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Minnesota Twins @ Detroit Tigers

2002-04-27 · Day game · Comerica Park · Att: 17030 · 50°F, cloudy · Wind 10 mph from LF · 2:20

Detroit Tigers defeated Minnesota Twins 5–1. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 1st. Nate Cornejo earned the win. Randall Simon went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Nate Cornejo L: Matt Kinney SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Paul Schrieber · 1B: Jim Reynolds · 2B: Matt Hollowell · 3B: Mark Hirschbeck · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jacque Jones	5	0	1	0	0	1
Cristian Guzman	5	0	0	0	0	1
Doug Mientkiewicz	4	0	1	0	0	1
Corey Koskie	4	0	1	0	0	1
Torii Hunter	3	1	1	1	1	1
Matt LeCroy	4	0	2	0	0	0
Brian Buchanan	4	0	2	0	0	2
A. J. Pierzynski	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jay Canizaro	1	0	1	0	0	0
Denny Hocking	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Kielty	1	0	0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wendell Magee	4	0	0	0	0	0
Robert Fick	3	2	1	0	1	0
Bobby Higginson	4	2	3	2	0	0
Randall Simon	4	1	2	3	0	0
Shane Halter	4	0	2	0	0	0
Craig Paquette	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jacob Cruz	4	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Rivera	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Macias	3	0	1	0	0	1

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Matt Kinney	3.0	5	1	3
Tony Fiore	4.0	4	0	1
Jack Cressend	1.0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nate Cornejo	9.0	9	1	8

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jacque Jones: 7/F7M
Cristian Guzman: K/C
Doug Mientkiewicz: 7/F78M

Bot 1

Wendell Magee: 9/F9D
Robert Fick: W
Bobby Higginson: T9/L89XD.1-H
Randall Simon: S9/L34D.3-H
Shane Halter: 9/F89D
Craig Paquette: K

Top 2

Corey Koskie: K/C
Torii Hunter: HR/F7D
Matt LeCroy: S7/F7S
Brian Buchanan: S8/G6M.1-2
A. J. Pierzynski: 7/F7LS
Jay Canizaro: HP.2-3;1-2
Jacque Jones: 13/G13

Bot 2

Jacob Cruz: K
Mike Rivera: 7/F7D
Jose Macias: K

Top 3

Cristian Guzman: 63/G6S
Doug Mientkiewicz: 43/G4
Corey Koskie: S8/L6D
Torii Hunter: W.1-2
Matt LeCroy: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 3

Wendell Magee: 53/G5
Robert Fick: 9/L89S
Bobby Higginson: S9/L9S
Randall Simon: HR/L9D.1-H
Shane Halter: S7/L7S
Craig Paquette: 8/F8LS

Top 4

Brian Buchanan: S7/G56
A. J. Pierzynski: 63/G6S.1-2
Jay Canizaro: S6/G6S.2-3
Jacque Jones: K
Cristian Guzman: 13/G

Bot 4

Jacob Cruz: 53/G5
Mike Rivera: 13/G13
Jose Macias: S2/BG25
Wendell Magee: SB2
Wendell Magee: 3/FL/P3F

Top 5

Doug Mientkiewicz: K/C
Corey Koskie: 6/P6D
Torii Hunter: K

Bot 5

Robert Fick: T8/F8RXD
Bobby Higginson: S9/G34.3-H
Randall Simon: 53/G56S.1-2
Shane Halter: S9/F9S.2-3
Craig Paquette: 2/FL/P2RF
Jacob Cruz: K

Top 6

Matt LeCroy: D7/L7LM
Brian Buchanan: K
A. J. Pierzynski: 63/G6M.2-3
Denny Hocking: 43/G4S

Bot 6

Mike Rivera: 7/F78M
Jose Macias: 8/F8RD
Wendell Magee: 3/P3

Top 7

Jacque Jones: 3/G3
Cristian Guzman: 63/G6
Doug Mientkiewicz: DGR/L9LM
Corey Koskie: 9/L9D

Bot 7

Robert Fick: 63/G6
Bobby Higginson: 8/F8LM
Randall Simon: 5/P56

Top 8

Torii Hunter: 63/G6
Matt LeCroy: 63/G6M
Brian Buchanan: K

Bot 8

Shane Halter: 53/G56
Craig Paquette: 6/L6
Jacob Cruz: 53/G5

Top 9

A. J. Pierzynski: 53/G5
Bobby Kielty: K/C
Jacque Jones: S7/G56
Cristian Guzman: 53/G56S