Detroit (44-35) at Minnesota (41-40)

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Jackson looks to boost All-Star chances

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If Edwin Jackson is in All-Star limbo, Saturday is his final chance to pitch himself out of it, one way or the other, as he readies for his Fourth of July assignment against the Twins in a FOX Saturday Game of the Week.
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Tigers probable pitcher

Edwin Jackson

  • #36 RHP
  • (6-4) 2.49 ERA 84 SO
Jackson hasn't won in his last four starts, including a no-decision for his seven innings of three-run ball in the Tigers' comeback win Sunday at Houston, but his stinginess is all over the American League leaderboards. He's second in the AL to Zack Greinke in ERA, second in hits per nine innings, and third in WHIP ratio. Yet his 5.15 runs of support per nine innings as the pitcher of record ranks lowest on the Tigers staff and near the low among AL starters. His last outing with more than three earned runs allowed came against the Twins, who put up four seventh-inning runs on him in defeat May 4 at Comerica Park.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 31-34 4.64 564.1 258 395 .274
Season 6-4 2.49 108.1 29 84 .214
Vs. Minnesota 0-1 7.50 6.0 2 7 .304

Series at a Glance

Standings - 07/04/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Detroit Tigers (AL Central) 44 35 .557 - 23-11 21-24
Minnesota Twins (AL Central) 41 40 .506 4.0 24-16 17-24
Stats - 07/04/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
DET .260 380 92 364 43 523 4.20 698.1 685 299 542
MIN .269 387 85 362 39 539 4.28 721.0 732 220 515
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Duensing back to showcase wares

Kelly Thesier / MLB.com
Brian Duensing is back for his second stint with the Twins, and he hopes to show the team more and stick around longer this time.
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Twins probable pitcher

Francisco Liriano

  • #47 LHP
  • (4-8) 5.62 ERA 80 SO
Liriano delivered his best start of the season in St. Louis when he held the Cardinals to two runs on four hits over seven innings. The left-hander was finally able to get ground balls in the contest, with 12 of his outs coming on groundouts. Liriano has been struggling to deliver longer outings and his rotation spot was in jeopardy before the start. But now he'll see if he can continue the success when he faces the Tigers in the holiday contest. Liriano is 3-1 with a 4.50 ERA in eight career appearances (six starts) vs. Detroit.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 23-17 3.86 310.1 113 324 .239
Season 4-8 5.62 89.2 42 80 .272
Vs. Detroit 1-0 2.45 7.1 3 9 .154

Tigers hitters vs Francisco Liriano

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Avila, Alex - - - - - - - -
Boesch, Brennan - - - - - - - -
Cabrera, Miguel .500 2 1 1 .300 10 1 1
Ciriaco, Audy - - - - - - - -
Dlugach, Brent - - - - - - - -
Granderson, Curtis .000 3 0 0 .182 22 1 3
Guillen, Carlos .333 3 0 0 .214 14 0 0
Inge, Brandon .000 3 0 0 .200 20 1 2
Kelly, Don - - - - .333 3 0 0
Laird, Gerald .000 3 0 0 .167 6 0 0
Larish, Jeff - - - - .333 3 0 0
Ordonez, Magglio .000 3 0 0 .381 21 2 8
Raburn, Ryan .000 2 0 0 .333 6 1 1
Ramirez, Wilkin - - - - - - - -
Ryan, Dusty - - - - .000 2 0 0
Santiago, Ramon - - - - .000 1 0 0
Sizemore, Scott - - - - - - - -
Strieby, Ryan - - - - - - - -
Thomas, Clete - - - - .000 3 0 0
Wells, Casper - - - - - - - -

Twins hitters vs Edwin Jackson

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Butera, Drew - - - - - - - -
Casilla, Alexi .000 3 0 0 .143 7 0 0
Cuddyer, Michael 1.000 2 0 3 .667 6 1 6
De Los Santos, Estarlin - - - - - - - -
Hardy, J.J. - - - - - - - -
Harris, Brendan - - - - .000 6 0 0
Hughes, Luke - - - - - - - -
Kubel, Jason .500 2 0 0 .222 9 0 1
Mauer, Joe .000 3 0 0 .300 10 0 4
Morales, Jose - - - - .333 3 0 0
Morneau, Justin .333 3 0 0 .429 14 1 2
Plouffe, Trevor - - - - - - - -
Pridie, Jason - - - - .000 1 0 0
Punto, Nick .000 2 0 0 .300 10 0 2
Ramos, Wilson - - - - - - - -
Span, Denard .667 3 0 0 .444 9 0 0
Tolbert, Matt - - - - .333 3 0 0
Tolleson, Steven - - - - - - - -
Valencia, Danny - - - - - - - -
Young, Delmon .000 2 0 0 .333 9 0 0

Late spark sends Twins to happy holiday (44-36) (42-40)

Twins 4, Tigers 3

Tigers fall short

Jason Beck / MLB.com
Magglio Ordonez enjoyed his first multi-hit game since June 8, and his three-run homer in the seventh gave the Tigers their first lead of the game. But Edwin Jackson allowed the Twins to tie it in the bottom of the frame, and Brandon Lyon allowed the game-winner in the eighth inning.

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Series at a Glance

 
Matt Tolbert slides in safely with the go-ahead run. (AP)

Punto delivers

Kelly Thesier / MLB.com
Nick Punto came through in the eighth, hitting a bloop RBI single to give the Twins a holiday win. Michael Cuddyer was a triple shy of the cycle, and his fourth hit, an RBI single, tied the game in the seventh. Francisco Liriano settled for a no-decision after allowing a homer in the seventh.
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Twins 4, Tigers 3

Detroit AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Granderson, CF 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 .255
Polanco, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255
Cabrera, M, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .324
Thames, DH 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .255
Raburn, LF 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .279
  a-Kelly, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .273
Inge, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 .269
Ordonez, RF 3 1 2 3 0 1 0 .266
Ryan, D, C 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .143
Everett, SS 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 .272
Totals 31 3 5 3 2 11 5  

a-Struck out for Raburn in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Ordonez (10, Liriano).
HR: Ordonez (4, 7th inning off Liriano, 2 on, 1 out).
TB: Cabrera, M; Thames; Raburn; Ordonez 6.
RBI: Ordonez 3 (28).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Everett.
Team RISP: 1-for-3.
Team LOB: 3.

BASERUNNING
CS: Everett (2, 2nd base by Liriano/Morales, J).
PO: Everett (1st base by Liriano).
 
Minnesota AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Span, CF-LF 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 .288
Harris, B, SS 5 0 0 0 0 3 2 .274
Mauer, DH 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .390
Morneau, 1B 4 1 4 2 0 0 0 .320
Kubel, LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 .299
  1-Gomez, C, PR-CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224
Cuddyer, RF 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 .281
Buscher, 3B 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .198
  2-Tolbert, PR-3B 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .184
Morales, J, C 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .349
Punto, 2B 3 0 2 1 1 1 1 .217
Totals 34 4 10 4 4 10 17  


1-Ran for Kubel in the 7th. 2-Ran for Buscher in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Morneau (22, Jackson, E).
HR: Cuddyer (13, 4th inning off Jackson, E, 0 on, 0 out), Morneau (20, 5th inning off Jackson, E, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Mauer; Morneau 8; Cuddyer 4; Buscher; Morales, J; Punto 2.
RBI: Cuddyer (45), Morneau 2 (67), Punto (16).
2-out RBI: Morneau.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Kubel 2; Span 2; Cuddyer; Harris, B.
Team RISP: 2-for-10.
Team LOB: 10.

BASERUNNING
SB: Punto (7, 2nd base off Jackson, E/Ryan, D).

FIELDING
Pickoffs: Liriano (Everett at 1st base).
 
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Jackson, E 6.1 6 3 3 4 9 2 2.59
Seay (BS, 3) 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.20
Lyon (L, 3-4) 1.1 2 1 1 0 1 0 3.92
 
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Liriano 7.0 5 3 3 2 8 1 5.49
Guerrier (W, 4-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.58
Nathan (S, 22) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.35

Pitches-strikes: Jackson, E 122-68, Seay 12-6, Lyon 18-13, Liriano 103-65, Guerrier 12-10, Nathan 15-12.
Groundouts-flyouts: Jackson, E 3-7, Seay 1-0, Lyon 2-1, Liriano 3-9, Guerrier 1-1, Nathan 1-0.
Batters faced: Jackson, E 29, Seay 3, Lyon 6, Liriano 27, Guerrier 3, Nathan 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Seay 1-1, Lyon 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Mike Reilly. 1B: Chuck Meriwether. 2B: Laz Diaz. 3B: Eric Cooper.
Weather: 68 degrees, dome.
Wind: Indoors.
T: 2:49.
Att: 27,238.
July 4, 2009

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