Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 5,
Minnesota 1
When: 1:05 PM ET, Saturday, October 3, 2015
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 54°
Umpires: Home - Larry Vanover, 1B - Brian Knight, 2B - Victor Carapazza, 3B - Ron Kulpa
Attendance: 30181
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 54°
Umpires: Home - Larry Vanover, 1B - Brian Knight, 2B - Victor Carapazza, 3B - Ron Kulpa
Attendance: 30181
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .279 |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF-RF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .307 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .299 |
| Jonny Gomes | DH | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .148 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .283 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .258 |
| Alex Rios | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .255 |
| Jarrod Dyson | CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .249 |
| Paulo Orlando | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Totals | 36 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Lorenzo Cain 2 (34), Eric Hosmer (33), Mike Moustakas (34) | |||||||||
| 3B - Alcides Escobar (5) | |||||||||
| TB - Alcides Escobar 3, Ben Zobrist, Lorenzo Cain 5, Eric Hosmer 2, Mike Moustakas 3, Paulo Orlando | |||||||||
| RBI - Lorenzo Cain (72), Eric Hosmer (93), Mike Moustakas (82) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Lorenzo Cain (26), Eric Hosmer (31), Mike Moustakas (32) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Eric Hosmer 3 (55), Jonny Gomes (4), Salvador Perez (49) | |||||||||
| S - Alcides Escobar (11) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Alex Rios (10) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Yordano Ventura (W 13-8) | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 4.08 |
| Danny Duffy | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.08 |
| Kelvin Herrera | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.71 |
| Wade Davis (SV 17) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.94 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Yordano Ventura 97-62, Danny Duffy 9-9, Kelvin Herrera 13-8, Wade Davis 9-6 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Yordano Ventura 3-4, Danny Duffy 0-0, Kelvin Herrera 0-0, Wade Davis 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Yordano Ventura 27, Danny Duffy 3, Kelvin Herrera 4, Wade Davis 2 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Wade Davis 3-0 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Aaron Hicks | CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .256 |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .236 |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .265 |
| Miguel Sano | DH | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .269 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .244 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .267 |
| Torii Hunter | RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .240 |
| Byron Buxton | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .216 |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .240 |
| Danny Santana | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 |
| Chris Herrmann | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .146 |
| Kennys Vargas | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .246 |
| Eduardo Escobar | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .261 |
| Totals | 32 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Aaron Hicks (11) | |||||||||
| TB - Aaron Hicks 2, Brian Dozier, Miguel Sano, Trevor Plouffe, Torii Hunter, Danny Santana | |||||||||
| RBI - Brian Dozier (77) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Miguel Sano (28), Trevor Plouffe (56), Eduardo Escobar 2 (49) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Eddie Rosario (5) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Brian Dozier (12, 2nd off Ventura/Perez) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Kurt Suzuki (3), Eddie Rosario (7), Trevor Plouffe (12) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Tommy Milone | 6.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3.92 |
| Blaine Boyer (L 3-6) | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.49 |
| Neal Cotts | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.95 |
| Trevor May | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.00 |
| Michael Tonkin | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.47 |
| IBB - Lorenzo Cain (by Milone) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Tommy Milone 95-59, Blaine Boyer 26-16, Neal Cotts 10-4, Trevor May 4-3, Michael Tonkin 22-14 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Tommy Milone 6-2, Blaine Boyer 0-2, Neal Cotts 0-0, Trevor May 0-0, Michael Tonkin 3-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Tommy Milone 26, Blaine Boyer 4, Neal Cotts 3, Trevor May 1, Michael Tonkin 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Neal Cotts 1-1, Trevor May 1-0 | ||||||||