SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 2015 TARGET FIELD MINNEAPOLIS, MN

FINAL
Mariners
Twins

1
1
0

2
0
0

3
0
0

4
0
1

5
0
0

6
1
0

7
0
0

8
0
0

9
0
2

R
2
3

H
6
6

E
1
0

LOB
6
6

WINNING PITCHER: May (7-7, 4.27)

LOSING PITCHER: Smith (1-5, 2.81)
SAVE: None

FIRST PITCH: 6:38 (:28 delay)

GAME TIME TEMP: 84 degrees, wind from the S at 10 mph

ATTENDANCE: 36,901
HOME RUNS: Cruz (28th, sixth inning off Gibson, none on, none out, 3-2 pitch, 436 feet to left-center field)
PITCHING LINES:
MARINERS
Mike Montgomery
Tom Wilhelmsen
Fernando Rodney
Carson Smith (L)
TWINS
Kyle Gibson
Casey Fien
Ryan ORourke
Trevor May (W)

IP
6.0
1.0
1.0
.2

H
4
0
0
2

R
1
0
0
2

ER
1
0
0
2

BB
2
1
0
1

SO
6
0
3
1

HR
0
0
0
0

WP
1
0
0
2

PITCHES/K
91/60
12/5
19/12
17/8

IP
7.0
0.1
0.2
1.0

H
6
0
0
0

R
2
0
0
0

ER
2
0
0
0

BB
1
0
0
0

SO
4
0
1
1

HR
1
0
0
0

WP
0
0
0
0

PITCHES/K
104/67
1/1
8/6
13/10

TIME OF GAME 2:45

NEXT GAME:
Mariners at Twins
Sunday, August 2 1:10 pm (CDT)
--------------------------------------------RH Hisashi Iwakuma (2-2, 5.10)
vs.
RH Mike Pelfrey (5-7, 3.92)

THE MARINERS have lost seven of the last nine meetings with the Twinsthey fell to 25-27 on the road, 25-20 in their last 35 games and 35-43
against right-handed starters60 of the Mariners 105 games have been decided by two-or-fewer runs, the most in the majorsthey have
suffered 18 defeats in the final at-bat, including seven walk-off losses.
MIKE MONTGOMERY snapped a four start winless streak after going 6.0 innings and allowing one run on four hits with two walks and six
strikeoutsdidnt allow a home run for the first time in six startshe has a 1.45 ERA (43.1 IP, 7 ER) in six starts without surrendering a home run
compared to a 5.18 ERA (33.0 IP, 19 ER) in six starts giving up a home runhe has eight quality starts in his first 12 career startsthis was
Montgomerys first career start against the Twins.
NELSON CRUZ (2-for-4) extended his hitting streak to a season-high 12 games, his longest since also hitting in 12 straight from May 20-31,
2014during the current streak he is hitting .407 (22-for-54) with four doubles, seven home runs, 11 RBI and 10 runs scoredCruzs 12-game
streak is tied with Kyle Seagers 12-game streak (May 14-26) for the second longest by a Mariner this season, trailing Logan Morrisons 16-game
streak (May 24-June 10)Cruz added a go-ahead homer in the sixth inning, the 225th of his careerhe has homered in back-to-back games for
the fourth time this season.
ROBINSON CANO returned to the lineup after missing the last three games with a strained abdominal musclehe drove in the games first run
with a ground out in the first inninghe has hit safely in eight of his last 10 games, batting .333 (13-for-39) with three home runs, nine RBI and
six walks in that span.
KETEL MARTE recorded his first major league hit with a fifth inning infield single off Kyle Gibsonhe made his major league debut yesterday after
being recalled from Triple-A Tacoma.
LLOYD MCCLENDON was ejected in the bottom of the ninth inning by first base umpire Mike Muchlinski.
THE TWINS beat the Mariners for the fourth time in six games this season, winning the season series with the Mariners for the third consecutive
season (4-3 in 2013, 5-2 in 2014)Kurt Suzuki drove in the game-winning run with a single in the ninth inning, the Twins fifth walk-off of the
seasonthey are 3-5 on this nine-game, 10-day homestandthe Twins improved to 34-21 at Target Field, 10-9 against the AL West and 21-16
against left-handed pitchers.
KYLE GIBSON went 7.0 innings, allowing two runs on six hits with one walk and four strikeouts, not factoring into the decisionhe held the
Mariners to 0-for-6 with runners in scoring positionon the season, opponents have hit .180 (20-for-111) off him in that situation, a total that
entered the day fourth best in the ALGibson is 2-1 with a 2.81 ERA (32.0 IP, 10 ER) in five career starts vs. Seattle.
KURT SUZUKI (2-for-4) recorded his first walk-off as a Twin with a single in the ninth inninghe has six game-winning RBI this season, his most
since a career-high 13 in 2010 with Oaklandit marked his 17th multi-hit game of the year.
AARON HICKS (1-for-4) has a hit in seven of his last eight gamesover his last 16 games, he is hitting .386 (22-for-57)additionally, Hicks has a
.354 (35-for-99) batting average in 30 games at Target Field this season.

 TREVOR PLOUFFE (1-for-4) tripled in the fourth inning before scoring the Twins first run on a wild pitchhe has nine career triples, with four
coming this yearin addition to 24 doubles and 14 home runs, Plouffe has 42 extra-base hits on the year, and he came into the day trailing only
Josh Donaldson (53) and Manny Machado (43) for the extra-base hit lead among AL third basemenhe had missed the last three games to
attend to the birth of his son, Theodore Winston James Plouffe.
MIGUEL SANO (1-for-3) doubled to lead off the ninth to extend his hitting streak to a career-high eight gameshe has now hit safely in 18 of 23
career gameshe extended his hitting streak at Target Field to 11 games and has hit safely in 14 of 15 home games.
50TH ANNIVERSARY: the Twins celebrated the 50th anniversary of the 1965 AL Championship team with a special pregame ceremony22
members of the team were presentthe ceremony included video messages from Twins manager Sam Mele and Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully.