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St. Louis Cardinals @ Minnesota Twins

2015-06-18 · Day game · Target Field · Att: 34648 · 72°F, cloudy · Wind 6 mph from LF · 2:38

Minnesota Twins defeated St. Louis Cardinals 2–1. St. Louis Cardinals opened the scoring in the 7th — Jason Heyward homers (6) on a fly ball to right center field. Minnesota Twins took the lead in the 9th — Kennys Vargas homers (4) on a line drive to right field. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Kennys Vargas homers (4) on a line drive to right field — worth 46% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Blaine Boyer L: Carlos Villanueva SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Paul Nauert · 1B: Ed Hickox · 2B: Mike Estabrook · 3B: Joe West · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kolten Wong	3	0	0	0	1	0
Matt Carpenter	4	0	2	0	0	0
Jhonny Peralta	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mark Reynolds	4	0	0	0	0	2
Yadier Molina	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jason Heyward	3	1	1	1	0	0
Peter Bourjos	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jon Jay	3	0	1	0	0	0
Tony Cruz	3	0	0	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brian Dozier	3	0	0	0	1	2
Joe Mauer	4	1	1	1	0	0
Trevor Plouffe	3	0	1	0	1	0
Torii Hunter	3	0	1	0	1	0
Eddie Rosario	4	0	1	0	0	1
Eduardo Nunez	3	0	0	0	0	1
Kurt Suzuki	3	0	1	0	1	1
Kennys Vargas	4	1	2	1	0	0
Byron Buxton	3	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jaime Garcia	6.0	4	2	4
Seth Maness	1.0	0	1	0
Kevin Siegrist	0.2	1	0	2
Matt Belisle	0.0	1	1	0
Randy Choate	0.1	0	0	0
Carlos Villanueva	0.2	1	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Pelfrey	8.0	4	1	3
Blaine Boyer	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Kolten Wong: 53/G56
Matt Carpenter: D8/L78M
Jhonny Peralta: 53/G56-
Mark Reynolds: 6/L6+

Bot 1

Brian Dozier: W
Joe Mauer: 8/F78M
Trevor Plouffe: S6/G56.1-2
Torii Hunter: 54(1)/FO/G5.2-3
Eddie Rosario: K23

Top 2

Yadier Molina: S67/G56
Jason Heyward: 54(1)3/GDP/G56
Peter Bourjos: 63/G6MS-

Bot 2

Eduardo Nunez: 9/F89M
Kurt Suzuki: S8/F8LM
Kennys Vargas: 4(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 3

Jon Jay: 7/L78M
Tony Cruz: 8/F8RD
Kolten Wong: W
Matt Carpenter: 4/L4

Bot 3

Byron Buxton: 9/F89M
Brian Dozier: K
Joe Mauer: 63/G6

Top 4

Jhonny Peralta: 53/G56S-
Mark Reynolds: K
Yadier Molina: 9/F89D

Bot 4

Trevor Plouffe: 63/G56
Torii Hunter: 8/L8RM
Eddie Rosario: 43/G4

Top 5

Jason Heyward: 43/G34-
Peter Bourjos: 63/G6
Jon Jay: S7/L78M
Tony Cruz: 8/F8LD

Bot 5

Eduardo Nunez: K
Kurt Suzuki: K
Kennys Vargas: S7/G56+
Byron Buxton: 53/G56S

Top 6

Kolten Wong: 6/F6D-
Matt Carpenter: 3/G3
Jhonny Peralta: K

Bot 6

Brian Dozier: 53/G5
Joe Mauer: 13/G13-
Trevor Plouffe: 43/G4M

Top 7

Mark Reynolds: 4/F4D-
Yadier Molina: 4/F4
Jason Heyward: HR/F89D+
Peter Bourjos: K

Bot 7

Torii Hunter: W
Eddie Rosario: S3/MREV/G34S.1-2
Eduardo Nunez: 14/SH/BG25.2-3;1-2
Kurt Suzuki: IW
Kennys Vargas: 6(1)3/GDP/G6M

Top 8

Jon Jay: 8/F8LD
Tony Cruz: 3/F3DF-
Kolten Wong: 63/G6

Bot 8

Byron Buxton: K
Brian Dozier: K
Joe Mauer: HR/F7LD+
Trevor Plouffe: W
Torii Hunter: S9/G34.1-2
Eddie Rosario: 7/F7M

Top 9

Matt Carpenter: D8/L8RXD+
Jhonny Peralta: 43/G4.2-3
Mark Reynolds: K
Yadier Molina: 9/F9LS

Bot 9

Eduardo Nunez: 13/G23-
Kurt Suzuki: 63/G56+
Kennys Vargas: HR/L9LD+

Notes & reviews

replay,7,rosae001,MIN,nauep901,MIN04,,Y,M,MIN,C $when Eddie Rosario was called out at 1B, Twins manager Paul Molitor challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay

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