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Major League Baseball comes to rural Iowa for Field of Dreams game
The Twins and Phillies played before 8,000 fans on Thursday at a ballpark carved into the cornfields of tiny Dyersville, Iowa (population: 4,477), where the 1989 Kevin Costner film was shot
TL;DR
- The Philadelphia Phillies played the Minnesota Twins in the MLB Field of Dreams game in Dyersville, Iowa.
- Kyle Schwarber hit a home run in the first inning.
- The Phillies secured a 7-1 victory over the Twins.
- The game was played near the site of the 1989 Kevin Costner movie.
- Alana Springsteen performed the US national anthem.
- A hand-operated scoreboard was used during the game.