Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 9, Minnesota 6
When: 7:05 PM ET, Saturday, August 8, 2020
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 81°
Umpires: Home - Jose Navas, 1B - Jeff Nelson, 2B - CB Bucknor, 3B - John Tumpane
Attendance:
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 000401100690
Kansas City 10160010-9120
Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Mitch Garver C 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 .094
Max Kepler RF 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 .241
Nelson Cruz DH 5 1 1 1 0 2 1 .351
Miguel Sano 1B 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 .122
Eddie Rosario LF 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .204
Marwin Gonzalez 3B 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 .350
Luis Arraez 2B 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 .231
Byron Buxton CF 4 1 2 4 0 1 3 .233
Ehire Adrianza SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .174
     Jorge Polanco PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .304
Totals 35 6 9 6 3 10 8  
Batting
HR - Max Kepler (5), Nelson Cruz (4), Byron Buxton (3)
TB - Max Kepler 5, Nelson Cruz 4, Marwin Gonzalez 3, Luis Arraez, Byron Buxton 5
RBI - Max Kepler (11), Nelson Cruz (16), Byron Buxton 4 (8)
2-Out RBI - Byron Buxton 3 (4)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Nelson Cruz (2), Byron Buxton (2)
GIDP - Ehire Adrianza (1)
Team LOB - 6
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Jake Odorizzi 3.0 4 2 2 2 2 1 6.00
Lewis Thorpe (L 0-1) 0.0 3 3 3 0 0 1 6.23
Cody Stashak 1.0 3 3 3 1 0 2 4.50
Jorge Alcala 2.0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3.60
Sean Poppen 2.0 2 1 1 2 4 0 3.00
WP - Sean Poppen 3
HBP - Whit Merrifield (by Odorizzi)
Pitches-Strikes - Jake Odorizzi 71-40, Lewis Thorpe 6-4, Cody Stashak 22-14, Jorge Alcala 35-22, Sean Poppen 51-28
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jake Odorizzi 4-0, Lewis Thorpe 0-0, Cody Stashak 2-1, Jorge Alcala 1-0, Sean Poppen 1-0
Batters Faced - Jake Odorizzi 15, Lewis Thorpe 3, Cody Stashak 7, Jorge Alcala 6, Sean Poppen 10
Inherited Runners-Scored - Cody Stashak 1-1
Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Whit Merrifield RF-RF 4 2 1 0 0 2 0 .281
Jorge Soler DH 5 2 2 4 0 2 1 .267
Salvador Perez C 5 1 3 1 0 1 0 .313
Ryan O'Hearn 1B 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 .286
     Franchy Cordero RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154
     Ryan McBroom PH-1B 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .267
Adalberto Mondesi SS 5 1 1 0 0 1 6 .262
Alex Gordon LF 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 .200
Maikel Franco 3B 3 1 1 0 1 0 4 .258
Nicky Lopez 2B 4 1 2 2 0 1 1 .250
Brett Phillips CF 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .280
Totals 35 9 12 8 5 10 16  
Batting
2B - Salvador Perez (5)
HR - Jorge Soler 2 (5), Salvador Perez (3), Nicky Lopez (1)
TB - Whit Merrifield, Jorge Soler 8, Salvador Perez 7, Ryan O'Hearn, Adalberto Mondesi, Maikel Franco, Nicky Lopez 5, Brett Phillips
RBI - Jorge Soler 4 (10), Salvador Perez (8), Ryan O'Hearn (8), Nicky Lopez 2 (4)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Adalberto Mondesi 2 (8), Maikel Franco 2 (10), Brett Phillips (2)
Team LOB - 8
Baserunning
CS - Nicky Lopez (2, 2nd by Odorizzi/Garver)
SB - Adalberto Mondesi 2 (3, 2nd off Poppen/Garver, 3rd off Poppen/Garver), Brett Phillips (3, 2nd off Stashak/Garver)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Danny Duffy 4.0 5 4 4 1 4 2 5.12
Tyler Zuber (W 1-1) 1.1 0 1 1 1 1 0 4.50
Greg Holland (H 1) 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.35
Ian Kennedy (H 2) 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 5.14
Gabe Speier (H 1) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.23
Trevor Rosenthal (SV 3) 1.1 1 0 0 0 3 0 1.29
HBP - Marwin Gonzalez (by Zuber)
Pitches-Strikes - Danny Duffy 88-54, Tyler Zuber 29-14, Greg Holland 8-4, Ian Kennedy 17-13, Gabe Speier 10-7, Trevor Rosenthal 17-14
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Danny Duffy 2-4, Tyler Zuber 1-2, Greg Holland 1-0, Ian Kennedy 1-0, Gabe Speier 0-1, Trevor Rosenthal 0-0
Batters Faced - Danny Duffy 18, Tyler Zuber 6, Greg Holland 3, Ian Kennedy 4, Gabe Speier 3, Trevor Rosenthal 5
Inherited Runners-Scored - Greg Holland 2-1, Trevor Rosenthal 1-0