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Minnesota Twins @ Seattle Mariners

2021-06-16 · Night game · Safeco Field · Att: 8098 · 68°F, sunny · Wind 4 mph · 2:54

Minnesota Twins defeated Seattle Mariners 7–2. Minnesota Twins opened the scoring in the 1st — Josh Donaldson singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Jake Bauers. Jorge Polanco scores. Josh Donaldson to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 1st: Josh Donaldson singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Jake Bauers. Jorge Polanco scores. Josh Donaldson to 2nd — worth 9% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Caleb Thielbar L: Justus Sheffield SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Will Little · 1B: Mark Ripperger · 2B: Dan Merzel · 3B: Greg Gibson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jorge Polanco	5	3	3	0	0	0
Josh Donaldson	1	1	1	1	0	0
Nelson Cruz	5	1	1	3	0	1
Alex Kirilloff	4	0	1	1	0	0
Ryan Jeffers	4	1	2	2	0	1
Miguel Sano	4	0	1	0	0	2
Luis Arraez	4	0	1	0	0	0
Andrelton Simmons	2	0	0	0	0	1
Gilberto Celestino	3	0	0	0	1	1
Willians Astudillo	2	1	1	0	2	0
Trevor Larnach	2	0	0	0	0	0

Seattle Mariners — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
J. P. Crawford	4	0	1	0	1
Jake Fraley	4	0	0	0	2
Mitch Haniger	4	1	1	0	2
Kyle Seager	4	0	0	0	0
Ty France	2	1	1	1	0
Jake Bauers	3	0	1	0	1
Shed Long	3	0	1	1	0
Taylor Trammell	3	0	0	0	3
Jose Godoy	2	0	0	0	2
Luis Torrens	1	0	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Bailey Ober	4.0	1	6
Caleb Thielbar	2.0	2	4
Alex Colome	1.0	2	0
Taylor Rogers	1.0	0	1
Jorge Alcala	1.0	0	0

Seattle Mariners — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Justus Sheffield	5.0	10	2	4
Will Vest	1.0	0	1	0
Rafael Montero	1.0	0	0	1
Hector Santiago	2.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jorge Polanco: D7/L7LD
Josh Donaldson: S9/G3+.2-H;B-2
Nelson Cruz: 13/G1S
Alex Kirilloff: S6/G6+.2-3
Ryan Jeffers: S8/G6M+.3-H;1-2
Miguel Sano: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 1

J. P. Crawford: 5/P5DF/FL
Jake Fraley: 8/F89D
Mitch Haniger: K

Top 2

Luis Arraez: 7/F7LD
Andrelton Simmons: K
Gilberto Celestino: K

Bot 2

Kyle Seager: 5/P56D
Ty France: 3/G34
Jake Bauers: K

Top 3

Jorge Polanco: S7/L7
Willians Astudillo: W.1-2
Nelson Cruz: SB3
Nelson Cruz: 3/P3DF/FL.1-2
Alex Kirilloff: 31/G3.3-H;2-3
Ryan Jeffers: K

Bot 3

Shed Long: 43/G34
Taylor Trammell: K
Jose Godoy: K

Top 4

Miguel Sano: S7/G6+
Luis Arraez: 8/F8D
Andrelton Simmons: WP.1-2
Andrelton Simmons: 8/F78S
Gilberto Celestino: 63/G6

Bot 4

J. P. Crawford: S7/L7
Jake Fraley: K
Mitch Haniger: K+CS2(24)/DP

Top 5

Jorge Polanco: D7/L7LD+
Willians Astudillo: W
Nelson Cruz: HR/F7LD.2-H;1-H
Alex Kirilloff: 31/G3
Ryan Jeffers: HR/F7LD
Miguel Sano: K
Luis Arraez: S8/G4M
Trevor Larnach: 7/F7LS

Bot 5

Kyle Seager: 9/F89S
Ty France: D7/G5
Jake Bauers: 9/F89XD+.2-3
Shed Long: S7/G6.3-H
Taylor Trammell: K

Top 6

Gilberto Celestino: W
Jorge Polanco: 45(1)/FO/G4.B-1
Willians Astudillo: 36(1)1/GDP/G34S

Bot 6

Jose Godoy: K
J. P. Crawford: K
Jake Fraley: K

Top 7

Nelson Cruz: K
Alex Kirilloff: 3/G3
Ryan Jeffers: 63/G56+

Bot 7

Mitch Haniger: S8/G4M
Kyle Seager: WP.1-2
Kyle Seager: 43/G34D+.2-3
Ty France: 8/SF/L8D.3-H
Jake Bauers: S9/G4
Shed Long: 63/G4

Top 8

Miguel Sano: K
Luis Arraez: 63/G6
Trevor Larnach: 43/G34

Bot 8

Taylor Trammell: K
Luis Torrens: 43/G4
J. P. Crawford: 8/L89

Top 9

Gilberto Celestino: 8/L8XD+
Jorge Polanco: 7/F7
Willians Astudillo: S8/L8D
Nelson Cruz: 43/G6

Bot 9

Jake Fraley: 63/G4
Mitch Haniger: 53/G56
Kyle Seager: 6/P4D

Notes & reviews

Donaldson left with injured leg
Simmons left with injured leg
Twins challenged call that Crawford was safe at 2nd; call overturned - caught stealing to complete DP

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