Major League Baseball
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Kansas City 6,
Minnesota 5
When: 8:15 PM ET, Friday, July 20, 2018
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Mark Wegner, 1B - Jim Reynolds, 2B - John Tumpane, 3B - Nic Lentz
Attendance: 27719
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Mark Wegner, 1B - Jim Reynolds, 2B - John Tumpane, 3B - Nic Lentz
Attendance: 27719
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | 6 | 8 | 1 |
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .275 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .310 |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .227 |
| Eduardo Escobar | 3B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .272 |
| Robbie Grossman | RF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .259 |
| Mitch Garver | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Max Kepler | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .227 |
| Jorge Polanco | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .263 |
| Bobby Wilson | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .182 |
| Jake Cave | PH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .312 |
| Totals | 36 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Eduardo Escobar (36), Jorge Polanco (5) | |||||||||
| 3B - Mitch Garver (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Joe Mauer 2, Eddie Rosario, Eduardo Escobar 2, Robbie Grossman 2, Mitch Garver 3, Max Kepler, Jorge Polanco 2, Bobby Wilson | |||||||||
| RBI - Eddie Rosario (61), Brian Dozier (49), Mitch Garver 2 (15), Max Kepler (37) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Mitch Garver 2 (7) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Eduardo Escobar (37), Max Kepler 3 (28), Bobby Wilson 2 (16) | |||||||||
| SF - Max Kepler (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Kyle Gibson (L 4-7) | 5.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3.57 |
| Taylor Rogers | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.79 |
| Alan Busenitz | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Matt Belisle | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.12 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Kyle Gibson 103-65, Taylor Rogers 8-6, Alan Busenitz 19-11, Matt Belisle 18-13 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kyle Gibson 4-4, Taylor Rogers 1-0, Alan Busenitz 0-1, Matt Belisle 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Kyle Gibson 24, Taylor Rogers 2, Alan Busenitz 6, Matt Belisle 3 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .306 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | RF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .273 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .247 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .222 |
| Lucas Duda | DH | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .244 |
| Hunter Dozier | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .210 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .238 |
| Rosell Herrera | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .253 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .203 |
| Totals | 32 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Salvador Perez (12), Hunter Dozier (8) | |||||||||
| HR - Lucas Duda (8) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield, Salvador Perez 2, Lucas Duda 6, Hunter Dozier 2, Alcides Escobar 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Salvador Perez 2 (43), Lucas Duda 3 (29), Hunter Dozier (13) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Salvador Perez 2 (12), Lucas Duda 2 (14) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Lucas Duda (26), Alcides Escobar (25) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Whit Merrifield (4) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Danny Duffy (W 6-8) | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4.40 |
| Jason Hammel | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.18 |
| Wily Peralta | 0.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 |
| Brandon Maurer (SV 1) | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Danny Duffy 114-67, Jason Hammel 21-14, Wily Peralta 35-19, Brandon Maurer 13-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Danny Duffy 8-3, Jason Hammel 0-0, Wily Peralta 2-0, Brandon Maurer 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Danny Duffy 29, Jason Hammel 5, Wily Peralta 6, Brandon Maurer 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Brandon Maurer 2-1 | ||||||||