Twins 4, Palms 2

The Twins have generally been hapless this season, but manage to put together two very good at bats while the Palms were unable to do so. Minnesota had a 2 runs single from Joe Mauer in the third, and followed that an inning later with a 2 run home run from Brian Dozier. Miami tried to make a game of it, including a very good game from Johnny Giavotella, who finished a home run short of the cycle.
 Minnesota Twins 4, Miami Palms 2
 Tuesday, May 17, 2016


 Miami Palms (15-23)                                      Minnesota Twins (1-1)                                  
 Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave     
 ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---     
 J Jaso c        4  0  0  0  1  0  7  0  0  3   .305      J Mauer 1b      4  0  1  2  0  0  9  1  0  0   .222
 N Markakis rf   5  0  3  0  0  0  3  0  0  0   .344      J Polanco ss    4  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0   .000
 F Sohn lf       5  0  2  0  0  1  5  0  0  0   .275      M Sano rf       4  0  0  0  0  1  2  0  0  1   .125
 E Encarnacion 1b4  0  0  0  1  1  4  0  0  2   .283      B Park dh       4  0  1  0  0  1  0  0  0  0   .375
 T Abreu ss      5  1  1  0  0  0  0  1  0  5   .287      T Plouffe 3b    4  1  2  0  0  1  1  3  0  0   .375
 J Giavotella 2b 4  1  3  1  0  0  0  0  0  0   .299      B Dozier 2b     4  1  3  2  0  0  1  4  0  0   .625
 C Crisp cf      3  0  0  1  1  0  5  0  0  0   .206      E Rosario lf    4  1  2  0  0  0  2  0  0  2   .286
 G Blanco dh     4  0  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   .206      J Centeno c     3  0  0  0  0  0  3  1  0  2   .000
 W Bloomquist 3b 4  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  2   .222      D Santana cf    3  1  1  0  0  2  6  0  0  1   .286

                 -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---                            -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---           
 Totals          38 2  11 2  3  3  24 4  0  12            Totals          34 4  10 4  0  6  27 9  0  6 


                         1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9      R  H  E
                         -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -      -  -  -
 Miami Palms             0  0  0  1  0  1  0  0  0      2  11 0 
 Minnesota Twins         0  0  2  2  0  0  0  0         4  10 0 



 LOB- Miami Palms 12, Minnesota Twins 6; 2B- J Giavotella(6), F Sohn 2(11), T Abreu(8),
 D Santana(1), T Plouffe 2(3), B Park(2); 3B- J Giavotella(2); HR- B Dozier(1);
 RBI- J Giavotella(22), C Crisp(14), B Dozier 2(2), J Mauer 2(2); RLSP- E Encarnacion,
 W Bloomquist, J Jaso 2, T Abreu 3, D Santana, E Rosario, J Centeno; 

 
 


 Miami Palms                IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 T McFarland(L 2-2)         8.0  10 4  4  0  6    4.50 

 Minnesota Twins            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 P Hughes(W 1-0)            6.0  7  2  2  2  2    3.00 
 M Tonkin(H,1)              2.0  3  0  0  1  1    0.00 
 K Jepsen(S,1)              1.0  1  0  0  0  0    0.00 

 Pitches-strikes- T McFarland 101-62, P Hughes 74-44, M Tonkin 32-22, K Jepsen 9-6;
 Batters faced- T McFarland 34, P Hughes 27, M Tonkin 10, K Jepsen 4;

 Player of the Game: Brian Dozier.

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