Major League Baseball
Minnesota Twins
8
Texas Rangers
1
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ervin Santana delivered his fourth straight outstanding start, Miguel Sano sparked a seven-run fifth inning with a leadoff homer and the Minnesota Twins pounded the Texas Rangers 8-1 on Tuesday.
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Gallo homered to right (432 feet).
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Sanó singled to deep center, Buxton scored, Sanó out stretching at second.
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Dozier grounded out to second, Rosario scored, Buxton to second.
Buxton singled to right center, Vargas scored, Rosario to third.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Castro scored, Vargas to second on wild pitch by Bass.
Castro doubled to left, Polanco scored.
Polanco doubled to right, Mauer scored.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Sanó homered to left (424 feet).
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Vargas homered to right (357 feet).
End of the 9th
Napoli grounded out to shortstop.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
Napoli batting
Mazara grounded into fielder's choice to second, DeShields out at second.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
Mazara batting
DeShields reached on infield single to third.
Pitch 6: in play
Pitch 5: ball 3
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
DeShields batting
Choo grounded out to shortstop.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: ball 1
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Choo batting
Breslow relieved Pressly.
D. Santana in left field.
Escobar at second base.
Bottom of the 9th inning
Middle of the 9th
D. Santana grounded out to second.
Pitch 1: in play
D. Santana batting
D. Santana hit for Rosario.
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MIN wins series 2-1
Shin-Soo ChooDH17
Carlos GomezCF91
Nomar MazaraRF15
Mike Anthony Napoli1B5
Rougned Odor2B24
Elvis AndrusSS18
Joey Gallo3B17
Jonathan LucroyC14
Ryan RuaLF16
Delino DeShieldsCF80
Jurickson Profar2B17
Brian Dozier2B15
Max KeplerRF22
Miguel Sano3B22
Joe Mauer1B7
Jorge PolancoSS11
Jason CastroC18
Kennys VargasDH92
Eddie RosarioLF9
Byron BuxtonCF25
Eduardo Escobar2B3
Danny SantanaLF22
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