Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 5,
Kansas City 4
When: 2:05 PM ET, Sunday, August 23, 2020
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 84°
Umpires: Home - Jordan Baker, 1B - Jerry Meals, 2B - Jeremie Rehak, 3B - Ed Hickox
Attendance:
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 84°
Umpires: Home - Jordan Baker, 1B - Jerry Meals, 2B - Jeremie Rehak, 3B - Ed Hickox
Attendance:
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Minnesota | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 1 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jorge Polanco | SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .284 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .216 |
| Nelson Cruz | DH | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .343 |
| Miguel Sano | 1B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .241 |
| Ehire Adrianza | 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .186 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .248 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | 3B-1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .250 |
| Ildemaro Vargas | 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .294 |
| Jake Cave | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .184 |
| Ryan Jeffers | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .273 |
| Totals | 38 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 27 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jorge Polanco (4), Miguel Sano 2 (10), Marwin Gonzalez (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Nelson Cruz (10) | |||||||||
| TB - Jorge Polanco 2, Nelson Cruz 5, Miguel Sano 5, Eddie Rosario 3, Marwin Gonzalez 3, Jake Cave, Ryan Jeffers | |||||||||
| RBI - Nelson Cruz (26), Miguel Sano (12), Eddie Rosario (23), Marwin Gonzalez 2 (11) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Miguel Sano (6), Eddie Rosario (5) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Max Kepler (4), Ildemaro Vargas 3 (4), Jake Cave (4), Ryan Jeffers 2 (3) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Miguel Sano (1), Ildemaro Vargas (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Miguel Sano (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Matt Wisler | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.29 |
| Devin Smeltzer | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.59 |
| Trevor May (H 5) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.45 |
| Sean Poppen (H 1) | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.86 |
| Sergio Romo (H 7) | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.93 |
| Tyler Clippard (W 1-0) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.42 |
| Taylor Rogers (SV 6) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.23 |
| HBP - Meibrys Viloria (by Smeltzer) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Matt Wisler 26-19, Devin Smeltzer 34-21, Trevor May 18-9, Sean Poppen 21-14, Sergio Romo 16-8, Tyler Clippard 15-9, Taylor Rogers 21-15 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Matt Wisler 0-2, Devin Smeltzer 3-0, Trevor May 1-0, Sean Poppen 2-0, Sergio Romo 0-0, Tyler Clippard 0-0, Taylor Rogers 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Matt Wisler 8, Devin Smeltzer 11, Trevor May 5, Sean Poppen 6, Sergio Romo 4, Tyler Clippard 3, Taylor Rogers 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Sergio Romo 1-1 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .303 |
| Nicky Lopez | 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .222 |
| Hunter Dozier | 1B | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .275 |
| Jorge Soler | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .250 |
| Maikel Franco | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .255 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .190 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .220 |
| Bubba Starling | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .174 |
| Brett Phillips | PH-CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .226 |
| Meibrys Viloria | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Ryan McBroom | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .271 |
| Cam Gallagher | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .312 |
| Totals | 37 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Hunter Dozier 2 (2), Jorge Soler (5) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield, Hunter Dozier 6, Jorge Soler 2, Maikel Franco 2, Meibrys Viloria | |||||||||
| RBI - Jorge Soler 2 (16), Maikel Franco 2 (15) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jorge Soler 2 (4), Maikel Franco 2 (7) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Whit Merrifield (10), Maikel Franco 2 (17), Alex Gordon (13), Adalberto Mondesi 2 (11) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Whit Merrifield (6, 2nd off Wisler/Jeffers), Maikel Franco (1, 2nd off Romo/Jeffers) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Kris Bubic (L 0-4) | 3.1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.96 |
| Tyler Zuber | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Greg Holland | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.21 |
| Jesse Hahn | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Scott Barlow | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.69 |
| Trevor Rosenthal | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.59 |
| IBB - Nelson Cruz (by Bubic) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Kris Bubic 73-45, Tyler Zuber 14-8, Greg Holland 10-6, Jesse Hahn 34-18, Scott Barlow 16-10, Trevor Rosenthal 26-16 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kris Bubic 3-3, Tyler Zuber 1-0, Greg Holland 1-0, Jesse Hahn 3-0, Scott Barlow 1-1, Trevor Rosenthal 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Kris Bubic 21, Tyler Zuber 3, Greg Holland 2, Jesse Hahn 8, Scott Barlow 3, Trevor Rosenthal 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Tyler Zuber 2-0, Greg Holland 2-0 | ||||||||