Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 2,
Cleveland 0
When: 1:10 PM ET, Saturday, September 14, 2019
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 73°
Umpires: Home - Mark Wegner, 1B - Alan Porter, 2B - John Bacon, 3B - John Tumpane
Attendance: 24258
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 73°
Umpires: Home - Mark Wegner, 1B - Alan Porter, 2B - John Bacon, 3B - John Tumpane
Attendance: 24258
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Max Kepler | RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .254 |
| Jorge Polanco | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .298 |
| Nelson Cruz | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .299 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .272 |
| Mitch Garver | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .275 |
| Luis Arraez | 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .349 |
| Miguel Sano | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .239 |
| LaMonte Wade Jr | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .100 |
| Ryan LaMarre | CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Willians Astudillo | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .264 |
| C.J. Cron | 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .253 |
| Totals | 34 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Max Kepler (32), Luis Arraez (18) | |||||||||
| HR - Jorge Polanco (22) | |||||||||
| TB - Max Kepler 3, Jorge Polanco 4, Mitch Garver, Luis Arraez 3, Miguel Sano | |||||||||
| RBI - Jorge Polanco 2 (76) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Eddie Rosario (48), Miguel Sano 2 (43) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Taylor Rogers (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Devin Smeltzer | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.77 |
| Zack Littell (W 5-0) | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.90 |
| Tyler Duffey (H 12) | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.47 |
| Sergio Romo (H 13) | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.38 |
| Taylor Rogers (SV 26) | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.39 |
| HBP - Jason Kipnis (by Smeltzer), Roberto Perez (by Duffey) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Devin Smeltzer 49-29, Zack Littell 27-21, Tyler Duffey 26-16, Sergio Romo 13-10, Taylor Rogers 31-21 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Devin Smeltzer 1-3, Zack Littell 1-1, Tyler Duffey 2-1, Sergio Romo 0-0, Taylor Rogers 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Devin Smeltzer 12, Zack Littell 7, Tyler Duffey 7, Sergio Romo 3, Taylor Rogers 7 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Sergio Romo 1-0, Taylor Rogers 1-0 | ||||||||
Cleveland
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Francisco Lindor | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .293 |
| Oscar Mercado | CF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .281 |
| Yasiel Puig | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .271 |
| Jordan Luplow | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .275 |
| Greg Allen | PH-LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .230 |
| Franmil Reyes | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .222 |
| Jason Kipnis | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .244 |
| Roberto Perez | C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .232 |
| Yu Chang | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .216 |
| Mike Freeman | PH-3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .273 |
| Totals | 33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Oscar Mercado 2, Yasiel Puig, Roberto Perez 2 | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Carlos Santana 2 (50), Greg Allen (34) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Mike Clevinger (L 11-3) | 8.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2.68 |
| James Hoyt | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Mike Clevinger 112-69, James Hoyt 17-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Mike Clevinger 2-4, James Hoyt 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Mike Clevinger 31, James Hoyt 4 | ||||||||