Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 7,
Minnesota 3
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, August 12, 2016
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 70°
Umpires: Home - Mark Ripperger, 1B - Kerwin Danley, 2B - Paul Nauert, 3B - Andy Fletcher
Attendance: 24617
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 70°
Umpires: Home - Mark Ripperger, 1B - Kerwin Danley, 2B - Paul Nauert, 3B - Andy Fletcher
Attendance: 24617
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Paulo Orlando | CF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .325 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .301 |
| Lorenzo Cain | RF | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .274 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .277 |
| Kendrys Morales | DH | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .248 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .263 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .204 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .252 |
| Raul Mondesi | 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .212 |
| Totals | 37 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Eric Hosmer (21), Raul Mondesi (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Kendrys Morales (19) | |||||||||
| TB - Paulo Orlando 2, Cheslor Cuthbert, Eric Hosmer 2, Kendrys Morales 5, Salvador Perez, Alex Gordon, Alcides Escobar 2, Raul Mondesi 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Paulo Orlando (24), Eric Hosmer (65), Kendrys Morales (55), Salvador Perez 2 (50), Raul Mondesi (5) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Eric Hosmer (24), Salvador Perez 2 (27) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Lorenzo Cain 2 (31), Salvador Perez (50), Alex Gordon (17) | |||||||||
| S - Raul Mondesi (3) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Salvador Perez (9) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Paulo Orlando (10, 2nd off Gibson/Suzuki), Lorenzo Cain (9, 2nd off Gibson/Suzuki), Raul Mondesi (4, 3rd off Chargois/Suzuki) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Yordano Ventura (W 8-9) | 7.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4.60 |
| Matt Strahm | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.80 |
| Joakim Soria | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.14 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Yordano Ventura 105-64, Matt Strahm 20-14, Joakim Soria 12-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Yordano Ventura 8-2, Matt Strahm 0-1, Joakim Soria 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Yordano Ventura 26, Matt Strahm 4, Joakim Soria 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Joakim Soria 1-0 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .264 |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .276 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .258 |
| Miguel Sano | DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .253 |
| Eddie Rosario | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .264 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .245 |
| Jorge Polanco | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .321 |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .283 |
| Robbie Grossman | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .262 |
| Totals | 32 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Kurt Suzuki (21) | |||||||||
| HR - Brian Dozier (24), Miguel Sano (20) | |||||||||
| TB - Brian Dozier 5, Max Kepler, Miguel Sano 4, Kurt Suzuki 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Brian Dozier 2 (68), Miguel Sano (50) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Eddie Rosario (21), Trevor Plouffe (16) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Trevor Plouffe (7) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Kyle Gibson (L 4-7) | 5.0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5.09 |
| J.T. Chargois | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.38 |
| Pat Dean | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5.36 |
| WP - J.T. Chargois | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Kyle Gibson 96-60, J.T. Chargois 15-9, Pat Dean 39-27 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kyle Gibson 6-3, J.T. Chargois 1-0, Pat Dean 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Kyle Gibson 27, J.T. Chargois 3, Pat Dean 10 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - J.T. Chargois 1-1 | ||||||||