Final
Buscher homers in Twins' rout of Reds
Feb 26, 2009 - 9:21 PM SARASOTA, Florida (Ticker) -- Brian Buscher hit a two-run home run and Brock Peterson belted a grand slam as the Minnesota Twins rolled to a 10-4 Grapefruit League victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday.Twins starter Nick Blackburn retired all six batters he faced in two perfect innings. Four relievers threw a scoreless inning before Cincinnati roughed up Philip Humber for four runs in the seventh.
Kevin Barker had a two-run double in the inning, but Peterson put the game out of reach with his eighth-inning slam off Ramon Ramirez.
Micah Owings had an impressive start for the Reds, striking out two and giving up a pair of hits in three innings.
Buscher and Brendan Harris each had two hits to pace Minnesota's 14-hit attack.
- GPFT
FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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MINNESOTA 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 5 0 10 14 1
CINCINNATI 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 6 2 FINAL
WP - MATT GUERRIER (1-0)
LP - FRANCISCO CORDERO (0-1)
HOME RUNS: MIN - BRIAN BUSCHER (1) OFF FRANCISCO CORDERO IN THE 4TH
BROCK PETERSON (1) OFF RAMON RAMIREZ IN THE 8TH
TIME: 2:43
Feb 26 4:05 PM - GPFT
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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MINNESOTA 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 5 10 14
CINCINNATI 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 6 (END BOTTOM 8)
HOME RUNS: MIN - BRIAN BUSCHER (1) OFF FRANCISCO CORDERO IN THE 4TH
BROCK PETERSON (1) OFF RAMON RAMIREZ IN THE 8TH
Twins 10, Reds 4 Bot 8, 0 OutsFeb 26 3:41 PM - GPFT
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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MINNESOTA 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 5 11
CINCINNATI 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 6 (END BOTTOM 7)
HOME RUNS: MIN - BRIAN BUSCHER (1) OFF FRANCISCO CORDERO IN THE 4TH
Twins 5, Reds 4 Bot 7, 0 OutsFeb 26 3:16 PM - GPFT
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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MINNESOTA 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 9
CINCINNATI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 (END BOTTOM 6)
HOME RUNS: MIN - BRIAN BUSCHER (1) OFF FRANCISCO CORDERO IN THE 4TH
Twins 4, Reds 0 Bot 6, 0 OutsFeb 26 2:50 PM - GPFT
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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MINNESOTA 0 0 0 2 2 6
CINCINNATI 0 0 0 0 0 0 (END BOTTOM 4)
HOME RUNS: MIN - BRIAN BUSCHER (1) OFF FRANCISCO CORDERO IN THE 4TH
Twins 2, Reds 0 Bot 4, 0 OutsFeb 26 2:05 PM