SCORECARD
FIRST INNING
Twins: Torii Hunter hit a one-out single to right off New York starter Michael Pineda. Joe Mauer grounded out to first, Hunter went to second. Miguel Sano hit a two-run homer to center.
Twins 2, New York 0
SECOND INNING
Twins: Eddie Rosario doubled to left. Aaron Hicks popped out to short. Kurt Suzuki singled to center, scoring Rosario.
Twins 3, New York 0
FOURTH INNING
Twins: Trevor Plouffe singled to center. Rosario doubled to right, Plouffe advanced to third.
Hicks hit a sacrifice fly to right, scoring Plouffe; Rosario went to third. Suzuki singled to center, scoring Rosario.
Twins 5, New York 0
SEVENTH INNING
Twins: Hunter hit a two-out homer to left off reliever Branden Pinder.
Twins 6, New York 0
EIGHTH INNING
Twins: Plouffe homered to left off reliever Chris Capuano. Rosario hit a ground-rule double to left. Hicks singled to left, scoring Rosario. Suzuki flied out to center. Danny Santana struck out. Brian Dozier hit a two-run homer to left.
Twins 10, New York 0
NINTH INNING
New York: Didi Gregorius hit a one-out single to left off reliever Casey Fien and advanced to second on Rosario's fielding error. Stephen Drew singled to right, Gregorius went to third.
Jacoby Ellsbury hit a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Gregorius.
Twins 10, New York 1
New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Ellsbury cf 4 0 0 1 0 0 .302
Gardner lf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .294
Rodriguez dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .271
Teixeira 1b 4 0 3 0 0 0 .260
McCann c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .253
Beltran rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .260
Headley 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .259
Gregorius ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .244
Drew 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .185
Totals 36 1 10 1 1 3
TWINS AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Dozier 2b 5 1 1 2 0 1 .255
Hunter rf 5 2 2 1 0 1 .255
Robinson rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246
Mauer 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .277
Sano dh 4 1 1 2 0 2 .283
Plouffe 3b 4 2 3 1 0 0 .259
Rosario lf 4 3 3 0 0 0 .281
Hicks cf 3 1 1 2 0 0 .259
Suzuki c 4 0 2 2 0 0 .232
Santana ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .221
Totals 37 10 14 10 0 6
New York 000 000 001 — 1 10 0
Twins 210 200 14x — 10 14 1
E—Rosario (4). LOB—New York 10, Twins 4. 2B—Mauer (20), Plouffe (24), E.Rosario 3 (12). HR—Sano (3), off Pineda; Hunter (15), off Pinder; Plouffe (14), off Capuano; Dozier (21), off Capuano. RBI—Ellsbury (15), Dozier 2 (55), Hunter (50), Sano 2 (11), Plouffe (54), Hicks 2 (11), Suzuki 2 (28). SB—Teixeira (2). SF—Ellsbury, Hicks.
NEW YORK IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Pineda L, 9-7 5 2/3 8 5 5 0 4 92 3.97
Pinder 1 1/3 2 1 1 0 1 22 2.92
Capuano 1 4 4 4 0 1 30 5.64
TWINS IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Hughes W, 9-6 7 7 0 0 0 3 97 3.93
Duensing 1 1 0 0 1 0 21 5.11
Fien 1 2 1 0 0 0 18 4.15
Inherited runners-scored—Pinder 1-0. Umpires—Home, Laz Diaz; First, Jeff Nelson; Second, Tom Woodring; Third, Cory Blaser. T—2:57. A—34,334 (39,021).
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