October 19, 2006
The Minnesota Twins are headed to the World Series! It was a wild Game 6 in the ALCS at Angels Stadium in LA. When the smoke cleared, the Twins had defeated the Los Angeles Angels 10-9. Jason Kubel had a big night for Minnesota driving in 5 runs.
LA took the lead in the bottom of the 1st on a Vlad Guerrero 2-run homer. Minnesota came right back in the top of the 2nd scoring 4 times on 2-run homers from Torri Hunter and Kubel. LA evened things up at 4 in the bottom of the 2nd and then took the lead with 2 more runs in the 3rd. After scoring single runs in the 4th and 5th the Angels had what looked like a comfortable 8-4 lead. But Minnesota had other ideas. The Twins scored twice in the 6th before erupting for 4 runs in the 8th. LA had brought in Francisco Rogriguez in the 8th to hold the 8-6 lead but he wasn't very effective and ended up with the Loss. Juan Rivera homered in the bottom of the 8th to close the gap to 1, 10-9. Joe Nathan came on in relief after Rivera's homer and closed the door on LA getting the Save. Pat Neshek, the 5th of 6 pitchers used by the Twins, got the Win.
Many had questioned Minnesota's chances in the postseason mostly due to their lack of quality starting pitching. But they got good enough pitching to back their potent hitting throughout the playoffs. The Wild Card Minnesota Twins win the AL Pennant and will represent the league in the 2006 World Series.
BOXSCORE: 2006 Minnesota Twins At 2006 Los Angeles(AL) Angels 10/19/2006
Twins AB R H RBI AVG Angels AB R H RBI AVG
L.Castillo 2B 5 0 1 2 .289 C.Figgins CF 5 0 1 1 .217
N.Punto 3B 5 0 3 0 .227 O.Cabrera SS 5 0 0 0 .310
J.Mauer C 5 0 1 0 .404 J.Rivera LF 5 3 3 1 .295
M.Cuddyer RF 5 2 2 0 .364 V.Guerrero RF 5 1 4 3 .333
J.Morneau 1B 3 2 1 0 .231 G.Anderson DH 5 1 2 0 .295
T.Hunter CF 4 2 2 2 .214 R.Quinlan 1B 4 1 1 1 .280
J.Tyner LF 3 2 1 0 .370 A-D.Erstad 1B 0 0 0 0 .000
B-L.Ford LF 0 0 0 01.000 C-T.Murphy PR 0 0 0 0 .000
J.Kubel DH 3 2 2 5 .212 M.Izturis 3B 5 1 1 0 .306
J.Bartlett SS 2 0 0 1 .257 M.Napoli C 4 2 2 2 .208
A.Kennedy 2B 5 0 2 1 .222
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Totals 35 10 13 10 Totals 43 9 16 9
A-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Quinlan In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Tyner In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Erstad In 9th Inning
Twins........... 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 - 10 13 0
Angels.......... 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 - 9 16 1
Twins (7-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Radke 2 1/3 8 6 6 0 2 2 53 9.53
G.Perkins 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 29 9.00
J.Rincon 1 1/3 3 1 1 0 1 0 28 5.40
M.Guerrier 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 4.05
P.Neshek WIN(1-0) 2 1/3 1 1 1 0 3 1 30 4.70
J.Nathan SAVE(4th) 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 3 0 22 1.08
Totals 9 16 9 9 1 9 3
Angels (5-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
E.Santana 5 1/3 8 6 6 3 3 2 87 4.19
J.Saunders HOLD(1st) 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.00
K.Gregg HOLD(1st) 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.00
