Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 5, Detroit 1
When: 1:10 PM ET, Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Bill Welke, 1B - Jim Reynolds, 2B - Tim Welke, 3B - Scott Barry
Attendance: 40671
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Bill Welke, 1B - Jim Reynolds, 2B - Tim Welke, 3B - Scott Barry
Attendance: 40671
Justin Morneau belted a homer and had an RBI double and Kevin Slowey pitched six strong innings before leaving with an injury as the Minnesota Twins recorded a 5-1 triumph over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday.
Delmon Young and Michael Cuddyer added RBI singles for Minnesota (43-35).
Miguel Cabrera recorded an RBI double to open the scoring for Detroit (41-36).
Slowey (8-5) left in the sixth after Magglio Ordonez's comebacker bounced off his right ankle. The right-hander exited the contest after throwing just 81 pitches.
Slowey permitted one run and four hits while striking out four to pick up the win.
Rookie Andy Oliver (0-2) allowed five runs and eight hits in six innings to take the loss.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Detroit | Minnesota | |
| Andrew Oliver | Player | Kevin Slowey |
| Loss | W/L | Win |
| 6.0 | IP | 6.0 |
| 6 | Strikeouts | 4 |
| 8 | Hits | 4 |
| 3.00 | ERA | 1.50 |
Hitting
| Detroit | Minnesota | |
| Ramon Santiago | Player | Michael Cuddyer |
| 1 | Hits | 2 |
| 0 | RBI | 0 |
| 0 | HR | 0 |
| 1 | TB | 3 |
| 1.000 | Avg | .667 |
Team Stats Summary