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Minnesota Twins @ Detroit Tigers

2019-09-02 · Day game · Comerica Park · Att: 14614 · 76°F, sunny · Wind 8 mph R to L · 3:07

Minnesota Twins defeated Detroit Tigers 4–3. Detroit Tigers opened the scoring in the 1st — Miguel Cabrera homers (10) on a fly ball to left center field. Minnesota Twins took the lead in the 2nd — Ehire Adrianza homers (5) on a fly ball to center field. Luis Arraez scores. Detroit Tigers took the lead in the 5th — Victor Reyes out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Max Kepler. Jordy Mercer scores. Travis Demeritte to 3rd. Minnesota Twins took the lead in the 8th — Max Kepler singles on a line drive to left fielder Victor Reyes. LaMonte Wade scores. Luis Arraez scores. Ehire Adrianza to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: Max Kepler singles on a line drive to left fielder Victor Reyes. LaMonte Wade scores. Luis Arraez scores. Ehire Adrianza to 3rd — worth 43% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	14
DET	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	9

W: Zack Littell L: Buck Farmer SV: Taylor Rogers

Umpires — HP: Paul Nauert · 1B: John Libka · 2B: Carlos Torres · 3B: Angel Hernandez · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Max Kepler	5	0	2	2	0	2
Jorge Polanco	5	0	3	0	0	1
Nelson Cruz	5	0	2	0	0	0
Eddie Rosario	5	0	1	0	0	1
Mitch Garver	2	0	1	0	0	0
Luis Arraez	4	2	3	0	0	0
C. J. Cron	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jake Cave	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ehire Adrianza	4	1	2	2	0	1
Willians Astudillo	1	0	0	0	0	0
LaMonte Wade	1	1	0	0	1	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Victor Reyes	3	0	2	1	1
Willi Castro	4	0	1	0	2
Miguel Cabrera	4	1	2	1	0
Ronny Rodriguez	4	0	0	0	1
Harold Castro	4	0	1	0	0
Dawel Lugo	4	1	1	0	2
Jordy Mercer	4	1	1	0	2
Travis Demeritte	4	0	1	1	2
Jake Rogers	2	0	0	0	1

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Jake Odorizzi	5.0	5	7
Tyler Duffey	1.0	2	3
Zack Littell	1.0	2	0
Sergio Romo	1.0	0	0
Taylor Rogers	1.0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jordan Zimmermann	6.0	9	0	3
Gregory Soto	1.0	2	0	1
Buck Farmer	0.2	2	1	2
Matt Hall	0.1	1	0	1
Bryan Garcia	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Max Kepler: K
Jorge Polanco: S7/L6D
Nelson Cruz: S9/F89M.1-2
Eddie Rosario: K
Mitch Garver: 64(1)/FO/G56

Bot 1

Victor Reyes: K
Willi Castro: K
Miguel Cabrera: HR/F78D+
Ronny Rodriguez: 63/G56+

Top 2

Luis Arraez: D7/L5D+
C. J. Cron: 53/G5-
Jake Cave: 8/L8LD+
Ehire Adrianza: HR/F89XD+.2-H
Max Kepler: S1/G25-
Jorge Polanco: 43/G34+

Bot 2

Harold Castro: 31/G34
Dawel Lugo: K
Jordy Mercer: K

Top 3

Nelson Cruz: 13/G13
Eddie Rosario: 43/G4
Mitch Garver: S7/G56+
Luis Arraez: 7/F78D

Bot 3

Travis Demeritte: K
Jake Rogers: K
Victor Reyes: S8/G4M
Willi Castro: K

Top 4

C. J. Cron: 9/F9M
Jake Cave: 7/F7LD
Ehire Adrianza: 8/F8LM

Bot 4

Miguel Cabrera: 53/G56
Ronny Rodriguez: 9/F89M
Harold Castro: 31/G34

Top 5

Max Kepler: K
Jorge Polanco: S9/L9S
Nelson Cruz: 8/F8RD+
Eddie Rosario: S9/G4.1-3
Willians Astudillo: 4/L4D-

Bot 5

Dawel Lugo: S8/L4D+
Jordy Mercer: S48/G6MD+.1-2
Travis Demeritte: S8/L8RS+.2-H;1-2
Jake Rogers: 54/SH/BG56S.2-3;1-2
Victor Reyes: 8/SF/F8RXD+.3-H;2-3
Willi Castro: 3/G34

Top 6

Luis Arraez: S9/L34D+
C. J. Cron: 7/L7D+
Jake Cave: 46(1)3/GDP/G4+

Bot 6

Miguel Cabrera: S9/L34D+
Ronny Rodriguez: K
Harold Castro: S9/G34.1-3;B-2(E9)
Dawel Lugo: K
Jordy Mercer: K

Top 7

Ehire Adrianza: K
Max Kepler: 8/F8LM
Jorge Polanco: S8/L4MD+
Nelson Cruz: S9/G34+.1-2
Eddie Rosario: 7/F7LS

Bot 7

Travis Demeritte: 8/F8RXD+
Jake Rogers: 6/F4M-
Victor Reyes: D9/L3+
Willi Castro: S4/G34+.2XH(432)

Top 8

LaMonte Wade: W
Luis Arraez: S8/L8LM.1-2
C. J. Cron: K
Jake Cave: K
Ehire Adrianza: S6/G6MD.2-3;1-2
Max Kepler: S7/L6D.3-H;2-H;1-3
Jorge Polanco: K

Bot 8

Miguel Cabrera: 53/G56+
Ronny Rodriguez: 53/G56
Harold Castro: 43/G34

Top 9

Nelson Cruz: 4/F8RS-
Eddie Rosario: 31/G3
LaMonte Wade: 3/G3

Bot 9

Dawel Lugo: 8/F8LD
Jordy Mercer: 8/F89XD+
Travis Demeritte: K

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