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Cleveland Guardians @ Minnesota Twins

2005-05-31 · Night game · Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Att: 15494 · 70°F · Wind to LF · 2:28

Cleveland Indians defeated Minnesota Twins 4–3. Cleveland Indians put up 2 in the 6th. CC Sabathia earned the win and Bob Wickman picked up the save. Victor Martinez went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: CC Sabathia L: Carlos Silva SV: Bob Wickman

Umpires — HP: Bill Hohn · 1B: Doug Eddings · 2B: Bruce Dreckman · 3B: Gerry Davis · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Grady Sizemore	4	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Cora	4	0	0	0	0	0
Travis Hafner	3	0	2	0	1	0
Juan Gonzalez	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Broussard	4	2	2	1	0	0
Victor Martinez	3	1	2	2	1	0
Jody Gerut	4	0	1	1	0	1
Jose Hernandez	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jhonny Peralta	4	0	1	0	0	0
Casey Blake	3	1	0	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Shannon Stewart	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Mauer	4	0	1	0	0	1
Lew Ford	4	0	1	0	0	1
Matt LeCroy	3	0	0	0	1	0
Torii Hunter	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jacque Jones	4	1	2	0	0	1
Michael Cuddyer	3	2	1	0	1	0
Nick Punto	4	0	1	0	0	0
Juan Castro	3	0	1	3	0	0
Justin Morneau	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
CC Sabathia	7.2	7	2	3
Bob Howry	0.1	0	0	0
Bob Wickman	1.0	1	0	1

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carlos Silva	7.0	9	1	0
Terry Mulholland	1.1	0	1	1
Juan Rincon	0.2	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Grady Sizemore: 7/F7LSF-
Alex Cora: 6/P6D-
Travis Hafner: S7/G6
Juan Gonzalez: 53/G56S-

Bot 1

Shannon Stewart: 4!3/G4S-
Joe Mauer: 43/G4
Lew Ford: S8/G4M
Matt LeCroy: 9/F9M

Top 2

Ben Broussard: D9/L89D+
Victor Martinez: S9/L9M+.2-3
Jody Gerut: S4/G13.3-H;1-2
Jose Hernandez: 64(1)/FO/G6.2-3
Jhonny Peralta: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 2

Torii Hunter: 3/G3
Jacque Jones: S8/L8RD+
Michael Cuddyer: W.1-2
Nick Punto: 9/F89S-
Juan Castro: D9/F9LM.2-H;1-H;B-3(TH)
Shannon Stewart: 5/L5

Top 3

Grady Sizemore: 7/F7S
Alex Cora: 13/G13
Travis Hafner: W
Casey Blake: 13/G13

Bot 3

Joe Mauer: K
Lew Ford: 63/G56
Matt LeCroy: 3/P3DF

Top 4

Ben Broussard: HR/F89D+
Victor Martinez: 43/G4
Jody Gerut: 43/G4
Jose Hernandez: 9/F89D+

Bot 4

Torii Hunter: S7/G56
Jacque Jones: S7/L7S.1-2
Michael Cuddyer: 46(1)3/GDP/G4.2-3
Nick Punto: 43/G4

Top 5

Jhonny Peralta: 63/G6
Grady Sizemore: E3/G34.B-1
Alex Cora: 4!6(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 5

Juan Castro: 63/G6
Shannon Stewart: K
Joe Mauer: S1/G13+.B-2(E1/TH)
Lew Ford: 53/G5

Top 6

Travis Hafner: S8/L8LS
Casey Blake: 6!4(1)/FO/G56
Ben Broussard: 8/F8RD
Victor Martinez: HR/F89XD+.1-H
Jody Gerut: 63/G6

Bot 6

Matt LeCroy: 8/F8RD
Torii Hunter: 63/G6
Jacque Jones: 63/G6

Top 7

Jose Hernandez: S7/G6
Jhonny Peralta: S7.1-2
Grady Sizemore: 46(1)3/GDP/G4.2-3
Alex Cora: 4!3/G4

Bot 7

Michael Cuddyer: D7/G5
Nick Punto: 63/G6.2-3
Juan Castro: 63/G6.3-H
Shannon Stewart: 43/G4-

Top 8

Travis Hafner: E3/G34.B-1
Casey Blake: 6!4(1)3/GDP/G6M
Ben Broussard: 43/G4-

Bot 8

Joe Mauer: 6!3/G6M
Lew Ford: K
Matt LeCroy: W
Torii Hunter: 4/P4D-

Top 9

Victor Martinez: W
Jody Gerut: K
Jose Hernandez: K
Jhonny Peralta: 9/F9LSF

Bot 9

Jacque Jones: K
Michael Cuddyer: 8/F8RM
Nick Punto: S8/L78S
Justin Morneau: SB2
Justin Morneau: 8/F8RXD+

Notes & reviews

Gonzalez left the game with injured leg, onto DL next day with pulled hamstring
Twins manager Gardenhire ejected by HP umpire Hohn for arguing against the issuing of warnings

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