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Cleveland Guardians @ Minnesota Twins

2017-06-18 · Day game · Target Field · Att: 35039 · 69°F, cloudy · Wind 16 mph to CF · 3:01

Cleveland Indians defeated Minnesota Twins 5–2. Cleveland Indians opened the scoring in the 4th — Edwin Encarnacion homers (15) on a fly ball to left center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Edwin Encarnacion homers (16) on a fly ball to left center field. Jose Ramirez scores — worth 16% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Trevor Bauer L: Kyle Gibson SV: Andrew Miller

Umpires — HP: Dan Bellino · 1B: Mike Estabrook · 2B: Marvin Hudson · 3B: Jerry Layne · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Francisco Lindor	5	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Kipnis	5	1	1	0	0	2
Jose Ramirez	4	2	3	0	1	0
Edwin Encarnacion	4	2	3	5	0	1
Lonnie Chisenhall	4	0	0	0	1	1
Carlos Santana	2	0	0	0	2	2
Bradley Zimmer	4	0	2	0	0	1
Roberto Perez	4	0	2	0	0	1
Dan Robertson	4	0	0	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jorge Polanco	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Mauer	3	0	0	0	1	0
Miguel Sano	4	0	0	0	0	1
Max Kepler	4	0	1	0	0	1
Kennys Vargas	2	1	0	0	1	2
Eduardo Escobar	3	1	1	1	1	2
Eddie Rosario	4	0	2	1	0	1
Byron Buxton	2	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Gimenez	2	0	0	0	0	1
Robbie Grossman	0	0	0	0	1	0
Brian Dozier	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Trevor Bauer	7.0	4	2	8
Cody Allen	1.0	0	1	0
Andrew Miller	1.0	0	1	1

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kyle Gibson	6.0	8	3	4
Tyler Duffey	0.2	2	1	2
Taylor Rogers	1.1	0	0	1
Brandon Kintzler	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Francisco Lindor: 63/G6M-
Jason Kipnis: S8/L8RS
Jose Ramirez: D9/F9LD.1-3
Edwin Encarnacion: K
Lonnie Chisenhall: 8/F8LD+

Bot 1

Jorge Polanco: 5/F5DF-
Joe Mauer: 7/F7D
Miguel Sano: 53/G5-

Top 2

Carlos Santana: K
Bradley Zimmer: K
Roberto Perez: 8/F8LM

Bot 2

Max Kepler: S6/G6MS-
Kennys Vargas: K
Eduardo Escobar: W.1-2
Eddie Rosario: S8/G6M+.2XH(82);1-3;B-2
Byron Buxton: 63/G6+

Top 3

Dan Robertson: 8/L89M
Francisco Lindor: 8/F8RXD+
Jason Kipnis: 43/G4

Bot 3

Chris Gimenez: 8/F8LD
Jorge Polanco: K
Joe Mauer: 43/G4+

Top 4

Jose Ramirez: 3/G3S-
Edwin Encarnacion: HR/F7D+
Lonnie Chisenhall: W
Carlos Santana: K+CS2(26)/DP

Bot 4

Miguel Sano: 3/G34S+
Max Kepler: 5/F5F-
Kennys Vargas: K

Top 5

Bradley Zimmer: S8/L8RM
Roberto Perez: S7/G5.1-3
Dan Robertson: 3/G34S.1-2
Francisco Lindor: 6/F6MD
Jason Kipnis: 31/G34

Bot 5

Eduardo Escobar: K
Eddie Rosario: K23
Byron Buxton: 53/G56S-

Top 6

Jose Ramirez: W
Edwin Encarnacion: HR/F7LD+.1-H
Lonnie Chisenhall: 7/F78D+
Carlos Santana: W
Bradley Zimmer: S5/BG15.1-2
Roberto Perez: S9/L4D+.2-3;1-2
Dan Robertson: 5(2)3/GDP/G5S

Bot 6

Chris Gimenez: K
Jorge Polanco: 6/F6D
Joe Mauer: 7/F7S

Top 7

Francisco Lindor: 8/F8LM
Jason Kipnis: K+WP.B-1
Jose Ramirez: S9/G3+.1-3
Edwin Encarnacion: S7/G5+.3-H;1-2
Lonnie Chisenhall: K
Carlos Santana: PB.2-3;1-2
Carlos Santana: IW
Bradley Zimmer: 3/G3S-

Bot 7

Miguel Sano: K
Max Kepler: K
Kennys Vargas: HP
Eduardo Escobar: D7/L7LM.1-H
Eddie Rosario: S8/G4M+.2-H;BX2(8346)

Top 8

Roberto Perez: K
Dan Robertson: 3/G3+
Francisco Lindor: 63/G6

Bot 8

Robbie Grossman: W
Brian Dozier: 9/F9M
Jorge Polanco: 6/F6D
Joe Mauer: W.1-2
Miguel Sano: 9/F9D

Top 9

Jason Kipnis: K
Jose Ramirez: D8/F8LXD+
Edwin Encarnacion: SB3
Edwin Encarnacion: 9/SF/L9D+.3-H
Lonnie Chisenhall: 43/G4

Bot 9

Max Kepler: 63/G6+
Kennys Vargas: W
Eduardo Escobar: K
Eddie Rosario: 31/MREV/G34-

Notes & reviews

replay,9,rosae001,MIN,laynj901,MIN04,,N,M,MIN,C $when Eddie Rosario was called out at 1B, Twins manager Paul Molitor challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay

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