Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 7,
Minnesota 2
When: 1:10 PM ET, Thursday, August 1, 2013
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 78°
Umpires: Home - Doug Eddings, 1B - Dana DeMuth, 2B - Angel Hernandez, 3B - Paul Nauert
Attendance: 35448
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 78°
Umpires: Home - Doug Eddings, 1B - Dana DeMuth, 2B - Angel Hernandez, 3B - Paul Nauert
Attendance: 35448
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .274 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .286 |
| Billy Butler | DH | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .280 |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .260 |
| Miguel Tejada | 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .287 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .229 |
| Justin Maxwell | RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .243 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .235 |
| Totals | 36 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Salvador Perez (19) | |||||||||
| 3B - Alex Gordon (5) | |||||||||
| TB - Alex Gordon 4, Billy Butler 2, Salvador Perez 3, Lorenzo Cain, Miguel Tejada, Mike Moustakas, Justin Maxwell, Alcides Escobar | |||||||||
| RBI - Eric Hosmer (47), Billy Butler 2 (55), Miguel Tejada (18), Mike Moustakas (25), Justin Maxwell (9), Alcides Escobar (35) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Billy Butler 2 (23) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alex Gordon (37), Mike Moustakas (37) | |||||||||
| SF - Eric Hosmer (4), Mike Moustakas (3) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Alcides Escobar (10) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Eric Hosmer (9, 2nd off Swarzak/Doumit) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| James Shields (W 6-7) | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3.08 |
| Luke Hochevar | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.67 |
| Louis Coleman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - James Shields | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - James Shields 116-67, Luke Hochevar 26-16, Louis Coleman 17-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - James Shields 4-9, Luke Hochevar 2-0, Louis Coleman 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - James Shields 28, Luke Hochevar 6, Louis Coleman 3 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .232 |
| Doug Bernier | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .250 |
| Joe Mauer | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .327 |
| Justin Morneau | 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .264 |
| Ryan Doumit | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .243 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .243 |
| Chris Herrmann | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .265 |
| Aaron Hicks | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .192 |
| Clete Thomas | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .228 |
| Totals | 31 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Brian Dozier (19), Justin Morneau (26) | |||||||||
| HR - Justin Morneau (9) | |||||||||
| TB - Brian Dozier 2, Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau 6, Clete Thomas | |||||||||
| RBI - Joe Mauer (36), Justin Morneau (54) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Justin Morneau (25) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Doug Bernier (5), Clete Thomas 2 (19) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Trevor Plouffe (5) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Trevor Plouffe (8) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Scott Diamond (L 5-10) | 5.0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5.52 |
| Anthony Swarzak | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.19 |
| Josh Roenicke | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.27 |
| IBB - Lorenzo Cain (by Diamond) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Scott Diamond 92-59, Anthony Swarzak 35-26, Josh Roenicke 17-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Scott Diamond 7-6, Anthony Swarzak 6-2, Josh Roenicke 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Scott Diamond 27, Anthony Swarzak 11, Josh Roenicke 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Anthony Swarzak 2-2 | ||||||||