MINNESOTA TWINS (7-10) vs.

SEATTLE MARINERS (7-10)

Saturday, April 25, 2015 Safeco Field
LINESCORE
Minnesota Twins
Seattle Mariners
First Pitch: 6:10 pm

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Time of Game: 3:26

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2
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Temp: 54/W at 3 mph

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LOB
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Attendance: 33,566

WP: Stauffer (1-0) LP: Paxton (0-2)

SV: Perkins (4)
HOME RUNS:
Eduardo Escobar (MIN)
Austin Jackson (SEA)

NO.
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2

PITCHER
Paxton
Thompson

INN.
4
7

MOB
0
1

OUT
1
2

COUNT
3-2
0-1

DISTANCE
406 ft./LC
411 ft./LC

MARINERS NOTES:
Robinson Can extended his hitting streak to 11 games (since April 13), batting .409 (18x44) with 9 runs scored,
6 doubles, 1 home run, 5 RBI and 4 walks.
o Streak is tied for the longest active streak in the American League with Torontos Devon Travis.
o The streak is his longest with Seattle; had two 10-game streaks in 2014.
o It is Cans longest streak since 2013 (12 games, 7/6/13-7/21/13).
Robinson Can has hit .474 (18x38) against the Twins since joining the Mariners and .344 (99x288) in his career
with 23 doubles, 9 home runs, and 44 RBI.
Nelson Cruz drove in 2 runs in the first inning, his 19th and 20th RBI this month, becoming the first Mariner to
drive in 20 runs in April since Bret Boone had 21 in 2003.
o All 20 RBI this month have come in his last 13 games (since April 11), after not having a RBI in his first 4
games of the season.
Austin Jackson has hit safely in 17 of his last 18 games against the Twins (since June 15, 2013), batting .375
(30x80) with 13 runs, 5 doubles, 2 triples, 4 home runs and 11 RBI.
Brad Miller went 0-for-2, snapping his 7-game hitting streak
o During the streak he hit .476 (10x21) with 1 double, 1 triple, 4 RBI, 1 walk and 1 stolen base.
o Since April 17 he has raised his batting average from .172 to .288.
The 3 errors by the Mariners were their most since they also had 3 on Sept. 25, 2014 at TOR.
TWINS NOTES:
Trevor May was hit on his right forearm off a line drive by Kyle Seager in the fourth inning and was removed.
o Was diagnosed with a right elbow contusion and is listed as day-to-day after x-rays came back negative.
Torii Hunter has hit safely in 8 of his last 9 games, batting .297 (11x37) with 4 runs scored, 4 doubles, 1 home
run, 5 RBI and 2 walks.
Eduardo Escobar hit his first home run of the season and 10th of his career with a solo blast with 1 out in the 4th
inning (last: 9/6/14 at DET).
Eduardo Nunez has hit safely in all 4 games he has appeared this season, batting .600 (6x10) with 3 runs
scored, 3 doubles, 2 RBI and 1 walk.
Shane Robinson has recorded a hit in 5 of his last 6 games, including 3 multi-hit contestsduring this stretch,
since April 16, he is batting .563 (9x16) with 4 runs scored, 1 double, 4 RBI, 1 walk and 1 stolen base.
Brian Dozier has hit safely in 14 of 16 games in his career vs. Seattle, batting .303 (20x66) with 12 runs scored,
6 doubles, 4 home runs, 11 RBI, 3 walks and 2 stolen bases.
Trevor Plouffe has reached base safely in each of his last 7 games, including hits in 6 gamesduring this
stretch he is batting .370 (10x27) with 4 runs scored, 2 doubles, 1 home run, 2 RBI and 3 walks.
The Twins scored 8 runs tonight, tying their season-high (also: 4/16 vs. KC)also marks the 7th time the Twins
have scored 8 or more runs at Safeco Field (last: 8, 7/9/14 at SEA).

NEXT GAME
Seattle Mariners vs. Minnesota Twins Sunday, April 25, 2015 at 1:10 p.m. (ROOT Sports)
LHP Roenis Elias (2015 Debut)
vs.
RHP Kyle Gibson (1-2, 5.87)

TWINS MANAGER PAUL MOLITOR:

On Trevor Mays injury
He overcame Cruzs double in the first and settled down a bit and kind of got it goingits always scary when your
pitchers get hit like that, especially when their throwing arm is involved. The good news is that the x-rays came back
negative and the right elbow is going to be sorebut hopefully he can rebound and get himself back in there.
On the bottom halfs production
It was a good night offensively from top to bottomEscobar had the home run and Robinson was sharp, Nunez had a
couple hitsI think there were a lot of contributionsif were effectively offensively its going to be because were
balanced.
On the first inning
You like to take advantage of your opportunities earlyyou take the one run, they made a couple misplayswe couldnt
capitalize with a big hit there with two outs but at least we got on the board, thats always a good start.