Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
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
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 80°
Umpires: Home - Joe West, 1B - Doug Eddings, 2B - Marty Foster, 3B - Mark Ripperger
Attendance: 28515
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 5 | 10 | 0 |
Pittsburgh
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Corey Dickerson | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .302 |
| Starling Marte | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .276 |
| Gregory Polanco | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .239 |
| David Freese | 3B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .304 |
| Josh Bell | 1B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .269 |
| Francisco Cervelli | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .255 |
| Colin Moran | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .265 |
| Josh Harrison | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .254 |
| Jordy Mercer | SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .262 |
| Adeiny Hechavarria | PH-SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .375 |
| Totals | 33 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Starling Marte (20), Francisco Cervelli (10) | |||||||||
| TB - Starling Marte 2, David Freese 3, Josh Bell, Francisco Cervelli 2, Josh Harrison | |||||||||
| RBI - Francisco Cervelli (48), Colin Moran (44) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Corey Dickerson (36), Francisco Cervelli 3 (32) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Adeiny Hechavarria (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jameson Taillon (L 9-9) | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3.66 |
| Richard Rodriguez | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.26 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jameson Taillon 91-61, Richard Rodriguez 36-23 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jameson Taillon 5-5, Richard Rodriguez 2-3 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jameson Taillon 25, Richard Rodriguez 9 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| Eddie Rosario | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .295 |
| Jorge Polanco | SS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .286 |
| Miguel Sano | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .220 |
| Max Kepler | CF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .234 |
| Logan Forsythe | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .366 |
| Jake Cave | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .273 |
| Mitch Garver | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .258 |
| Tyler Austin | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .221 |
| Totals | 33 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Eddie Rosario (30), Jorge Polanco (9) | |||||||||
| HR - Miguel Sano (9) | |||||||||
| TB - Joe Mauer 2, Eddie Rosario 2, Jorge Polanco 3, Miguel Sano 4, Max Kepler 2, Jake Cave, Tyler Austin | |||||||||
| RBI - Jorge Polanco 2 (15), Miguel Sano 2 (33), Jake Cave (22) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jake Cave (12) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Miguel Sano (20), Mitch Garver (23) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Max Kepler (5, 2nd by Taillon/Cervelli) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jake Odorizzi (W 5-7) | 5.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4.44 |
| Tyler Duffey (H 1) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.79 |
| Taylor Rogers (H 9) | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.65 |
| Matt Magill (H 1) | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.70 |
| Trevor Hildenberger (SV 2) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.66 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jake Odorizzi 102-67, Tyler Duffey 14-9, Taylor Rogers 11-8, Matt Magill 19-9, Trevor Hildenberger 7-5 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jake Odorizzi 2-2, Tyler Duffey 2-1, Taylor Rogers 0-0, Matt Magill 0-0, Trevor Hildenberger 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jake Odorizzi 23, Tyler Duffey 4, Taylor Rogers 3, Matt Magill 3, Trevor Hildenberger 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Tyler Duffey 2-0, Matt Magill 1-0 | ||||||||