Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 7,
Minnesota 2
When: 8:05 PM ET, Friday, August 21, 2020
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 87°
Umpires: Home - Jeremie Rehak, 1B - Ed Hickox, 2B - Alex Mackay, 3B - Jerry Meals
Attendance:
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 87°
Umpires: Home - Jeremie Rehak, 1B - Ed Hickox, 2B - Alex Mackay, 3B - Jerry Meals
Attendance:
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Minnesota | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 7 | 10 | 0 |
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Marwin Gonzalez | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .247 |
| Jake Cave | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .175 |
| Nelson Cruz | DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Miguel Sano | 1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .203 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .219 |
| Ildemaro Vargas | 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .417 |
| Ehire Adrianza | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .186 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .222 |
| Ryan Jeffers | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .333 |
| LaMonte Wade Jr. | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Miguel Sano (8) | |||||||||
| TB - Marwin Gonzalez, Jake Cave, Nelson Cruz, Miguel Sano 2, Ildemaro Vargas 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Ehire Adrianza (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Miguel Sano (8), Ehire Adrianza 2 (8), Max Kepler (3) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Nelson Cruz (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jake Odorizzi (L 0-1) | 3.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8.10 |
| Jorge Alcala | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1.50 |
| Zack Littell | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.95 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.70 |
| Trevor May | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 |
| WP - Caleb Thielbar | ||||||||
| HBP - Jorge Soler (by Littell) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jake Odorizzi 67-44, Jorge Alcala 41-26, Zack Littell 13-9, Caleb Thielbar 12-10, Trevor May 8-5 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jake Odorizzi 5-1, Jorge Alcala 1-0, Zack Littell 1-0, Caleb Thielbar 0-0, Trevor May 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jake Odorizzi 16, Jorge Alcala 11, Zack Littell 4, Caleb Thielbar 2, Trevor May 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Jorge Alcala 2-1, Caleb Thielbar 1-0 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | CF-RF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .303 |
| Nicky Lopez | 2B | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .226 |
| Hunter Dozier | RF-1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .219 |
| Jorge Soler | DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .255 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .232 |
| Ryan McBroom | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .279 |
| Bubba Starling | CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Maikel Franco | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .253 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .181 |
| Brett Phillips | PH-LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .233 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .228 |
| Cam Gallagher | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .286 |
| Totals | 34 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Whit Merrifield (6) | |||||||||
| HR - Hunter Dozier (3), Jorge Soler (6) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 3, Nicky Lopez, Hunter Dozier 5, Jorge Soler 4, Maikel Franco, Alex Gordon, Adalberto Mondesi, Cam Gallagher | |||||||||
| RBI - Whit Merrifield (17), Hunter Dozier 3 (7), Jorge Soler 3 (14) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Hunter Dozier 2 (5), Maikel Franco (15) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Danny Duffy (W 2-2) | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3.99 |
| Tyler Zuber | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.76 |
| Josh Staumont | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.79 |
| Kyle Zimmer | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.80 |
| Scott Barlow | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.80 |
| WP - Kyle Zimmer | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Danny Duffy 81-49, Tyler Zuber 16-9, Josh Staumont 18-10, Kyle Zimmer 27-16, Scott Barlow 10-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Danny Duffy 6-1, Tyler Zuber 1-1, Josh Staumont 0-0, Kyle Zimmer 0-0, Scott Barlow 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Danny Duffy 20, Tyler Zuber 5, Josh Staumont 4, Kyle Zimmer 5, Scott Barlow 3 | ||||||||