Thursday's SCORECARD
FIRST INNING
Twins: Brian Dozier hit a one-out double to right off Los Angeles starter Hector Santiago. Joe Mauer singled to right, scoring Dozier. Miguel Sano grounded out to third, Mauer went to second. Trevor Plouffe walked. Torii Hunter hit a three-run homer to left. Eddie Rosario tripled to center. Kurt Suzuki doubled to center, scoring Rosario.
Twins 5, Los Angeles 0
SECOND INNING
Los Angeles: David Freese doubled to center off Tommy Milone. Shane Victorino flied out to center. Chris Iannetta singled to center, scoring Freese. Taylor Featherston singled to left, Iannetta advanced to second. Erick Aybar singled to left-center, loading the bases. Kole Calhoun walked, scoring Iannetta; Featherston went to third and Aybar to second. A.J. Achter relieved Milone. Mike Trout homered to right, scoring Featherston, Aybar and Calhoun.
Los Angeles 6, Twins 5
THIRD INNING
Los Angeles: Victorino singled to left. Iannetta struck out. Victorino stole second. Featherston hit a two-run homer to left-center.
Twins: Hunter hit a one-out single to right off reliever Cory Rasmus. Rosario struck out. Suzuki walked, Hunter went to second. Eduardo Escobar singled to right, scoring Hunter.
Los Angeles 8, Twins 6
FOURTH INNING
Los Angeles: Trout homered to left off reliever Ryan O'Rourke.
Twins: Sano hit a two-out double to center off reliever Fernando Salas. Plouffe singled to right, Sano advanced to third.
Hunter was safe at first on Freese's fielding error, scoring Sano.
Los Angeles 9, Twins 7
SIXTH INNING
Los Angeles: Reliever J.R. Graham issued a one-out walk to Trout. Albert Pujols fouled out to right. Trout went to second on a balk. C.J. Cron singled to right, scoring Trout.
Los Angeles 10, Twins 7
SEVENTH INNING
Los Angeles: Iannetta homered to left-center off reliever Neal Cotts.
Los Angeles 11, Twins 7
EIGHTH INNING
Twins: Aaron Hicks homered to right off reliever Joe Smith.
Los Angeles 11, Twins 8
Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Aybar ss 6 1 1 0 0 0 .267
Calhoun rf 5 1 1 1 1 2 .263
Trout cf 3 3 2 5 3 1 .294
Pujols dh 4 0 0 0 1 0 .239
Cron 1b 4 0 1 1 1 0 .269
Navarro 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256
Freese 3b 5 1 3 0 0 1 .257
Cowart 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .186
Victorino lf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .230
Iannetta c 5 2 2 2 0 1 .185
Featherston 2b 5 2 3 2 0 1 .167
Totals 42 11 15 11 6 7
TWINS AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Hicks cf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .262
Dozier 2b 5 1 2 0 0 2 .238
Mauer 1b 5 1 1 1 0 0 .269
Sano dh 5 1 1 0 0 2 .279
Plouffe 3b 4 1 1 0 1 0 .250
Hunter rf 5 2 2 3 0 1 .242
Rosario lf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .271
Suzuki c 3 0 1 1 1 2 .241
Da.Santana ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .213
Escobar ss 4 0 1 1 0 2 .264
Totals 41 8 12 7 2 11
Los Angeles 062 101 100 — 11 15 1
Twins 501 100 010 — 8 12 0
E—Freese (6). LOB—Los Angeles 10, Twins 9. 2B—Freese 2 (24), Dozier (35), Sano (16), Suzuki (17). 3B—Rosario (13). HR—Trout (37), off Achter; Featherston (2), off Achter; Trout (38), off O'Rourke; Iannetta (9), off Cotts; Hunter (20), off Santiago; Hicks (11), off Smith. RBI—Calhoun (76), Trout 5 (83), Cron (43), Iannetta 2 (32), Featherston 2 (9), Hicks (28), Mauer (62),Hunter 3 (74), Suzuki (47), Escobar (51). SB—Cron (3), Victorino (7), Hicks (12).
LOS ANGELES IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Santiago ⅔ 5 5 5 1 1 30 3.47
Morin W, 2-1 1⅓ 0 0 0 0 3 20 6.18
Rasmus 1 2 1 1 1 1 27 7.04
Salas ⅔ 2 1 0 0 1 26 4.37
Wright ⅓ 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.80
Bedrosian 1 0 0 0 0 2 20 4.70
Gott H, 12 2 1 0 0 0 1 27 2.72
Smith 1 2 1 1 0 1 17 3.71
Street S, 36-41 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 3.24
TWINS IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Milone 1⅓ 4 5 5 3 0 52 4.08
Achter L, 0-1 1 3 3 3 1 2 28 7.30
O'Rourke 1⅔ 2 1 1 0 1 24 6.63
Graham 2 2 1 1 1 3 42 5.07
Cotts 1 2 1 1 1 0 13 5.23
Tonkin 2 2 0 0 0 1 28 5.17
Inherited runners-scored—Morin 1-0, W.Wright 2-0, Achter 3-3. HBP—by Morin (A.Hicks). WP—Bedrosian. Balk—Graham. Umpires—Home, Mark Wegner; First, Bill Miller; Second, Doug Eddings; Third, Adrian Johnson. T—3:56. A—18,697 (39,021).
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