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Scorecard: Baltimore 12, Twins 8

September 1, 2014 at 1:30AM

THIRD INNING

Baltimore: Nelson Cruz hit a one-out homer to left-center off Twins starter Ricky Nolasco.Chris Davis doubled to right. J.J. Hardy walked.Jimmy Paredes fouled out to third. Ryan Flaherty hit a three-run homer to right.

Baltimore 4, Twins 0

FOURTH INNING

Twins: Brian Dozier singled to center off Baltimore starter Wei-Yin Chen. Joe Mauer struck out. Kennys Vargas struck out. Trevor Plouffe hit a two-run homer to left-center.

Baltimore 4, Twins 2

SIXTH INNING

Baltimore: Caleb Joseph singled to center. Nick Markakis walked, Joseph went to second. David Lough reached on a bunt single to catcher Eric Fryer, Joseph advanced to third and Markakis to second. Adam Jones doubled to left, scoring Joseph and Markakis and advancing Lough to third. Anthony Swarzak relieved Nolasco. Cruz grounded out to short. Davis was intentionally walked. Hardy hit a grand slam to left-center. Paredes struck out. Flaherty tripled to center. Joseph singled to center, scoring Flaherty.

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Baltimore 11, Twins 2

SEVENTH INNING

Twins: Fryer hit a two-out double to left. Jordan Schafer singled to left, scoring Fryer. Brad Brach relieved Chen. Danny Santana hit a two-run homer to right.

Baltimore: Lough singled to right off reliever Caleb Thielbar. Jones lined out to right. Cruz walked, Lough went to second. Davis walked, loading the bases. Hardy struck out. Paredes singled to center, scoring Lough.

Baltimore 12, Twins 5

NINTH INNING

Twins: Reliever Ubaldo Jimenez walked Santana. Dozier doubled to left, Santana advanced to third. Mauer walked. Vargas struck out. Trevor Plouffe walked, scoring Santana; Dozier went to third, Mauer to second. Tommy Hunter relieved Jimenez. Chris Parmelee singled to right, scoring Dozier and Mauer.

Baltimore 12, Twins 8

TWINSABRHBIBBSOAvg.

Santana cf421212.313

Dozier 2b523001.244

Mauer dh411011.271

Vargas 1b501003.309

Plouffe 3b412310.254

Parmelee rf503201.252

Nunez ss501000.251

Fryer c411001.212

Schafer lf412100.333

Totals40815839

BaltimoreABRHBIBBSOAvg.

Markakis rf513010.281

Lough lf523000.226

Jones cf411200.286

Cruz dh411111.254

Davis 1b221020.190

Hardy ss421412.282

Paredes 3b502101.333

Flaherty 2b522301.200

Joseph c514100.240

Totals3912181255

Twins000 200 303—8151

Baltimore004 007 10x—12180

E—Vargas (2). LOB—Twins 8, Baltimore 11. 2B—Dozier (31), Plouffe (39), Nunez (5), Fryer (3), Jones (26), Davis (15), Paredes (2). 3B—Flaherty (1). HR—Plouffe (12), off Chen; Santana (7), off Brach; Cruz (35), off Nolasco; Flaherty (6), off Nolasco; Hardy (9), off Swarzak. RBI—Santana 2 (36), Plouffe 3 (69), Parmelee 2 (24), Schafer (10), Jones 2 (81), Cruz (89), Hardy 4 (50), Paredes (3), Flaherty 3 (24), Joseph (24). SB—Schafer (11). S—Lough. DP—Twins 2, Baltimore 2.

TWINSIPHRERBBSONPERA

Nolasco L, 5-105128822935.96

Swarzak133311234.30

Thielbar2/321121223.45

Thompson1 1/310001120.00

BALTIMOREIPHRERBBSONPERA

Chen W, 14-46 2/3844071043.83

Brach1/341100182.61

Matusz110001173.66

Jimenez1/313331234.96

Hunter01000083.58

Britton S, 31-342/30000041.90

Inherited runners-scored—Swarzak 2-2, Thompson 3-0, Brach 1-1, Matusz 1-0, Hunter 3-2, Britton 2-0. IBB—off Swarzak (Davis). HBP—by Nolasco (Jones,Davis). WP—Brach. Umpires—Home, Mike Muchlinski; First, Mark Wegner; Second, Mike Winters; Third, Andy Fletcher. T—3:33. A—40,905 (45,971).

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