Baltimore 7, Minnesota 3

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(82-67)	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 8 0 Baltimore 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 X 7 11 0 WP: R. Liz (6-5) LP: N. Blackburn (10-9)	(66-82)

Scoring Summary

Bot 1st: Baltimore

- N. Markakis homered to deep left, A. Jones scored

Bot 2nd: Baltimore

- O. Salazar homered to deep left, L. Scott scored

Bot 4th: Baltimore

- O. Salazar homered to deep left

- L. Montanez homered to deep left

Bot 5th: Baltimore

- N. Markakis homered to deep right

Top 9th: Minnesota

- B. Harris singled to left, R. Ruiz scored, J. Pridie to third, D. Young to second

- N. Punto singled to left, J. Pridie scored, D. Young to third, B. Harris to second

- C. Gomez hit sacrifice fly to shallow right, D. Young scored

Minnesota
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
D. Span rf	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	.304
A. Casilla 2b	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.291
J. Mauer c	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.322
R. Ruiz ph	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.283
J. Morneau 1b	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.312
M. Macri 1b	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333
J. Kubel dh	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	.277
M. Cuddyer ph	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.254
J. Pridie pr	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
D. Young lf	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	.285
B. Buscher 3b	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	.305
B. Harris ph	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.264
N. Punto ss	4	0	3	1	0	0	1	.287
C. Gomez cf	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	.254
Totals	33	3	8	3	3	5	12

Batting 2B - J Kubel (21, R Liz). SF - C Gomez. RBI - B Harris (48), N Punto (27), C Gomez (51). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Buscher 1, D Young 1, A Casilla 1, D Span 1. Team LOB - 7.

Fielding DP - 2 (N Punto-A Casilla-J Morneau, J Morneau-N Punto-J Morneau).

Baltimore
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
B. Roberts 2b	3	0	2	0	1	1	0	.298
A. Jones cf	4	1	0	0	0	1	3	.274
N. Markakis rf	4	2	2	3	0	0	0	.302
A. Huff 3b	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.314
R. Hernandez c	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.259
L. Scott dh	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	.266
O. Salazar 1b	4	2	2	3	0	0	1	.244
L. Montanez lf	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	.321
J. Castro ss	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.197
Totals	33	7	11	7	1	5	8

Batting HR - N Markakis 2 (20, 1st inning off N Blackburn 1 on, 1 Out, 5th inning off P Humber 0 on, 0 Out), O Salazar 2 (5, 2nd inning off N Blackburn 1 on, 0 Out, 4th inning off N Blackburn 0 on, 1 Out), L Montanez (2, 4th inning off N Blackburn 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - N Markakis 3 (85), O Salazar 3 (13), L Montanez (11). GIDP - J Castro, A Jones. Team LOB - 3.

Fielding DP - 1 (O Salazar-J Castro-R Liz-B Roberts).

Minnesota
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
N. Blackburn (L, 10-9)	4.0	9	6	6	0	2	4	3.89
P. Humber	2.2	1	1	1	1	2	1	4.15
J. Mijares	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Baltimore
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
R. Liz (W, 6-5)	8.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	6.90
G. Sherrill	0.1	2	3	3	2	1	0	4.97
J. Miller	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

WP - R Liz.

Pitches-strikes - N Blackburn 75-51; P Humber 39-21; J Mijares 25-18; R Liz 109-66; G Sherrill 21-9; J Miller 13-9.

Ground balls-fly balls - N Blackburn 8-2; P Humber 2-4; J Mijares 0-3; R Liz 9-10; G Sherrill 0-0; J Miller 1-1.

Batters faced - N Blackburn 20; P Humber 9; J Mijares 5; R Liz 29; G Sherrill 5; J Miller 3.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Wally Bell. 1B--Laz Diaz. 2B--Kerwin Danley. 3B--Paul Schrieber. Time: 2:43. Attendance: 18,559. Weather: 95 degrees, sunny. Wind: 3 mph, in from right.

Game Notes

BALTIMORE'S AUBREY HUFF EXTENDED HIS HITTING STREAK TO 14 GAMES WITH A SINGLE IN THE THIRD INNING.

THE HOME RUNS HIT BY BALTIMORE'S OSCAR SALAZAR AND LOU MONTANEZ IN THE 4TH INNING WERE HIT BACK-TO-BACK.

Updated on Sunday, Sep 14, 2008 6:17 pm ET