MIN 5, PIT 13 | Mar 17, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, March 17, 2018•LECOM Park•75°F, Sunny

MIN

Twins

PIT

Pirates

Final

WIN

Chad Kuhl

LOSS

Phil Hughes

The Pirates cruised past the Twins 13-5 in a dominant performance.

★Jordan Luplow3 RBI

★José Osuna3 RBI

Key Moment

Top 8: Lewin Diaz doubles (1) on a line drive to right fielder Chris Sharpe. Willians Astudillo scores. Levi Michael to 3rd.

Weather: 75°F, SunnyWind: 8 mph, Out To CFFirst pitch: 5:05 PM UTCT: 3:21Att: 5,868Venue: LECOM Park

Win Probability

PIT WinMIN Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	5	10	4
PIT	1	0	2	9	0	1	0

Game 534118 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Minnesota Twins

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Nick BussRF	2	0	0	0	0	0	.240/.296/.320
Gregorio PetitSS	2	0	1	0	0	0	.167/.212/.300
Taylor Featherston3B	2	0	0	0	0	1	.231/.231/.423
Willians AstudilloC	2	1	1	0	0	0	.188/.222/.250
Levi MichaelCF	1	1	0	0	0	1	.000/.000/.000
Lewin Díaz1B	1	0	1	1	0	0	.333/.333/.667
Zander WielDH	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000/1.000/.000
Travis Blankenhorn2B	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000/.000/.000
James RamseyLF	1	0	0	0	0	1	.091/.167/.273
Bench
Robbie GrossmanRF	3	0	2	1	0	1	.229/.308/.314
Jorge PolancoSS	3	0	1	1	0	0	.265/.286/.412
Miguel Sanó3B
Totals	36	5	10	5	2	7	-

2B:Astudillo; Díaz

3B:Gordon

TB:14

RBI:Blankenhorn; Jr.; Díaz; Polanco; Grossman

SF:Blankenhorn; Jr.

Team LOB:8

Pittsburgh Pirates

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Christopher Bostick2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.133/.212/.267
Jacob StallingsC	1	0

Pitching

Minnesota Twins

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Phil HughesL	3.1	8	9	5	1	3	2	31-26	7.71
Alan Busenitz	0.2	3	3	3	1	1	0	11-7	8.22
Anthony McIver	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	10-6	0.00
Jake Reed	1.2	2	1	1	1	2	1	17-12	1.50
Colton Davis	1.1	0	0	0	1	2	0	13-8	0.00
Totals	8.0	13	13	9	5	9	3	82-59	-

WP:Hughes; Reed; Davis

Inherited runners-scored:Busenitz 3-3; Davis 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Hughes 31-26; Busenitz 11-7; McIver 10-6; Reed 17-12; Davis 13-8

Groundouts-flyouts:Hughes 5-3; Busenitz 1-0; McIver 3-0; Reed 2-2; Davis 1-1

Pittsburgh Pirates

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Chad KuhlW	4.1	5	3	3	1	2	0	26-22	11.45

Scoring Plays

Bot 1 • PIT

0-1

Francisco Cervelli homers (1) on a fly ball to center field.

Top 3 • MIN

1-1

LaMonte Wade out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Bryce Brentz. Nick Gordon scores.

Bot 3 • PIT

1-3

Jose Osuna singles on a line drive to center fielder Jake Cave. Chad Kuhl scores. Adam Frazier scores. Jose Osuna out at 2nd on the throw, center fielder Jake Cave to second baseman Nick Gordon to first baseman Brock Stassi to second baseman Nick Gordon.

Bot 4 • PIT

1-5

Jordan Luplow homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. Sean Rodriguez scores.

1-6

Adam Frazier reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by first baseman Brock Stassi. Todd Cunningham scores.

1-8

David Freese doubles (1) on a line drive to left fielder LaMonte Wade. Chad Kuhl scores. Adam Frazier scores. Francisco Cervelli to 3rd.

1-10

Jose Osuna singles on a ground ball to shortstop Jorge Polanco. Francisco Cervelli scores. David Freese scores. Throwing error by shortstop Jorge Polanco.

1-11

Jordan Luplow doubles (1) on a fly ball to left fielder LaMonte Wade. Jose Osuna scores. Sean Rodriguez to 3rd.

1-12

Bryce Brentz grounds out, third baseman Miguel Sano to first baseman Brock Stassi. Sean Rodriguez scores. Jordan Luplow to 3rd.

Top 5 • MIN

3-12

Jorge Polanco grounds into a force out, third baseman David Freese to second baseman Adam Frazier. LaMonte Wade scores. Robbie Grossman out at 2nd. Jorge Polanco to 1st.

2-12

Robbie Grossman singles on a ground ball to right fielder Bryce Brentz. Chris Heisey scores. LaMonte Wade to 3rd.

Bot 6 • PIT

3-13

Sean Rodriguez homers (1) on a line drive to left center field.

Top 8 • MIN

5-13

Travis Blankenhorn out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Chris Sharpe. Levi Michael scores. Lewin Diaz to 3rd.

4-13

Lewin Diaz doubles (1) on a line drive to right fielder Chris Sharpe. Willians Astudillo scores. Levi Michael to 3rd.

HR:Cervelli (1st off Hughes, 0 on, 1 out); Luplow (4th off Hughes, 1 on, 0 out); Rodríguez (6th off Reed, 0 on, 0 out)

2B:Frazier; Luplow; Freese

TB:25

RBI:Frazier; Brentz; Luplow 3; Rodríguez; Cervelli; Osuna 3; Freese 2

Team LOB:8

WP:Santana

Inherited runners-scored:McKinney 2-1; Sendelbach 2-0

Pitches-strikes:Kuhl 26-22; McKinney 2-2; Siegrist 9-9; Santana 16-12; Sendelbach 3-3; Jones 4-4

Groundouts-flyouts:Kuhl 4-7; McKinney 1-1; Siegrist 0-1; Santana 1-3; Sendelbach 0-0; Jones 2-1

Bench
Adam Frazier2B	4	2	1	1	0	0	.387/.472/.677
Francisco CervelliC	3	2	2	1	1	0	.400/.520/.850
David Freese3B	4	1	1	2	0	0	.238/.292/.476
José Osuna1B	4	1	2	3	0	0	.355/.400/.677
Sean RodríguezSS	3	3	2	1	1	1	.300/.344/.733
Jordan LuplowLF	4	1	2	3	0	1	.200/.188/.533
Bryce BrentzRF	4	0	1	1	0	0	.229/.325/.314
Todd CunninghamCF	3	1	1	0	1	2	.185/.233/.222
Adrian ValerioPH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000/.000/.000
Ryan LavarnwayPH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.294/.333/.647

Win Probability

Batting

Minnesota Twins

Pittsburgh Pirates

Pitching

Minnesota Twins

Pittsburgh Pirates

Game Notes