Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 8,
Kansas City 5
When: 7:15 PM ET, Monday, May 28, 2018
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 89°
Umpires: Home - Tom Hallion, 1B - Adam Hamari, 2B - Brian Knight, 3B - Dan Bellino
Attendance: 18572
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 89°
Umpires: Home - Tom Hallion, 1B - Adam Hamari, 2B - Brian Knight, 3B - Dan Bellino
Attendance: 18572
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 1 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 0 |
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .243 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .297 |
| Miguel Sano | 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .200 |
| Logan Morrison | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .196 |
| Eduardo Escobar | SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .263 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .259 |
| Robbie Grossman | DH | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .227 |
| Mitch Garver | C | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .235 |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .159 |
| Totals | 39 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Eddie Rosario (15), Max Kepler (16), Mitch Garver (5) | |||||||||
| 3B - Max Kepler (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Miguel Sano (6) | |||||||||
| TB - Brian Dozier 3, Eddie Rosario 2, Miguel Sano 4, Max Kepler 5, Robbie Grossman 2, Mitch Garver 3, Byron Buxton | |||||||||
| RBI - Brian Dozier (20), Eddie Rosario 3 (32), Miguel Sano 2 (16), Mitch Garver 2 (8) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Brian Dozier (8), Eddie Rosario 3 (14), Mitch Garver 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Miguel Sano (9), Eduardo Escobar 2 (20), Mitch Garver (8), Byron Buxton (7) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Eddie Rosario (5, 3rd off Smith/Perez) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Zach Duke (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Lance Lynn (W 3-4) | 6.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5.94 |
| Trevor Hildenberger (H 4) | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.24 |
| Taylor Rogers (H 1) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.49 |
| Ryan Pressly (H 4) | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.98 |
| Zach Duke | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.08 |
| Fernando Rodney (SV 11) | 1.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.00 |
| HBP - Alcides Escobar (by Duke) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Lance Lynn 91-53, Trevor Hildenberger 5-5, Taylor Rogers 4-2, Ryan Pressly 2-2, Zach Duke 20-12, Fernando Rodney 25-14 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Lance Lynn 6-6, Trevor Hildenberger 1-0, Taylor Rogers 0-0, Ryan Pressly 1-0, Zach Duke 0-2, Fernando Rodney 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Lance Lynn 27, Trevor Hildenberger 2, Taylor Rogers 1, Ryan Pressly 2, Zach Duke 5, Fernando Rodney 7 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Taylor Rogers 1-0, Ryan Pressly 1-0, Fernando Rodney 2-1 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jon Jay | CF | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .305 |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .288 |
| Mike Moustakas | DH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .275 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 |
| Jorge Soler | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .271 |
| Hunter Dozier | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .250 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .283 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .228 |
| Ramon Torres | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .267 |
| Totals | 40 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 25 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jon Jay 3 (8), Mike Moustakas (12) | |||||||||
| HR - Jorge Soler (7) | |||||||||
| TB - Jon Jay 7, Whit Merrifield, Mike Moustakas 2, Salvador Perez 2, Jorge Soler 4, Alex Gordon 3, Ramon Torres | |||||||||
| RBI - Whit Merrifield (22), Mike Moustakas 2 (35), Jorge Soler (22) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Whit Merrifield (9) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Mike Moustakas (11), Salvador Perez (14), Jorge Soler (13), Hunter Dozier (2), Alcides Escobar (16), Ramon Torres 3 (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 12 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jakob Junis (L 5-4) | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3.61 |
| Burch Smith | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.88 |
| Blaine Boyer | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11.76 |
| HBP - Mitch Garver (by Junis) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jakob Junis 93-57, Burch Smith 39-27, Blaine Boyer 17-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jakob Junis 4-4, Burch Smith 1-0, Blaine Boyer 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jakob Junis 29, Burch Smith 10, Blaine Boyer 6 | ||||||||