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Tigers 6 @ Twins 7
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
April 2, 1997
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Detroit Tigers, played on April 2, 1997 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The home team Twins beat the visiting Tigers with a score of 7 to 6.

Game Summary

DateApril 2, 1997 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 6 H: 10 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 6
Hits: 10
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 7 H: 8 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 7
Hits: 8
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Winning Pitcher—Rick Aguilera  
Losing Pitcher—Todd Jones  
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Game Winning RBI—Marty Cordova 

Game Info

DateApril 2, 1997 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamMinnesota Twins 
Visiting Starting PitcherJustin Thompson  
Home Starting PitcherFrankie Rodriguez  
BallparkHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 
CityMinneapolis 
StateMN 
Attendance10,827 
Time of Game3 hours 10 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Larry McCoy
1B: Terry Craft
2B: Chuck Meriwether
3B: Jim Evans

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Brian Hunter  Center Fielder 
Damion Easley  Second Baseman 
Travis Fryman  Third Baseman 
Tony Clark  First Baseman 
Bobby Higginson  Left Fielder 
Melvin Nieves  Right Fielder 
Curtis Pride  DH 
Matt Walbeck  Catcher 
Deivi Cruz  Shortstop 
Buddy Bell  Manager 

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Chuck Knoblauch  Second Baseman 
Rich Becker  Center Fielder 
Paul Molitor  DH 
Marty Cordova  Left Fielder 
Terry Steinbach  Catcher 
Greg Colbrunn  First Baseman 
Matt Lawton  Right Fielder 
Ron Coomer  Third Baseman 
Pat Meares  Shortstop 
Tom Kelly  Manager 

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Tigers 6 @ Twins 7
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
April 2, 1997

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         Game of 4/2/1997 -- Detroit at Minnesota (N)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI
Hunter B, cf          4  0  0  0   Knoblauch C, 2b       3  0  0  2   
Easley D, 2b-ss       4  1  0  0   Becker R, cf          4  1  1  1   
Fryman T, 3b          3  2  1  1   Molitor P, dh         3  0  1  1   
Clark T, 1b           5  0  2  2   Cordova M, lf         4  0  1  1   
Higginson B, lf       4  1  2  2   Steinbach T, c        3  1  0  0   
Nieves M, rf          4  0  0  0   Colbrunn G, 1b        4  1  1  2   
Pride C, dh           2  0  1  0   Lawton M, rf          2  2  1  0   
Trammell B, ph        1  0  0  0   Coomer R, 3b          3  1  2  0   
Walbeck M, c          4  1  1  1   Hocking D, pr-3b      1  0  0  0   
Cruz D, ss            2  0  1  0   Meares P, ss          3  1  1  0   
Reed J, ph-2b         2  1  2  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  6 10  6                        30  7  8  7

Detroit          000 200 031 --  6
Minnesota        003 000 121 --  7
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Thompson J*           6.0  3  4  4  4  5
Lira F                0.2  1  0  0  0  0
Myers M               0.1  0  0  0  0  1
Miceli D              0.2  1  2  2  1  1
Cummings J+           0.0  1  0  0  0  0
Jones T (L)           0.2  2  1  1  2  1

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Rodriguez F           7.0  4  2  2  2  5
Olson G               0.1  2  3  3  1  1
Swindell G            0.1  2  0  0  0  1
Naulty D              0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Aguilera R (W)        1.0  2  1  1  1  2
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 7th
  + Pitched to 1 batter in 8th

E -- Easley D, Becker R
DP -- Minnesota 1
LOB -- Detroit 7, Minnesota 8
2B -- Molitor P, Higginson B
HR -- Higginson B, Colbrunn G, Walbeck M
SB -- Reed J
SH -- Meares P, Hunter B, Becker R
SF -- Knoblauch C
T -- 3:10
A -- 10827

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