Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 8,
Minnesota 5
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, July 28, 2023
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 97°
Umpires: Home - Mike Muchlinski, 1B - Sean Barber, 2B - Alan Porter, 3B - Jeremy Riggs
Attendance: 23022
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 97°
Umpires: Home - Mike Muchlinski, 1B - Sean Barber, 2B - Alan Porter, 3B - Jeremy Riggs
Attendance: 23022
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | X | R | H | E |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 |
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .229 |
| Edouard Julien | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .297 |
| Michael A. Taylor | PR-CF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| Alex Kirilloff | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .271 |
| Donovan Solano | PH-1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .229 |
| Jorge Polanco | 3B-2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 |
| Matt Wallner | DH | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .268 |
| Willi Castro | CF-LF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .241 |
| Ryan Jeffers | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .281 |
| Joey Gallo | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .179 |
| Byron Buxton | PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .198 |
| Kyle Farmer | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .258 |
| Totals | 38 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 26 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Carlos Correa (23), Max Kepler (10), Jorge Polanco (10) | |||||||||
| TB - Carlos Correa 2, Max Kepler 2, Jorge Polanco 2, Ryan Jeffers 2, Joey Gallo, Byron Buxton, Kyle Farmer | |||||||||
| RBI - Jorge Polanco 2 (18), Ryan Jeffers (16), Kyle Farmer (24) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jorge Polanco 2 (12), Ryan Jeffers (9), Kyle Farmer (10) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alex Kirilloff (22), Max Kepler (33), Matt Wallner 4 (4), Joey Gallo (24) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Kyle Farmer (2, 2nd by Clarke/Perez) | |||||||||
| SB - Willi Castro (26, Home off Singer/Fermin), Ryan Jeffers (3, 2nd off Singer/Fermin) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Sonny Gray | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3.22 |
| Emilio Pagan | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.38 |
| Jovani Moran | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.05 |
| Dylan Floro | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Griffin Jax | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.12 |
| Jhoan Duran (L 2-5; BS 4) | 0.1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.66 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Sonny Gray 80-56, Emilio Pagan 18-13, Jovani Moran 9-5, Dylan Floro 9-7, Griffin Jax 10-7, Jhoan Duran 25-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Sonny Gray 4-3, Emilio Pagan 1-0, Jovani Moran 1-0, Dylan Floro 0-1, Griffin Jax 2-1, Jhoan Duran 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Sonny Gray 22, Emilio Pagan 3, Jovani Moran 3, Dylan Floro 2, Griffin Jax 4, Jhoan Duran 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Dylan Floro 1-1 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Maikel Garcia | 3B | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .273 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .257 |
| MJ Melendez | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .217 |
| Dairon Blanco | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .233 |
| Salvador Perez | 1B-C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .246 |
| Freddy Fermin | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .298 |
| Samad Taylor | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .152 |
| Matt Duffy | 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .264 |
| Michael Massey | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .216 |
| Kyle Isbel | CF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .213 |
| Drew Waters | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .233 |
| Nicky Lopez | 2B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .210 |
| Totals | 35 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 6 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Bobby Witt Jr. (18) | |||||||||
| 3B - Maikel Garcia (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Bobby Witt Jr. (17), Kyle Isbel (4) | |||||||||
| TB - Maikel Garcia 3, Bobby Witt Jr. 8, MJ Melendez, Freddy Fermin, Kyle Isbel 4, Drew Waters | |||||||||
| RBI - Bobby Witt Jr. 6 (57), MJ Melendez (35), Kyle Isbel (14) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Bobby Witt Jr. 2 (19), MJ Melendez (13) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - MJ Melendez (28), Kyle Isbel (20) | |||||||||
| S - Nicky Lopez (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Bobby Witt Jr. (29, 2nd off Floro/Jeffers), Samad Taylor (3, 2nd off Jax/Jeffers), Kyle Isbel (4, 3rd off Duran/Jeffers), Nicky Lopez (4, 2nd off Duran/Jeffers) | |||||||||
| PO - Bobby Witt Jr. (1st by Gray) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Brady Singer (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Brady Singer | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5.46 |
| Jose Cuas | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.14 |
| Austin Cox (H 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.55 |
| Carlos Hernandez (H 9) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.71 |
| Scott Barlow (BS 3) | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.50 |
| Taylor Clarke (W 2-4) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.73 |
| HBP - Edouard Julien (by Singer), Jorge Polanco (by Singer), Donovan Solano (by Barlow) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Brady Singer 104-67, Jose Cuas 15-9, Austin Cox 13-8, Carlos Hernandez 20-11, Scott Barlow 23-13, Taylor Clarke 14-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Brady Singer 5-0, Jose Cuas 1-1, Austin Cox 2-0, Carlos Hernandez 0-2, Scott Barlow 1-1, Taylor Clarke 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Brady Singer 24, Jose Cuas 4, Austin Cox 3, Carlos Hernandez 4, Scott Barlow 7, Taylor Clarke 3 | ||||||||