Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 3,
Kansas City 1
When: 8:10 PM ET, Monday, July 9, 2018
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 88°
Umpires: Home - Will Little, 1B - Tom Woodring, 2B - Ted Barrett, 3B - Lance Barksdale
Attendance: 20199
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 88°
Umpires: Home - Will Little, 1B - Tom Woodring, 2B - Ted Barrett, 3B - Lance Barksdale
Attendance: 20199
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 11 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .303 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .306 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .251 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .213 |
| Lucas Duda | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .236 |
| Rosell Herrera | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .268 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .247 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .195 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .211 |
| Totals | 33 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Salvador Perez (11), Alex Gordon (9), Alcides Escobar (12) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield, Jorge Bonifacio, Salvador Perez 2, Rosell Herrera, Alex Gordon 3, Alcides Escobar 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Alcides Escobar (20) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jorge Bonifacio (3), Mike Moustakas (20), Alex Gordon 2 (24), Alcides Escobar (22) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| PO - Rosell Herrera (1st by Berrios) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| PB - Salvador Perez (3) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Danny Duffy | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4.89 |
| Tim Hill (L 1-3; BS 2) | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.04 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.32 |
| Brandon Maurer | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.34 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Danny Duffy 109-66, Tim Hill 20-13, Kevin McCarthy 24-13, Brandon Maurer 22-14 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Danny Duffy 5-1, Tim Hill 1-0, Kevin McCarthy 1-0, Brandon Maurer 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Danny Duffy 26, Tim Hill 3, Kevin McCarthy 4, Brandon Maurer 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Kevin McCarthy 1-1 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .267 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .300 |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .223 |
| Eduardo Escobar | 3B | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .276 |
| Robbie Grossman | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .238 |
| Trevor Hildenberger | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Fernando Rodney | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Mitch Garver | DH-C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .261 |
| Max Kepler | CF-RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .229 |
| Jorge Polanco | SS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .241 |
| Bobby Wilson | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .141 |
| Jake Cave | PR-CF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .279 |
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 22 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Bobby Wilson (6) | |||||||||
| TB - Joe Mauer 3, Eddie Rosario, Brian Dozier, Eduardo Escobar 3, Max Kepler, Bobby Wilson 2, Jake Cave | |||||||||
| RBI - Joe Mauer (23), Eddie Rosario (54), Eduardo Escobar (53) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Brian Dozier (38), Robbie Grossman 3 (26), Mitch Garver 3 (17) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 12 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jose Berrios (W 9-7) | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3.41 |
| Trevor Hildenberger (H 14) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.86 |
| Fernando Rodney (SV 20) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.06 |
| HBP - Mike Moustakas (by Berrios) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jose Berrios 111-74, Trevor Hildenberger 11-9, Fernando Rodney 21-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jose Berrios 8-1, Trevor Hildenberger 1-0, Fernando Rodney 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jose Berrios 27, Trevor Hildenberger 3, Fernando Rodney 5 | ||||||||