SCORECARD
SECOND INNING
St. Louis: Mark Reynolds doubled to right- center off Twins starter Tommy Milone. Randal Grichuk singled to left, Reynolds to third. Jason Heyward singled to center, Reynolds scored, Grichuk to second.
St. Louis 1, Twins 0
FOURTH INNING
Twins: Trevor Plouffe doubled to left off St. Louis starter Carlos Martinez. Eddie Rosario singled to right, Plouffe to third. Plouffe scored, Rosario to third on a fielding error by Reynolds.
Twins 2, St. Louis 1
EIGHTH INNING
Twins: Eddie Rosario tripled to right center off St. Louis reliever Matt Belisle. Eduardo Nunez singled to shortstop, Rosario scored.
Twins 3, St. Louis 1
St. LouisABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Wong 2b400000.289
Carpenter 3b401000.291
Peralta dh-ss401000.311
Reynolds 1b411002.259
Grichuk lf401002.266
Molina c401001.287
Heyward rf302100.259
Bourjos cf301001.260
Kozma ss200001.098
Jay ph100001.226
Belisle p000000—
Totals3318108
TwinsABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Dozier 2b200010.263
Mauer 1b401002.253
Plouffe 3b411001.248
Hunter rf400001.259
Rosario lf422000.278
Nunez ss202210.323
Vargas dh300001.227
Robinson pr-dh100000.250
Herrmann c201011.196
Buxton cf300002.154
Totals2937238
St. Louis010 000 000—181
Twins000 200 01x—370
E—Reynolds (3). LOB—St. Louis 5, Twins 7. 2B—Reynolds (9), Bourjos (5), Mauer (13), Plouffe (14), Nunez (9). 3B—E.Rosario (1). RBI—Heyward (19), Nunez 2 (7). SB—Grichuk (2), Heyward (7). SF—Nunez. GIDP—Bourjos. DP—St. Louis 1 (Wong); Twins 1 (Nunez, Dozier, Mauer).
St. LouisIPHRERBBSONPERA
Martinez L, 7-36 2/3521361012.80
Choate1/30000153.00
Belisle121101212.25
TwinsIPHRERBBSONPERA
Milone W, 3-17511051023.67
Fien H, 72/310001122.45
Perkins S, 23-231 1/320002291.53
Inherited runners-scored—Choate 3-0, Perkins 1-0. HBP—by C.Martinez (Dozier). Umpires—Home, Joe West; First, Paul Nauert; Second, Ed Hickox; Third, Mike Estabrook. T—2:47. A—34,381 (39,021).
The four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year pleaded for accountability, saying players need to be benched if they don’t give their all on defense.
