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Plouffe goes 4-for-4, Twins top D-backs
Sep 24, 2014 - 5:45 AM Minneapolis, MN (SportsNetwork.com) - Trevor Plouffe went 4-for-4 with a run scored and the Minnesota Twins defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks, 6-3, in the middle test of a three-game set."Right from the get go he was on the baseball," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said.
Kyle Gibson (13-11) struck out eight and allowed a run on seven hits for the Twins, who snapped a three-game losing streak.
"He had good stuff," D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said of Gibson. "We haven't seen him before, he threw the ball very well for them."
Andrew Chafin (0-1) surrendered four runs on seven hits and two walks over three frames for Arizona, which has dropped seven of its last eight games.
The Twins jumped out to a quick lead after plating three runs in the second.
Josmil Pinto walked and after Eduardo Nunez popped out, back-to-back base hits by Aaron Hicks and Eduardo Escobar brought home Pinto. After Jordan Schafer struck out, Brian Dozier was intentionally walked to load the bases. Pinch- hitter Chris Parmelee, replacing Joe Mauer who left with an elbow injury, slapped a single to left to push across Hicks and Escobar.
After the D-backs got on the board in the fourth on Chris Owings' RBI single, Minnesota scored a run in the fourth, fifth and seventh innings to add to its cushion.
Hicks hit an RBI single in the fourth. Plouffe, who led off the fifth with a base hit, later scored when Pinto grounded into a double play and Pinto's sacrifice fly in the seventh staked Minnesota to a 6-1 margin.
Mark Trumbo's RBI groundout in the eighth and Ender Inciarte's run-scoring single in the ninth capped the scoring.
Game Notes
Minnesota was 3-for-10 with runners in scoring position, while Arizona finished 2-for-10 ... Arizona has dropped 11 of its past 12 road games.
- ARIZONA: 3
MINNESOTA: 6
Final
Sep 23 11:15 PM - Ender Inciarte singled to left scoring Cody Ross with two out. On the play, Tuffy Gosewisch advances to second. Runners on first and second and A.J. Pollock due up.
Diamondbacks 3, Twins 6 Top 9, 2 OutsSep 23 11:14 PM - Ender Inciarte singles to left field. Tuffy Gosewisch to second. Cody Ross scores.
Diamondbacks 3, Twins 6 Top 9, 2 OutsSep 23 11:14 PM - Mark Trumbo grounded out to first scoring Ender Inciarte with two out. On the play, A.J. Pollock advances to third. Runner on third and Miguel Montero due up.
Diamondbacks 2, Twins 6 Top 8, 2 OutsSep 23 10:48 PM - Mark Trumbo grounds out to first base to Chris Parmelee. A.J. Pollock to third. Ender Inciarte scores.
Diamondbacks 2, Twins 6 Top 8, 1 OutSep 23 10:47 PM - Josmil Pinto sacrifice fly to left scored Chris Parmelee with two out. Runner on first and Eduardo Nunez due up.
Diamondbacks 1, Twins 6 Bot 7, 2 OutsSep 23 10:37 PM - Josmil Pinto out on a sacrifice fly to deep left field to Ender Inciarte. Chris Parmelee scores.
Diamondbacks 1, Twins 6 Bot 7, 1 OutSep 23 10:36 PM - Josmil Pinto grounded into a double play, short to second to first, scoring Trevor Plouffe with two out. Oswaldo Arcia out at second. None on with two outs and Eduardo Nunez due up.
Diamondbacks 1, Twins 5 Bot 5, 2 OutsSep 23 9:51 PM - Josmil Pinto grounds out to shortstop. Oswaldo Arcia out at second. Trevor Plouffe scores.
Diamondbacks 1, Twins 5 Bot 5, 2 OutsSep 23 9:50 PM - Aaron Hicks singled to left scoring Eduardo Nunez with none out. Runner on first and Eduardo Escobar due up.
Diamondbacks 1, Twins 4 Bot 4, 0 OutsSep 23 9:28 PM - Aaron Hicks singles to left field. Eduardo Nunez scores.
Diamondbacks 1, Twins 4 Bot 4, 0 OutsSep 23 9:28 PM - Chris Owings singled to center scoring Jake Lamb with two out. Runner on first and Cody Ross due up.
Diamondbacks 1, Twins 3 Top 4, 2 OutsSep 23 9:20 PM - Chris Owings singles to center field. Jake Lamb scores.
Diamondbacks 1, Twins 3 Top 4, 2 OutsSep 23 9:19 PM - Pinch-Hitter Chris Parmelee singled to left scoring Aaron Hicks and Eduardo Escobar with two out. On the play, Chris Parmelee thrown out at second, left to second, to end the inning.
Diamondbacks 0, Twins 3 End 2Sep 23 8:52 PM - Chris Parmelee singles to left field, tagged out at second, Ender Inciarte to Chris Owings. Brian Dozier to third. Eduardo Escobar scores. Aaron Hicks scores.
Diamondbacks 0, Twins 3 Bot 2, 2 OutsSep 23 8:50 PM - Eduardo Escobar singled to right scoring Josmil Pinto with one out. On the play, Aaron Hicks advanced to third. Eduardo Escobar advanced to second on the throw. Runners on second and third and Jordan Schafer due up.
Diamondbacks 0, Twins 1 Bot 2, 1 OutSep 23 8:43 PM - Eduardo Escobar singles to right field, advances to 2nd. Aaron Hicks to third. Josmil Pinto scores.
Diamondbacks 0, Twins 1 Bot 2, 1 OutSep 23 8:42 PM - Ender Inciarte grounds out to second base, Brian Dozier to Joe Mauer.
Sep 23 8:11 PM - ARIZONA: 0
MINNESOTA: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
Sep 23 8:10 PM
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