June 19, 2010 Phillies 2, Twins 1

Two swings of the bat account for all of the scoring in a pitchers duel between Cole Hamels and Kevin Slowey. A homerun for Justin Morneau in the 2nd inning gives the Twins an early 1-0 lead, and it holds until the 7th when the Phils finally get to Slowey when Wilson Valdez knocks one over the wall after teammate Raul Ibanez singled in front of him for two runs. Jose Contreras and Brad Lidge hold Minnesota scoreless in the 8th and 9th on only 14 pitches to preserve Hamels' team-leadintg 8th win of the season. Slowey goes the distance in the complete game tough luck loss at exactly 100 pitches. Despite the teams having virtually identical records (Twins 38-30, Phillies 37-29) the Twins hold a 3 1/2 game lead in the AL Central while the Phillies sit in third in the NL East, 4 games behind the New York Mets.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2010 Minnesota Twins At 2010 Philadelphia Phillies        6/19/2010
 
  Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG     Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Span CF           3  0  0  0 .251     S.Victorino CF      4  0  0  0 .232  
  O.Hudson 2B         4  0  1  0 .264     P.Polanco 3B        4  0  1  0 .286  
  J.Mauer C           4  0  0  0 .330     C.Utley 2B          3  0  1  0 .252  
  J.Morneau 1B        3  1  1  1 .329     R.Howard 1B         4  0  1  0 .256  
  M.Cuddyer RF        4  0  1  0 .266     J.Werth RF          3  0  0  0 .283  
  D.Young LF          4  0  2  0 .262     R.Ibanez LF         3  1  1  0 .268  
  D.Valencia 3B       3  0  1  0 .256     B.Schneider C       3  0  1  0 .163  
B-J.Thome PH          1  0  0  0 .205     W.Valdez SS         3  1  2  2 .317  
  N.Punto SS          2  0  0  0 .209     C.Hamels P          2  0  0  0 .286  
  K.Slowey P          2  0  1  0 .500   A-J.Castro PH         1  0  0  0 .209  
                                          J.Contreras P       0  0  0  0 ----  
                                          B.Lidge P           0  0  0  0 ----  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      30  1  7  1                 Totals      30  2  7  2
 
A-Pinch Hit For Hamels In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Valencia In 9th Inning
 
Twins........... 0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  7  0
Phillies........ 0 0 0  0 0 0  2 0    -  2  7  0
 
Twins (38-30)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
K.Slowey LOSS(4-6)        8       7   2   2   0   4   1 100   5.21
Totals                    8       7   2   2   0   4   1
 
Phillies (37-29)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
C.Hamels WIN(8-4)         7       7   1   1   2   2   1 109   2.33
J.Contreras HOLD(4th)     1       0   0   0   0   2   0   8   2.17
B.Lidge SAVE(3rd)         1       0   0   0   0   0   0   6   3.38
Totals                    9       7   1   1   2   4   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 39,627 DATE- Saturday, June 19th 2010 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Todd Tichenor, Doug Eddings, Hunter Wendelstedt, Dana Demuth
T- 2:23
LEFT ON BASE- Twins: 6  Phillies: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 0  Phillies: 3
DOUBLES- M.Cuddyer(18th), P.Polanco(14th), R.Howard(13th), W.Valdez(4th)
HOME RUNS- J.Morneau(14th), W.Valdez(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- K.Slowey
WALKS- D.Span, J.Morneau
HIT BY PITCH- N.Punto, C.Utley
STRIKE OUTS- J.Mauer, J.Morneau, N.Punto, K.Slowey, R.Howard, J.Werth, R.Ibanez,
             C.Hamels
GIDP- D.Span, M.Cuddyer, D.Valencia
2-out RBI- W.Valdez-2
WEB GEMS- Top 4th: Ryan Howard robbed Delmon Young of a base hit.
 
Wilson Valdez lofted one into the 'cheap seats' and had 2 RBI as the
Philadelphia Phillies topped the Minnesota Twins by a score of 2 to 1 at
Citizen's Bank Park.
 
Philadelphia came up with 2 runs in the 7th inning. The key offensive moment
was provided by Valdez who thrilled the crowd when he clubbed a two-run home
run.  Brad Lidge pitched a perfect ninth and was credited with his 3rd save.
 
Cole Hamels(8-4) picked up the victory, allowing 1 run in 7 innings. Kevin
Slowey(4-6) was given the loss.  He pitched 8 innings giving up 7 hits and no
walks.
 

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