MIN 8, STL 1 | Jul 31, 2021 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, July 31, 2021•Busch Stadium•75°F, Partly Cloudy

MIN

Twins

STL

Cardinals

Final

WIN

Jorge Alcala

LOSS

Jake Woodford

The Twins cruised past the Cardinals 8-1 in a dominant performance.

★Ryan Jeffers3 RBI

Key Moment

Top 3: Luis Arraez doubles (10) on a line drive to right fielder Dylan Carlson. Brent Rooker scores. Jorge Polanco to 3rd.

Weather: 75°F, Partly CloudyWind: 7 mph, In From CFFirst pitch: 11:15 PM UTCT: 2:58Att: 33,432Venue: Busch Stadium

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94.1%B

9 missed calls

+9.7% MIN

+0.27 runs STL

Win Probability

STL WinMIN Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	12	0
STL	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Game 633127 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Minnesota Twins

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Max KeplerRF	5	0	0	0	0	3	.209/.295/.438	107.6	.211	.233
Alex ColoméP	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jorge Polanco2B	5	2	2	0	0	0	.272/.333/.458	101	.371	.394
Luis Arraez3B	3	1	1	2	1	0	.305/.368/.390	98.4	.321	.242
Miguel Sanó1B	4	2	2	1	1	1	.211/.299/.447	117.1	.500	.502
Trevor LarnachLF	4	0	1	1	0	2	.223/.315/.352	100.6	.541	.371
Ryan JeffersC	5	1	1	3	0	2	.205/.290/.430	115.2	.302	.471
Andrelton SimmonsSS	4	0	1	0	0	1	.222/.289/.285	97.5	.317	.316
Jake CaveCF	1	0	1	0	0	0	.179/.250/.263	91.5	.907	.856
Bench
Brent RookerLF	5	2	1	0	0	1	.197/.258/.443	101.2	.328	.319
Bailey OberP	2	0	1	0	0	0	.500/.500/.500
Totals	39	8	12	8	2	10	-	-	-	-

HR:Jeffers (3rd off Woodford, 2 on, 1 out)

2B:Sanó; Polanco; Arraez

TB:18

RBI:Sanó; Jeffers 3; Astudillo; Larnach; Arraez 2

SF:Larnach; Arraez

Team LOB:8

St. Louis Cardinals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Dylan CarlsonRF	3	0	0	0	1	1	.251/.334/.409	97.3	.172

Pitching

Minnesota Twins

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Bailey Ober	4.0	4	1	1	1	6	64-44	87.4	4.94
Jorge AlcalaW	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	21-14	93.6	5.27
Caleb Thielbar	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	14-11	88.8	3.89
Juan Minaya	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	18-10	90.8	5.11
Alex Colomé	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	16-10	89.8	4.70
Totals	9.0	5	1	1	3	14	133-89	-	-

HBP:O'Neill (by Alcala)

Pitches-strikes:Ober 64-44; Alcala 21-14; Thielbar 14-11; Minaya 18-10; Colomé 16-10

Groundouts-flyouts:Ober 1-4; Alcala 3-0; Thielbar 1-0; Minaya 0-1; Colomé 1-0

St. Louis Cardinals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jake WoodfordL	3.0	7	7	5	1	3	1	72-42	87.3	5.08

Top 1 • MIN

2-0

Miguel Sano doubles (14) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Harrison Bader. Jorge Polanco scores.

EV: 115.4 mph261 ftLA: 9°

1-0

Luis Arraez out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Tyler O'Neill. Brent Rooker scores.

EV: 92.5 mph299 ftLA: 46°

Top 3 • MIN

7-0

Ryan Jeffers homers (9) on a fly ball to center field. Luis Arraez scores. Miguel Sano scores.

EV: 101.3 mph💣 411 ftLA: 29°

4-0

Trevor Larnach out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Harrison Bader. Jorge Polanco scores.

EV: 100.6 mph300 ftLA: 47°

3-0

Luis Arraez doubles (10) on a line drive to right fielder Dylan Carlson. Brent Rooker scores. Jorge Polanco to 3rd.

EV: 98.4 mph203 ftLA: 14°

Bot 4 • STL

7-1

Harrison Bader singles on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Brent Rooker. Nolan Arenado scores. Yadier Molina to 2nd.

EV: 104.4 mph109 ftLA: 5°

Top 5 • MIN

8-1

Willians Astudillo singles on a ground ball to left fielder Tyler O'Neill. Miguel Sano scores. Andrelton Simmons to 2nd.

EV: 99.5 mph58 ftLA: 3°

Bench
Nolan Arenado3B	3	1	2	0	0	0	.267/.322/.503	99.8	.460	.435
Yadier MolinaC	3	0	2	0	0	0	.251/.293/.383	104.6	.376	.439
Tommy Edman2B	2	0	0	0	0	1	.256/.302/.374	67.6	.143	.164

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