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Chicago White Sox @ Minnesota Twins

2015-05-01 · Night game · Target Field · Att: 22794 · 66°F, cloudy · Wind 9 mph from RF · 2:32

Minnesota Twins defeated Chicago White Sox 1–0. Minnesota Twins opened the scoring in the 5th — Torii Hunter strikes out swinging. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Tyler Flowers called out on strikes — worth 20% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Kyle Gibson L: Jose Quintana SV: Glen Perkins

Umpires — HP: Greg Gibson · 1B: Marvin Hudson · 2B: Chad Fairchild · 3B: Jim Joyce · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Micah Johnson	4	0	0	2
Alexei Ramirez	4	0	0	0
Melky Cabrera	4	0	0	0
Jose Abreu	4	0	0	2
Adam LaRoche	4	2	0	0
Avisail Garcia	3	1	1	0
Conor Gillaspie	2	1	0	0
Tyler Flowers	4	1	0	1
JB Shuck	3	0	0	0
Gordon Beckham	1	1	0	0

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	BB	SO
Brian Dozier	4	0	1	0	0
Torii Hunter	3	0	2	1	1
Joe Mauer	3	0	0	1	0
Trevor Plouffe	3	0	1	1	1
Kurt Suzuki	3	0	0	0	1
Eduardo Escobar	3	0	0	0	1
Kennys Vargas	3	1	2	0	0
Shane Robinson	3	0	1	0	1
Danny Santana	3	0	0	0	1

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jose Quintana	7.0	6	2	5
Zach Putnam	0.0	1	1	0
Zach Duke	1.0	0	0	1

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kyle Gibson	8.0	4	1	4
Glen Perkins	1.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Micah Johnson: K
Alexei Ramirez: 3/F3F-
Melky Cabrera: 5/L56S

Bot 1

Brian Dozier: 9/F9LD
Torii Hunter: S8/G6M
Joe Mauer: 6(1)3/GDP/G6+

Top 2

Jose Abreu: 53/G56
Adam LaRoche: S4/G4
Avisail Garcia: D8/F8RXD+.1-3
Conor Gillaspie: HP
Tyler Flowers: 64(1)3/GDP/G6MD

Bot 2

Trevor Plouffe: 3/F3SF-
Kurt Suzuki: 43/G4
Eduardo Escobar: 63/G6

Top 3

JB Shuck: 13/BG15S-
Micah Johnson: K
Alexei Ramirez: E6/G6+
Melky Cabrera: 6/L6MD+

Bot 3

Kennys Vargas: 13/G15-
Shane Robinson: K
Danny Santana: 63/G6

Top 4

Jose Abreu: K
Adam LaRoche: 13/G13-
Avisail Garcia: 8/L8RD+

Bot 4

Brian Dozier: 63/G56+
Torii Hunter: S8/G6+
Joe Mauer: W.1-2
Trevor Plouffe: W.2-3;1-2
Kurt Suzuki: K
Eduardo Escobar: 63/MREV/G6

Top 5

Conor Gillaspie: 9/F9D+
Tyler Flowers: S8/G6M+
JB Shuck: 36(1)/FO/G34S
Micah Johnson: 43/G34

Bot 5

Kennys Vargas: S8/L4MD+
Shane Robinson: S7/G56.1-2
Danny Santana: K
Brian Dozier: 8/F8LXD+.2-3;1-2
Torii Hunter: WP.3-H(NR);2-3
Torii Hunter: K

Top 6

Alexei Ramirez: E6/G56
Melky Cabrera: 46(1)3/GDP/G4
Jose Abreu: K

Bot 6

Joe Mauer: 7/F7M
Trevor Plouffe: S6/G6+
Kurt Suzuki: 7/F78D
Eduardo Escobar: K

Top 7

Adam LaRoche: 13/G13-
Avisail Garcia: W
Conor Gillaspie: S8/L4MD+.1-2
Tyler Flowers: 54(1)/FO/G56.2-3
JB Shuck: 5/L56S-

Bot 7

Kennys Vargas: S9/F89D.BX2(96)
Shane Robinson: 53/G5
Danny Santana: 63/G6

Top 8

Micah Johnson: 7/F78M
Alexei Ramirez: 53/G56S+
Melky Cabrera: 13/G13-

Bot 8

Brian Dozier: S4/G4S-
Torii Hunter: SB2
Torii Hunter: W
Joe Mauer: 6(1)3/GDP/G6+.2-3
Trevor Plouffe: K

Top 9

Jose Abreu: 3/F34D-
Adam LaRoche: S9/G34+
Avisail Garcia: 46(1)/FO/G4
Gordon Beckham: S7/L78D+.1-3;B-2(E7)
Tyler Flowers: K

Notes & reviews

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