Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Detroit 6,
Minnesota 4
When: 4:05 PM ET, Saturday, September 29, 2012
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 80°
Umpires: Home - Wally Bell, 1B - Jim Wolf, 2B - Ted Barrett, 3B - Ron Kulpa
Attendance: 32839
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 80°
Umpires: Home - Wally Bell, 1B - Jim Wolf, 2B - Ted Barrett, 3B - Ron Kulpa
Attendance: 32839
Final Scoring Summary
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Austin Jackson | CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .299 |
| Quintin Berry | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .263 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .327 |
| Prince Fielder | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .309 |
| Delmon Young | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .272 |
| Andy Dirks | RF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .317 |
| Jhonny Peralta | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .240 |
| Alex Avila | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .245 |
| Omar Infante | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .263 |
| Totals | 36 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 9 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jhonny Peralta (32) | |||||||||
| HR - Miguel Cabrera (43), Prince Fielder (29), Andy Dirks (8) | |||||||||
| TB - Austin Jackson, Quintin Berry, Miguel Cabrera 4, Prince Fielder 4, Andy Dirks 5, Jhonny Peralta 2, Omar Infante | |||||||||
| RBI - Miguel Cabrera 3 (136), Prince Fielder (106), Andy Dirks (35), Jhonny Peralta (62) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Andy Dirks (13) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Austin Jackson (48), Quintin Berry (15), Miguel Cabrera (34) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Austin Jackson (12, 2nd off Burnett/Doumit), Quintin Berry (21, 2nd off Walters/Doumit), Omar Infante (5, 2nd off Perdomo/Doumit) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Jhonny Peralta (7) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Justin Verlander (W 17-8) | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2.64 |
| Joaquin Benoit | 0.1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3.60 |
| Al Alburquerque (H 1) | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jose Valverde (SV 33) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.90 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Justin Verlander 117-76, Joaquin Benoit 20-9, Al Alburquerque 20-13, Jose Valverde 19-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Verlander 9-2, Joaquin Benoit 1-0, Al Alburquerque 0-0, Jose Valverde 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Justin Verlander 28, Joaquin Benoit 4, Al Alburquerque 4, Jose Valverde 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Joaquin Benoit 1-1 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Denard Span | CF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .284 |
| Ben Revere | LF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .287 |
| Joe Mauer | DH | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .320 |
| Justin Morneau | 1B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .269 |
| Ryan Doumit | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .277 |
| Chris Parmelee | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .239 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .229 |
| Jamey Carroll | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .263 |
| Pedro Florimon | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .232 |
| Totals | 34 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Trevor Plouffe (17) | |||||||||
| HR - Ryan Doumit (18) | |||||||||
| TB - Ben Revere 2, Ryan Doumit 4, Chris Parmelee, Trevor Plouffe 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Ryan Doumit 4 (75) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Denard Span (42), Justin Morneau (65), Chris Parmelee (20), Pedro Florimon (16) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Ben Revere (39, 2nd off Verlander/Avila) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Trevor Plouffe (18) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| P.J. Walters (L 2-5) | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5.69 |
| Brian Duensing | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.07 |
| Alex Burnett | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.54 |
| Casey Fien | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.10 |
| Luis Perdomo | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.52 |
| Pitches-Strikes - P.J. Walters 92-60, Brian Duensing 16-12, Alex Burnett 10-4, Casey Fien 16-10, Luis Perdomo 18-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - P.J. Walters 4-4, Brian Duensing 3-0, Alex Burnett 1-0, Casey Fien 0-1, Luis Perdomo 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - P.J. Walters 21, Brian Duensing 5, Alex Burnett 3, Casey Fien 5, Luis Perdomo 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Casey Fien 2-2 | ||||||||