Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Minnesota 5,
Kansas City 1
When: 4:10 PM ET, Saturday, March 30, 2024
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 66°
Umpires: Home - Tripp Gibson III, 1B - Mike Estabrook, 2B - Erich Bacchus, 3B - Lazaro Diaz
Attendance: 19461
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 66°
Umpires: Home - Tripp Gibson III, 1B - Mike Estabrook, 2B - Erich Bacchus, 3B - Lazaro Diaz
Attendance: 19461
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Edouard Julien | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .333 |
| Kyle Farmer | PH-2B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Alex Kirilloff | LF-LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .375 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .333 |
| Matt Wallner | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Austin Martin | PR-LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Manuel Margot | PH-RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 |
| Ryan Jeffers | DH | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 |
| Willi Castro | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| Christian Vazquez | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .250 |
| Totals | 32 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Edouard Julien (1), Byron Buxton 2 (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Edouard Julien 2, Alex Kirilloff, Byron Buxton 4, Carlos Santana, Willi Castro, Christian Vazquez | |||||||||
| RBI - Alex Kirilloff (1), Byron Buxton 3 (3), Christian Vazquez (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Byron Buxton 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Carlos Correa (1), Manuel Margot (1), Carlos Santana (1), Ryan Jeffers (1) | |||||||||
| SF - Alex Kirilloff (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Christian Vazquez (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Willi Castro (1, 2nd by Lugo/Perez) | |||||||||
| SB - Kyle Farmer (1, 2nd off Smith/Perez) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Joe Ryan | 5.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1.69 |
| Steven Okert | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jorge Alcala | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Griffin Jax (W 1-0) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Brock Stewart | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| IBB - Salvador Perez (by Okert) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Joe Ryan 81-56, Steven Okert 16-13, Jorge Alcala 10-6, Griffin Jax 12-7, Brock Stewart 22-15 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Joe Ryan 3-3, Steven Okert 0-0, Jorge Alcala 0-2, Griffin Jax 1-0, Brock Stewart 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Joe Ryan 20, Steven Okert 5, Jorge Alcala 2, Griffin Jax 3, Brock Stewart 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Steven Okert 1-1 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Maikel Garcia | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .125 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| MJ Melendez | LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .375 |
| Hunter Renfroe | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .000 |
| Adam Frazier | 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
| Garrett Hampson | PH-2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 |
| Nick Loftin | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Kyle Isbel | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 |
| Totals | 31 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Bobby Witt Jr. 2 (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Bobby Witt Jr. 4, MJ Melendez 2, Adam Frazier | |||||||||
| RBI - MJ Melendez (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - MJ Melendez (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - MJ Melendez (2), Hunter Renfroe (1), Kyle Isbel (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Bobby Witt Jr. (1, 2nd by Jax/Vazquez) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Adam Frazier (1), MJ Melendez (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Seth Lugo | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 |
| John Schreiber (H 1) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| James McArthur (BS 1) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Will Smith (L 0-1) | 1.0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 |
| HBP - Byron Buxton (by Lugo), Matt Wallner (by Schreiber), Willi Castro (by Schreiber), Ryan Jeffers (by Smith) | ||||||||
| IBB - Kyle Farmer (by Smith) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Seth Lugo 86-58, John Schreiber 19-11, James McArthur 16-11, Will Smith 25-15 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Seth Lugo 8-2, John Schreiber 1-0, James McArthur 0-1, Will Smith 1-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Seth Lugo 22, John Schreiber 5, James McArthur 5, Will Smith 8 | ||||||||