Minnesota 1, LA Angels 0
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, May 28, 2011
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature:
65°
Umpires:
Home -
Jim Reynolds, 1B -
Tim Welke, 2B -
Andy Fletcher, 3B -
Mike DiMuro
Attendance:
39824
By SportsDirect Inc.
Emergency starter Anthony Swarzak had a no-hitter for 7 1/3 innings and Danny Valencia knocked in the only run with an RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Minnesota Twins a 1-0 win over the visiting Los Angeles Angels on Saturday.
The Twins loaded the bases in the 10th against Los Angeles reliever Hisanori Takahashi (1-1) before Valencia singled home the winning run off reliever Kevin Jepsen.
The rally followed a stellar outing by Swarzak, who started in place of scheduled starter Francisco Liriano and carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning before Peter Bourjos doubled with one out to end the no-hit bid.
Swarzak pitched eight shutout innings and struck out four. Minnesota reliever Alex Burnett (1-3) pitched a scoreless 10th inning to get the win.
Swarzak matched Angels starter Jered Weaver, who again failed to win his seventh game. The Los Angeles ace pitched nine innings of two-hit, shutout ball but couldn’t get any run support as Minnesota won just its second game in its last eight tries.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| LA Angels
|
1 |
0 |
2 |
.032 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| Minnesota
|
6 |
0 |
6 |
.188 |
4 |
8 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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