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Minnesota Twins @ New York Yankees

2017-10-03 · 2017 Wild Card · Night game · Yankee Stadium II · Att: 49280 · 62°F, sunny · Wind 9 mph R to L · 3:51

New York Yankees defeated Minnesota Twins 8–4. Minnesota Twins opened the scoring in the 1st — Brian Dozier homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. New York Yankees took the lead in the 2nd — Brett Gardner homers (1) on a line drive to right field. The game's biggest swing came in the 1st: Didi Gregorius homers (1) on a line drive to right field. Brett Gardner scores. Aaron Judge scores — worth 20% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: David Robertson L: Jose Berrios SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Alfonso Marquez · 1B: Mike Winters · 2B: Eric Cooper · 3B: Lance Barksdale · LF: Tripp Gibson · RF: John Tumpane

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brian Dozier	4	1	2	1	1	2
Joe Mauer	5	0	1	0	0	0
Jorge Polanco	4	2	1	0	1	2
Eddie Rosario	3	1	1	2	1	1
Eduardo Escobar	4	0	2	0	0	0
Max Kepler	3	0	1	0	1	0
Byron Buxton	2	0	0	1	0	1
Jason Castro	3	0	0	0	0	3
Robbie Grossman	4	0	0	0	0	3
Zach Granite	2	0	1	0	0	0
Ehire Adrianza	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brett Gardner	4	3	2	1	1	0
Aaron Judge	4	3	2	2	1	0
Gary Sanchez	4	1	2	0	0	0
Didi Gregorius	3	1	1	3	1	1
Starlin Castro	4	0	0	0	0	1
Greg Bird	3	0	1	1	1	2
Aaron Hicks	3	0	1	1	1	0
Jacoby Ellsbury	4	0	0	0	0	0
Todd Frazier	4	0	0	0	0	1

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ervin Santana	2.0	3	2	0
Jose Berrios	3.0	5	0	4
Trevor Hildenberger	1.1	1	2	0
Taylor Rogers	0.1	0	0	1
Alan Busenitz	0.1	0	1	0
Matt Belisle	1.0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Luis Severino	0.1	4	1	0
Chad Green	2.0	1	2	4
David Robertson	3.1	3	1	5
Tommy Kahnle	2.1	0	0	1
Aroldis Chapman	1.0	1	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Brian Dozier: HR/78/F+
Joe Mauer: 5/P5F
Jorge Polanco: W
Eddie Rosario: HR/9/L+.1-H
Eduardo Escobar: S8/L
Max Kepler: D9/L.1-3
Byron Buxton: K
Jason Castro: K

Bot 1

Brett Gardner: W
Aaron Judge: S8/L.1-3
Gary Sanchez: 2/P2F
Didi Gregorius: HR/9/L+.3-H;1-H
Starlin Castro: 8/F
Greg Bird: W
Aaron Hicks: 43/G-

Top 2

Robbie Grossman: K
Brian Dozier: K
Joe Mauer: 8/L

Bot 2

Jacoby Ellsbury: 8/F
Todd Frazier: 8/F+
Brett Gardner: HR/9/L+
Aaron Judge: 53/G

Top 3

Jorge Polanco: S9/L
Eddie Rosario: W.1-2
Eduardo Escobar: 8/F
Max Kepler: W.2-3;1-2
Byron Buxton: 64(1)/FO/G.3-H;2-3
Jason Castro: SB2
Jason Castro: K

Bot 3

Gary Sanchez: D7/L
Didi Gregorius: K
Starlin Castro: K
Greg Bird: S9/L.2-H
Aaron Hicks: S5/G-.1-2
Jacoby Ellsbury: 5/P5F

Top 4

Robbie Grossman: 8/L
Brian Dozier: S5/G-
Joe Mauer: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Todd Frazier: K
Brett Gardner: S7/L
Aaron Judge: HR/7/L+.1-H
Gary Sanchez: 53/G
Didi Gregorius: 7/F

Top 5

Jorge Polanco: K
Eddie Rosario: K
Eduardo Escobar: S8/L
Max Kepler: 5/P5F

Bot 5

Starlin Castro: 3/P3F
Greg Bird: K
Aaron Hicks: 5/P5F

Top 6

Zach Granite: S9/G
Jason Castro: K
Robbie Grossman: K
Brian Dozier: WP.1-2
Brian Dozier: W
Joe Mauer: 7/F

Bot 6

Jacoby Ellsbury: 43/G
Todd Frazier: 9/F
Brett Gardner: 53/G-

Top 7

Jorge Polanco: 7/F7LF
Eddie Rosario: 7/L
Eduardo Escobar: 43/G+

Bot 7

Aaron Judge: W
Gary Sanchez: S7/G+.1-3;B-2(E7/TH)
Didi Gregorius: IW
Starlin Castro: 9/F
Greg Bird: K
Aaron Hicks: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Jacoby Ellsbury: 7/F

Top 8

Max Kepler: 5/P
Zach Granite: 34/G
Ehire Adrianza: K

Bot 8

Todd Frazier: 13/G
Brett Gardner: 9/F
Aaron Judge: 8/F

Top 9

Robbie Grossman: K
Brian Dozier: K
Joe Mauer: S7/G
Jorge Polanco: K

Notes & reviews

Buxton slammed hard into fence making catch, left game two innings later
Byron Buxton left with injured back suffered when he crashed into fence making catch in 2nd inning

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