Minnesota 6, Seattle 5

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(1-1)	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Seattle 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 11 0 Minnesota 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 6 8 0 WP: L. Ayala (1-0) LP: B. Morrow (0-1)	(1-1)

Scoring Summary

Top 1st: Seattle

- A. Beltre hit sacrifice fly to left, E. Chavez scored

Top 3rd: Seattle

- A. Beltre singled to center, E. Chavez scored, K. Griffey Jr. to second

Top 4th: Seattle

- E. Chavez singled to right, W. Balentien and Y. Betancourt scored

Bot 5th: Minnesota

- D. Span singled to right, C. Gomez scored, N. Punto to third

- M. Cuddyer singled to center, N. Punto and D. Span scored

Top 9th: Seattle

- F. Gutierrez singled to center, W. Balentien scored

Bot 9th: Minnesota

- D. Span singled to third, C. Gomez scored, B. Harris to third, B. Buscher to second

- A. Casilla singled to center, B. Harris and B. Buscher scored, D. Span to second

Seattle
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
E. Chavez lf	5	2	3	2	0	1	1	.250
F. Gutierrez cf	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	.333
K. Griffey Jr. dh	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	.333
A. Beltre 3b	3	0	1	2	0	0	2	.250
R. Branyan 1b	4	0	1	0	0	1	3	.000
J. Lopez 2b	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	.333
K. Johjima c	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333
W. Balentien rf	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000
Y. Betancourt ss	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	.000
Totals	35	5	11	5	3	4	12

Batting 2B - F Gutierrez (1, N Blackburn). SF - A Beltre. RBI - A Beltre 2 (2), E Chavez 2 (2), F Gutierrez (3). 2-out RBI - A Beltre, E Chavez 2, F Gutierrez. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - E Chavez 1, R Branyan 2. GIDP - K Johjima, J Lopez. Team LOB - 7.

Base Running SB - E Chavez (1, 2nd base off N Blackburn/J Morales), Y Betancourt (1, 2nd base off P Humber/J Morales).

Minnesota
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
D. Span rf	5	1	3	2	0	1	0	.000
A. Casilla 2b	5	0	1	2	0	1	2	.250
M. Cuddyer dh	4	0	2	2	0	2	1	.250
J. Morneau 1b	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000
J. Crede 3b	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	.250
D. Young lf	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000
C. Gomez cf	3	2	1	0	1	1	0	.000
J. Morales c	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	.000
J. Kubel ph	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250
B. Harris pr	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
N. Punto ss	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500
B. Buscher ph	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000
Totals	34	6	8	6	3	12	9

Batting 2B - J Crede (1, E Bedard). 3B - C Gomez (1, E Bedard). RBI - D Span 2 (2), M Cuddyer 2 (3), A Casilla 2 (2). 2-out RBI - M Cuddyer 2, D Span, A Casilla 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Morneau 1, D Young 2. Team LOB - 6.

Base Running SB - D Span (1, 2nd base off E Bedard/K Johjima).    Fielding DP - 2 (J Crede-A Casilla-J Morneau, N Punto-A Casilla-J Morneau).

Seattle
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
E. Bedard	5.0	6	3	3	0	8	0	5.40
R. Corcoran (H, 1)	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
D. Aardsma (H, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
B. Morrow (L, 0-1)	0.2	0	3	3	3	1	0	40.50
M. Batista (BS, 1)	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Minnesota
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
N. Blackburn	5.0	8	4	4	3	1	0	7.20
P. Humber	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
M. Guerrier	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
L. Ayala (W, 1-0)	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	4.50

HBP - N Punto (by E Bedard).

Pitches-strikes - E Bedard 85-56; R Corcoran 22-15; D Aardsma 9-6; B Morrow 28-14; M Batista 3-3; N Blackburn 85-56; P Humber 17-11; M Guerrier 17-11; L Ayala 15-12.

Ground balls-fly balls - E Bedard 4-3; R Corcoran 1-3; D Aardsma 0-2; B Morrow 0-1; M Batista 0-0; N Blackburn 9-5; P Humber 1-1; M Guerrier 3-2; L Ayala 1-1.

Batters faced - E Bedard 22; R Corcoran 6; D Aardsma 3; B Morrow 5; M Batista 2; N Blackburn 24; P Humber 4; M Guerrier 6; L Ayala 5.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Chuck Meriwether. 1B--Eric Cooper. 2B--Scott Barry. 3B--Mike Reilly. Time: 2:49. Attendance: 23,755. Weather: INDOORS

Updated on Wednesday, Apr 8, 2009 3:23 am ET