Friday, September 9th, 2016 7:10PM CST
Cleveland earned a 6-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins Friday night, driven by Mike Napoli's enormous home run on the initial pitch of the fifth inning which gave the Indians a lead they would successfully hold.
Date: Friday, September 9th, 2016
Time: 7:10PM CST
Stadium: Target Field
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 20,173
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIN |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CLE |
0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Doubles: Dozier (33, Salazar)
Home Runs: Mauer (11, 1st inning off Salazar 0 on, 2 Out); Buxton (6, 4th inning off Salazar 1 on, 2 Out)
Runs Batted In: Mauer (48), Dozier (93), Buxton 2 (28)
2-out Runs Batted In: Mauer, Dozier, Buxton 2
Ground Into Double Play: Murphy; Mauer
Team Left On Base: 5
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 0-4 (Buxton 0-1, Murphy 0-1, Polanco 0-1, Suzuki 0-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Buxton 1; Polanco 1; Suzuki 1

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Duffey 17-26; Boshers 2-4; Wimmers 1-2; Rogers 2-4; Pressly 2-5; Chargois 3-3
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Duffey 11-14-20-18; Boshers 0-0-4-3; Wimmers 2-0-1-1; Rogers 3-1-6-1; Pressly 1-1-0-4; Chargois 1-2-2-2
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Duffey 2-7; Boshers 0-2; Wimmers 1-0; Rogers 1-0; Pressly 1-2; Chargois 1-2
Game Scores: T Duffey 44

Errors: Polanco (10, catch); Duffey (1, throw)

Doubles: Chisenhall (24, Duffey)
Home Runs: Napoli (32, 5th inning off Duffey 0 on, 0 Out)
Runs Batted In: Chisenhall 2 (54), Almonte (21), Naquin (41), Napoli (93)
2-out Runs Batted In: Naquin
Team Left On Base: 12
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 3-12 (Chisenhall 1-1, Kipnis 0-1, Naquin 1-1, Napoli 0-2, Santana 0-1, Ramírez 1-3, Lindor 0-1, Almonte 0-1, Pérez 0-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Santana 2; Ramírez 3

Pitcher Notes: Colon pitched to 1 batter in the 6th
Hit By Pitch: Kipnis (By Duffey)
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Salazar 9-19; Colon 2-4; McAllister 3-4; Otero 2-3; Shaw 2-3; Allen 1-3
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Salazar 16-7-12-13; Colon 2-1-2-2; McAllister 2-2-5-2; Otero 3-0-5-3; Shaw 2-2-0-2; Allen 3-2-5-1
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Salazar 6-2; Colon 2-1; McAllister 2-0; Otero 3-0; Shaw 1-1; Allen 0-1
Game Scores: D Salazar 40

Double Plays: 2 (Lindor-Kipnis-Santana, Lindor-Santana)
Errors: Kipnis (12, ground ball)
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