Major League Baseball
St. Louis Cardinals
1
Minnesota Twins
2
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Slumping Kennys Vargas hit a solo home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning Thursday, lifting the Minnesota Twins to a 2-1 victory and a two-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Vargas homered to right (377 feet).
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Mauer homered to left (374 feet).
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Heyward homered to right center (411 feet).
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 8: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
End of the 9th
Vargas homered to right (377 feet).
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: ball 1
Vargas batting
Suzuki grounded out to shortstop.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
Suzuki batting
Núñez grounded out to pitcher.
Pitch 1: in play
Núñez batting
Bottom of the 9th inning
Middle of the 9th
Molina flied out to right.
Pitch 1: in play
Molina batting
Reynolds struck out swinging.
Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
Reynolds batting
Peralta grounded out to second, Carpenter to third.
Pitch 1: in play
Peralta batting
Carpenter doubled to deep center.
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MIN wins series 2-0
Brian Dozier2B15
Joe MauerDH7
Trevor Plouffe3B80
Torii HunterRF48
Eddie RosarioLF9
Eduardo NunezSS12
Kurt SuzukiC24
Kennys Vargas1B92
Byron BuxtonCF25
Kolten Wong2B16
Matt Carpenter3B13
Jhonny PeraltaSS27
Mark Reynolds1B12
Yadier MolinaDH4
Jason HeywardRF22
Peter BourjosCF25
Jon JayLF9
Tony CruzC17
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