Minnesota 5, Cleveland 2
When: 6:10 PM ET, Monday, September 6, 2021
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature:
73°
Umpires:
Home -
Brian O'Nora, 1B -
Fieldin Culbreth, 2B -
Dan Merzel, 3B -
D.J. Reyburn
Attendance:
12675
By Field Level Media
Jorge Polanco homered and doubled three times, while Byron Buxton also went deep, for the visiting Minnesota Twins during their 5-2 win over the Cleveland Indians on Monday night.
It was the second four-hit game this season for Polanco, who, according to the Twins' television broadcast, tied a club record with four extra-base hits in a game. Buxton and Luis Arraez each posted two hits for Minnesota (60-77), which has won two straight following a four-game losing streak.
Franmil Reyes belted a two-run homer for Cleveland (68-67), which has lost three of four at home and dropped to 5-8 against Minnesota this season.
Five pitches and three batters into the game, Minnesota had a 2-0 lead against Cleveland's Logan Allen. Buxton led off with an infield hit, Polanco followed with a double to left field and Rob Refsnyder drove both home with a single to right.
Polanco made it a 3-0 game with a shot well into the left-field seats in the third to increase his career-high homer total to 27.
The Indians got within a run when Jose Ramirez opened their half of the fourth with a bunt single and Reyes followed with his 27th homer of the season.
Buxton clubbed his 11th of the campaign, just over the high left-field wall, in the fifth for a 4-2 Minnesota advantage.
Minnesota starter Bailey Ober yielded his only runs on Reyes' homer, with five other hits, and struck out four without a walk over four innings. Michael Pineda (5-8) followed by giving up two hits and striking out three with a walk over three innings to earn the winning decision.
Allen (1-6), meanwhile, allowed all five runs with eight hits over 5 1/3 innings for Cleveland. He struck out four with one walk.
Arraez's pinch-hit RBI single extended the Twins' lead in the sixth.
Minnesota manager Rocco Baldelli was away from the team and back in Minneapolis for the birth of his first child.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Minnesota |
|
Cleveland |
Bailey Ober
|
Player |
Logan Allen
|
No Decision |
W/L |
Loss |
4.0 |
IP |
5.1 |
4 |
Strikeouts |
4 |
6 |
Hits |
8 |
4.50 |
ERA |
8.44 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Minnesota
|
12 |
2 |
21 |
.316 |
14 |
9 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Cleveland
|
8 |
1 |
12 |
.242 |
11 |
9 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |