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Yanks take 12 to beat Blue Jays, 6-5
MINNEAPOLIS - Justin Morneau had four hits, including a homer and the tying single in the seventh inning, and Minnesota came back to beat Detroit.
Magglio Ordonez's three-run homer in the seventh spoiled an otherwise stellar start by Francisco Liriano, but Morneau capped the rally with his hit in the bottom of the inning.
In the eighth against Brandon Lyon (3-4), Nick Punto poked a soft single over the outstretched glove of shortstop Adam Everett to allow pinch-runner Matt Tolbert to score on a head-first slide just ahead of the relay throw.
Detroit 000 000 300 – 3 5 0
Minnesota 000 110 11x – 4 10 0
Detroit AB R H BI Avg. Minnesota AB R H BI Avg.
Granderson cf 4 0 0 0 .255 Span cf-lf 4 1 0 0 .288
Polanco 2b 4 0 0 0 .255 B.Harris ss 5 0 0 0 .274
Mi.Cabrera 1b 4 0 1 0 .324 Mauer dh 3 0 1 0 .390
Thames dh 4 1 1 0 .255 Morneau 1b 4 1 4 2 .320
Raburn lf 3 1 1 0 .279 Kubel lf 4 0 0 0 .299
a-Kelly ph 1 0 0 0 .273 1-Gomez pr-cf 0 0 0 0 .224
Inge 3b 4 0 0 0 .269 Cuddyer rf 3 1 1 1 .281
Ordonez rf 3 1 2 3 .266 Buscher 3b 4 0 1 0 .198
D.Ryan c 2 0 0 0 .143 2-Tolbert pr-3b 0 1 0 0 .184
Everett ss 2 0 0 0 .272 J.Morales c 4 0 1 0 .349
Totals 31 3 5 3 Punto 2b 3 0 2 1 .217
Totals 34 4 10 4
a-struck out for Raburn in the 9th.1-ran for Kubel in the 7th. 2-ran for Buscher in the 8th. LOB: Detroit 3, Minnesota 10. 2B: Ordonez (10), Morneau (22). HR: Ordonez (4), off Liriano; Cuddyer (13), off E.Jackson; Morneau (20), off E.Jackson. RBIs: Ordonez 3 (28), Morneau 2 (67), Cuddyer (45), Punto (16). SB: Punto (7). CS: Everett (2). RLSP: Detroit 1 (Everett); Minnesota 6 (Kubel 2, Span 2, Cuddyer, B.Harris). RA: Span, J.Morales.
Detroit walks (2): D.Ryan, Everett.
