Minnesota 5, Detroit 1
When: 1:10 PM ET, Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature:
71°
Umpires:
Home -
Bill Welke, 1B -
Jim Reynolds, 2B -
Tim Welke, 3B -
Scott Barry
Attendance:
40671
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Justin Morneau belted a homer and had an RBI double and Kevin Slowey pitched six strong innings before leaving with an injury as the Minnesota Twins recorded a 5-1 triumph over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday.
Delmon Young and Michael Cuddyer added RBI singles for Minnesota (43-35).
Miguel Cabrera recorded an RBI double to open the scoring for Detroit (41-36).
Slowey (8-5) left in the sixth after Magglio Ordonez's comebacker bounced off his right ankle. The right-hander exited the contest after throwing just 81 pitches.
Slowey permitted one run and four hits while striking out four to pick up the win.
Rookie Andy Oliver (0-2) allowed five runs and eight hits in six innings to take the loss.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Detroit
|
7 |
0 |
9 |
.212 |
13 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| Minnesota
|
9 |
1 |
15 |
.321 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
1 |