 2 | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Ervin Santana 102-64, J.T. Chargois 25-18, Taylor Rogers 22-17 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ervin Santana 4-4, J.T. Chargois 1-1, Taylor Rogers 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Ervin Santana 27, J.T. Chargois 6, Taylor Rogers 3 | ||||||||