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Minnesota Twins @ Cleveland Guardians

2001-08-15 · Night game · Progressive Field · Att: 41602 · 75°F, cloudy · Wind 7 mph from RF · 3:17

Cleveland Indians defeated Minnesota Twins 8–2. Cleveland Indians put up 3 in the 2nd. Chuck Finley earned the win. Kenny Lofton went 4-for-5 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	11
CLE	0	3	2	0	1	0	2	0		8	14

W: Chuck Finley L: Joe Mays SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Mike Fichter · 1B: Laz Diaz · 2B: Derryl Cousins · 3B: Joe Brinkman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Luis Rivas	5	0	2	0	0	1
John Barnes	4	0	0	0	1	1
Doug Mientkiewicz	3	1	1	0	1	0
David Ortiz	4	0	1	0	0	2
Torii Hunter	3	1	2	0	1	0
Corey Koskie	4	0	0	1	0	0
Brian Buchanan	2	0	2	1	0	0
Tom Prince	4	0	1	0	0	0
Denny Hocking	3	0	2	0	1	1
Jacque Jones	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Kielty	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kenny Lofton	5	1	4	4	0	0
Omar Vizquel	5	0	0	0	0	0
Roberto Alomar	5	1	2	0	0	1
Juan Gonzalez	4	0	1	0	1	1
Jim Thome	5	2	2	2	0	1
Ellis Burks	3	2	2	0	2	0
Marty Cordova	3	0	0	0	1	0
Travis Fryman	3	1	2	1	0	0
Einar Diaz	3	1	1	1	1	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Mays	3.0	6	3	2
Travis Miller	3.2	5	2	1
Hector Carrasco	1.1	3	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chuck Finley	5.0	7	3	2
David Riske	2.0	1	1	2
Ricardo Rincon	1.1	1	0	1
Dave Burba	0.2	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Luis Rivas: S/G56-
John Barnes: K+SB2
Doug Mientkiewicz: W
David Ortiz: S8/L4M+.2-3;1-2
Torii Hunter: 64(1)3/GDP/G6M

Bot 1

Kenny Lofton: S7/L5D+
Omar Vizquel: WP.1-2
Omar Vizquel: 7/F7S
Roberto Alomar: 4/P34S
Juan Gonzalez: W
Jim Thome: K

Top 2

Corey Koskie: 43/G4M
Brian Buchanan: S/G34S-
Tom Prince: 46(1)/FO/G4MS
Denny Hocking: CS2(26)

Bot 2

Ellis Burks: W
Marty Cordova: WP.1-2
Marty Cordova: 4/P4
Travis Fryman: 4/P4
Einar Diaz: W
Kenny Lofton: HR/L9LD+.2-H;1-H
Omar Vizquel: 3/G

Top 3

Denny Hocking: W
Luis Rivas: 46(1)3/GDP/G4M
John Barnes: 63/G6

Bot 3

Roberto Alomar: T/L8RXD+
Juan Gonzalez: K
Jim Thome: HR/F7LD+.3-H
Ellis Burks: S/L8RS+
Marty Cordova: 5/L5
Travis Fryman: S7/L7S+.1-3;B-2(E7)
Einar Diaz: 53/G5

Top 4

Doug Mientkiewicz: D9/L9LM+
David Ortiz: 7/L7D+
Torii Hunter: S7/G56+.2-3;B-2(THH)
Corey Koskie: 43/G4M.3-H;2-3
Brian Buchanan: S/L6D.3-H
Tom Prince: 8/F8LS

Bot 4

Kenny Lofton: D/L78S+
Omar Vizquel: 163/G15.2-3
Roberto Alomar: K
Juan Gonzalez: 8/F8RM+

Top 5

Denny Hocking: D7/F78D+
Luis Rivas: 7/F7S
John Barnes: W
Doug Mientkiewicz: 7/F7LS
David Ortiz: K

Bot 5

Jim Thome: S7/7S
Ellis Burks: S8/G4M+.1-2
Marty Cordova: W.2-3;1-2
Travis Fryman: 8/SF/F8RD.3-H
Einar Diaz: 46(1)3/GDP/G4M

Top 6

Torii Hunter: W
Corey Koskie: 5/FL
Jacque Jones: CS2(26)
Jacque Jones: K/C

Bot 6

Kenny Lofton: 7/L7LM
Omar Vizquel: 7/F78S
Roberto Alomar: S8/G6M+
Juan Gonzalez: 53/G5+

Top 7

Tom Prince: 9/F9LS
Denny Hocking: K/C
Luis Rivas: S9/G34+
John Barnes: 64(1)/FO/G6M

Bot 7

Jim Thome: 43/G4
Ellis Burks: W
Marty Cordova: 8/F8RD
Travis Fryman: S7/G56.1-2
Einar Diaz: S9/L9S+.2-H;1-3
Kenny Lofton: S9/L9LM+.3-H;1-3
Omar Vizquel: 43/G34

Top 8

Doug Mientkiewicz: 6/P5D
David Ortiz: K
Torii Hunter: S9/L4D+
Corey Koskie: 46(1)/FO/G4

Bot 8

Roberto Alomar: 8/F8LXD+
Juan Gonzalez: D7/L78D+
Jim Thome: 43/G4.2-3
Ellis Burks: 5/L5S+

Top 9

Bobby Kielty: 53/G5+
Tom Prince: S8/G6M+
Denny Hocking: S7/G56.1-2
Luis Rivas: K
John Barnes: 63/G6

Notes & reviews

Twins coach Molitor ejected by 1B umpire Diaz for throwing a batting tee onto field, implying that pitcher had to put the ball on a tee to get a called strike

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