Soriano Homers Again, Way Too Late, In Cubs' 11-3 Loss To Twins
This game isn't much worth recapping, so most of this article is a review of Target Field.
| Final - 6.9.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| Minnesota Twins | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 11 | 16 | 0 |
Stories
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Losses are piling up.
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The Cubs are 20 games under .500. This isn't likely to get any better.
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chi. Cubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 11 | 16 | 0 |
| Chicago Cubs | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reed Johnson, LF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .276 |
| Starlin Castro, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .302 |
| Adrian Cardenas, ph,4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .161 |
| David DeJesus, RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .273 |
| Koyie Hill, C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Alfonso Soriano, DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .276 |
| Jeff Baker, 3,9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
| Joe Mather, CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .265 |
| Steve Clevenger, 2,3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .278 |
| Darwin Barney, 4,6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .269 |
| Ian Stewart, 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .208 |
| Totals | 38 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |
Batting
Home runs - Soriano
Doubles - Johnson
Team LOB - 8
Home runs - Soriano
Doubles - Johnson
Team LOB - 8
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Samardzija (L, 5-4) | 3.2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.96 | 78-52 | |
| Casey Coleman | 1.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4.30 | 56-30 | |
| Jairo Asencio | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 24-12 | |
| Manuel Corpas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 12-7 |
| Minnesota Twins | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denard Span, CF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .288 |
| Ben Revere, RF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .330 |
| Joe Mauer, C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .308 |
| Drew Butera, C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 |
| Josh Willingham, LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .294 |
| Darin Mastroianni, LF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 |
| Justin Morneau, 1B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .247 |
| Chris Parmelee, 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 |
| Ryan Doumit, DH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .258 |
| Trevor Plouffe, 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .208 |
| Brian Dozier, SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .244 |
| Jamey Carroll, 2B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .240 |
| Totals | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | |
Batting
Home runs - Plouffe
Doubles - Span, Mauer, Doumit, Plouffe
Grounded into DP - Doumit
Caught Stealing - Dozier
Team LOB - 7
Home runs - Plouffe
Doubles - Span, Mauer, Doumit, Plouffe
Grounded into DP - Doumit
Caught Stealing - Dozier
Team LOB - 7
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Diamond (W, 5-1) | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.61 | 89-64 | |
| Jeff Gray | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.18 | 28-19 | |
| Jeff Manship | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.70 | 15-9 |
GAME NOTES
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Paul Emmel, First Base Umpire - Scott Barry, Second Base Umpire - Jerry Meals, Third Base Umpire - Gary Darling
Duration: 3:00
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Paul Emmel, First Base Umpire - Scott Barry, Second Base Umpire - Jerry Meals, Third Base Umpire - Gary Darling
Duration: 3:00
