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Minnesota Twins @ Toronto Blue Jays

2001-07-31 · Night game · Rogers Centre · Att: 23849 · 83°F, sunny · Wind 4 mph to LF · 2:33

Toronto Blue Jays defeated Minnesota Twins 3–1. Esteban Loaiza earned the win and Billy Koch picked up the save. Doug Mientkiewicz went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Esteban Loaiza L: Joe Mays SV: Billy Koch

Umpires — HP: Mike Reilly · 1B: CB Bucknor · 2B: Scott Higgins · 3B: Brian Runge · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jacque Jones	3	0	1	0	0	0
Denny Hocking	4	0	1	0	0	0
Doug Mientkiewicz	4	1	3	1	0	1
Corey Koskie	4	0	2	0	0	1
Torii Hunter	4	0	1	0	0	1
David Ortiz	3	0	1	0	1	0
Brian Buchanan	3	0	0	0	0	1
A. J. Pierzynski	4	0	0	0	0	1
Luis Rivas	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bobby Kielty	1	0	0	0	0	1

Toronto Blue Jays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Cruz	4	0	1	1	0	1
Alex Gonzalez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Shannon Stewart	4	1	3	0	0	1
Carlos Delgado	3	0	0	0	1	1
Raul Mondesi	4	0	1	1	0	2
Brad Fullmer	4	1	1	0	0	1
Luis Lopez	3	0	0	0	0	0
Darrin Fletcher	2	0	2	0	1	0
Cesar Izturis	3	1	0	0	0	1

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Mays	8.0	8	2	7

Toronto Blue Jays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Esteban Loaiza	7.0	10	0	2
Dan Plesac	1.0	0	0	2
Billy Koch	1.0	0	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jacque Jones: 2/FL/P2LF
Denny Hocking: S7/L7LS-.BX2(74)
Doug Mientkiewicz: S9/G3
Corey Koskie: S/G56-.1-2
Torii Hunter: S/G56-.2-3;1-2
David Ortiz: 8/F8LD

Bot 1

Jose Cruz: 3/G
Alex Gonzalez: 31/G34
Shannon Stewart: S9/G3
Carlos Delgado: 7/F7D

Top 2

Brian Buchanan: K
A. J. Pierzynski: 13/BG
Luis Rivas: 63/G6S

Bot 2

Raul Mondesi: K
Brad Fullmer: K
Luis Lopez: 53/G56

Top 3

Jacque Jones: HP
Denny Hocking: CS2(26)
Denny Hocking: 3/G3
Doug Mientkiewicz: HR/F9D+
Corey Koskie: S9/L9S+
Torii Hunter: SB2
Torii Hunter: K/C

Bot 3

Darrin Fletcher: S9/L9D+
Cesar Izturis: 6(1)/FO/G6M
Jose Cruz: D/F8RXD+.1-H
Alex Gonzalez: 8/F8RD
Shannon Stewart: K

Top 4

David Ortiz: S8/G4M
Brian Buchanan: 64(1)/FO/G6-
A. J. Pierzynski: 4/L4-
Luis Rivas: S9/L9LS-.1-2
Jacque Jones: 7/F7D

Bot 4

Carlos Delgado: K/C
Raul Mondesi: S/G6
Brad Fullmer: S8/G6M.1-3
Luis Lopez: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Top 5

Denny Hocking: 8/F8RXD+
Doug Mientkiewicz: D7/L7LS
Corey Koskie: 43/G34.2-3
Torii Hunter: 53/G5

Bot 5

Darrin Fletcher: S9/G34
Cesar Izturis: K
Jose Cruz: K
Alex Gonzalez: 9/L89D+

Top 6

David Ortiz: 7/F78S
Brian Buchanan: 7/F78M
A. J. Pierzynski: 7/F78S

Bot 6

Shannon Stewart: S/G56-
Carlos Delgado: 46(1)3/GDP/G4M
Raul Mondesi: K/C

Top 7

Luis Rivas: 43/G4S
Jacque Jones: S8/L8RM+
Denny Hocking: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 7

Brad Fullmer: E9/F9LS.B-H(E3/THH)(NR)(UR)
Luis Lopez: 7/F7M
Darrin Fletcher: W
Cesar Izturis: 8/F8RD
Jose Cruz: 5/FL

Top 8

Doug Mientkiewicz: K/C
Corey Koskie: K
Torii Hunter: 7/F7M

Bot 8

Alex Gonzalez: 43/G4M
Shannon Stewart: S/G5-
Carlos Delgado: SB2.1-3(E2/TH2)
Carlos Delgado: IW
Raul Mondesi: 46(1)/FO/G4.3-H(UR)
Brad Fullmer: 8/F8LXD

Top 9

David Ortiz: W
Bobby Kielty: K
A. J. Pierzynski: K+SB2
Luis Rivas: K