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Minnesota Twins @ Detroit Tigers

2001-10-03 · Night game · Comerica Park · Att: 12318 · 72°F, sunny · Wind 23 mph to LF · 2:39

Detroit Tigers defeated Minnesota Twins 9–5. Detroit Tigers put up 3 in the 4th. Nate Cornejo earned the win. Jacque Jones went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	11
DET	1	0	1	3	3	0	1	0		9	13

W: Nate Cornejo L: Tony Fiore SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Paul Emmel · 1B: Mike Vanvleet · 2B: Tim McClelland · 3B: Mike Reilly · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Luis Rivas	5	0	1	0	0	0
Cristian Guzman	2	0	2	1	0	0
Corey Koskie	5	1	3	0	0	1
Matt LeCroy	4	0	1	2	0	1
David Ortiz	3	0	0	0	1	0
Torii Hunter	2	1	0	0	2	0
Jacque Jones	3	1	2	2	1	1
Dustan Mohr	4	1	1	0	0	2
A. J. Pierzynski	4	0	0	0	0	0
Denny Hocking	3	1	1	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Macias	4	2	1	0	1	0
Damion Easley	4	0	0	1	0	0
Bobby Higginson	4	1	1	0	0	1
Randall Simon	4	1	2	0	0	0
Shane Halter	3	2	3	2	1	0
Deivi Cruz	3	1	2	3	0	0
Mike Rivera	4	1	2	1	0	0
Wendell Magee	4	0	1	0	0	0
Eric Munson	4	1	1	2	0	1

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eric Milton	4.0	6	1	0
Tony Fiore	0.2	3	1	1
Jack Cressend	0.1	0	0	0
Mike Duvall	1.1	1	0	1
Bob Wells	0.2	2	0	0
Todd Jones	1.0	1	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nate Cornejo	5.1	8	3	2
Matt Perisho	1.2	2	0	1
Luis Pineda	2.0	1	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Luis Rivas: 9/L9D+
Cristian Guzman: S9/L9S
Corey Koskie: CS2(26)
Corey Koskie: S9/G34+
Matt LeCroy: 53/G56S

Bot 1

Jose Macias: W
Damion Easley: 4/P6M-
Bobby Higginson: 8/F8RM
Randall Simon: S8/G4.1-3
Shane Halter: S/G56.3-H;1-2
Deivi Cruz: 7/F7D

Top 2

David Ortiz: 9/F89D
Torii Hunter: 4/P4MD-
Jacque Jones: K/C

Bot 2

Mike Rivera: 8/F8RM
Wendell Magee: 8/F8RD
Eric Munson: 9/L89D

Top 3

Dustan Mohr: D7/L7LS+
A. J. Pierzynski: 9/F9M
Luis Rivas: 53/G56S.2-3
Cristian Guzman: S/G6S-.3-H
Corey Koskie: D9/L9LS+.1-3
Matt LeCroy: S8/L8LS.3-H;2-H
David Ortiz: 9/F89D

Bot 3

Jose Macias: T/L89D+
Damion Easley: 7/SF/F7D.3-H
Bobby Higginson: 3/G3
Randall Simon: 43/G4

Top 4

Torii Hunter: W
Jacque Jones: HR/F89XD+.1-H
Dustan Mohr: 63/G6S
A. J. Pierzynski: 53/G56
Luis Rivas: 43/G4

Bot 4

Shane Halter: T8/F8LXD+
Deivi Cruz: 8/SF/F8RD.3-H
Mike Rivera: D7/L7LS+
Wendell Magee: 3/FL/P9LSF-
Eric Munson: HR/F9D+.2-H
Jose Macias: 6/P6D-

Top 5

Denny Hocking: S8/L89S
Corey Koskie: 43/G4.1-2
Matt LeCroy: 9/F89S
David Ortiz: W
Torii Hunter: 5(2)/FO/G5.1-2

Bot 5

Damion Easley: 63/G6
Bobby Higginson: K
Randall Simon: S/G6
Shane Halter: W.1-2
Deivi Cruz: D7/L7LS+.2-H;1-H
Mike Rivera: D7/F7LD+.2-H
Wendell Magee: 9/F9D

Top 6

Jacque Jones: W
Dustan Mohr: K
A. J. Pierzynski: 8/F8LXD+.1-2
Luis Rivas: S/G15+.2-3
Denny Hocking: POCS2(1364)

Bot 6

Eric Munson: K
Jose Macias: 43/G4
Damion Easley: 43/G4

Top 7

Denny Hocking: 63/G6
Corey Koskie: S9/G4
Matt LeCroy: K
David Ortiz: 3/G3

Bot 7

Bobby Higginson: S8/L8LS
Randall Simon: 63/G6S-.1-2
Shane Halter: D7/F78XD+.2-H
Deivi Cruz: S8/L8RS+.2XH(82);B-2(THH)
Mike Rivera: 63/G6

Top 8

Torii Hunter: W
Jacque Jones: S9/G34.1-3
Dustan Mohr: K
A. J. Pierzynski: 3(B)6(1)/GDP/G3

Bot 8

Wendell Magee: S9/G34
Eric Munson: 9/F9D
Jose Macias: 31/G34S-.1-2
Damion Easley: 2/FL/P23F-

Top 9

Luis Rivas: 8/F8RM
Denny Hocking: K/C
Corey Koskie: K/C