• Alexander Canario replaces Reynolds in right field, IKF exits with Gonzales shifting to shortstop, and Adam Frazier comes into game to play second base.
• IKF grounds out to third base, force out at second to end the top half of the seventh.
• For those waiting for Konnor Griffin's at-bat, National League is coming to bat.
• RUN: Suwinski grounds out at first, pitcher makes it to the bag in time and Cruz advanced to third on the play. Bart rips a single to left to bring in Cruz. Twins 10, Pirates 3.
• Hayes drives one to the left field warning track for another out.
• Cruz walks against the lefty and goes to second on the wild pitch to Hayes.
• Anthony Misiewicz pitching for Twins.
• End of sixth inning: Lewis pops out to IKF.
• RUN: Wallner home run to right. Twins 10, Pirates 2.
• Heaney gets the sixth after the Pirates are set down in order.
• Andrew Heaney's warming up in the bullpen. Gonna get some more work in before the break.
• End of fifth inning: Ramirez completes another scoreless inning with two more strikeouts.
• Buxton's having himself a day. After Ramirez strikes out his third straight, Buxton sends a single into left for his fourth hit of the day. Would have completed the cycle with a homer.
• Three straight retired after the Suwinski homer. Still just two hits for the visitors.
• HOMERUN: Suwinski sends his first homer of the season out to right. First pitch curveball from Adams. Twins, 9-2
• End of fourth inning: Ramirez strikes out two in a scoreless frame.
• YohanRamirez enters to make his season debut.
• Cruz down looking and Hayes lines out to strand two runners on.
• RUN: And no shutout. Lewis lets a ground ball off the bat of Gonzales go under his glove. McCutchen scores easily on the error. Twins, 9-1
• No no-no either. Reynolds sends a single into center to put two on.
• We won't get to witness a perfect game. Pirates get their first baserunner on a Cutch walk in the fourth.
• End of third inning: Yes, they only just now finished the third inning.
• RUN: Larnach plates Buxton with a sac fly. Twins, 9-0
• RUN: Castro adds an RBI single. Twins, 8-0
• RUN: Twins continuing where they left off in the second. France reaches on a walk, Clemens has his second hit with a single off Cabrera and Buxton drives in another run with a ground-rule double. Twins, 7-0
• Adams retires the Pirates in order. Nine up, nine down. Nothing against two bullpen arms.
• End of second inning: Cabrera gets two ground ball outs to finally put an end to things. Damage has been done, though.
• RUN: RBI double for Lee. Inning just won't end. Wallner is up. He led off this inning with a flyout to center. Twins, 6-0
• Genesis Cabrera enters.
• RUN: Burrows just doesn't have it today. He walks Larnach -- his third of the day -- and allows an RBI single to Jeffers. His day is done after 1 1/3 innings. Twins, 5-0
• Call on the field stands. This team can't win anything.
• RUN: Twins get another on a bunt single by Castro. He's now being awarded second, too. Pirates are challenging whether the ball went out of play or not, I believe? Twins, 4-0
• Buxton gets a slider on the outer edge and sends it into center for a one-out triple. More danger.
• HOMERUN: Clemens sends a first-pitch curveball over the fence in right. Twins, 3-0
• Burrows running into some more trouble here in the second. Walks Lewis and now drills France to put two on with one out. OscarMarin coming out for a chat.
• Pirates are putting the ball in play. Doesn't matter when it's right at guys. Six up, six down for Sands.
• Travis Adams warming up in the Twins' bullpen.
• End of first inning: Burrows escapes the jam by getting Jeffers to fly out and Lee to ground out 4-3. Twins left runners on the corners.
• Kelly praised Burrows this morning for his ability to slow things down at times. Nice job there getting Larnach swinging for the first out. Big situation with a full count and two men already on. We'll see if he can get out of this.
• Burrows is kind of all over the place right now. Struggling to locate his fastball a bit. Walks Castro to put two on.
• Buxton uses his speed to leg out an infield single. Ball sharply hit at IKF. Low throw that Horwitz was able to snag, but Buxton reaches anyways. Similar to last night. The wheels help.
• Sands needs just seven pitches to retire the top of the Pirates' order. Weak flyouts off the bats of Horwitz and McCutchen, and Reynolds grounds out 4-3 on the first pitch he sees. More aggressive approach, I suppose, but nothing to show for it.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Twins, 2:11 p.m. Eastern, Sands to Horwitz, 77 degrees, sunny
• For Don Kelly's Pirates:
1. Spencer Horwitz, 1B 2. Andrew McCutchen, DH 3. Bryan Reynolds, RF 4. Nick Gonzales, 2B 5. Oneil Cruz, CF 6. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B 7. Jack Suwinski, LF 8. Joey Bart, C 9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• Rocco Baldelli's starting nine:
1. Byron Buxton, CF 2. Willi Castro, LF 3. Trevor Larnach, RF 4. Ryan Jeffers, C 5. Brooks Lee, SS 6. Matt Wallner, DH 7. Royce Lewis, 3B 8. Ty France, 1B 9. Kody Clemens, 2B
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LIVE: Twins 10, Pirates 3
• Who: Pirates (38-57) vs. Twins (46-47)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 96
• When: 2:10 p.m., Eastern
• Where: Target Field
• Weather: 77°, sunny
• Pitchers: RHP Mike Burrows (1-2, 3.63 ERA) vs. RHP Cole Sands (3-3, 4.38 ERA)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 183/852/861
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Twins
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Alexander Canario replaces Reynolds in right field, IKF exits with Gonzales shifting to shortstop, and Adam Frazier comes into game to play second base.
