Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 4,
Kansas City 3
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, May 19, 2017
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 54°
Umpires: Home - Adam Hamari, 1B - Bill Miller, 2B - Ryan Blakney, 3B - Kerwin Danley
Attendance: 23553
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 54°
Umpires: Home - Adam Hamari, 1B - Bill Miller, 2B - Ryan Blakney, 3B - Kerwin Danley
Attendance: 23553
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | X | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .178 |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .287 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .299 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .275 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .275 |
| Jorge Soler | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .146 |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .245 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .170 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .151 |
| Totals | 40 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 19 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Jorge Bonifacio (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Lorenzo Cain, Eric Hosmer 3, Salvador Perez 2, Jorge Bonifacio 5, Whit Merrifield, Alex Gordon, Cheslor Cuthbert | |||||||||
| RBI - Jorge Bonifacio 2 (8), Cheslor Cuthbert (4) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jorge Bonifacio 2 (5), Cheslor Cuthbert (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alcides Escobar 2 (15), Jorge Soler (6) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Whit Merrifield (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Whit Merrifield (3, 2nd off Santiago/Castro) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Jorge Bonifacio (Sano at Home) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Nate Karns | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4.17 |
| Matt Strahm (H 3) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.08 |
| Mike Minor (H 4) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.01 |
| Joakim Soria (H 5) | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.93 |
| Kelvin Herrera (BS 2) | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4.50 |
| Al Alburquerque (L 0-1) | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Travis Wood | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.43 |
| WP - Matt Strahm | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Nate Karns 72-48, Matt Strahm 22-11, Mike Minor 11-5, Joakim Soria 20-13, Kelvin Herrera 21-16, Al Alburquerque 9-1, Travis Wood 7-3 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Nate Karns 1-7, Matt Strahm 0-1, Mike Minor 1-1, Joakim Soria 1-1, Kelvin Herrera 0-1, Al Alburquerque 0-0, Travis Wood 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Nate Karns 19, Matt Strahm 4, Mike Minor 4, Joakim Soria 5, Kelvin Herrera 6, Al Alburquerque 2, Travis Wood 2 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Travis Wood 2-1 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .230 |
| Robbie Grossman | DH-RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .261 |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .260 |
| Miguel Sano | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .299 |
| Ehire Adrianza | PR-3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .300 |
| Max Kepler | RF-CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .252 |
| Jorge Polanco | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .248 |
| Jason Castro | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .202 |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .174 |
| Kennys Vargas | PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .233 |
| Brandon Kintzler | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .270 |
| Eduardo Escobar | PH-LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 |
| Totals | 36 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Max Kepler (8) | |||||||||
| HR - Robbie Grossman (3), Kennys Vargas (5) | |||||||||
| TB - Brian Dozier, Robbie Grossman 5, Joe Mauer, Miguel Sano 2, Max Kepler 2, Jorge Polanco, Jason Castro, Kennys Vargas 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Robbie Grossman (12), Jorge Polanco (17), Kennys Vargas 2 (15) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Max Kepler 2 (14), Jason Castro 2 (17) | |||||||||
| SF - Jorge Polanco (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Miguel Sano (3) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Hector Santiago | 5.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.96 |
| Tyler Duffey | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.53 |
| Matt Belisle | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.80 |
| Taylor Rogers | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 |
| Brandon Kintzler (W 2-0) | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.89 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Hector Santiago 94-58, Tyler Duffey 27-19, Matt Belisle 8-7, Taylor Rogers 7-6, Brandon Kintzler 18-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Hector Santiago 4-4, Tyler Duffey 3-0, Matt Belisle 1-0, Taylor Rogers 2-1, Brandon Kintzler 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Hector Santiago 24, Tyler Duffey 7, Matt Belisle 3, Taylor Rogers 3, Brandon Kintzler 4 | ||||||||