Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 8, Kansas City 2
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, August 4, 2018
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 74°
Umpires: Home - Todd Tichenor, 1B - Bill Miller, 2B - Alan Porter, 3B - Nick Mahrley
Attendance: 27909
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Kansas City 002000000260
Minnesota 10021220-8110
Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Whit Merrifield 2B 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .301
Alex Gordon LF 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 .247
Salvador Perez DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .232
Lucas Duda 1B 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 .235
Rosell Herrera 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .269
Jorge Bonifacio RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .208
Brett Phillips CF 3 1 1 0 1 2 0 .227
Alcides Escobar SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .197
Drew Butera C 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 .184
Totals 32 2 6 2 3 7 13  
Batting
2B - Lucas Duda (9)
TB - Whit Merrifield, Alex Gordon 2, Lucas Duda 2, Jorge Bonifacio, Brett Phillips
RBI - Alex Gordon 2 (27)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Lucas Duda (30), Jorge Bonifacio (9), Drew Butera (20)
S - Alcides Escobar (6)
Team LOB - 7
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Burch Smith (L 1-3) 5.0 7 6 6 2 4 2 6.41
Glenn Sparkman 2.0 4 2 2 2 4 1 5.40
Jason Adam 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.46
Pitches-Strikes - Burch Smith 95-58, Glenn Sparkman 52-32, Jason Adam 13-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Burch Smith 5-3, Glenn Sparkman 1-1, Jason Adam 1-0
Batters Faced - Burch Smith 24, Glenn Sparkman 12, Jason Adam 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - Glenn Sparkman 2-2
Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Joe Mauer DH 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 .275
Eddie Rosario LF 4 1 1 2 0 1 2 .298
Jorge Polanco SS 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 .288
Logan Morrison 1B 4 2 2 2 0 1 2 .195
Miguel Sano 3B 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 .211
Max Kepler RF 3 2 3 2 1 0 0 .237
Logan Forsythe 2B 4 0 1 1 0 2 2 .250
Jake Cave CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .274
Bobby Wilson C 4 1 1 1 0 1 3 .169
Totals 34 8 11 8 4 9 13  
Batting
2B - Logan Forsythe (1), Jake Cave (8), Bobby Wilson (8)
HR - Eddie Rosario (20), Logan Morrison (15), Max Kepler (14)
TB - Joe Mauer, Eddie Rosario 4, Jorge Polanco, Logan Morrison 5, Max Kepler 6, Logan Forsythe 2, Jake Cave 2, Bobby Wilson 2
RBI - Eddie Rosario 2 (66), Logan Morrison 2 (39), Max Kepler 2 (43), Logan Forsythe (2), Bobby Wilson (14)
2-Out RBI - Max Kepler 2 (18)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Eddie Rosario (34), Logan Morrison (36), Bobby Wilson 2 (18)
SF - Eddie Rosario (1)
Team LOB - 7
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Jose Berrios (W 11-8) 7.0 5 2 2 3 6 0 3.51
Addison Reed 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.60
Oliver Drake 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8.04
Pitches-Strikes - Jose Berrios 106-70, Addison Reed 13-9, Oliver Drake 19-12
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jose Berrios 10-4, Addison Reed 2-1, Oliver Drake 1-1
Batters Faced - Jose Berrios 29, Addison Reed 4, Oliver Drake 3