Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Kansas City 9,
Minnesota 6
When: 7:05 PM ET, Saturday, August 8, 2020
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 81°
Umpires: Home - Jose Navas, 1B - Jeff Nelson, 2B - CB Bucknor, 3B - John Tumpane
Attendance:
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 81°
Umpires: Home - Jose Navas, 1B - Jeff Nelson, 2B - CB Bucknor, 3B - John Tumpane
Attendance:
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 9 | 12 | 0 |
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Mitch Garver | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .094 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 |
| Nelson Cruz | DH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .351 |
| Miguel Sano | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .122 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .204 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | 3B | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .350 |
| Luis Arraez | 2B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .231 |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .233 |
| Ehire Adrianza | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .174 |
| Jorge Polanco | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .304 |
| Totals | 35 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 8 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Max Kepler (5), Nelson Cruz (4), Byron Buxton (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Max Kepler 5, Nelson Cruz 4, Marwin Gonzalez 3, Luis Arraez, Byron Buxton 5 | |||||||||
| RBI - Max Kepler (11), Nelson Cruz (16), Byron Buxton 4 (8) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Byron Buxton 3 (4) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Nelson Cruz (2), Byron Buxton (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Ehire Adrianza (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jake Odorizzi | 3.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6.00 |
| Lewis Thorpe (L 0-1) | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.23 |
| Cody Stashak | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4.50 |
| Jorge Alcala | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.60 |
| Sean Poppen | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3.00 |
| WP - Sean Poppen 3 | ||||||||
| HBP - Whit Merrifield (by Odorizzi) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jake Odorizzi 71-40, Lewis Thorpe 6-4, Cody Stashak 22-14, Jorge Alcala 35-22, Sean Poppen 51-28 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jake Odorizzi 4-0, Lewis Thorpe 0-0, Cody Stashak 2-1, Jorge Alcala 1-0, Sean Poppen 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jake Odorizzi 15, Lewis Thorpe 3, Cody Stashak 7, Jorge Alcala 6, Sean Poppen 10 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Cody Stashak 1-1 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | RF-RF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .281 |
| Jorge Soler | DH | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .267 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .313 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| Franchy Cordero | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 |
| Ryan McBroom | PH-1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .267 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .262 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .200 |
| Maikel Franco | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .258 |
| Nicky Lopez | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| Brett Phillips | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .280 |
| Totals | 35 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Salvador Perez (5) | |||||||||
| HR - Jorge Soler 2 (5), Salvador Perez (3), Nicky Lopez (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield, Jorge Soler 8, Salvador Perez 7, Ryan O'Hearn, Adalberto Mondesi, Maikel Franco, Nicky Lopez 5, Brett Phillips | |||||||||
| RBI - Jorge Soler 4 (10), Salvador Perez (8), Ryan O'Hearn (8), Nicky Lopez 2 (4) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Adalberto Mondesi 2 (8), Maikel Franco 2 (10), Brett Phillips (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Nicky Lopez (2, 2nd by Odorizzi/Garver) | |||||||||
| SB - Adalberto Mondesi 2 (3, 2nd off Poppen/Garver, 3rd off Poppen/Garver), Brett Phillips (3, 2nd off Stashak/Garver) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Danny Duffy | 4.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5.12 |
| Tyler Zuber (W 1-1) | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Greg Holland (H 1) | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.35 |
| Ian Kennedy (H 2) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5.14 |
| Gabe Speier (H 1) | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.23 |
| Trevor Rosenthal (SV 3) | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.29 |
| HBP - Marwin Gonzalez (by Zuber) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Danny Duffy 88-54, Tyler Zuber 29-14, Greg Holland 8-4, Ian Kennedy 17-13, Gabe Speier 10-7, Trevor Rosenthal 17-14 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Danny Duffy 2-4, Tyler Zuber 1-2, Greg Holland 1-0, Ian Kennedy 1-0, Gabe Speier 0-1, Trevor Rosenthal 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Danny Duffy 18, Tyler Zuber 6, Greg Holland 3, Ian Kennedy 4, Gabe Speier 3, Trevor Rosenthal 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Greg Holland 2-1, Trevor Rosenthal 1-0 | ||||||||