Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 5, Minnesota 4
When: 2:10 PM ET, Sunday, September 3, 2017
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 80°
Umpires: Home - Marty Foster, 1B - Mike Muchlinski, 2B - Mark Wegner, 3B - Mike Winters
Attendance: 32234
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Whit Merrifield 2B 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 .280
Lorenzo Cain CF 4 2 3 2 0 0 0 .293
Melky Cabrera LF-RF 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 .298
Eric Hosmer 1B 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 .317
Salvador Perez C 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .266
Mike Moustakas 3B 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .274
Paulo Orlando RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167
     Alex Gordon LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .197
Brandon Moss DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .201
Alcides Escobar SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .236
Totals 33 5 9 5 3 2 10  
Batting
3B - Lorenzo Cain (4)
HR - Melky Cabrera (17)
TB - Whit Merrifield, Lorenzo Cain 5, Melky Cabrera 5, Eric Hosmer, Brandon Moss, Alcides Escobar
RBI - Lorenzo Cain 2 (44), Melky Cabrera 2 (74), Eric Hosmer (77)
2-Out RBI - Lorenzo Cain 2 (17)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Whit Merrifield (49), Paulo Orlando 2 (4)
GIDP - Salvador Perez (17)
Team LOB - 5
Baserunning
CS - Whit Merrifield (3, 2nd by Santana/Gimenez)
Fielding
E - Lorenzo Cain (7), Salvador Perez (5)
Outfield Assists - Lorenzo Cain (Mauer at 1st)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Ian Kennedy 5.2 5 4 2 1 1 1 5.37
Scott Alexander (W 4-3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.20
Peter Moylan (H 18) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.01
Mike Minor (H 14) 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2.86
Brandon Maurer (SV 1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5.74
HBP - Byron Buxton (by Kennedy)
IBB - Max Kepler (by Kennedy)
Pitches-Strikes - Ian Kennedy 89-57, Scott Alexander 12-7, Peter Moylan 5-3, Mike Minor 26-14, Brandon Maurer 22-14
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ian Kennedy 7-4, Scott Alexander 1-0, Peter Moylan 1-0, Mike Minor 1-0, Brandon Maurer 0-1
Batters Faced - Ian Kennedy 24, Scott Alexander 3, Peter Moylan 1, Mike Minor 5, Brandon Maurer 4
Inherited Runners-Scored - Scott Alexander 2-0
Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Brian Dozier 2B 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 .263
Joe Mauer 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .303
Jorge Polanco SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .258
Eddie Rosario LF-RF 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .288
Byron Buxton CF 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 .257
Max Kepler RF 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .248
     Mitch Garver PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .241
     Zack Granite LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234
Eduardo Escobar 3B 4 1 2 2 0 0 3 .256
Chris Gimenez C 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .198
Niko Goodrum DH 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000
     Ehire Adrianza PH-DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .262
Totals 33 4 6 4 3 4 13  
Batting
2B - Eddie Rosario (29), Eduardo Escobar (13)
3B - Byron Buxton (5)
HR - Eduardo Escobar (15)
TB - Joe Mauer, Eddie Rosario 2, Byron Buxton 4, Eduardo Escobar 6
RBI - Byron Buxton 2 (42), Eduardo Escobar 2 (56)
2-Out RBI - Byron Buxton 2 (15)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Brian Dozier (49), Mitch Garver (3), Eduardo Escobar (51)
Team LOB - 6
Baserunning
SB - Eddie Rosario 2 (7, 2nd off Minor/Perez, 3rd off Minor/Perez)
Fielding
Outfield Assists - Max Kepler (Cain at Home)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Ervin Santana 6.2 8 4 4 1 2 1 3.35
Alan Busenitz (L 1-1; BS 1) 0.1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.90
Taylor Rogers 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.47
Trevor Hildenberger 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.59
HBP - Salvador Perez (by Hildenberger)
Pitches-Strikes - Ervin Santana 110-70, Alan Busenitz 16-10, Taylor Rogers 6-2, Trevor Hildenberger 20-14
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ervin Santana 6-2, Alan Busenitz 0-0, Taylor Rogers 1-0, Trevor Hildenberger 3-1
Batters Faced - Ervin Santana 27, Alan Busenitz 2, Taylor Rogers 2, Trevor Hildenberger 6
Inherited Runners-Scored - Alan Busenitz 1-1, Trevor Hildenberger 1-0