Minnesota 5, Pittsburgh 2
When: 8:10 PM ET, Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature:
80°
Umpires:
Home -
Joe West, 1B -
Doug Eddings, 2B -
Marty Foster, 3B -
Mark Ripperger
Attendance:
28515
By Field Level Media
Jake Cave drove in the go-ahead run in the fourth inning, and Miguel Sano added a late two-run home run Tuesday night as the Minnesota Twins downed the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 at Target Field in Minneapolis.
Jorge Polanco was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs for the Twins, who had lost four of their previous five games.
David Freese was 3-for-4 with a run for Pittsburgh, which lost its second straight and fell for the third time in four games.
Minnesota right-hander Jake Odorizzi (5-7) struck out nine in 5 2/3 innings. He gave up two runs and four hits, and he walked two.
Trevor Hildenberger pitched the ninth for his second save.
Pittsburgh starter Jameson Taillon (9-9) allowed three runs and seven hits in six innings, with four strikeouts and one walk. He has given up 12 runs in 40 innings over his past six starts, a 2.70 ERA in that span.
The Pirates scored twice in the second inning. Freese led off with a single, and Josh Bell followed with a walk. Francisco Cervelli -- back in the starting lineup after taking a foul tip off his catcher's mask Saturday at San Francisco -- doubled to left-center to drive in Freese. Bell scored on Colin Moran's groundout for a 2-0 lead.
Taillon was perfect through three innings, but the Twins broke through in the fourth.
Joe Mauer led off with a base hit to left and went to third on Eddie Rosario's double to the corner in right. Polanco drove in both with a single to right for a 2-2 tie. Polanco advanced to second on Sano's groundout and to third on Max Kepler's single, then scored one out later on Cave's single to center for a 3-2 Minnesota lead.
Pittsburgh shortstop Jordy Mercer left for a pinch hitter in the top of the fifth because of left calf discomfort.
In the eighth, Polanco led off with a double to shallow left before Sano launched his ninth homer, to right-center, to extend the Twins' lead to 5-2.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Pittsburgh
|
7 |
0 |
9 |
.212 |
11 |
12 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Minnesota
|
10 |
1 |
15 |
.303 |
12 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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