Tuesday, July 28th, 2015 7:10PM CST
A towering tiebreaking home run hit by Jung Ho-Kang in the ninth inning, landing off the facing of the second deck in left center-field, lifted the Pittsburgh Pirates to an 8-7 defeat of the Minnesota Twins Tuesday night.
Date: Tuesday, July 28th, 2015
Time: 7:10PM CST
Stadium: Target Field
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 30,795
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
PIT |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |

Doubles: Suzuki (11, Watson); Escobar (13, Watson)
Triples: Rosario (4, Morton); Hicks (2, Morton)
Runs Batted In: Hicks 3 (16), Suzuki 2 (30), Escobar (30)
2-out Runs Batted In: Hicks
Ground Into Double Play: Plouffe 2; Mauer
Team Left On Base: 7
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 4-13 (Rosario 0-1, Dozier 0-2, Sanó 1-2, Suzuki 1-2, Plouffe 0-1, Hicks 1-2, Escobar 1-2, Hunter 0-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Rosario 1; Dozier 1; Suzuki 1; Hunter 1

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Pelfrey 15-26; O'Rourke 1-3; Fien 4-5; Duensing 2-4; May 1-1; Perkins 1-5
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Pelfrey 15-6-10-20; O'Rourke 1-5-0-1; Fien 5-1-6-4; Duensing 1-3-5-2; May 0-1-0-1; Perkins 2-2-4-5
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Pelfrey 5-8; O'Rourke 0-1; Fien 1-1; Duensing 0-0; May 0-1; Perkins 1-2
Game Scores: M Pelfrey 49

Errors: Plouffe (6, throw)
Assists: Hunter (Álvarez at 2nd base)

Doubles: Polanco (22, Duensing)
Home Runs: Kang (6, 9th inning off Perkins 0 on, 1 Out)
Runs Batted In: Walker 2 (41), Ishikawa (7), Polanco 3 (30), Kang (32)
2-out Runs Batted In: Polanco 3, Walker
Sacrifice Hit: Decker
Team Left On Base: 9
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 3-13 (Cervelli 0-1, Ishikawa 1-1, Rodriguez 0-2, Walker 1-2, Decker 0-1, McCutchen 0-1, Ramírez 0-1, Álvarez 0-1, Polanco 1-3)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Rodriguez 1; Ramírez 1; Álvarez 1; Polanco 1

Balks: Morton
Hit By Pitch: Kang (By Pelfrey)
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Morton 13-25; Hughes 1-5; Watson 5-6; Melancon 3-5
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Morton 14-12-22-16; Hughes 3-0-3-5; Watson 3-2-2-5; Melancon 1-0-0-4
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Morton 9-3; Hughes 1-3; Watson 0-0; Melancon 4-1
Game Scores: C Morton 46

Double Plays: 3 (Ramírez-Walker-Ishikawa, Walker-Kang-Ishikawa, Walker-Kang-Rodriguez)
Errors: Ramírez (6, throw); Kang (9, throw)
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