Minnesota 5, LA Angels 0
When: 8:10 PM ET, Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature:
52°
Umpires:
Home -
Cory Blaser, 1B -
Sam Holbrook, 2B -
Andy Fletcher, 3B -
Rob Drake
Attendance:
30776
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Twins 5, Angels 0: Ryan Doumit homered and Scott Diamond tossed seven scoreless innings in his season debut as the Twins recorded their first shutout win of the campaign.
The Twins posted three runs in the first inning on Josh Willingham’s RBI double and Doumit’s two-run blast off Dan Haren (1-3), who allowed five runs on eight hits over 3 2/3 innings.
Diamond (1-0) gave up four hits with one walk and six strikeouts in his first start since being called up from Triple-A Rochester on Monday.
Diamond, who replaced struggling Liam Hendriks in the rotation, retired the final 11 batters he faced in his eighth major league start.
The Twins, who had 20 total hits in their previous six games, registered 12 against the Angels and went 4-for-9 with runners in scoring position.
Minnesota added to its lead in the fourth inning on Erik Komatsu’s sacrifice fly and Brian Dozier’s run-scoring single.
The Twins snapped their three-game losing streak and won for the fourth time in their last 16 games.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Angels were shut out for the seventh time in 31 games this season. ... Albert Pujols went 0-for-4 to see his batting average drop to .190. ... The Twins scored first against the Angels for the first time in eight games this season. … Willingham went 2-for-3 after missing Monday’s game because of a skin condition near his mouth. … David Pauley threw four innings of scoreless relief in his Angels debut.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| LA Angels |
|
Minnesota |
|
Dan Haren
|
Player |
Scott Diamond
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
3.2 |
IP |
7.0 |
|
0 |
Strikeouts |
6 |
|
8 |
Hits |
4 |
|
12.27 |
ERA |
0.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| LA Angels
|
4 |
0 |
5 |
.133 |
7 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Minnesota
|
12 |
1 |
18 |
.364 |
14 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
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