Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 6,
Minnesota 1
When: 3:10 PM ET, Sunday, October 4, 2015
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 55°
Umpires: Home - Brian Knight, 1B - Victor Carapazza, 2B - Ron Kulpa, 3B - Larry Vanover
Attendance: 24108
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 55°
Umpires: Home - Brian Knight, 1B - Victor Carapazza, 2B - Ron Kulpa, 3B - Larry Vanover
Attendance: 24108
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 1 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .257 |
| Francisco Pena | PH-C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .276 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .297 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 1B-3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .217 |
| Kendrys Morales | DH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .290 |
| Jonny Gomes | PH-DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .284 |
| Christian Colon | PH-3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .290 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .260 |
| Drew Butera | C-1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .196 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .271 |
| Paulo Orlando | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .249 |
| Alex Rios | RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .255 |
| Jarrod Dyson | CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
| Totals | 36 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Alex Gordon (18), Alex Rios (22) | |||||||||
| HR - Salvador Perez (21) | |||||||||
| TB - Alcides Escobar, Francisco Pena, Jonny Gomes, Mike Moustakas, Christian Colon, Salvador Perez 5, Alex Gordon 2, Alex Rios 2, Jarrod Dyson | |||||||||
| RBI - Ben Zobrist (56), Salvador Perez 2 (70), Alex Gordon (48), Alex Rios 2 (32) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Salvador Perez 2 (38) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ben Zobrist 3 (46), Jonny Gomes (5), Alex Rios 2 (40) | |||||||||
| SF - Ben Zobrist (5) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Alcides Escobar (17, 2nd off Graham/Fryer) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Ben Zobrist (7) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Johnny Cueto (W 4-7) | 5.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4.76 |
| Edinson Volquez | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3.55 |
| Franklin Morales | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.18 |
| Luke Hochevar | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.73 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Johnny Cueto 100-58, Edinson Volquez 37-22, Franklin Morales 16-9, Luke Hochevar 21-15 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Johnny Cueto 6-3, Edinson Volquez 1-1, Franklin Morales 2-1, Luke Hochevar 2-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Johnny Cueto 24, Edinson Volquez 8, Franklin Morales 4, Luke Hochevar 4 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .209 |
| Shane Robinson | LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .250 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .143 |
| Miguel Sano | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .269 |
| Kennys Vargas | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .240 |
| Eduardo Nunez | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .282 |
| Eduardo Escobar | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .262 |
| Eric Fryer | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .227 |
| Danny Santana | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .215 |
| Totals | 34 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 25 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Shane Robinson, Max Kepler, Miguel Sano, Eduardo Nunez, Eduardo Escobar, Eric Fryer, Danny Santana | |||||||||
| RBI - Danny Santana (21) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Shane Robinson (18), Max Kepler 2 (3), Miguel Sano (29), Kennys Vargas 2 (17) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Eduardo Escobar (7) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 12 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Ricky Nolasco (L 5-2) | 2.2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6.75 |
| Brian Duensing | 2.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.25 |
| J.R. Graham | 1.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.95 |
| Ryan O'Rourke | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.14 |
| Adam Achter | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 |
| WP - J.R. Graham | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Ricky Nolasco 53-31, Brian Duensing 34-22, J.R. Graham 45-25, Ryan O'Rourke 26-16, Adam Achter 8-4 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ricky Nolasco 4-0, Brian Duensing 5-2, J.R. Graham 3-0, Ryan O'Rourke 1-2, Adam Achter 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Ricky Nolasco 15, Brian Duensing 9, J.R. Graham 9, Ryan O'Rourke 7, Adam Achter 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Ryan O'Rourke 3-0 | ||||||||