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Tuesday, August 17, 2021•Target Field•83°F, Partly Cloudy

CLE

Indians

MIN

Twins

Final

WIN

Caleb Thielbar

LOSS

Nick Wittgren

The Twins edged the Indians 5-4 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Josh Donaldson3-for-5, 1 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 10: Jorge Polanco doubles (24) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Bradley Zimmer. Max Kepler scores. Rob Refsnyder to 3rd.

Weather: 83°F, Partly CloudyWind: 13 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 12:10 AM UTCT: 3:43Att: 15,622Venue: Target Field

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91.0%C

17 missed calls

+37.6% CLE

+0.15 runs MIN

Win Probability

MIN WinCLE Win

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

Game 632873 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Cleveland Indians

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Myles StrawCF	5	0	1	0	0	1	.270/.345/.344	96.9	.113	.183
Amed RosarioSS	5	1	2	0	0	0	.278/.318/.399	106.7	.517	.478
José Ramírez3B	5	0	1	1	0	2	.253/.339/.529	100.8	.263	.253
Franmil ReyesDH	4	1	0	0	1	1	.251/.316/.523	86.6	.098	.122
Bradley ZimmerRF	4	1	2	2	1	1	.251/.360/.374	111.1	.690	.994
Óscar MercadoLF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.217/.282/.333	90.7	.287	.270
Owen Miller1B	3	1	0	0	0	1	.150/.211/.230	101.6	.289	.283
Andrés Giménez2B	3	0	1	0	1	0	.182/.259/.283	106.7	.287	.295
Austin HedgesC	4	0	1	1	0	0	.179/.216/.272	101.5	.374	.415
Bench
Cal QuantrillP							.500/.500/.500	-	-	-
Justin GarzaP							.000/.000/.000	-	-
Totals	37	4	8	4	3	8	-	-	-	-

HR:Zimmer (2nd off Jax, 1 on, 0 out)

2B:Hedges; Rosario

TB:13

RBI:Hedges; Ramírez; Zimmer 2

SB:Zimmer

GIDP:Reyes 2

Team LOB:8

Minnesota Twins

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Max KeplerRF	3	2	1	2	3	0	.211/.307/.439	106.5	.443

Pitching

Cleveland Indians

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Cal Quantrill	5.0	8	3	3	1	4	1	92-51	90.4	3.24
Justin GarzaBS	1.1	2	1	1	1	3	1	22-14	91.8	4.86
Blake Parker	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	15-8	84.1	2.42
James Karinchak	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	19-10	87.6	3.83
Nick WittgrenL	1.2	3	1	0	3	0	0	27-13	89	4.40
Totals	9.2	14	5	4	6	8	2	175-96	-	-

HBP:Rooker (by Quantrill); Jeffers (by Quantrill)

IBB:Wittgren 2

Inherited runners-scored:Parker 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Quantrill 92-51; Garza 22-14; Parker 15-8; Karinchak 19-10; Wittgren 27-13

Groundouts-flyouts:Quantrill 6-3; Garza 1-0; Parker 1-0; Karinchak 1-2; Wittgren 4-0

Minnesota Twins

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Griffin Jax	6.0	7	4	2	2	3	1	87-54	86.2	5.11

Bot 1 • MIN

0-1

Max Kepler homers (16) on a fly ball to right center field.

EV: 106.5 mph💣 392 ftLA: 35°

Top 2 • CLE

2-1

Bradley Zimmer homers (5) on a fly ball to center field. Franmil Reyes scores.

EV: 110.3 mph💣 446 ftLA: 24°

Bot 3 • MIN

2-2

Josh Donaldson singles on a line drive to center fielder Myles Straw. Jorge Polanco scores.

EV: 91.1 mph310 ftLA: 20°

Bot 4 • MIN

2-3

Max Kepler grounds into a force out, shortstop Amed Rosario to second baseman Andres Gimenez. Jake Cave scores. Andrelton Simmons out at 2nd. Max Kepler to 1st.

EV: 103.7 mph35 ftLA: -2°

Top 5 • CLE

3-3

Jose Ramirez singles on a ground ball to right fielder Max Kepler. Amed Rosario scores.

EV: 97.1 mph83 ftLA: 4°

Top 6 • CLE

4-3

Austin Hedges doubles (3) on a fly ball to left fielder Brent Rooker. Owen Miller scores. Andres Gimenez out at home on the throw, left fielder Brent Rooker to shortstop Andrelton Simmons to catcher Ryan Jeffers.

EV: 71.5 mph235 ftLA: 27°

Bot 6 • MIN

4-4

Ryan Jeffers homers (11) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 104.6 mph💣 427 ftLA: 33°

Bot 10 • MIN

4-5

Jorge Polanco doubles (24) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Bradley Zimmer. Max Kepler scores. Rob Refsnyder to 3rd.

EV: 108.3 mph177 ftLA: 10°

Bench
Brent RookerLF	3	0	1	0	0	1	.202/.260/.421	100.8	.087	.081
Josh DonaldsonDH	5	0	3	1	0	2	.252/.358/.464	114.7	.475	.447
Andrelton SimmonsSS	3	0	0	0	0	0	.215/.280/.274	84.8	.066	.078
Mitch GarverPH	1	0	1	0	0	0	.237/.340/.532	108	.710	.1218
Griffin JaxP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
John GantP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Juan MinayaP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Alex ColoméP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Caleb ThielbarP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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