Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 11,
Kansas City 5
When: 8:10 PM ET, Thursday, August 28, 2014
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 89°
Umpires: Home - Ed Hickox, 1B - Lance Barrett, 2B - Dana DeMuth, 3B - Ron Kulpa
Attendance: 17219
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 89°
Umpires: Home - Ed Hickox, 1B - Lance Barrett, 2B - Dana DeMuth, 3B - Ron Kulpa
Attendance: 17219
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | X | R | H | E |
| Minnesota | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 1 |
| Kansas City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Daniel Santana | CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .317 |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .240 |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .293 |
| Kennys Vargas | DH | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .312 |
| Oswaldo Arcia | RF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .228 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 3B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .249 |
| Chris Parmelee | 1B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .245 |
| Joe Mauer | PH-1B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| Eduardo Nunez | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .253 |
| Jordan Schafer | LF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .328 |
| Totals | 43 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Brian Dozier (30), Kurt Suzuki 2 (26), Chris Parmelee (9), Jordan Schafer (5) | |||||||||
| 3B - Oswaldo Arcia (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Daniel Santana, Brian Dozier 4, Kurt Suzuki 5, Oswaldo Arcia 4, Chris Parmelee 2, Eduardo Nunez, Jordan Schafer 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Brian Dozier 3 (61), Kurt Suzuki (52), Kennys Vargas (24), Oswaldo Arcia (42), Eduardo Nunez (19), Jordan Schafer 4 (9) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Brian Dozier 3 (12), Kurt Suzuki (24), Oswaldo Arcia (17), Jordan Schafer (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Brian Dozier (47), Kurt Suzuki (39), Kennys Vargas (16), Oswaldo Arcia (34) | |||||||||
| S - Eduardo Nunez (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Brian Dozier (7, 2nd by Holland/Perez) | |||||||||
| SB - Jordan Schafer (10, 2nd off Guthrie/Perez) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Brian Dozier (12) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Tommy Milone | 5.1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.13 |
| Ryan Pressly (BS 1) | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2.60 |
| Jared Burton | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.19 |
| Casey Fien | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 |
| Brian Duensing | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.21 |
| Anthony Swarzak (W 3-1) | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.95 |
| Glen Perkins | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.72 |
| WP - Glen Perkins | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Tommy Milone 88-55, Ryan Pressly 21-8, Jared Burton 26-16, Casey Fien 12-8, Brian Duensing 2-1, Anthony Swarzak 9-5, Glen Perkins 15-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Tommy Milone 5-4, Ryan Pressly 2-0, Jared Burton 1-0, Casey Fien 2-1, Brian Duensing 0-1, Anthony Swarzak 1-1, Glen Perkins 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Tommy Milone 26, Ryan Pressly 5, Jared Burton 4, Casey Fien 3, Brian Duensing 1, Anthony Swarzak 3, Glen Perkins 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Ryan Pressly 1-0, Jared Burton 1-0 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Norichika Aoki | RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .264 |
| Jarrod Dyson | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .289 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .273 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .282 |
| Billy Butler | 1B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .278 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .266 |
| Josh Willingham | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .217 |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF-RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .300 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .208 |
| Christian Colon | 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .308 |
| Totals | 41 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 24 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 3B - Alcides Escobar (5) | |||||||||
| HR - Alex Gordon (17) | |||||||||
| TB - Norichika Aoki, Alcides Escobar 3, Alex Gordon 5, Billy Butler 2, Salvador Perez 2, Lorenzo Cain 2, Mike Moustakas, Christian Colon | |||||||||
| RBI - Alex Gordon 2 (61), Billy Butler (57), Salvador Perez (58), Christian Colon (4) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Christian Colon (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Norichika Aoki 2 (42), Jarrod Dyson (23), Alcides Escobar (62), Mike Moustakas (32) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Josh Willingham (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Lorenzo Cain (4, 2nd by Milone/Suzuki) | |||||||||
| SB - Alcides Escobar (26, 2nd off Milone/Suzuki), Lorenzo Cain (22, 2nd off Milone/Suzuki) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Alcides Escobar (13) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jeremy Guthrie | 6.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4.43 |
| Francisley Bueno | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.03 |
| Jason Frasor | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.97 |
| Kelvin Herrera | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.45 |
| Greg Holland | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.72 |
| Bruce Chen (L 2-4) | 1.0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7.45 |
| IBB - Trevor Plouffe (by Chen) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jeremy Guthrie 103-70, Francisley Bueno 14-7, Jason Frasor 3-2, Kelvin Herrera 10-7, Greg Holland 15-7, Bruce Chen 36-20 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeremy Guthrie 11-2, Francisley Bueno 1-2, Jason Frasor 1-0, Kelvin Herrera 1-0, Greg Holland 1-0, Bruce Chen 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jeremy Guthrie 29, Francisley Bueno 3, Jason Frasor 1, Kelvin Herrera 3, Greg Holland 3, Bruce Chen 10 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Jason Frasor 1-0 | ||||||||