Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 1,
Cleveland 0
When: 7:05 PM ET, Saturday, September 11, 2010
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 64°
Umpires: Home - Brian Gorman, 1B - Tony Randazzo, 3B - Paul Nauert
Attendance: 24972
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 64°
Umpires: Home - Brian Gorman, 1B - Tony Randazzo, 3B - Paul Nauert
Attendance: 24972
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Denard Span | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .265 |
| Orlando Hudson | 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .278 |
| Joe Mauer | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .324 |
| Jason Kubel | RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .257 |
| Jason Repko | RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .206 |
| Michael Cuddyer | 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .271 |
| Jim Thome | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .278 |
| Delmon Young | LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .299 |
| Danny Valencia | 3B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .330 |
| J.J. Hardy | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .267 |
| Totals | 41 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Jim Thome (23) | |||||||||
| TB - Orlando Hudson, Joe Mauer 2, Jason Kubel, Michael Cuddyer, Jim Thome 4, Delmon Young, J.J. Hardy | |||||||||
| RBI - Jim Thome (53) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Orlando Hudson (36), Jason Kubel (61), Delmon Young 2 (56) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Orlando Hudson 2 (12), Michael Cuddyer (25) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Delmon Young (4, 2nd by Carrasco/Marson) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Nick Blackburn | 8.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5.51 |
| Jesse Crain | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.63 |
| Randy Flores | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Matt Guerrier (W 4-7) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.47 |
| Matt Capps (SV 12) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Nick Blackburn 94-62, Jesse Crain 22-15, Randy Flores 6-5, Matt Guerrier 6-5, Matt Capps 9-6 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Nick Blackburn 15-5, Jesse Crain 1-3, Randy Flores 0-0, Matt Guerrier 2-1, Matt Capps 1-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Nick Blackburn 30, Jesse Crain 8, Randy Flores 2, Matt Guerrier 3, Matt Capps 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Matt Guerrier 2-0 | ||||||||
Cleveland
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Michael Brantley | CF | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .231 |
| Asdrubal Cabrera | SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .268 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .289 |
| Travis Hafner | DH | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .274 |
| Matt LaPorta | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .226 |
| Jayson Nix | PR-3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .242 |
| Trevor Crowe | LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .245 |
| Jason Donald | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .253 |
| Andy Marte | 3B-1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .210 |
| Jordan Brown | PH-1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .245 |
| Luis Valbuena | 3B-2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .177 |
| Lou Marson | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .196 |
| Shelley Duncan | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .229 |
| Totals | 43 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 21 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Michael Brantley, Asdrubal Cabrera, Shin-Soo Choo, Travis Hafner 2, Trevor Crowe, Lou Marson 2 | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Asdrubal Cabrera (29), Jordan Brown (7), Luis Valbuena 2 (29) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Michael Brantley (5) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Jason Donald (5, 2nd off Blackburn/Mauer), Lou Marson (7, 2nd off Crain/Mauer) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Asdrubal Cabrera (11), Luis Valbuena (8) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Carlos Carrasco | 7.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2.18 |
| Rafael Perez | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 |
| Chris Perez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.87 |
| Tony Sipp | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.21 |
| Justin Germano (L 0-2) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.52 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Carlos Carrasco 102-67, Rafael Perez 3-2, Chris Perez 11-9, Tony Sipp 25-16, Justin Germano 10-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Carlos Carrasco 14-3, Rafael Perez 2-0, Chris Perez 1-0, Tony Sipp 3-1, Justin Germano 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Carlos Carrasco 28, Rafael Perez 1, Chris Perez 3, Tony Sipp 8, Justin Germano 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Rafael Perez 1-0 | ||||||||