Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 7, Kansas City 6
When: 7:15 PM ET, Thursday, September 29, 2016
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 69°
Umpires: Home - Mike Winters, 1B - Todd Tichenor, 2B - Mike Muchlinski, 3B - Ramon De Jesus
Attendance: 29566
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Jorge Polanco SS 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 .279
Robbie Grossman DH 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 .281
Miguel Sano 3B 5 0 1 1 0 1 3 .237
Kennys Vargas 1B 5 1 2 1 0 2 4 .250
Max Kepler RF 5 0 1 1 0 1 3 .234
Eduardo Escobar 2B 4 1 1 0 1 0 3 .240
John Ryan Murphy C 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 .160
Logan Schafer LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .226
Byron Buxton CF 3 2 2 2 1 0 1 .222
Totals 38 7 13 7 3 7 19  
Batting
2B - Kennys Vargas (11), Byron Buxton (18)
3B - Byron Buxton (6)
HR - Kennys Vargas (10)
TB - Jorge Polanco 2, Robbie Grossman 2, Miguel Sano, Kennys Vargas 6, Max Kepler, Eduardo Escobar, John Ryan Murphy, Logan Schafer, Byron Buxton 5
RBI - Jorge Polanco (23), Robbie Grossman (37), Miguel Sano (62), Kennys Vargas (20), Max Kepler (63), Byron Buxton 2 (34)
2-Out RBI - Kennys Vargas (7), Max Kepler (22)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Miguel Sano (41), Max Kepler (44), Eduardo Escobar 3 (38)
S - Logan Schafer (1)
GIDP - Robbie Grossman (3)
Team LOB - 8
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Kyle Gibson 6.1 9 4 4 1 8 0 5.07
Ryan O'Rourke 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.97
Michael Tonkin (W 3-2) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 5.02
Brandon Kintzler (SV 16) 1.0 3 2 2 1 0 0 3.27
WP - Kyle Gibson
HBP - Jarrod Dyson (by Gibson)
Pitches-Strikes - Kyle Gibson 103-70, Ryan O'Rourke 4-3, Michael Tonkin 17-10, Brandon Kintzler 13-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kyle Gibson 4-2, Ryan O'Rourke 0-0, Michael Tonkin 0-0, Brandon Kintzler 1-0
Batters Faced - Kyle Gibson 29, Ryan O'Rourke 1, Michael Tonkin 5, Brandon Kintzler 5
Inherited Runners-Scored - Ryan O'Rourke 1-0, Michael Tonkin 1-0
Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Jarrod Dyson CF 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 .271
Whit Merrifield 2B 4 0 1 1 1 1 3 .283
Eric Hosmer 1B 4 0 0 0 1 2 3 .266
Kendrys Morales DH 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .265
     Hunter Dozier PH-DH 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .188
     Salvador Perez PH-DH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .247
     Terrance Gore PR-DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Paulo Orlando RF 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 .307
Alex Gordon LF 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 .224
Alcides Escobar SS 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .263
Cheslor Cuthbert 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .276
Drew Butera C 4 2 3 1 0 1 0 .281
Totals 37 6 13 5 2 11 14  
Batting
2B - Paulo Orlando 2 (23)
3B - Jarrod Dyson (8)
TB - Jarrod Dyson 4, Whit Merrifield, Salvador Perez, Paulo Orlando 6, Alex Gordon, Alcides Escobar, Drew Butera 3
RBI - Jarrod Dyson (25), Whit Merrifield (27), Salvador Perez (64), Alcides Escobar (54), Drew Butera (15)
2-Out RBI - Salvador Perez (34), Drew Butera (5)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Whit Merrifield 2 (21), Alex Gordon (30)
GIDP - Eric Hosmer (18)
Team LOB - 7
Baserunning
CS - Paulo Orlando (3, 2nd by Gibson/Murphy)
PO - Terrance Gore (1st by Kintzler)
Fielding
E - Chris Young (1), Jarrod Dyson (2)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Danny Duffy 6.1 8 4 4 2 3 1 3.51
Chris Young 1.2 0 0 0 1 3 0 6.19
Kelvin Herrera (L 2-6) 0.2 5 3 3 0 1 0 2.75
Brooks Pounders 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.97
WP - Chris Young
Pitches-Strikes - Danny Duffy 96-63, Chris Young 35-20, Kelvin Herrera 26-17, Brooks Pounders 5-3
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Danny Duffy 8-3, Chris Young 0-0, Kelvin Herrera 0-0, Brooks Pounders 1-0
Batters Faced - Danny Duffy 28, Chris Young 6, Kelvin Herrera 7, Brooks Pounders 1
Inherited Runners-Scored - Chris Young 1-0, Brooks Pounders 2-0