Dominant Performance! Twins Shut Out Tigers 5-0! ![Raising hands: light skin tone :raised_hands_tone1: 🙌🏻](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f64c-1f3fb.png)
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Hey Twins fans! What a solid victory today as our Minnesota Twins cruised to a 5-0 win over the Detroit Tigers. Let’s dive into the highlights of this game. Starting Strong and Taking the Lead!
In the second inning, Manuel Margot got things rolling with a single to left! Max Kepler followed up with a single to right, moving Margot to third. Then, Brooks Lee brought Margot home with a sacrifice fly, giving us the early lead 1-0. Maintaining Pressure
By the third inning, Austin Martin walked and Matt Wallner singled to center, moving Martin to third. Carlos Santana then hit a sacrifice fly, bringing Martin home to make it 2-0. Adding More Insurance
In the sixth, Margot doubled to left field but was left stranded. However, we didn’t let up. The seventh inning saw Castro singling to right, and then Wallner doubled to left, bringing Castro home, pushing the Twins to a 3-0 lead!Closing the Door ![Door :door: 🚪](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f6aa.png)
Austin Martin brought some more heat in the ninth inning with a double to center, scoring Christian Vazquez and moving Castro to third. Pinch hitter Royce Lewis got an intentional walk that set up Ryan Jeffers to single to left, scoring Castro to extend our lead to 5-0!The Perfect Pitching Masterclass ![Direct hit :dart: 🎯](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f3af.png)
Our pitchers were dominant! The defense shut down the Tigers, maintaining a clean sheet through the entire game. Ober and Thielbar were stellar on the mound, with Thielbar closing things out beautifully in the ninth.Game Highlights ![Baseball :baseball: ⚾](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/26be.png)
- Manuel Margot scored twice and caught the eye with his solid hits and stellar fielding.
- Austin Martin consistently delivered and contributed massively in our win.
- Matt Wallner and Ryan Jeffers also added to our tally with crucial RBIs.
Let’s keep this momentum going, Twins fans!
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Go Twins!
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Scoreboard for Twins @ Tigers (July 28th, 2024)
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 0 |