LA Dodgers 4, Minnesota 3
When: 7:10 PM ET, Thursday, May 1, 2014
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature:
49°
Umpires:
Home -
Tim Timmons, 1B -
Tim Welke, 2B -
Chris Segal, 3B -
Tom Woodring
Attendance:
24053
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Dodgers 4, Twins 3 (12): Scott Van Slyke led off the 12th inning with a solo homer and Drew Butera added another later in the frame for a much-needed insurance run as visiting Los Angeles completed a sweep of a day-night doubleheader.
Van Slyke, who also tripled and scored the Dodgers' first run in the sixth, drove a fastball from Brian Duensing (0-1) into the bullpen in left-center field for the tiebreaking run and Butera slugged a two-out shot to left for a 4-2 advantage. Los Angeles closer Kenley Jansen loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the 12th before getting two flyouts - one to score a run - and a lineout to first base with two runners in scoring position to end it.
Adrian Gonzalez also homered for Los Angeles, which had 11 hits and 12 walks but left 16 runners on base, and Jamey Wright (2-1) worked three scoreless innings for the win. Joe Mauer collected three hits and a sacrifice fly to lead a meager Minnesota attack that produced only six hits against six Dodgers pitchers.
Brian Dozier singled to begin the bottom of the first and scored on Josmil Pinto's sacrifice fly to right, giving Minnesota a 1-0 lead it would take into the sixth. After Van Slyke's triple off the wall in center, Juan Uribe knocked a base hit up the middle for his third RBI of the doubleheader to tie it.
Trevor Plouffe reached on one error and scored on another in the bottom of the sixth to put the Twins back on top, but Gonzalez led off the seventh with his National League-leading ninth home run. The Dodgers loaded the bases later in the frame before Dozier made a sparkling diving catch of a line drive to end the threat and preserve the tie.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Dodgers starter Red Patterson allowed a run and two hits in 4 2/3 innings in his major league debut, while Twins starter Kris Johnson tossed 4 1/3 scoreless frames despite giving up four hits and walking six. ... Los Angeles RF Yasiel Puig had reached base nine straight times (eight hits, one walk) before grounding to third in the fifth. ... Twins CF Aaron Hicks slammed his head into the wall trying to catch Van Slyke's triple and later left the game after showing concussion-like symptoms.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| LA Dodgers |
|
Minnesota |
|
Red Patterson
|
Player |
Kris Johnson
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
4.2 |
IP |
4.1 |
|
1 |
Strikeouts |
5 |
|
2 |
Hits |
4 |
|
1.93 |
ERA |
0.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| LA Dodgers
|
11 |
3 |
23 |
.250 |
27 |
12 |
4 |
12 |
2 |
2 |
| Minnesota
|
6 |
0 |
6 |
.150 |
25 |
7 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
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