Cleveland 5, Minnesota 4

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(55-47)	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Minnesota 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 9 1 Cleveland 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 12 0 WP: C. Lee (14-2) S: R. Perez (1) LP: L. Hernandez (10-7)	(45-56)

Scoring Summary

Bot 1st: Cleveland

- B. Francisco hit sacrifice fly to deep center, G. Sizemore scored, J. Carroll to second

- S. Choo hit sacrifice fly to center, J. Carroll scored

- K. Shoppach doubled to deep center, C. Blake and J. Peralta scored

Bot 2nd: Cleveland

- F. Gutierrez homered to deep left

Top 3rd: Minnesota

- D. Span singled to left center, J. Kubel scored

Top 6th: Minnesota

- J. Mauer doubled to deep left, D. Span scored

Top 9th: Minnesota

- J. Morneau homered to deep right, J. Mauer scored

Minnesota
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
D. Span rf-cf	4	1	3	1	0	1	0	.344
A. Casilla 2b	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.317
J. Mauer c	4	1	2	1	0	1	0	.321
J. Morneau 1b	4	1	1	2	0	0	1	.316
D. Young lf	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.293
C. Monroe dh	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.199
M. Lamb ph	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229
M. Redmond ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.284
B. Harris 3b	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	.261
N. Punto ss	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.292
C. Gomez cf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248
J. Kubel rf	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	.260
Totals	35	4	9	4	0	10	8

Batting 2B - J Kubel (11, C Lee); D Span (6, C Lee); J Mauer (25, C Lee); B Harris (16, C Lee); D Young (18, M Kobayashi). HR - J Morneau (16, 9th inning off M Kobayashi 1 on, 0 Out). RBI - D Span (8), J Mauer (45), J Morneau 2 (75). 2-out RBI - D Span, J Mauer. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - N Punto 2, J Morneau 1. Team LOB - 4.

Base Running SB - D Young (12, 3rd base off R Perez/K Shoppach).    Fielding E - A Casilla (8, catch). DP - 2 (B Harris-A Casilla-J Morneau, N Punto-A Casilla-J Morneau).

Cleveland
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
G. Sizemore cf	4	1	2	0	1	1	0	.274
J. Carroll 2b	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.278
A. Cabrera 2b	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.185
B. Francisco lf	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	.281
J. Peralta ss	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	.270
S. Choo dh	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	.256
C. Blake 3b	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	.289
K. Shoppach c	4	0	1	2	0	1	4	.253
R. Garko 1b	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.239
F. Gutierrez rf	3	1	2	1	1	1	0	.223
Totals	33	5	12	5	3	6	16

Batting 2B - K Shoppach (13, L Hernandez); J Peralta (28, L Hernandez); F Gutierrez (14, L Hernandez). HR - F Gutierrez (4, 2nd inning off L Hernandez 0 on, 0 Out). SF - S Choo , B Francisco. RBI - B Francisco (37), S Choo (24), K Shoppach 2 (26), F Gutierrez (20). 2-out RBI - K Shoppach 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Garko 2, A Cabrera 1. GIDP - K Shoppach, B Francisco. Team LOB - 9.

Fielding Outfield assists - G Sizemore (D Span at 1st base). DP - 1 (G Sizemore-R Garko).

Minnesota
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
L. Hernandez (L, 10-7)	8.0	12	5	5	3	6	1	5.31
Cleveland
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
C. Lee (W, 14-2)	8.0	6	2	2	0	10	0	2.29
M. Kobayashi	0.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	3.69
R. Perez (S, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.11

IBB - G Sizemore (by L Hernandez).

Pitches-strikes - L Hernandez 119-77; C Lee 108-80; M Kobayashi 10-7; R Perez 13-10.

Ground balls-fly balls - L Hernandez 10-9; C Lee 10-3; M Kobayashi 0-0; R Perez 2-1.

Batters faced - L Hernandez 38; C Lee 29; M Kobayashi 3; R Perez 3.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Tim Tschida. 1B--Jim Joyce. 2B--Jeff Nelson. 3B--Adrian Johnson. Time: 2:37. Attendance: 33,512. Weather: 80 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 4 mph, out to center.

Game Notes

MINNESOTA OUTFIELDER CARLOS GOMEZ LEFT THE GAME IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING AFTER COLLIDING INTO THE WALL WHILE TRYING TO MAKE A CATCH.

Updated on Friday, Jul 25, 2008 9:48 pm ET