Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 6, Minnesota 5
When: 8:15 PM ET, Friday, July 20, 2018
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Mark Wegner, 1B - Jim Reynolds, 2B - John Tumpane, 3B - Nic Lentz
Attendance: 27719
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Joe Mauer 1B 5 0 2 0 0 1 1 .275
Eddie Rosario LF 5 1 1 1 0 2 4 .310
Brian Dozier 2B 4 0 0 1 1 0 3 .227
Eduardo Escobar 3B 3 2 1 0 2 0 2 .272
Robbie Grossman RF 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 .259
Mitch Garver DH 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 .250
Max Kepler CF 4 0 1 1 0 1 4 .227
Jorge Polanco SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 .263
Bobby Wilson C 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .182
     Jake Cave PH 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .312
Totals 36 5 10 5 6 4 20  
Batting
2B - Eduardo Escobar (36), Jorge Polanco (5)
3B - Mitch Garver (1)
TB - Joe Mauer 2, Eddie Rosario, Eduardo Escobar 2, Robbie Grossman 2, Mitch Garver 3, Max Kepler, Jorge Polanco 2, Bobby Wilson
RBI - Eddie Rosario (61), Brian Dozier (49), Mitch Garver 2 (15), Max Kepler (37)
2-Out RBI - Mitch Garver 2 (7)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Eduardo Escobar (37), Max Kepler 3 (28), Bobby Wilson 2 (16)
SF - Max Kepler (2)
Team LOB - 11
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Kyle Gibson (L 4-7) 5.1 6 4 4 2 5 1 3.57
Taylor Rogers 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.79
Alan Busenitz 1.0 2 2 2 1 0 0 6.75
Matt Belisle 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.12
Pitches-Strikes - Kyle Gibson 103-65, Taylor Rogers 8-6, Alan Busenitz 19-11, Matt Belisle 18-13
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kyle Gibson 4-4, Taylor Rogers 1-0, Alan Busenitz 0-1, Matt Belisle 0-2
Batters Faced - Kyle Gibson 24, Taylor Rogers 2, Alan Busenitz 6, Matt Belisle 3
Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Whit Merrifield 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .306
Jorge Bonifacio RF 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 .273
Mike Moustakas 3B 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 .247
Salvador Perez C 4 0 1 2 0 2 3 .222
Lucas Duda DH 4 2 3 3 0 0 1 .244
Hunter Dozier 1B 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 .210
Alex Gordon LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .238
Rosell Herrera CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .253
Alcides Escobar SS 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 .203
Totals 32 6 8 6 3 6 13  
Batting
2B - Salvador Perez (12), Hunter Dozier (8)
HR - Lucas Duda (8)
TB - Whit Merrifield, Salvador Perez 2, Lucas Duda 6, Hunter Dozier 2, Alcides Escobar 2
RBI - Salvador Perez 2 (43), Lucas Duda 3 (29), Hunter Dozier (13)
2-Out RBI - Salvador Perez 2 (12), Lucas Duda 2 (14)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Lucas Duda (26), Alcides Escobar (25)
Team LOB - 5
Fielding
E - Whit Merrifield (4)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Danny Duffy (W 6-8) 7.0 5 1 1 3 4 0 4.40
Jason Hammel 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 6.18
Wily Peralta 0.2 2 3 3 2 0 0 3.86
Brandon Maurer (SV 1) 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 12.00
Pitches-Strikes - Danny Duffy 114-67, Jason Hammel 21-14, Wily Peralta 35-19, Brandon Maurer 13-7
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Danny Duffy 8-3, Jason Hammel 0-0, Wily Peralta 2-0, Brandon Maurer 0-1
Batters Faced - Danny Duffy 29, Jason Hammel 5, Wily Peralta 6, Brandon Maurer 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - Brandon Maurer 2-1