Major League Baseball
Minnesota Twins
3
Texas Rangers
14
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 14 |
Joey Gallo took a couple of hits to score the tiebreaking run, Ryan Rua connected for a grand slam and the Texas Rangers avoided another series sweep with a 14-3 win over the Minnesota Twins.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: in play
Choo homered to right (373 feet), Gallo and Chirinos scored.
Rua homered to right (399 feet), DeShields, Gómez and Odor scored.
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
DeShields singled to left center, Choo scored.
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: in play
Dozier singled to right, Rosario scored, Buxton to second.
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: in play
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Andrus scored on Gimenez' passed ball.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Andrus singled to left, Choo and DeShields scored, Andrus to second advancing on throw.
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Gallo scored, Choo to third, DeShields to second on wild pitch by Duffey.
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Odor singled to right, DeShields and Gómez scored.
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Middle of the 9th
Dozier grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Buxton out at second.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
Dozier batting
Buxton walked.
Pitch 6: ball 4
Pitch 5: ball 3
Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
Buxton batting
Rosario grounded out to third.
Pitch 6: in play
Pitch 5: ball 3
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
Rosario batting
Gimenez fouled out to catcher.
Pitch 1: in play
Gimenez batting
Kela relieved Jeffress.
Top of the 9th inning
End of the 8th
DeShields grounded out to shortstop.
Pitch 5: in play
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MIN wins series 2-1
Delino DeShieldsLF80
Elvis AndrusSS18
Carlos GomezCF91
Mike Anthony NapoliDH5
Rougned Odor2B24
Ryan Rua1B16
Joey Gallo3B17
Robinson ChirinosC23
Shin-Soo ChooRF17
Brian Dozier2B15
Jorge PolancoSS11
Miguel Sano3B22
Robbie GrossmanRF8
Kennys Vargas1B92
Eduardo EscobarDH3
Chris GimenezC46
Eddie RosarioLF9
Byron BuxtonCF25
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