Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 8, Kansas City 5
When: 8:15 PM ET, Friday, September 8, 2017
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 82°
Umpires: Home - Joe West, 1B - Andy Fletcher, 2B - Alan Porter, 3B - Chris Segal
Attendance: 31879
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 1112100208100
Kansas City 100120100591
Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Brian Dozier 2B 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 .261
Joe Mauer 1B 4 1 1 1 1 1 3 .306
Jorge Polanco SS 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 .260
Eddie Rosario LF 4 1 2 4 0 0 2 .287
Byron Buxton CF 5 0 0 0 0 3 3 .246
Max Kepler RF 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 .245
Eduardo Escobar 3B 5 3 3 1 0 0 1 .258
Jason Castro C 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .228
Robbie Grossman DH 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 .252
     Ehire Adrianza PR-DH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .262
Totals 35 8 10 8 6 6 12  
Batting
2B - Joe Mauer (32), Eduardo Escobar (14), Robbie Grossman (19)
3B - Robbie Grossman (1)
HR - Eddie Rosario (21), Eduardo Escobar (16)
TB - Brian Dozier 2, Joe Mauer 2, Eddie Rosario 5, Eduardo Escobar 7, Robbie Grossman 5
RBI - Brian Dozier (82), Joe Mauer (57), Eddie Rosario 4 (64), Eduardo Escobar (60), Robbie Grossman (39)
2-Out RBI - Brian Dozier (35), Joe Mauer (22), Eddie Rosario 2 (21)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Joe Mauer 2 (36), Eddie Rosario (50), Byron Buxton 3 (50)
S - Jason Castro (1)
SF - Eddie Rosario (7)
Team LOB - 8
Baserunning
SB - Brian Dozier (15, 2nd off Kennedy/Perez), Eddie Rosario (8, 2nd off Cahill/Perez)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Ervin Santana (W 15-7) 5.0 5 4 4 1 3 1 3.45
Tyler Duffey (H 10) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 4.81
Taylor Rogers 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.31
Trevor Hildenberger (H 8) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.29
Matt Belisle (SV 7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.36
Pitches-Strikes - Ervin Santana 67-43, Tyler Duffey 9-8, Taylor Rogers 10-6, Trevor Hildenberger 18-13, Matt Belisle 11-9
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ervin Santana 4-6, Tyler Duffey 0-1, Taylor Rogers 0-0, Trevor Hildenberger 2-1, Matt Belisle 0-0
Batters Faced - Ervin Santana 21, Tyler Duffey 4, Taylor Rogers 2, Trevor Hildenberger 5, Matt Belisle 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - Taylor Rogers 1-1, Trevor Hildenberger 2-0
Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Whit Merrifield 2B 3 1 2 2 1 0 2 .288
Lorenzo Cain DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .295
Melky Cabrera RF 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 .295
Eric Hosmer 1B 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .319
Salvador Perez C 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .261
Paulo Orlando CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .164
Alcides Escobar SS 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 .245
Alex Gordon LF 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 .202
Ramon Torres 3B 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 .243
Totals 33 5 9 5 1 7 10  
Batting
2B - Whit Merrifield (28), Alcides Escobar (29), Alex Gordon (17)
HR - Eric Hosmer (24)
TB - Whit Merrifield 3, Eric Hosmer 5, Alcides Escobar 3, Alex Gordon 3, Ramon Torres
RBI - Whit Merrifield 2 (68), Melky Cabrera (78), Eric Hosmer (83), Ramon Torres (4)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Lorenzo Cain (32), Melky Cabrera (43)
SF - Melky Cabrera (5)
GIDP - Whit Merrifield (9), Salvador Perez (19)
Team LOB - 3
Baserunning
SB - Whit Merrifield (28, 2nd off Santana/Castro)
Fielding
E - Alex Gordon (2)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Ian Kennedy (L 4-11) 3.0 4 3 3 3 2 1 5.45
Trevor Cahill 1.1 3 3 3 2 1 1 10.47
Ryan Buchter 2.2 0 0 0 0 3 0 2.95
Kelvin Herrera 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 0 4.56
Scott Alexander 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.10
Kevin McCarthy 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.55
Pitches-Strikes - Ian Kennedy 55-33, Trevor Cahill 40-21, Ryan Buchter 32-20, Kelvin Herrera 11-6, Scott Alexander 16-9, Kevin McCarthy 11-7
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ian Kennedy 4-2, Trevor Cahill 2-1, Ryan Buchter 1-3, Kelvin Herrera 1-0, Scott Alexander 2-0, Kevin McCarthy 0-1
Batters Faced - Ian Kennedy 16, Trevor Cahill 9, Ryan Buchter 8, Kelvin Herrera 3, Scott Alexander 4, Kevin McCarthy 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - Scott Alexander 1-1