• IKF grounds out to third base, force out at second to end the top half of the seventh.
• For those waiting for Konnor Griffin's at-bat, National League is coming to bat.
• RUN: Suwinski grounds out at first, pitcher makes it to the bag in time and Cruz advanced to third on the play. Bart rips a single to left to bring in Cruz. Twins 10, Pirates 3.
• Hayes drives one to the left field warning track for another out.
• Cruz walks against the lefty and goes to second on the wild pitch to Hayes.
• Anthony Misiewicz pitching for Twins.
• End of sixth inning: Lewis pops out to IKF.
• RUN: Wallner home run to right. Twins 10, Pirates 2.
• Heaney gets the sixth after the Pirates are set down in order.
• Andrew Heaney's warming up in the bullpen. Gonna get some more work in before the break.
• End of fifth inning: Ramirez completes another scoreless inning with two more strikeouts.
• Buxton's having himself a day. After Ramirez strikes out his third straight, Buxton sends a single into left for his fourth hit of the day. Would have completed the cycle with a homer.
• Three straight retired after the Suwinski homer. Still just two hits for the visitors.
• HOME RUN: Suwinski sends his first homer of the season out to right. First pitch curveball from Adams. Twins, 9-2
• End of fourth inning: Ramirez strikes out two in a scoreless frame.
• Yohan Ramirez enters to make his season debut.
• Cruz down looking and Hayes lines out to strand two runners on.
• RUN: And no shutout. Lewis lets a ground ball off the bat of Gonzales go under his glove. McCutchen scores easily on the error. Twins, 9-1
• No no-no either. Reynolds sends a single into center to put two on.
• We won't get to witness a perfect game. Pirates get their first baserunner on a Cutch walk in the fourth.
• End of third inning: Yes, they only just now finished the third inning.
• RUN: Larnach plates Buxton with a sac fly. Twins, 9-0
• RUN: Castro adds an RBI single. Twins, 8-0
• RUN: Twins continuing where they left off in the second. France reaches on a walk, Clemens has his second hit with a single off Cabrera and Buxton drives in another run with a ground-rule double. Twins, 7-0
• Adams retires the Pirates in order. Nine up, nine down. Nothing against two bullpen arms.
• End of second inning: Cabrera gets two ground ball outs to finally put an end to things. Damage has been done, though.
• RUN: RBI double for Lee. Inning just won't end. Wallner is up. He led off this inning with a flyout to center. Twins, 6-0
• Genesis Cabrera enters.
• RUN: Burrows just doesn't have it today. He walks Larnach -- his third of the day -- and allows an RBI single to Jeffers. His day is done after 1 1/3 innings. Twins, 5-0
• Call on the field stands. This team can't win anything.
• RUN: Twins get another on a bunt single by Castro. He's now being awarded second, too. Pirates are challenging whether the ball went out of play or not, I believe? Twins, 4-0
• Buxton gets a slider on the outer edge and sends it into center for a one-out triple. More danger.
• HOME RUN: Clemens sends a first-pitch curveball over the fence in right. Twins, 3-0
• Burrows running into some more trouble here in the second. Walks Lewis and now drills France to put two on with one out. Oscar Marin coming out for a chat.
• Pirates are putting the ball in play. Doesn't matter when it's right at guys. Six up, six down for Sands.
• Travis Adams warming up in the Twins' bullpen.
• End of first inning: Burrows escapes the jam by getting Jeffers to fly out and Lee to ground out 4-3. Twins left runners on the corners.
• Kelly praised Burrows this morning for his ability to slow things down at times. Nice job there getting Larnach swinging for the first out. Big situation with a full count and two men already on. We'll see if he can get out of this.
• Burrows is kind of all over the place right now. Struggling to locate his fastball a bit. Walks Castro to put two on.
• Buxton uses his speed to leg out an infield single. Ball sharply hit at IKF. Low throw that Horwitz was able to snag, but Buxton reaches anyways. Similar to last night. The wheels help.
• Sands needs just seven pitches to retire the top of the Pirates' order. Weak flyouts off the bats of Horwitz and McCutchen, and Reynolds grounds out 4-3 on the first pitch he sees. More aggressive approach, I suppose, but nothing to show for it.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Twins, 2:11 p.m. Eastern, Sands to Horwitz, 77 degrees, sunny
• For Don Kelly's Pirates:
1. Spencer Horwitz, 1B
2. Andrew McCutchen, DH
3. Bryan Reynolds, RF
4. Nick Gonzales, 2B
5. Oneil Cruz, CF
6. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
7. Jack Suwinski, LF
8. Joey Bart, C
9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• Rocco Baldelli's starting nine:
1. Byron Buxton, CF
2. Willi Castro, LF
3. Trevor Larnach, RF
4. Ryan Jeffers, C
5. Brooks Lee, SS
6. Matt Wallner, DH
7. Royce Lewis, 3B
8. Ty France, 1B
9. Kody Clemens, 2B
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