SCORECARD
THIRD INNING
Twins: Brian Dozier singled to left-center off Chicago starter John Danks. Torii Hunter singled to center, Dozier to second. Joe Mauer reached on Danks' fielding error, loading the bases. Trevor Plouffe hit a grand slam to left. Kennys Vargas flied out to center. Oswaldo Arcia singled to left. Shane Robinson singled to left, Arcia to second. Chris Herrmann reached on Danks' throwing error, loading the bases. Danny Santana singled to right, scoring Arcia and Robinson, Herrmann to third. Scott Carroll relieved Danks. Dozier singled to center, scoring Herrmann.
Twins 7, Chicago 0
FOURTH INNING
Chicago: Twins starter Mike Pelfrey walked Adam LaRoche. Avisail Garcia singled to left-center, LaRoche to second. Alexei Ramirez was hit with a pitch, loading the bases. Gordon Beckham struck out. Geovany Soto was hit with a pitch, scoring LaRoche, Garcia to third, Ramirez to second. Micah Johnson was hit with a pitch, scoring Garcia.
Twins: Mauer doubled to left. Plouffe singled to center, scoring Mauer. Vargas reached on Johnson's throwing error, Plouffe advanced to third and Vargas to second. Arcia singled to right, scoring Plouffe, Vargas to third. Robinson struck out. Dan Jennings relieved Carroll. Herrmann reached on an infield single, scoring Vargas, pinch runner Jordan Schafer to second. Schafer went to third, Herrmann to second on a wild pitch. Santana struck out. With Dozier at the plate, Schafer scored, Herrmann to third on Geovany Soto's throwing error.
Twins 11, Chicago 2
SIXTH INNING
Twins: Vargas homered to center off reliever Zach Putnam. Schafer singled to center. Robinson singled to center, Schafer to second. Herrmann struck out. Santana struck out. Dozier walked, loading the bases. Hunter reached on an infield single, scoring Schafer.
Twins 13, Chicago 2
EIGHTH INNING
Chicago: Jose Abreu singled to right off reliever J.R. Graham. Conor Gillaspie reached on a fielder's choice, Abreu to third on Santana's fielding error. Avisail Garcia singled to center, scoring Abreu.
Twins 13, Chicago 3
Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Shuck cf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .250
Cabrera lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .287
Bonifacio ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .118
Abreu dh 4 1 1 0 0 1 .267
LaRoche 1b 2 1 1 0 1 0 .211
Gillaspie 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .214
Garcia rf 4 1 3 1 0 0 .342
Ramirez ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .205
Beckham 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .292
Soto c 3 0 1 1 0 1 .138
Johnson 2b 2 0 1 1 0 0 .246
Totals 31 3 8 3 3 4
TWINS AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Dozier 2b 5 1 4 1 1 0 .240
Hunter rf 6 1 2 1 0 2 .256
Mauer dh 5 2 1 0 0 1 .302
Plouffe 3b 5 2 3 5 0 1 .278
Vargas 1b 5 2 2 1 0 0 .208
Arcia lf 2 1 2 1 0 0 .276
Schafer pr-lf 2 2 1 0 0 0 .189
Robinson cf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .348
Herrmann c 5 1 1 1 0 1 .227
Santana ss 5 0 1 2 0 2 .267
Totals 45 13 19 12 1 8
Chicago 000 200 010 — 3 8 4
Twins 007 402 00x — 13 19 1
E—Soto (2), Danks 2 (3), Johnson (1), Santana (9). LOB—Chicago 8, Twins 10. 2B—Mauer (7). 3B—Dozier (1). HR—Plouffe (5), off Danks; Vargas (2), off Putnam. RBI—Garcia (6), Soto (3), Johnson (2), Dozier (11), Hunter (10), Plouffe 5 (15), Vargas (5), Arcia (8), Herrmann (5), Santana 2 (6). S—Johnson. DP—Chicago 1, Twins 4.
CHICAGO IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Danks L, 1-3 2â…“ 8 7 3 0 3 68 6.20
Carroll 1 4 4 1 0 1 22 1.50
Jennings 1â…” 1 0 0 0 1 18 2.31
Putnam â…” 4 2 2 1 2 30 7.71
Duke 1â…“ 1 0 0 0 0 14 1.69
Robertson 1 1 0 0 0 1 14 0.00
TWINS IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Pelfrey 3â…“ 5 2 2 2 1 61 2.63
Pressly W, 1-0 2â…” 0 0 0 0 3 32 0.00
Duensing 1 1 0 0 0 0 17 5.79
Graham 2 2 1 0 1 0 25 2.35
Inherited runners-scored—Carroll 2-1, Jennings 2-2, Duke 3-0, Pressly 3-0. HBP—by Danks (Arcia), by Pelfrey (Al.Ramirez, Soto, Johnson). WP—Danks, Jennings. Umpires—Home, Chad Fairchild; First, Jim Joyce; Second, Greg Gibson; Third, Marvin Hudson. T—3:20. A—22,423 (39,021).
