Twins 5, Palms 2
Saturday, May 9, 2020 – Coca-Cola Palms Park
The Miami Palms ran into the same familiar problem Saturday night — the Minnesota Twins. Once again, it was timely hitting from Minnesota that kept the Palms on the wrong side of the ledger, with the visitors prevailing 5–2.
Brian Kragh gave Miami six hard-fought innings, but a two-run third and an RBI knock from Miguel Sano in the fourth put the Twins ahead early. A pair of runs off reliever Cody Allen in the seventh pushed the cushion further.
The Palms mustered just enough offense to keep the crowd engaged. Yairo Muñoz doubled home Matt Wieters in the second inning to open the scoring, and Pat Grant’s sacrifice fly brought home Frank Sohn in the eighth, but Miami never managed the big inning to close the gap.
Kragh’s final line showed 6.0 innings, 6 hits, and 3 earned runs, but he was tagged with the loss, falling to 2–2. Homer Bailey worked eight strong innings for the Twins, striking out seven and limiting Miami to four hits before Taylor Rogers slammed the door in the ninth.
“We’ve seen some tough pitching this series,” manager Scott Hatteberg admitted postgame. “They’re making us earn everything, and right now, we’re just not cashing in.”
The Palms have one more shot to salvage the series tomorrow before heading to Texas on Monday
Minnesota Twins 5, Miami Palms 2
Saturday, May 9, 2020
Minnesota Twins (5-0) Miami Palms (23-18)
Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave
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Buxton cf 3 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .190 Sohn cf 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .298
Donaldson 3b 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .409 Markakis lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .290
Kepler rf 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 .421 Grant rf 3 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 .261
Sano 1b 5 0 2 2 0 0 9 0 0 1 .304 Korb 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 .281
Cruz dh 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .522 Encarnacion dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .272
Polanco ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 3 .333 Wieters c 4 1 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 .266
Garver c 4 1 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 .500 Holt 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 .228
Cave lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .333 Munoz ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 .314
Adrianza 2b 4 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 .055 Koch 2b 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 .250
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Totals 35 5 10 5 2 3 27 5 0 8 Totals 32 2 5 2 3 7 27 7 0 6
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
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Minnesota Twins 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 10 0
Miami Palms 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 0
LOB- Minnesota Twins 8, Miami Palms 6; 2B- Donaldson 2(3), Kepler(3), Munoz(8), Markakis(8);
RBI- Sano 2(7), Kepler 2(4), Adrianza(2), Munoz(14), Grant(18); SF- Kepler(1);
GIDP- Polanco(1); RLSP- Donaldson, Cruz, Sano, Polanco 2, Koch, Korb;
DP- Miami Palms 1;
Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Bailey(W 1-0) 8.0 4 2 2 3 7 2.25
Rogers(S, 2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Miami Palms IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Kragh(L 2-2) 6.0 6 3 3 1 3 3.29
Allen 1.0 4 2 2 0 0 5.12
Jeffress 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 2.16
Pitches-strikes- Bailey 108-61, Rogers 10-8, Kragh 69-46, Allen 7-6, Jeffress 19-8;
Batters faced- Bailey 31, Rogers 4, Kragh 27, Allen 6, Jeffress 7;
HBP- Donaldson(by Kragh), Cave(by Kragh);
Temp - 81, Sky - Mostly Cloudy, Wind - E 15Mph
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