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								| MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL CLEVELAND INDIANS AT MINNESOTA TWINS 08/03/2044 |  |  
								
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					| MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL |  
					| CLEVELAND INDIANS AT MINNESOTA TWINS |  
					| GAME ID: 2186 - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3RD , 2044 - GAME LOG |  
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								| Cleveland Indians (36-70) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |  
								| Minnesota Twins (31-77) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 6 | 2 |  |  |  |  | 
	
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					| Twins Bridle Indians, 3-2 |  
					| Minnesota Twins starter Jesus Fernandez was in a groove as he led his team to a win over the Cleveland Indians, 3-2. The winner was T.J. Hirst in relief. His record improves to 2-4. Andy Zecher took the loss. The Indians have now dropped 8 straight. 
 The Twins got a big at-bat from center fielder Väinö Tapaninen. For the game, Tapaninen was 1 for 3 with a home run. He drove in 3 runs and scored once. In the bottom of the sixth, with runners on 1st and 3rd, he stroked a 3-run  home run. His 11th home run of the season gave Minnesota a 3-0 lead.
 
 "We put some tough at-bats on some tough pitches," said Minnesota manager Patrick Slack.
 
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					| CLEVELAND BATTING LINESCORE |  | MINNESOTA BATTING LINESCORE |  | 
	
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		| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | AVG | HR | RBI |  
		| F. Campos RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .251 | 5 | 31 |  
		| D. Thaqi SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .288 | 5 | 28 |  
		| M. Lester LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .278 | 17 | 52 |  
		| M. Geter 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .242 | 14 | 40 |  
		| A. Dungca 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .301 | 16 | 61 |  
		| P. Word CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .245 | 12 | 38 |  
		| K. Howard DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .189 | 4 | 11 |  
		| D. Hill 2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .174 | 11 | 40 |  
		| J. Ganey C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .210 | 3 | 19 |  
		| a-K. Schaible PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 | 11 | 36 |  
		| Totals | 29 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 |  |  |  |  
							
								| a - K. Schaible pinch hit for J. Ganey in the 9th 
 BATTING
 Total Bases: 
F. Campos
 2
, 
D. Thaqi
, 
K. Schaible
 GIDP: 
M. Lester
 2
 Team LOB: 
1
 
 FIELDING
 Double Plays: 
3 (Geter-Hill-Dungca, Hill-Thaqi-Dungca, Geter-Hill-Dungca)
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								| a - V. Luna substituted for M. Starr in the 9th b - B. Steele substituted for J. Chavez in the 9th
 
 BATTING
 Doubles: 
J. Chavez
 (22, 6th Inning off A. Zecher, 0 on, 1 out)
 Home Runs: 
V. Tapaninen
 (11, 6th Inning off A. Zecher, 2 on, 2 outs)
 Total Bases: 
J. Chavez
 3
, 
V. Tapaninen
 4
, 
M. Starr
, 
J. Zoglmann
 2
 2-out RBI: 
V. Tapaninen
 Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: 
S. Noguchi
, 
V. Tapaninen
, 
M. Starr
 GIDP: 
Y. Muranaka
 2
, 
J. Chavez
 Team LOB: 
5
 
 BASERUNNING
 SB: 
J. Molina
 (11)
 
 FIELDING
 Errors: 
J. Molina
 (7)
, 
V. Tapaninen
 (1)
 Double Plays: 
2 (Zoglmann-Muranaka-Chavez, Muranaka-Steele-Luna)
 OF assists: 
1 (Tapaninen(Campos at home))
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		| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA |  
	| A. Zecher L (2-12) | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 101 | 5.16 |  
	| J. Woodall | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6.00 |  |  | 
	
		| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA |  
	| J. Fernandez | 5.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 65 | 5.55 |  
	| T. Hirst W (2-4) | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 7.30 |  
	| F. Trainor H (10) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6.17 |  
	| M. Arce SV (15) | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5.25 |  |  | 
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		| GAME NOTES | 
	
		| Player of the Game: 
Jesus Fernandez Ballpark: 
Target Field
 Weather: 
Clear skies (83 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 12 mph
 Start Time: 
7:10 PM CT
 Time: 
2:49
 Attendance: 
15041
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