MINNESOTA TWINS 11, MILWAUKEE BREWERS 3 IN MINNESOTA

Date:  Friday, May 22, 2009.

Batting stars:  Michael Cuddyer hit for the cycle, going 4-for-5 with a home run (his seventh), a triple, a double, two runs, and five RBIs.  Justin Morneau was 3-for-5 with a triple, three runs, and two RBIs.  Denard Span was 2-for-4 with a home run (his third), a walk, and two runs.  Brendan Harris was 2-for-4.

Pitching stars:  Kevin Slowey pitched 7.1 innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on eight hits and striking out four.  Sean Henn pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.

Opposition stars:  Mat Gamel was 2-for-3 with a double.  Mike Cameron was 2-for-3 with a double.  Ryan Braun was 2-for-4.

The game:  In the bottom of the first Joe Mauer walked with one out, followed by a Justin Morneau single and a three-run homer by Michael Cuddyer.  Matt Tolbert led off the second with a single, was bunted to second, stole third, and scored on a sacrifice fly to make it 4-0.  Cuddyer led off the third with a ground rule double and scored on a Brendan Harris single to make it 5-0.  With one out in the fourth Nick Punto walked, Denard Span singled, a fielder’s choice error scored a run, Morneau hit a two-run triple, and Cuddyer followed with an RBI single, increasing the lead to 9-0.

Milwaukee scored in the fifth on singles by Mike Cameron and Mat Gamel, followed by a sacrifice fly.  The Twins added two more in the sixth.  Denard Span led off with a homer, Justin Morneau singled, and Michael Cuddyer hit an RBI triple, building the lead to 11-1.  Milwaukee got single runs in the seventh and eight, but never threatened to get back into the game.

WP:  Kevin Slowey (6-1).

LP:  Manny Parra (3-5).

S:  None.

Notes:  Matt Tolbert was at second base.  Alexi Casilla played the most games there with 72, followed by Nick Punto at 63 and Tolbert with 36.  Brendan Harris was at third base.  Joe Crede played the most games there with 84, followed by Harris at 44.  Denard Span was in left field.  Delmon Young played the most games there with 98, followed by Span with 74.  Joe Crede was at DH, one of just four games he played there.  Jason Kubel had the most games there with 84.

Joe Mauer was batting .405.  He would finish at a league-leading .365.  Denard Span was batting .304.  He would finish at .311. 

J. J. Hardy was at short for Milwaukee.  He would play for the Twins in 2010.

This is our first Random Rewind cycle.

This was the second of fourteen games Sean Henn would pitch for the Twins.

Michael Cuddyer hit forty-two triples in his career.  He had seven of them in 2009.  Justin Morneau hit twenty-three triples in his career.  This was his only triple in 2009.

Record:  Milwaukee was 26-16, in first place in the NL Central, one game ahead of St. Louis.  They would finish 82-80, in third place, eleven games behind St. Louis.

The Twins were 20-23, in third place in the AL Central, 5.5 games behind Detroit.  They would finish 87-76 in first place, one game ahead of Detroit due to winning game 163.

Random Record:  The Random Twins are 53-53 (.500).