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Dozier flied out to center fielder Marte.

J.Castro flied out to right fielder Polanco.

Adrianza grounded out, catcher Cervelli unassisted.

Grounded out, catcher Cervelli unassisted.

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Polanco doubled to center, Harrison scored.

Moran homered to right on a full count, Polanco scored, Marte scored, Cervelli scored.

Homered to right on a full count, Polanco scored, Marte scored, Cervelli scored.

On Santana's wild pitch, Mauer scored, Sanó to third.

E.Escobar doubled to right, Sanó scored.

Kepler doubled to center, E.Escobar scored.

Pirates first.  Harrison walked.  Polanco doubled to center, Harrison scored.  Marte walked on a full count.  Bell struck out.  Dickerson grounded out, first baseman Mauer unassisted, Polanco to third, Marte to second.  Cervelli walked on a full count.  Moran homered to right on a full count, Polanco scored, Marte scored, Cervelli scored.  Mercer grounded out, third baseman Sanó to first baseman Mauer.

Twins sixth.  Rodríguez in as shortstop.  Grossman pinch-hitting for Rogers.  Grossman struck out.  Dozier homered to left on a 0-2 count.  Mauer singled to left.  Santana pitching.  Sanó doubled to left, Mauer to third.  On Santana's wild pitch, Mauer scored, Sanó to third.  Rosario popped out to shortstop Rodríguez.  Escobar doubled to right, Sanó scored.  Smoker pitching.  Frazier in as left fielder.  Kepler doubled to center, Escobar scored.  Neverauskas pitching.  Buxton lined out to left fielder Frazier.

Minnesota won two of three games in its opening series against the Orioles in Baltimore. The Twins outscored the Orioles 15-5 in the series, and that +10 run differential is tied for the team's fifth best through three games since moving to Minnesota in 1961.

The Pirates swept the Tigers in Detroit in their opening series. The last time Pittsburgh started a season 3-0 or better was in 2016 when the team won its first four games.

Over his first six seasons of his career, Brian Dozier has racked up 151 home runs. This is the second-most home runs by any second basemen through that many career seasons behind just Dan Uggla (190).

Staling Marte hit a solo home run and stole a base in the second game of Pittsburgh's double header against Detroit on Sunday. Marte has hit a home run and stole a base in the same game 14 different times in this career.

Through his first two seasons in the major leagues, Jameson Taillon has averaged 7.95 strikeouts per nine innings. This is the third-best strikeout rate of any Pirates pitcher through his first two seasons in the league (minimum 200 IP), trailing only Gerrit Cole (8.39) and Jose DeLeon (8.12).

Over the course of his career, Lance Lynn has held right-handed hitters to a .338 slugging percentage. This is the fourth-best mark (minimum 2000 batters faced) of any active pitcher behind only Clayton Kershaw (.306), Jake Arrieta (.327), and Max Scherzer (.334).

HP - Conroy, 1B - Culbreth, 2B - O'Nora, 3B - Whitson

Minnesota Twins right-hander Lance Lynn already has an advantage over Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Jameson Taillon going into the teams' game Monday afternoon at PNC Park.
Lynn, 30, spent the past six seasons with St. Louis, so he's familiar with the Pirates, who were division rivals. Taillon, 26, who is in his second full major league season, has never faced the Twins.

Pirates' Taillon healthy, ready to face new Twins starter Lynn

PITTSBURGH (AP)  Colin Moran's name will forever be entwined with Gerrit Cole's whether the new Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman likes it or not. It simply comes with the territory when you're part of the trade that sends a franchise cornerstone out of town.
Moran did little during spring training to hint at the power potential the Pirates saw in him when they made him part of the deal that sent Cole to Houston in January. Even as Pittsburgh led the Grapefruit League in homers, he failed to go deep even once.

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Minnesota Twins @ Pittsburgh Pirates on April 2, 2018

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