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Minnesota Twins @ Cleveland Guardians

2021-09-08 · Night game · Progressive Field · Att: 11037 · 76°F, sunny · Wind 6 mph from LF · 2:23

Minnesota Twins defeated Cleveland Indians 3–0. Minnesota Twins opened the scoring in the 5th — Nick Gordon doubles (7) on a line drive to right fielder Daniel Johnson. Rob Refsnyder scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Nick Gordon doubles (7) on a line drive to right fielder Daniel Johnson. Rob Refsnyder scores — worth 14% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Joe Ryan L: Triston McKenzie SV: Tyler Duffey

Umpires — HP: Dan Merzel · 1B: D.J. Reyburn · 2B: Brian O'Nora · 3B: Fieldin Culbreth · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Luis Arraez	4	0	1	0	0	1
Byron Buxton	4	0	0	1	0	3
Jorge Polanco	4	0	1	0	0	1
Josh Donaldson	4	0	1	0	0	1
Max Kepler	3	0	0	0	1	0
Miguel Sano	4	1	1	1	0	1
Rob Refsnyder	2	1	0	0	1	1
Nick Gordon	3	0	1	1	0	0
Ryan Jeffers	3	1	1	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	H	SO
Andres Gimenez	4	0	2
Amed Rosario	3	1	1
Jose Ramirez	3	0	0
Franmil Reyes	3	0	0
Bobby Bradley	3	0	0
Harold Ramirez	3	0	1
Bradley Zimmer	2	0	0
Ryan Lavarnway	3	0	2
Daniel Johnson	3	0	0
Myles Straw	1	0	1

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Joe Ryan	7.0	1	4
Caleb Thielbar	1.0	0	1
Tyler Duffey	1.0	0	2

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Triston McKenzie	6.0	3	1	7
Nick Wittgren	1.0	1	0	1
Bryan Shaw	1.0	2	0	0
Justin Garza	1.0	0	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Luis Arraez: K
Byron Buxton: K
Jorge Polanco: K

Bot 1

Andres Gimenez: 8/F8XD
Amed Rosario: K
Jose Ramirez: 6/P4MD

Top 2

Josh Donaldson: D7/F7LD
Max Kepler: 1/G3S-.2-3
Miguel Sano: FC/G4MS.3XH(1);B-1
Rob Refsnyder: 9/F89

Bot 2

Franmil Reyes: 53/G5
Bobby Bradley: 8/F89XD+
Harold Ramirez: K

Top 3

Nick Gordon: 8/L8
Ryan Jeffers: K
Luis Arraez: 5/L56D

Bot 3

Bradley Zimmer: 7/F7S
Ryan Lavarnway: K
Daniel Johnson: 7/F7D

Top 4

Byron Buxton: K
Jorge Polanco: D9/L9LD+
Josh Donaldson: 9/L9D+/DP.2X2(946)

Bot 4

Andres Gimenez: K
Amed Rosario: 63/G6D
Jose Ramirez: 7/F7

Top 5

Max Kepler: 31/G3
Miguel Sano: K
Rob Refsnyder: W
Nick Gordon: SB2
Nick Gordon: D9/L9L.2-H
Ryan Jeffers: WP.2-3
Ryan Jeffers: 163/L6M

Bot 5

Franmil Reyes: 9/F9S
Bobby Bradley: 8/F8XD+
Harold Ramirez: 53/G56

Top 6

Luis Arraez: 53/G56
Byron Buxton: K
Jorge Polanco: 43/G34D+

Bot 6

Bradley Zimmer: 8/F8
Ryan Lavarnway: 53/G56
Daniel Johnson: 8/L8XD

Top 7

Josh Donaldson: 53/G5
Max Kepler: 43/G34D+
Miguel Sano: HR/F89XD
Rob Refsnyder: K

Bot 7

Andres Gimenez: 43/G34D
Amed Rosario: S7/G56
Jose Ramirez: PO1(E1/TH).1-2
Jose Ramirez: 31/G3.2-3
Franmil Reyes: 9/F89D

Top 8

Nick Gordon: 3/G3+
Ryan Jeffers: D8/L78D
Luis Arraez: S7/G56.2-3
Byron Buxton: 64(1)/FO/G56.3-H;B-1
Jorge Polanco: 7/F7S

Bot 8

Bobby Bradley: 8/F8XD+
Harold Ramirez: 9/F9D
Myles Straw: K

Top 9

Josh Donaldson: K
Max Kepler: W
Miguel Sano: 64(1)3/GDP/G6+

Bot 9

Ryan Lavarnway: K
Daniel Johnson: 9/F9D+
Andres Gimenez: K

Notes & reviews

Twins challenged call that Donaldson's ball was caught; call overturned - trap for double
Originally scored as single and error; changed to double on 09-15-2021, removing error

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