08:10 PM Apr 2, 2008 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

Umpires Home: Brian Runge,
1B: Chris Guccione,
2B: Charlie Reliford,
3B: Kerwin Danley
Attendance: 21,932
Duration of game: 2:9
Weather: 70.0°F, sky: dome
  • Scoring
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 2
Minnesota Twins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Winning Pitcher Joe Saunders (1-0) Save Francisco Rodriguez (1)
Losing Pitcher Nick Blackburn (0-1)

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Player Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg PO A PS
Chone Figgins 3B 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .333 0 2 14
Gary Matthews Jr. LF 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 .308 1 0 12
Vladimir Guerrero RF 4 0 0 0 0 3 4 .333 2 0 20
Garret Anderson DH 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 .250 0 0 15
Torii Hunter CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .167 2 0 11
Casey Kotchman 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .385 12 1 8
Howie Kendrick 2B 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .417 1 5 10
Jeff Mathis C 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333 5 0 7
Erick Aybar SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 4 7 14
Joe Saunders P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2 0
  Francisco Rodriguez P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0
Totals: 32 1 7 0 2 7 18   27 17 111

Pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR ERA BF Pitch-Str GB-FB
Joe Saunders W (1-0) 8.0 4 0 0 1 4 0 0.00 26 80 - 53 11-5
Francisco Rodriguez SV(1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00 3 10 - 6 1-0
Totals: 27 4 0 0 2 5 0   29 90 - 59 12 - 5

BATTING
Hit by Pitch: H. Kendrick (1) by N. Blackburn

BASERUNNING
Stolen Bases: G. Matthews Jr. (1 off of M. Guerrier / M. Redmond)

Minnesota Twins

Player Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg PO A PS
Carlos Gomez CF 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .364 3 0 10
Brendan Harris 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .222 1 3 8
  Joe Mauer PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 0 0 3
Michael Cuddyer RF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .273 1 0 7
Justin Morneau 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 12 3 8
Delmon Young LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .455 0 0 9
Craig Monroe DH 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 0 0 16
Mike Redmond C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 6 1 10
Nick Punto 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 0 2 10
Matt Tolbert SS 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 .333 1 5 9
Nick Blackburn P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3 1 0
  Matt Guerrier P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0
  Dennys Reyes P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0
  Pat Neshek P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0
Totals: 27 0 4 0 2 5 9   27 15 90

Pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR ERA BF Pitch-Str GB-FB
Nick Blackburn L (0-1) 7.0 5 1 1 1 6 0 1.29 28 86 - 64 12-3
Matt Guerrier 0.1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0.00 4 15 - 9 0-0
Dennys Reyes 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 2 - 2 1-0
Pat Neshek 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3 8 - 6 2-1
Totals: 27 7 1 1 2 7 0   36 111 - 81 15 - 4

BATTING

FIELDING
Errors: E. Aybar (1); J. Mathis (1)

BASERUNNING
Stolen Bases: N. Punto (1 off of J. Saunders / J. Mathis)