SCORECARD
Twins Monday scorecard
FIRST INNING
Twins: With Tigers starter Kyle Lobstein pitching, Aaron Hicks singled to right. Brian Dozier flied out to right. Joe Mauer doubled to left-center, Hicks to third. Miguel Sano walked. Trevor Plouffe doubled to right, scoring Hicks and Mauer, Sano to third. Torii Hunter singled to first, scoring Sano, Plouffe to third. Eduardo Escobar struck out. Kurt Suzuki singled to left-center, scoring Plouffe. Twins 4, Tigers 0
SECOND INNING
Twins: Dozier walked. Mauer singled to right. Sano homered to left, scoring Dozier and Mauer. Sano singled to center, scoring Dozier, Mauer to second. Kyle Ryan relieved Lobstein. Plouffe walked, Mauer to third, Sano to second. Hunter struck out. Escobar singled to right, scoring Mauer. Twins 6, Tigers 0
FOURTH INNING
Twins: Escobar homered to left.
Twins 7, Tigers 0
SEVENTH INNING
Detroit: With Twins starter Tyler Duffey pitching, James McCann tripled to center. Andrew Romine grounded out to first, scoring McCann. Twins 7, Tigers 1
DetroitABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Gose cf402011.261
Kinsler 2b500000.300
Cabrera 1b200020.339
J.Martinez rf402001.287
V.Martinez dh401001.234
Castellanos 3b401002.250
Moya lf400004.250
McCann c411001.271
Romine ss401101.253
Totals35181311
TWINSABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Hicks lf-rf512001.264
Dozier 2b310020.239
Mauer 1b523000.271
Sano dh311111.276
Plouffe 3b311210.250
Hunter rf402101.240
Robinson lf000000.254
Escobar ss412201.269
Suzuki c401101.240
Buxton cf401000.189
Totals35713745
Detroit000 000 100—180
Twins420 100 00x—7131
E—Plouffe (11). LOB—Detroit 10, Twins 8. 2B—Castellanos (26), Romine (5), Mauer (28), Plouffe (31). 3B—McCann (5). HR—Escobar (11), off Ryan. RBI—Romine (14), Sano (45), Plouffe 2 (79), Hunter (70), Escobar 2 (50), Suzuki (45). DP—Detroit 2; Twins 1.
DETROITIPHRERBBSONPERA
Lobstein L, 3-81⅓76622596.10
Ryan4⅔41123705.32
Ferrell1100001011.12
Rondon110000156.00
TWINSIPHRERBBSONPERA
Duffey W, 3-16⅓71127963.72
Fien1⅔00013253.51
Cotts110001175.40
Inherited runners-scored—Ryan 2-1, Fien 1-0. WP—Duffey. Balk—Lobstein. Umpires—Home, Chris Conroy; First, Ted Barrett; Second, Adam Hamari; Third, Angel Hernandez. T—2:56. A—17,833 (39,021).
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