Detroit 3, Minnesota 2
Saturday, September 10, 2011 4:10 PM
Location -
Comerica Park
Temperature -
70°
Umpires -
Home Plate -
Jerry Layne,
First Base -
Bob Davidson,
Second Base -
Mike Muchlinski,
Third Base -
Brian Knight,
Attendance -
38567
Final Scoring Summary
|
Final
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
X |
R
|
H
|
E
|
|
Minnesota
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2
|
5 |
0 |
|
Detroit
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
3
|
6 |
0 |
Team Records
| Team |
W/L |
Home |
Away |
Streak |
| Minnesota
|
59-86 |
30-42 |
29-44 |
L2 |
| Detroit
|
83-62 |
44-29 |
39-33 |
W8 |
Recap
Brandon Inge belted a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Detroit Tigers to their eight consecutive victory with a 3-2 triumph over the visiting Minnesota Twins on Saturday.
Wilson Betemit also hit a solo homer and Victor Martinez drove in a run for the Tigers, who lowered their magic number to clinch the American League Central to nine.
The Twins brought in lefthander Glen Perkins (4-4) for the ninth inning. Perkins retired the first two batters easily but left a 2-1 pitch over the plate to Inge, who blasted it over the wall in left for his third home run.
Al Alburquerque (6-1) got the win for Detroit in relief of Max Scherzer, who pitched seven strong innings.
Minnesota tied it up in the sixth on Danny Valencia’s sacrifice fly and had a chance to take the lead in the seventh after a leadoff double by rookie Joe Benson. But Scherzer induced a flyout and struck out two to keep the game knotted at 2-2.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Minnesota
|
5 |
1 |
9 |
.172 |
9 |
8 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Detroit
|
6 |
2 |
14 |
.188 |
8 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Upcoming Games
-
Detroit
will play their next game at home against Minnesota.
The
Tigers
have a W/L % of
.585
after a win and
.556
after a loss.
-
Minnesota will play their next game on the road against Detroit.
The
Twins
have a W/L % of
.483
after a win and
.353
after a loss.