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Cleveland Guardians @ Minnesota Twins

2019-09-08 · Day game · Target Field · Att: 31380 · 57°F, cloudy · Wind 8 mph from CF · 3:07

Cleveland Indians defeated Minnesota Twins 5–2. Cleveland Indians opened the scoring in the 2nd — Franmil Reyes singles on a ground ball to center fielder Ian Miller. Yasiel Puig scores. Jason Kipnis scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: C.J. Cron strikes out swinging — worth 11% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	11
MIN	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	5

W: Mike Clevinger L: Randy Dobnak SV: Brad Hand

Umpires — HP: Jansen Visconti · 1B: Cory Blaser · 2B: Jeff Nelson · 3B: Laz Diaz · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Francisco Lindor	5	1	2	1	0	1
Oscar Mercado	4	0	1	1	0	2
Carlos Santana	3	1	1	1	2	1
Yasiel Puig	4	1	1	0	1	1
Jason Kipnis	4	1	3	0	0	1
Franmil Reyes	4	0	2	2	0	1
Greg Allen	4	0	1	0	0	1
Kevin Plawecki	4	0	0	0	0	0
Yu Chang	3	1	0	0	1	2

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Max Kepler	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mitch Garver	4	1	1	1	0	2
Jorge Polanco	4	0	0	0	0	1
Eddie Rosario	4	0	0	0	0	1
Willians Astudillo	4	0	1	0	0	0
Luis Arraez	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ehire Adrianza	4	0	1	0	0	2
LaMonte Wade	1	0	1	1	2	0
Jonathan Schoop	2	0	0	0	2	1
Ian Miller	2	0	0	0	0	1
C. J. Cron	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ryan LaMarre	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Clevinger	6.1	4	2	7
Nick Wittgren	0.2	1	1	2
Oliver Perez	1.0	0	0	0
Brad Hand	1.0	0	1	1

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Randy Dobnak	2.0	3	1	1
Devin Smeltzer	4.0	5	1	5
Cody Stashak	0.1	1	1	0
Ryne Harper	1.0	0	0	2
Fernando Romero	1.2	2	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Francisco Lindor: 6/P
Oscar Mercado: 3/F34D-
Carlos Santana: 7/F7D+

Bot 1

Max Kepler: 1/P1
Mitch Garver: 7/F78D
Jorge Polanco: K

Top 2

Yasiel Puig: W
Jason Kipnis: D34/G3S+.1-3
Franmil Reyes: S8/G6M+.3-H;2-H
Greg Allen: S8/L89S+.1-3;BX2(84/TH)
Kevin Plawecki: 53/G
Yu Chang: K

Bot 2

Eddie Rosario: 7/F78D
Willians Astudillo: 9/F89D+
Luis Arraez: 8/F78XD+

Top 3

Francisco Lindor: 53/G56
Oscar Mercado: K
Carlos Santana: HR/F78D+
Yasiel Puig: S6/G56+
Jason Kipnis: S5/G56S-.1-2
Franmil Reyes: 63/G56

Bot 3

Ehire Adrianza: K
LaMonte Wade: W
Jonathan Schoop: 8/L8RD+
Ian Miller: 13/G-

Top 4

Greg Allen: 63/G56
Kevin Plawecki: 4/F4MS-
Yu Chang: K

Bot 4

Mitch Garver: HR/F78XD+
Jorge Polanco: 9/F89XD+
Eddie Rosario: K
Willians Astudillo: DGR/F9LS
Luis Arraez: 31/G34S-

Top 5

Francisco Lindor: HR/F7D+
Oscar Mercado: K
Carlos Santana: W
Yasiel Puig: 54(1)3/GDP/G56

Bot 5

Ehire Adrianza: K
LaMonte Wade: W
Jonathan Schoop: K
Ian Miller: K

Top 6

Jason Kipnis: S9/L9S
Franmil Reyes: K
Greg Allen: K
Kevin Plawecki: 7/F7M

Bot 6

Mitch Garver: K
Jorge Polanco: 8/F8LXD+
Eddie Rosario: 53/G6S-

Top 7

Yu Chang: W
Francisco Lindor: D9/L9LS+.1-3
Oscar Mercado: 8/SF/F8LD+.3-H
Carlos Santana: K
Yasiel Puig: SB3
Yasiel Puig: 8/F8LXD+

Bot 7

Willians Astudillo: 53/G56
Luis Arraez: S7/L7S
Ehire Adrianza: D9/F89D+.1-3
LaMonte Wade: S4/G4+.3-H;2-3
Jonathan Schoop: W.1-2
C. J. Cron: K
Mitch Garver: K

Top 8

Jason Kipnis: K
Franmil Reyes: S9/G4
Greg Allen: 64(1)/FO/G6+
Kevin Plawecki: WP.1-2
Kevin Plawecki: 4/F4-

Bot 8

Jorge Polanco: 8/F8LS
Eddie Rosario: 8/F8LM
Willians Astudillo: 53/G56

Top 9

Yu Chang: 9/F9LD
Francisco Lindor: K
Oscar Mercado: D7/F7D+
Carlos Santana: IW
Yasiel Puig: K

Bot 9

Luis Arraez: 7/F7D+
Ehire Adrianza: 7/F7M
LaMonte Wade: HP
Jonathan Schoop: W.1-2
Ryan LaMarre: K

Notes & reviews

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