Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 8,
Kansas City 5
When: 1:10 PM ET, Thursday, April 16, 2015
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 63°
Umpires: Home - Dana DeMuth, 1B - Joe West, 2B - Paul Nauert, 3B - Mike Estabrook
Attendance: 17449
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 63°
Umpires: Home - Dana DeMuth, 1B - Joe West, 2B - Paul Nauert, 3B - Mike Estabrook
Attendance: 17449
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | 8 | 14 | 2 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .359 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .382 |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .429 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .256 |
| Kendrys Morales | DH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .351 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .368 |
| Paulo Orlando | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .333 |
| Christian Colon | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Jarrod Dyson | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| Totals | 37 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Mike Moustakas (2), Lorenzo Cain (4), Salvador Perez (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Lorenzo Cain (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Mike Moustakas 3, Lorenzo Cain 7, Eric Hosmer, Kendrys Morales, Salvador Perez 3, Paulo Orlando | |||||||||
| RBI - Lorenzo Cain 3 (11), Eric Hosmer (8), Salvador Perez (10) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Salvador Perez (9) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Mike Moustakas 2 (5), Salvador Perez 2 (4), Paulo Orlando 2 (3), Christian Colon (1) | |||||||||
| S - Jarrod Dyson (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Lorenzo Cain (2, 2nd off Milone/Suzuki) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Mike Moustakas (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jason Vargas (L 1-1) | 3.0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.00 |
| Jason Frasor | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Chris Young | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.60 |
| Ryan Madson | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.45 |
| WP - Chris Young | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jason Vargas 63-43, Jason Frasor 6-5, Chris Young 50-30, Ryan Madson 19-16 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jason Vargas 4-3, Jason Frasor 1-0, Chris Young 2-5, Ryan Madson 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jason Vargas 21, Jason Frasor 2, Chris Young 12, Ryan Madson 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Jason Frasor 3-0 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Danny Santana | SS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .242 |
| Torii Hunter | RF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 |
| Joe Mauer | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .281 |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .229 |
| Kennys Vargas | 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .250 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .133 |
| Eduardo Escobar | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 |
| Jordan Schafer | CF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .182 |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 |
| Shane Robinson | CF-LF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .214 |
| Totals | 37 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Torii Hunter (1), Shane Robinson (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Kennys Vargas (1), Kurt Suzuki (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Danny Santana 2, Torii Hunter 4, Joe Mauer, Brian Dozier, Kennys Vargas 5, Eduardo Escobar, Kurt Suzuki 5, Shane Robinson 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Joe Mauer 3 (4), Kennys Vargas 2 (3), Kurt Suzuki 2 (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Kurt Suzuki 2 (5) | |||||||||
| SF - Joe Mauer (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Kennys Vargas (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Trevor Plouffe (1), Danny Santana (3) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Tommy Milone (W 2-0) | 5.1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2.08 |
| Tim Stauffer (H 1) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.82 |
| Aaron Thompson (H 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.42 |
| Casey Fien (H 2) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Brian Duensing | 0.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.36 |
| Glen Perkins (SV 2) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.45 |
| WP - Tommy Milone, Glen Perkins | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Tommy Milone 101-59, Tim Stauffer 2-1, Aaron Thompson 19-10, Casey Fien 13-10, Brian Duensing 12-7, Glen Perkins 5-4 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Tommy Milone 8-3, Tim Stauffer 1-0, Aaron Thompson 0-2, Casey Fien 2-1, Brian Duensing 0-1, Glen Perkins 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Tommy Milone 27, Tim Stauffer 1, Aaron Thompson 4, Casey Fien 4, Brian Duensing 4, Glen Perkins 2 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Tim Stauffer 1-0, Aaron Thompson 1-0, Casey Fien 1-0, Glen Perkins 1-0 | ||||||||