MIN 5, PIT 6 | Aug 6, 2020 | The Best Box Score

Thursday, August 6, 2020•PNC Park•82°F, Partly Cloudy

MIN

Twins

PIT

Pirates

Final

WIN

Sam Howard

LOSS

Taylor Rogers

The Pirates edged the Twins 6-5 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Miguel Sanó3 RBI

★Jorge Polanco3-for-5, 0 RBI

★Gregory Polanco3 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 9: Kevin Newman singles on a ground ball to center fielder Byron Buxton. Cole Tucker scores. Bryan Reynolds scores.

Weather: 82°F, Partly CloudyWind: 3 mph, L To RFirst pitch: 5:35 PM UTCT: 3:070Venue: PNC Park

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93.3%B

9 missed calls

+3.7% MIN

+0.56 runs PIT

Win Probability

PIT WinMIN Win

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

Game 631148 • 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	1	.239/.321/.565	104.8	.146	.151
Jorge PolancoSS	5	1	3	0	0	0	.294/.333/.373	92.1	.456	.430
Nelson CruzDH	5	0	1	0	0	0	.373/.418/.608	102.8	.133	.122
Eddie RosarioLF	2	2	1	1	2	0	.238/.333/.500	104.2	.282	.402
Miguel Sanó1B	4	1	1	3	0	2	.147/.171/.471	114	.663	.1218
Marwin Gonzalez2B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.273/.368/.364	94.2	.030	.036
Ehire Adrianza3B	4	0	2	0	0	0	.235/.278/.294	100	.390	.366
Alex AvilaC	3	0	0	0	1	1	.200/.400/.400	82.3	.134	.124
Byron BuxtonCF	4	1	1	1	0	1	.174/.200/.348	108.4	.490	.913
Bench
Kenta MaedaP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Tyler ClippardP							.000/.000/.000	-	-
Totals	36	5	9	5	3	7	-	-	-	-

HR:Sanó (1st off Brubaker, 2 on, 2 out); Buxton (4th off Ponce, 0 on, 2 out); Rosario (5th off Ponce, 0 on, 2 out)

TB:18

RBI:Sanó 3; Rosario; Buxton

SB:Polanco

GIDP:Avila

Team LOB:7

Pittsburgh Pirates

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Adam Frazier2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.149/.231/.234	91.6	.106

Pitching

Minnesota Twins

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Kenta Maeda	6.0	3	3	3	1	4	1	80-53	85.9	2.65
Tyler ClippardH	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	12-10	82.1	1.29
Sergio RomoH	1.0	0	1	1	1	1	0	15-9	77.5	1.80
Taylor RogersLBS	0.1	3	2	2	0	1	0	15-10	86.9	4.15
Totals	8.1	7	6	6	2	8	1	122-82	-	-

Pitches-strikes:Maeda 80-53; Clippard 12-10; Romo 15-9; Rogers 15-10

Groundouts-flyouts:Maeda 6-8; Clippard 0-1; Romo 1-1; Rogers 0-0

Pittsburgh Pirates

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
JT Brubaker	3.0	4	3	3	2	2	1	52-33	88.6	3.38

Top 1 • MIN

3-0

Miguel Sano homers (3) on a line drive to left field. Jorge Polanco scores. Eddie Rosario scores.

EV: 114.0 mph💣 365 ftLA: 21°

Bot 2 • PIT

3-3

Gregory Polanco homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field. Colin Moran scores. Bryan Reynolds scores.

EV: 109.7 mph💣 446 ftLA: 27°

Top 4 • MIN

4-3

Byron Buxton homers (1) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 108.4 mph💣 431 ftLA: 24°

Top 5 • MIN

5-3

Eddie Rosario homers (3) on a fly ball to right center field.

EV: 99.6 mph💣 386 ftLA: 36°

Bot 8 • PIT

5-4

Phillip Evans grounds out, third baseman Ehire Adrianza to first baseman Miguel Sano. Jarrod Dyson scores.

EV: 65.2 mph6 ftLA: -30°

Bot 9 • PIT

5-6

Kevin Newman singles on a ground ball to center fielder Byron Buxton. Cole Tucker scores. Bryan Reynolds scores.

EV: 97.2 mph10 ftLA: -15°

Bench
Colin Moran1B	4	1	2	0	0	1	.244/.292/.600	101.3	.401	.382
JT RiddleSS	3	0	1	0	0	0	.250/.250/.250	100	.286	.271
JT BrubakerP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Cody PonceP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Chris StrattonP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Sam HowardP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-