Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Cleveland 4, Minnesota 3
When: 12:05 PM ET, Thursday, September 20, 2012
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 64°
Umpires: Home - Andy Fletcher, 1B - Joe West, 2B - Mike Muchlinski, 3B - Sam Holbrook
Attendance: 12331
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Denard Span CF 5 0 1 1 0 1 4 .289
Ben Revere RF 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 .292
Joe Mauer 1B 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 .321
Josh Willingham LF 5 0 1 0 0 2 1 .261
Ryan Doumit C 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .278
Trevor Plouffe 3B 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 .238
     Alexi Casilla PR-2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228
Chris Herrmann DH 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000
Eduardo Escobar 2B-SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .203
Pedro Florimon SS 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 .250
     Justin Morneau PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
     Jamey Carroll PR-3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261
Totals 37 3 7 2 2 9 14  
Batting
2B - Denard Span (36), Josh Willingham (29)
HR - Trevor Plouffe (23)
TB - Denard Span 2, Ben Revere, Josh Willingham 2, Trevor Plouffe 5, Pedro Florimon 2
RBI - Denard Span (37), Trevor Plouffe (51)
2-Out RBI - Denard Span (17), Trevor Plouffe (25)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Denard Span (36), Ben Revere (45), Joe Mauer (37), Trevor Plouffe (46)
Team LOB - 7
Baserunning
CS - Pedro Florimon (1, 2nd by Allen/Marson)
SB - Ben Revere (37, 2nd off Kluber/Marson)
Fielding
Outfield Assists - Denard Span (Kipnis at 1st), Ben Revere (Kotchman at Home)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Esmerling Vasquez 5.2 6 3 3 3 0 0 6.75
Kyle Waldrop (BS 1) 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.12
Casey Fien 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.44
Jared Burton 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.04
Anthony Swarzak (L 3-5) 0.1 2 1 1 2 0 0 5.00
HBP - Brent Lillibridge (by Waldrop)
IBB - Carlos Santana (by Swarzak), Michael Brantley (by Swarzak)
Pitches-Strikes - Esmerling Vasquez 91-54, Kyle Waldrop 16-9, Casey Fien 16-12, Jared Burton 14-11, Anthony Swarzak 17-5
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Esmerling Vasquez 6-7, Kyle Waldrop 0-0, Casey Fien 2-0, Jared Burton 2-0, Anthony Swarzak 1-0
Batters Faced - Esmerling Vasquez 23, Kyle Waldrop 3, Casey Fien 7, Jared Burton 3, Anthony Swarzak 5
Inherited Runners-Scored - Kyle Waldrop 1-1
Cleveland
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Vinny Rottino RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .111
     Shin-Soo Choo PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .276
Jason Kipnis 2B 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 .255
Carlos Santana DH 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 .252
Michael Brantley CF 4 0 2 0 1 0 2 .283
Casey Kotchman 1B 5 1 3 2 0 0 2 .231
Brent Lillibridge SS 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 .193
Jack Hannahan 3B 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 .236
Thomas Neal LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 .154
     Ezequiel Carrera LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241
Lou Marson C 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .223
Totals 35 4 10 4 5 3 14  
Batting
2B - Shin-Soo Choo (38), Casey Kotchman (12)
TB - Shin-Soo Choo 2, Jason Kipnis, Michael Brantley 2, Casey Kotchman 4, Brent Lillibridge, Jack Hannahan 2
RBI - Casey Kotchman 2 (53), Brent Lillibridge (10), Jack Hannahan (27)
2-Out RBI - Jack Hannahan (21)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Thomas Neal (2)
GIDP - Brent Lillibridge (1)
Team LOB - 9
Fielding
E - Jack Hannahan (13)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Corey Kluber 6.0 5 3 3 1 5 1 5.36
Cody Allen 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.16
Vinnie Pestano 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2.10
Chris Perez 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.35
Esmil Rogers (W 3-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.42
WP - Corey Kluber
HBP - Justin Morneau (by Perez)
Pitches-Strikes - Corey Kluber 100-61, Cody Allen 11-6, Vinnie Pestano 19-9, Chris Perez 13-10, Esmil Rogers 14-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Corey Kluber 9-4, Cody Allen 0-1, Vinnie Pestano 1-0, Chris Perez 2-1, Esmil Rogers 1-1
Batters Faced - Corey Kluber 25, Cody Allen 3, Vinnie Pestano 4, Chris Perez 5, Esmil Rogers 3