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Minnesota Twins @ Cleveland Guardians

2018-08-09 · Day game · Progressive Field · Att: 25942 · 77°F, cloudy · Wind 10 mph from LF · 2:58

Cleveland Indians defeated Minnesota Twins 5–4. Cleveland Indians opened the scoring in the 2nd — Yonder Alonso homers (20) on a fly ball to right center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Jorge Polanco homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field. Bobby Wilson scores. Eddie Rosario scores — worth 28% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — James Rowson (C): Arguing called third strike.

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Line score

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

W: Andrew Miller L: Addison Reed SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Adrian Johnson · 1B: Marvin Hudson · 2B: Tripp Gibson · 3B: Ryan Additon · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Logan Forsythe	4	0	1	0	0
Eddie Rosario	4	1	1	0	2
Jorge Polanco	4	1	1	3	2
Miguel Sano	4	0	1	0	2
Max Kepler	4	1	1	0	1
Ehire Adrianza	4	0	0	0	2
Jake Cave	2	0	0	1	0
Johnny Field	3	0	1	0	1
Bobby Wilson	3	1	1	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Francisco Lindor	5	0	2	3	0	0
Michael Brantley	4	0	1	1	1	1
Jose Ramirez	2	0	0	0	2	0
Edwin Encarnacion	4	0	0	0	0	2
Yonder Alonso	4	1	1	1	0	1
Melky Cabrera	3	1	0	0	1	0
Jason Kipnis	1	2	0	0	3	1
Roberto Perez	3	0	0	0	0	2
Greg Allen	4	1	2	0	0	1

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jose Berrios	4.0	4	6	5
Gabriel Moya	2.2	0	1	1
Taylor Rogers	1.0	0	0	1
Addison Reed	0.2	2	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Corey Kluber	7.0	7	7
Brad Hand	1.0	0	2
Andrew Miller	1.0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Logan Forsythe: S8/G6M
Eddie Rosario: K
Jorge Polanco: 46(1)/FO/G34
Miguel Sano: CS2(24)

Bot 1

Francisco Lindor: 9/L9LD+
Michael Brantley: W
Jose Ramirez: 8/F8RS
Edwin Encarnacion: K

Top 2

Miguel Sano: S5/G6S-.B-2(E5/TH)
Max Kepler: 8/F8LD
Ehire Adrianza: 43/G4+.2-3
Jake Cave: 43/G4

Bot 2

Yonder Alonso: HR/F89D+
Melky Cabrera: W
Jason Kipnis: W.1-2
Roberto Perez: 14/SH/BG25.2-3;1-2
Greg Allen: K
Francisco Lindor: S9/L89S+.3-H;2-H;BX2(936E3)
Michael Brantley: 3/G3+

Top 3

Johnny Field: 9/F9M
Bobby Wilson: 31/G34S-
Logan Forsythe: 8/F89M

Bot 3

Jose Ramirez: W
Edwin Encarnacion: 63/G6.1-2
Yonder Alonso: K
Melky Cabrera: 43/G34

Top 4

Eddie Rosario: 31/G34
Jorge Polanco: K
Miguel Sano: K

Bot 4

Jason Kipnis: W
Roberto Perez: 8/F8LXD+
Greg Allen: S7/L78S+.1-2
Francisco Lindor: D9/L9LD+.2-H;1-3
Michael Brantley: K
Jose Ramirez: IW
Edwin Encarnacion: K

Top 5

Max Kepler: D8/F78D
Ehire Adrianza: 7/F78D+.2-3
Jake Cave: 8/SF/F8LXD+.3-H
Johnny Field: K

Bot 5

Yonder Alonso: 3/F4-
Melky Cabrera: 13/G13
Jason Kipnis: W
Roberto Perez: K

Top 6

Bobby Wilson: S7/L56D
Logan Forsythe: 9/L9M+
Eddie Rosario: S98/F9D+.1-2
Jorge Polanco: HR/F9D+.2-H;1-H
Miguel Sano: K
Max Kepler: K

Bot 6

Greg Allen: 63/G6
Francisco Lindor: 43/G4
Michael Brantley: 43/G34

Top 7

Ehire Adrianza: K
Jake Cave: 3/G3
Johnny Field: S8/L8LS
Bobby Wilson: 7/F7M

Bot 7

Jose Ramirez: 4/L4MD-
Edwin Encarnacion: 3/F4-
Yonder Alonso: 5/F6-

Top 8

Logan Forsythe: 53/G56S+
Eddie Rosario: K
Jorge Polanco: K

Bot 8

Melky Cabrera: 7/F78D
Jason Kipnis: K
Roberto Perez: K

Top 9

Miguel Sano: 63/G6S-
Max Kepler: 6/F6D
Ehire Adrianza: K

Bot 9

Greg Allen: S9/G34+
Francisco Lindor: SB2
Francisco Lindor: 3/G34.2-3
Michael Brantley: S9/G34.3-H

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