SCORECARD
Twins-Chicago boxscore
SECOND inning
Chicago: Gordon Beckham hit a one-out single to center off Twins starter Mike Pelfrey. Josh Phegley singled to right, Beckham advanced to third.
Marcus Semien singled to left, scoring Beckham.
Chicago 1, Twins 0
THIRD inning
Twins: Darin Mastroianni singled to left off White Sox starter Jose Quintana. Brian Dozier reached on a fielder's choice to short, Mastroianni was out at second. Dozier stole second. Trevor Plouffe doubled to right, scoring Dozier.
Chicago 1, Twins 1
Fifth inning
Chicago: Alejandro De Aza reached on a bunt single to third. Alexei Ramirez doubled to left, scoring De Aza; Ramirez advanced to third on throw.
Dayan Viciedo singled to left, scoring Ramirez.
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Chicago 3, Twins 1
sixth inning
Chicago: De Aza hit a two-out single to left off reliever Josh Roenicke. Ramirez walked, De Aza advanced to second. Viciedo singled to left, scoring De Aza.
Chicago 4, Twins 1
seventh inning
Twins: Reliver Jake Petricka walked Mastroianni. Mastroianni advanced to second on a wild pitch. Dozier reached on an infield single, Mastroianni went to third. Plouffe reached on an infield single, scoring Mastroianni advancing Dozier to second. Donnie Veal relieved Petricka. Oswaldo Arcia reached on a fielder's choice to short, Dozier advanced to third and Plouffe was out at second; Dozier scored on Beckham's throwing error
Chicago 4, Twins 3
TWINSABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Mastroianni cf-rf311011.191
Herrmann ph100001.217
Escobar ss000000.214
Dozier 2b523000.243
Plouffe 3b502200.254
Arcia rf400001.249
Presley pr-cf100000.297
Doumit dh402001.242
Thomas pr-dh000000.219
Willingham lf401001.212
Pinto c401001.356
Colabello 1b200021.193
Florimon ss300000.225
Parmelee ph-rf100001.223
Totals37310238
ChicagoABRHBIBBSOAvg.
De Aza cf422010.263
Ramirez ss311120.285
Viciedo lf503202.265
Dunn dh401002.220
Konerko 1b301012.248
Garcia pr-2b000000.198
Jor.Danks rf400002.248
Beckham 2b411000.264
Anderson c000000.000
Phegley c301000.229
Gillaspie ph-1b100000.254
Semien 3b401100.323
Totals35411448
Twins001 000 200—3100
Chicago010 021 00x—4113
E—Konerko (5), Beckham (11), Semien (2). LOB—Twins 10, Chicago 11. 2B—Plouffe (22), Doumit (25), Ramirez (39). RBI—Plouffe 2 (51), Ramirez (47), Viciedo 2 (54), Semien (2). SB—Dozier (12), Garcia (6). CS—Dozier (7). DP—Chicago 1.
TWINSIPHRERBBSONPERA
Pelfrey L, 5-134 1/393316965.34
Duensing2/30000093.81
Roenicke121110214.03
Fien100011183.77
Burton100011173.94
CHICAGOIPHRERBBSONPERA
Quintana W, 8-66811251023.49
Petricka022110111.98
Veal H, 101/30000044.97
Lindstrom H, 192/300001102.93
Jones H, 13100002143.70
Reed S, 38-44100000123.57
Inherited runners-scored—Duensing 2-0, Veal 2-1, Lindstrom 1-0. WP—Petricka. Umpires—Home, Ted Barrett; First, Mike DiMuro; Second, Scott Barry; Third, Alfonso Marquez. T—3:33. A—15,964 (40,615).
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