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Cleveland Guardians @ Minnesota Twins

2020-08-02 · Day game · Target Field · 69°F, cloudy · Wind 13 mph from LF · 2:54

Minnesota Twins defeated Cleveland Indians 3–1. Minnesota Twins opened the scoring in the 1st — Jorge Polanco singles on a line drive to left fielder Bradley Zimmer. Max Kepler scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 2nd: Mitch Garver homers (1) on a line drive to left center field — worth 9% 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	0	0	0	0	1	2
MIN	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	7

W: Devin Smeltzer L: Aaron Civale SV: Sergio Romo

Umpires — HP: Jerry Meals · 1B: Ed Hickox · 2B: Jordan Baker · 3B: Jeremie Rehak · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cesar Hernandez	3	1	1	0	1	1
Jose Ramirez	4	0	0	0	0	2
Francisco Lindor	4	0	1	1	0	0
Carlos Santana	3	0	0	0	1	2
Mike Freeman	3	0	0	0	0	0
Domingo Santana	3	0	0	0	0	2
Bradley Zimmer	3	0	0	0	0	2
Oscar Mercado	3	0	0	0	0	0
Beau Taylor	2	0	0	0	0	0
Franmil Reyes	1	0	0	0	0	1

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Max Kepler	4	2	2	0	1
Jorge Polanco	4	0	2	1	1
Nelson Cruz	4	0	1	1	2
Eddie Rosario	3	0	0	0	1
Mitch Garver	3	1	1	1	1
Luis Arraez	3	0	0	0	1
Miguel Sano	3	0	0	0	3
Marwin Gonzalez	3	0	1	0	0
Byron Buxton	3	0	0	0	3

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Aaron Civale	6.0	5	9
Nick Wittgren	1.0	0	1
James Karinchak	1.0	2	3

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tyler Clippard	2.0	0	0	1
Devin Smeltzer	2.2	2	1	2
Matt Wisler	1.1	0	1	1
Tyler Duffey	1.0	0	0	2
Trevor May	1.0	0	0	3
Sergio Romo	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cesar Hernandez: 9/F9D
Jose Ramirez: K
Francisco Lindor: 43/G34D

Bot 1

Max Kepler: DGR/L9LD
Jorge Polanco: S7/L5D.2-H
Nelson Cruz: K
Eddie Rosario: 8/L89D
Mitch Garver: CS2(24)

Top 2

Carlos Santana: 3/G3
Mike Freeman: 9/F9D
Domingo Santana: 4/P4M

Bot 2

Mitch Garver: HR/L78XD
Luis Arraez: K
Miguel Sano: K
Marwin Gonzalez: 8/F8XD

Top 3

Bradley Zimmer: 4/P34D
Oscar Mercado: 7/F78
Beau Taylor: 3/P34

Bot 3

Byron Buxton: K
Max Kepler: D9/L9D
Jorge Polanco: K
Nelson Cruz: S8/G6M.2-H
Eddie Rosario: K

Top 4

Cesar Hernandez: D8/L89XD+
Jose Ramirez: 63/G6D
Francisco Lindor: S7/L7LD+.2-H;BX2(74)
Carlos Santana: W
Mike Freeman: PB.1-2
Mike Freeman: 7/F7

Bot 4

Mitch Garver: K
Luis Arraez: 7/L7
Miguel Sano: K

Top 5

Domingo Santana: K
Bradley Zimmer: K
Oscar Mercado: 7/F78S

Bot 5

Marwin Gonzalez: 3/G3+
Byron Buxton: K
Max Kepler: 8/L78XD

Top 6

Beau Taylor: 63/G4
Cesar Hernandez: W
Jose Ramirez: K
Francisco Lindor: 7/F7S

Bot 6

Jorge Polanco: 9/F9D
Nelson Cruz: 43/G4MD+
Eddie Rosario: 5/P5F/FL

Top 7

Carlos Santana: K
Mike Freeman: 43/G4D+
Domingo Santana: K

Bot 7

Mitch Garver: 7/L78D+
Luis Arraez: 43/L4D
Miguel Sano: K

Top 8

Bradley Zimmer: K
Oscar Mercado: E5/G56.B-1
Franmil Reyes: K
Cesar Hernandez: K

Bot 8

Marwin Gonzalez: S8/L89D
Byron Buxton: K
Max Kepler: K
Jorge Polanco: S7/F7S.1-2
Nelson Cruz: K

Top 9

Jose Ramirez: 5/P7S
Francisco Lindor: 43/G9S+
Carlos Santana: K

Notes & reviews

Indians challenged call that Kepler's ball bounced over side fence for ground rule double; call upheld - batter returned to 2nd
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On-field Delay.
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