1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit	0	0	2	0	0	4	1	0	1	8	11	0
Minnesota	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2

DETROIT	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Easley 2b J Encarnacion cf Higginson lf J Gonzalez dh Palmer 1b D Allen 1b Magee rf a-R Becker ph-rf D Cruz ss Ausmus c Halter 3b Totals	5 5 4 4 4 0 3 1 4 4 4 38	1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 8	2 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 11	2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 8	0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1	1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 7	1 1 0 1 3 0 3 0 2 0 2 13	.261 .288 .295 .305 .259 .250 .293 .250 .293 .261 .251

a-flied to left for Magee in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Easley (23, E Milton).
3B: Higginson (4, Cressand).
HR: Easley (11, 3rd inning off E Milton 1 on, 1 out); D Cruz (7, 6th inning off E Milton 2 on, 1 out); Halter (3, 9th inning off Guardado 0 on, 0 out).
Rbi: Easley 2 (40), Magee (24), D Cruz 3 (64), J Gonzalez (57), Halter (21).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: J Encarnacion 1.
Gidp: Palmer.
Team LOB: 4.

FIELDING
DP: 1 (Easley-D Cruz-Palmer).

MINNESOTA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
C Guzman ss Canizaro 2b Lawton rf Coomer 1b D Ortiz dh Koskie 3b a-D Hocking ph T Hunter cf J Jones lf b-Maxwell ph Pierzynski c Totals	4 4 3 3 4 2 1 3 3 1 3 31	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2	0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5	0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2	0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4	1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 8	2 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 8	.259 .278 .323 .284 .301 .293 .299 .247 .276 .258 .280

a-struck out for Koskie in the 9th; b-struck out for J Jones in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Pierzynski (1, S Sparks).
3B: Pierzynski (1, S Sparks).
Rbi: Canizaro (36), Pierzynski (1).
2-out rbi: Canizaro, Pierzynski.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: D Ortiz 2, C Guzman 1.
Gidp: D Ortiz.
Team LOB: 6.

FIELDING
E: Koskie 2 (10, throw 2).
Outfield assists: J Jones (J Gonzalez at 2nd base).
DP: 1 (C Guzman-Canizaro-Coomer).


Pitching

DETROIT	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
S Sparks (W, 5-2) Nitkowski	7 1/3 1 2/3	5 0	2 0	2 0	4 0	6 2	0 0	3.49 5.15

MINNESOTA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
E Milton (L, 12-7) Cressand Carrasco Guardado	6 1 1 1	8 2 0 1	6 1 0 1	2 1 0 1	1 0 0 0	5 0 2 0	2 0 0 1	4.52 9.00 4.07 3.80

WP: S Sparks.
Pitches-strikes: E Milton 101-67; Cressand 12-9; Carrasco 12-8; Guardado 10-9; S Sparks 108-62; Nitkowski 14-11.
Ground balls-fly balls: E Milton 4-8; Cressand 2-1; Carrasco 0-1; Guardado 1-2; S Sparks 10-6; Nitkowski 2-1.
Batters faced: E Milton 28; Cressand 4; Carrasco 3; Guardado 4; S Sparks 31; Nitkowski 4.
Umpires: HP: Brian Gorman. 1B--Mike Everitt. 2B--Kerwin Danley. 3B--Mike Dimuro.
T: 2:35.
Att: 12,048.