Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 8,
Kansas City 2
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, August 4, 2018
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 74°
Umpires: Home - Todd Tichenor, 1B - Bill Miller, 2B - Alan Porter, 3B - Nick Mahrley
Attendance: 27909
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 74°
Umpires: Home - Todd Tichenor, 1B - Bill Miller, 2B - Alan Porter, 3B - Nick Mahrley
Attendance: 27909
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | 8 | 11 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .301 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .247 |
| Salvador Perez | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .232 |
| Lucas Duda | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .235 |
| Rosell Herrera | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .269 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .208 |
| Brett Phillips | CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .227 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .197 |
| Drew Butera | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .184 |
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Lucas Duda (9) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield, Alex Gordon 2, Lucas Duda 2, Jorge Bonifacio, Brett Phillips | |||||||||
| RBI - Alex Gordon 2 (27) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Lucas Duda (30), Jorge Bonifacio (9), Drew Butera (20) | |||||||||
| S - Alcides Escobar (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Burch Smith (L 1-3) | 5.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6.41 |
| Glenn Sparkman | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5.40 |
| Jason Adam | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.46 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Burch Smith 95-58, Glenn Sparkman 52-32, Jason Adam 13-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Burch Smith 5-3, Glenn Sparkman 1-1, Jason Adam 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Burch Smith 24, Glenn Sparkman 12, Jason Adam 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Glenn Sparkman 2-2 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Joe Mauer | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .275 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .298 |
| Jorge Polanco | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .288 |
| Logan Morrison | 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .195 |
| Miguel Sano | 3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .211 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .237 |
| Logan Forsythe | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .250 |
| Jake Cave | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .274 |
| Bobby Wilson | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .169 |
| Totals | 34 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Logan Forsythe (1), Jake Cave (8), Bobby Wilson (8) | |||||||||
| HR - Eddie Rosario (20), Logan Morrison (15), Max Kepler (14) | |||||||||
| TB - Joe Mauer, Eddie Rosario 4, Jorge Polanco, Logan Morrison 5, Max Kepler 6, Logan Forsythe 2, Jake Cave 2, Bobby Wilson 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Eddie Rosario 2 (66), Logan Morrison 2 (39), Max Kepler 2 (43), Logan Forsythe (2), Bobby Wilson (14) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Max Kepler 2 (18) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Eddie Rosario (34), Logan Morrison (36), Bobby Wilson 2 (18) | |||||||||
| SF - Eddie Rosario (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jose Berrios (W 11-8) | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3.51 |
| Addison Reed | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.60 |
| Oliver Drake | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.04 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jose Berrios 106-70, Addison Reed 13-9, Oliver Drake 19-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jose Berrios 10-4, Addison Reed 2-1, Oliver Drake 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jose Berrios 29, Addison Reed 4, Oliver Drake 3 | ||||||||