Friday, June 19th, 2015 7:10PM CST
On Friday night, the Minnesota Twins defeated the Chicago Cubs by a score of 7 to 2. Phil Hughes delivered an outstanding pitching performance, limiting the Cubs to just two base hits over eight innings. Offensively, Trevor Plouffe was a key contributor, hitting two doubles and driving in four runs to help the Twins comfortably win and start their series effectively.
Date: Friday, June 19th, 2015
Time: 7:10PM CST
Stadium: Target Field
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 36,817
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIN |
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - |
CHC |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

Doubles: Escobar (10, Hendricks); Plouffe 2 (16, Hendricks 2); Dozier (22, Hendricks); Vargas (4, Hendricks); Núñez (10, Jackson)
Triples: Rosario (2, Hendricks)
Runs Batted In: Plouffe 4 (38), Escobar (23)
Ground Into Double Play: Plouffe
Team Left On Base: 5
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 4-17 (Núñez 0-3, Rosario 0-2, Mauer 1-2, Buxton 0-2, Dozier 0-2, Plouffe 2-3, Suzuki 0-2, Escobar 1-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Rosario 1; Dozier 1; Suzuki 1

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Hughes 19-26; Graham 2-4
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Hughes 20-4-19-22; Graham 0-1-1-4
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Hughes 7-13; Graham 2-1
Game Scores: P Hughes 78

Double Plays: 1 (Núñez-Dozier-Mauer)

Caught Stealing: Núñez (3, 2nd base by Hendricks/Montero)
Stolen Bases: Dozier (5, 3rd base off Hendricks/Montero)

Home Runs: Rizzo 2 (14, 4th inning off Hughes 0 on, 0 Out; 9th inning off Graham 0 on, 2 Out)
Runs Batted In: Rizzo 2 (41)
2-out Runs Batted In: Rizzo
Ground Into Double Play: Fowler
Team Left On Base: 1
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 0-0

Pitcher Notes: Hendricks pitched to 3 batters in the 6th
Wild Pitches: Hendricks
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Hendricks 13-26; Jackson 5-10
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Hendricks 13-4-13-24; Jackson 3-3-8-7
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Hendricks 8-4; Jackson 5-2
Game Scores: K Hendricks 19

Double Plays: 2 (Hendricks-A. Russell, Bryant-A. Russell-Rizzo)
Errors: Castro (14, ground ball); Montero (5, throw)
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