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Detroit Tigers @ Minnesota Twins

1995-09-05 · Night game · Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Att: 8358 · dome, dry · 2:27

Detroit Tigers defeated Minnesota Twins 6–4. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 4th. C.J. Nitkowski earned the win and Mike Christopher picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	6	10
MIN	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6

W: C.J. Nitkowski L: Oscar Munoz SV: Mike Christopher

Umpires — HP: Derryl Cousins · 1B: Tim Welke · 2B: Joe Brinkman · 3B: Chuck Meriwether · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chad Curtis	5	1	1	0	0	1
Chris Gomez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Travis Fryman	4	1	2	1	0	0
Cecil Fielder	3	1	1	1	1	0
Tony Clark	4	1	2	0	0	0
Bobby Higginson	4	1	1	0	0	2
Phil Nevin	4	1	1	2	0	1
Scott Fletcher	4	0	2	1	0	0
John Flaherty	4	0	0	0	0	1

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chuck Knoblauch	4	0	1	2	0	0
Pat Meares	3	0	1	1	0	0
Kirby Puckett	4	0	0	0	0	1
Pedro Munoz	3	0	0	0	0	2
Marty Cordova	4	1	2	0	0	0
Ron Coomer	2	0	0	0	1	1
Scott Leius	3	1	0	0	0	0
Matt Walbeck	4	1	1	1	0	0
Rich Becker	1	1	0	0	2	1
Matt Lawton	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dan Masteller	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chip Hale	1	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Merullo	1	0	1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
C. J. Nitkowski	5.0	5	2	3
Mike Christopher	4.0	1	1	3

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Oscar Munoz	5.1	9	1	4
Scott Klingenbeck	1.2	0	0	0
Scott Watkins	0.1	1	0	0
Dave Stevens	1.2	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Chad Curtis: 4/P4
Chris Gomez: 13/G13
Travis Fryman: D7/G5L
Cecil Fielder: S7/L7S.2-H
Tony Clark: 7/F7LD

Bot 1

Chuck Knoblauch: 7/F7M
Pat Meares: 53/G5
Kirby Puckett: 4/P4MD

Top 2

Bobby Higginson: K
Phil Nevin: K
Scott Fletcher: S8/L8RM
John Flaherty: K

Bot 2

Pedro Munoz: 9/F89M
Marty Cordova: D8/L89D
Ron Coomer: W
Scott Leius: 64(1)/FO/G56.2-3
Matt Walbeck: S9/G34.3-H;1-2
Rich Becker: W.2-3;1-2
Chuck Knoblauch: DGR/L7LM.3-H;2-H;1-3
Pat Meares: S6/G56.3-H;2XH(32)

Top 3

Chad Curtis: 63/G6
Chris Gomez: 53/G5
Travis Fryman: 53/G56S

Bot 3

Kirby Puckett: K
Pedro Munoz: K
Marty Cordova: S9/L4D
Ron Coomer: PO1(E1).1-3
Ron Coomer: 53/G5

Top 4

Cecil Fielder: W
Tony Clark: S8/L8LM.1-H(E8)(NR)(UR);B-3
Bobby Higginson: K
Phil Nevin: 63/G6.3-H(UR)
Scott Fletcher: 53/G5

Bot 4

Scott Leius: 53/G5
Matt Walbeck: 53/G56S
Rich Becker: K

Top 5

John Flaherty: 9/F9M
Chad Curtis: S7/G56
Chris Gomez: SB2
Chris Gomez: 63/G6.2-3
Travis Fryman: S7/L5D.3-H
Cecil Fielder: 4/P4M

Bot 5

Chuck Knoblauch: 63/G6
Pat Meares: 53/G5S
Kirby Puckett: 63/G6

Top 6

Tony Clark: 4/P4M
Bobby Higginson: D9/L9DW
Phil Nevin: S7/L78S.2-H
Scott Fletcher: D7/L5D.1-H
John Flaherty: 63/G6M.2-3
Chad Curtis: 8/F8LM

Bot 6

Pedro Munoz: K
Marty Cordova: 8/F8RXD
Ron Coomer: K

Top 7

Chris Gomez: 63/G6M
Travis Fryman: 7/F7D
Cecil Fielder: 9/F9D

Bot 7

Scott Leius: 7/F7LD
Matt Walbeck: 43/G4
Rich Becker: W
Chuck Knoblauch: 9/L9M

Top 8

Tony Clark: S9/L9M
Bobby Higginson: 3/L3S
Phil Nevin: 64(1)3/GDP/G6M

Bot 8

Matt Lawton: K
Kirby Puckett: 8/F8RS
Dan Masteller: 31/G3

Top 9

Scott Fletcher: 7/L7M
John Flaherty: 31/G3
Chad Curtis: K

Bot 9

Marty Cordova: 53/G5
Chip Hale: 53/G5
Matt Merullo: S7/L56D.B-2(E7)
Matt Walbeck: 8/F8LM

Notes & reviews

Debut game for Matt Lawton

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