SCORECARD

SECOND INNING

Twins: Trevor Plouffe doubled to right off Chicago starter Jeff Samardzija. Oswaldo Arcia grounded out to second, Plouffe went to third. Chris Herrmann tripled to right, scoring Plouffe. Shane Robinson singled to right, scoring Herrmann. Jordan Schafer struck out. Robinson stole second and ran to third on catcher Geovany Soto's throwing error. Danny Santana singled to left, scoring Robinson. Brian Dozier doubled to left, scoring Santana.

Chicago: Adam LaRoche homered to left-center off Twins starter Mike Pelfrey. Avisail Garcia hit a ground-rule double to right. Alexei Ramirez grounded out to second, Garcia advanced to third. Conor Gillaspie singled to left-center, scoring Garcia.

Twins 4, Chicago 2

THIRD INNING

Chicago: Melky Cabrera singled to left. Jose Abreu was hit by a pitch, Cabrera went to second. LaRoche walked, loading the bases. Garcia reached on an infield single, scoring Cabrera.

Twins 4, Chicago 3

FOURTH INNING

Chicago: Soto homered to left-center.

Twins 4, Chicago 4

EIGHTH INNING

Chicago: With two outs, Alexei Ramirez reached on an infield single off reliever Blaine Boyer. Gillaspie doubled to right, Ramirez advanced to third. Pinch-hitter J.B. Shuck singled to left, scoring Ramirez.

Chicago 5, Twins 4

TWINS AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Santana ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 .125

Dozier 2b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .190

Mauer 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250

Vargas dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .176

Plouffe 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .133

Arcia lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .250

Hunter ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .118

Herrmann c 4 1 1 1 0 1 .200

Robinson rf-lf 4 1 1 1 0 2 .200

Schafer cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .235

Totals 35 4 8 4 1 10

Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Eaton cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .100

Cabrera lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .150

Abreu dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .176

LaRoche 1b 3 1 1 1 1 1 .118

Garcia rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .333

Ramirez ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .125

Gillaspie 3b 4 0 3 1 0 0 .444

Beckham 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286

Soto c 3 1 2 1 0 0 .400

Shuck ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .333

Flowers c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250

Johnson 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .250

Totals 33 5 11 5 1 5

Twins 040 000 000 — 4 8 0

Chicago 021 100 01x — 5 11 2

E—Soto (1), Gillaspie (2). LOB—Twins 5, Chicago 6. 2B—Dozier (1), Plouffe (1), Garcia (2), Gillaspie (2). 3B—Herrmann (1). HR—LaRoche (1), off Pelfrey; Soto (1), off Pelfrey. RBI—Santana (1), Dozier (2), Herrmann (1), Robinson (1), LaRoche (1), Garcia (1), Gillaspie (1), Soto (1), Shuck (1). SB—Santana (1), Robinson (1). CS—J.Schafer (1). DP—Twins 1.

TWINS IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Pelfrey 5 7 4 4 1 2 80 7.20

Graham 1 1 0 0 0 2 20 0.00

Thompson 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 16 2.70

Boyer L, 0-1 2/3 3 1 1 0 0 10 9.00

CHICAGO IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Samardzija 7 8 4 4 0 6 113 6.23

Duke W, 1-0 1 0 0 0 1 1 16 0.00

Robertson S, 1-1 1 0 0 0 0 3 15 0.00

HBP—by Pelfrey (Abreu). Umpires—Home, John Hirschbeck; First, Sam Holbrook; Second, Bill Welke; Third, James Hoye. T—2:54. A—22,317 (40,615).