S.Shields HOLD(1st) 0 2/3 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 9.00
F.Rodriguez L(0-1) H(1st) 0 1/3 1 3 2 2 0 0 16 5.06
H.Carrasco BS(1st) 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 0.00
Totals 9 13 10 9 5 3 2
ATTENDANCE- 44,346 DATE- Thursday, October 19th 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Kerwin Danley, Jim Reynolds, Tim Welke, Gary Cederstrom
T- 3:52
LEFT ON BASE- Twins: 4 Angels: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 0 Angels: 3
ERRORS- J.Rivera
DOUBLES- M.Cuddyer(5th), J.Morneau(3rd), J.Rivera(4th), G.Anderson(3rd),
R.Quinlan(1st), M.Napoli(3rd), A.Kennedy(1st)
HOME RUNS- T.Hunter(1st), J.Kubel(2nd), J.Rivera(4th), V.Guerrero(2nd),
M.Napoli(1st)
RBIs- L.Castillo-2(2nd), T.Hunter-2(5th), J.Kubel-5(12th), J.Bartlett(6th),
C.Figgins(3rd), J.Rivera(6th), V.Guerrero-3(9th), R.Quinlan(3rd),
M.Napoli-2(4th), A.Kennedy(1st)
STOLEN BASES- C.Figgins(2nd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Bartlett
WALKS- J.Morneau-2, J.Tyner, J.Kubel, J.Bartlett, M.Napoli
HIT BY PITCH- D.Erstad
STRIKE OUTS- M.Cuddyer-2, J.Morneau, O.Cabrera, G.Anderson-2, R.Quinlan-2,
M.Izturis, M.Napoli-2, A.Kennedy
GIDP- J.Mauer, T.Hunter
2-out RBI- V.Guerrero-2, A.Kennedy, C.Figgins, J.Kubel-2, L.Castillo-2,
J.Rivera
RLISP 2-out- J.Rivera, C.Figgins, R.Quinlan, J.Mauer, O.Cabrera, N.Punto,
A.Kennedy
TEAM RISP- Twins: 4 for 8 Angels: 4 for 15
Designated hitter Jason Kubel went deep and had 5 RBI at Angels Stadium where
the Minnesota Twins beat the Los Angeles(AL) Angels by the score of 10 to
9.
Kubel provided much of the offense. He lifted one out of the park for a two
run home run in the 2nd inning and smacked a single bringing home two
baserunners in the 6th inning. Los Angeles(AL) scored in 6 different
innings, but their shaky pitching kept them from victory.
Pat Neshek(1-0) went 2 and 1/3 innings allowing 1 run for the victory. Joe
Nathan recorded the save, his 4th. Francisco Rodriguez(0-1) suffered the
loss in relief.
CONDENSED PLAY LOG
TOP 1- Castillo-G, Punto-G, Mauer-G
BOT 1- Figgins-G, Cabrera-P, Rivera-Si, Guerrero-HR, Anderson-Si, Quinlan-K
TOP 2- Cuddyer-Do, Morneau-K, Hunter-HR, Tyner-Si, Kubel-HR, Bartlett-L
Castillo-L
BOT 2- Izturis-Si, Napoli-HR, Kennedy-Do, Figgins-G, Cabrera-K, Rivera-G
TOP 3- Punto-Si, Mauer-L-DP, Cuddyer-K
BOT 3- Guerrero-L, Anderson-Do, Quinlan-Do, Izturis-G, Napoli-W, Kennedy-Si
Figgins-G
TOP 4- Morneau-W, Hunter-G-DP, Tyner-F
BOT 4- Cabrera-G, Rivera-Do, Guerrero-Si, Anderson-G, Quinlan-P
TOP 5- Kubel-F, Bartlett-W, Castillo-L, Punto-Si, Mauer-Si
BOT 5- Izturis-K, Napoli-Do, Kennedy-G, Figgins-Si, SB(Figgins), Cabrera-F
TOP 6- Cuddyer-K, Morneau-W, Hunter-Si, Tyner-G, Kubel-Si, Bartlett-G
BOT 6- Rivera-F, Guerrero-Si, Anderson-K, Quinlan-K
TOP 7- Castillo-G, Punto-Si, Mauer-G-DP
BOT 7- Izturis-F, Napoli-K, Kennedy-G
TOP 8- Cuddyer-Si, Morneau-Do, Hunter-G, Tyner-W, Kubel-W, Bartlett-SF+E-LF
Castillo-Si, Punto-G
BOT 8- Figgins-G, Cabrera-F, Rivera-HR, Guerrero-Si, Anderson-K
TOP 9- Mauer-F, Cuddyer-P, Morneau-G
BOT 9- Erstad-HBP, Izturis-G, Napoli-K, Kennedy-K
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