Thursday, August 17th, 2017 6:10PM CST
Max Kepler hit the go-ahead home run in the bottom of the seventh inning, lifting the Minnesota Twins to a 4-2 victory over Cleveland in the second game of their August 17, 2017 doubleheader. His decisive blast made up for a fielding mistake Kepler had committed earlier in the top half of that inning. The win allowed the Twins to salvage a split of the twin bill.
Date: Thursday, August 17th, 2017
Time: 6:10PM CST
Stadium: Target Field
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 22,857
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIN |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - |
CLE |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

Doubles: Adrianza (6, Clevinger); Escobar (11, Bauer)
Home Runs: Kepler (15, 7th inning off Clevinger 0 on, 1 Out)
Runs Batted In: Escobar 2 (40), Adrianza (16), Kepler (49)
2-out Runs Batted In: Escobar
Sacrifice Flies: Adrianza
Ground Into Double Play: Rosario
Team Left On Base: 13
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 3-13 (Buxton 1-1, Kepler 0-1, Rosario 0-2, Gimenez 0-2, Adrianza 0-1, Sanó 0-2, Mauer 0-1, Escobar 2-3)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Kepler 2; Rosario 2; Adrianza 2; Sanó 1; Escobar 2

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Slegers 12/22; Hildenberger 5/5; Rogers 3/3; Belisle 2/2
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Slegers 12-5-19-16; Hildenberger 5-0-2-4; Rogers 4-1-5-1; Belisle 2-3-4-0
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Slegers 8-8; Hildenberger 3-0; Rogers 0-1; Belisle 0-0
Game Scores: A Slegers 62

Double Plays: 1 (Dozier-Adrianza-Mauer)

Stolen Bases: Buxton (21, 2nd base off Merritt/Pérez)

Triples: Santana (2, Hildenberger)
Home Runs: Bruce (1, 4th inning off Slegers 0 on, 2 Out)
Runs Batted In: Bruce (6), Santana (64)
2-out Runs Batted In: Bruce
Ground Into Double Play: Urshela
Team Left On Base: 3
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 0-2 (Jackson 0-1, Almonte 0-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Almonte 1

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Merritt 13/18; Otero 4/6; Clevinger 6/14; Bauer 3/3
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Merritt 8-4-14-15; Otero 1-4-5-4; Clevinger 10-7-7-6; Bauer 2-2-1-2
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Merritt 5-5; Otero 0-1; Clevinger 1-2; Bauer 0-1
Game Scores: R Merritt 43

Double Plays: 1 (Santana-Pérez)
Errors: Urshela (2, ground ball)
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