Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 3,
Kansas City 2
When: 8:10 PM ET, Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 82°
Umpires: Home - Greg Gibson, 1B - Chad Fairchild, 2B - Pat Hoberg, 3B - Jim Joyce
Attendance: 32286
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 82°
Umpires: Home - Greg Gibson, 1B - Chad Fairchild, 2B - Pat Hoberg, 3B - Jim Joyce
Attendance: 32286
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | X | R | H | E |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Aaron Hicks | RF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .265 |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .240 |
| Joe Mauer | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .269 |
| Kennys Vargas | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .253 |
| Danny Santana | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .216 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .242 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .264 |
| Eduardo Nunez | 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .271 |
| Eduardo Escobar | SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .263 |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .243 |
| Chris Herrmann | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .156 |
| Miguel Sano | PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .281 |
| Eric Fryer | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .192 |
| Totals | 42 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Kurt Suzuki (5), Miguel Sano (16) | |||||||||
| TB - Brian Dozier, Joe Mauer, Kennys Vargas, Trevor Plouffe, Eduardo Nunez, Kurt Suzuki 5, Miguel Sano 4, Byron Buxton | |||||||||
| RBI - Joe Mauer (59), Kurt Suzuki (44), Miguel Sano (43) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Miguel Sano (20) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Brian Dozier (40), Kennys Vargas (15), Byron Buxton 2 (7) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Joe Mauer (18), Eddie Rosario (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Kurt Suzuki (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Mike Pelfrey | 5.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.09 |
| Neal Cotts (H 1) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.14 |
| Casey Fien (H 15) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.64 |
| Trevor May (BS 2) | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.14 |
| Brian Duensing | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.17 |
| Blaine Boyer (W 3-4) | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.57 |
| Kevin Jepsen (SV 12) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.39 |
| HBP - Lorenzo Cain (by Pelfrey), Alex Gordon (by Duensing) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Mike Pelfrey 85-49, Neal Cotts 11-6, Casey Fien 11-8, Trevor May 30-20, Brian Duensing 12-6, Blaine Boyer 19-13, Kevin Jepsen 17-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Mike Pelfrey 4-3, Neal Cotts 0-1, Casey Fien 1-0, Trevor May 2-1, Brian Duensing 0-1, Blaine Boyer 3-0, Kevin Jepsen 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Mike Pelfrey 21, Neal Cotts 2, Casey Fien 4, Trevor May 8, Brian Duensing 3, Blaine Boyer 5, Kevin Jepsen 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Neal Cotts 2-0, Blaine Boyer 2-0 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .287 |
| Jarrod Dyson | PR-LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .293 |
| Omar Infante | PR-2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .312 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .309 |
| Kendrys Morales | DH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .291 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .281 |
| Terrance Gore | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .248 |
| Alex Rios | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .251 |
| Paulo Orlando | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .258 |
| Totals | 41 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 3B - Ben Zobrist (3) | |||||||||
| HR - Ben Zobrist (12) | |||||||||
| TB - Ben Zobrist 7, Alex Gordon, Lorenzo Cain, Kendrys Morales, Mike Moustakas, Alex Rios, Alcides Escobar | |||||||||
| RBI - Ben Zobrist (51), Lorenzo Cain (65) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Eric Hosmer (47), Kendrys Morales (61), Alex Rios (33) | |||||||||
| SF - Lorenzo Cain (4) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Kendrys Morales (23), Mike Moustakas (11) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Jarrod Dyson 2 (25, 2nd off Duensing/Suzuki, 3rd off Boyer/Suzuki), Lorenzo Cain (27, 2nd off Pelfrey/Suzuki), Terrance Gore 2 (2, 2nd off May/Suzuki, 3rd off May/Suzuki) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Alex Gordon (Dozier at 3rd) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Kris Medlen | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4.58 |
| Kelvin Herrera | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.07 |
| Wade Davis | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.94 |
| Greg Holland | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.64 |
| Ryan Madson | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.53 |
| Luke Hochevar | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.19 |
| Franklin Morales (L 3-2) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.17 |
| WP - Kris Medlen | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Kris Medlen 90-55, Kelvin Herrera 22-13, Wade Davis 12-5, Greg Holland 7-5, Ryan Madson 13-10, Luke Hochevar 16-9, Franklin Morales 19-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kris Medlen 9-3, Kelvin Herrera 1-0, Wade Davis 2-0, Greg Holland 2-0, Ryan Madson 0-1, Luke Hochevar 1-0, Franklin Morales 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Kris Medlen 22, Kelvin Herrera 5, Wade Davis 3, Greg Holland 3, Ryan Madson 4, Luke Hochevar 4, Franklin Morales 6 | ||||||||