Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 6,
Kansas City 2
When: 8:10 PM ET, Monday, September 7, 2015
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 78°
Umpires: Home - Pat Hoberg, 1B - Jim Joyce, 2B - Greg Gibson, 3B - Chad Fairchild
Attendance: 36825
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 78°
Umpires: Home - Pat Hoberg, 1B - Jim Joyce, 2B - Greg Gibson, 3B - Chad Fairchild
Attendance: 36825
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Aaron Hicks | CF-RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .265 |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .240 |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .267 |
| Miguel Sano | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .277 |
| Danny Santana | PR-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .242 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .270 |
| Torii Hunter | RF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .235 |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .241 |
| Eduardo Escobar | SS | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .270 |
| Totals | 36 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 20 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Torii Hunter (19), Eduardo Escobar (26) | |||||||||
| HR - Aaron Hicks (10) | |||||||||
| TB - Aaron Hicks 4, Joe Mauer, Trevor Plouffe, Eddie Rosario, Torii Hunter 3, Kurt Suzuki, Eduardo Escobar 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Aaron Hicks (27), Joe Mauer (57), Eduardo Escobar 3 (47) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Eduardo Escobar 2 (13) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Aaron Hicks 2 (23), Miguel Sano (19), Trevor Plouffe (44), Eddie Rosario 2 (36) | |||||||||
| SF - Joe Mauer (5) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Brian Dozier (11, 2nd off Herrera/Perez), Danny Santana (8, 2nd off Almonte/Perez) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Eddie Rosario (Moustakas at Home) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Tommy Milone (W 8-4) | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3.54 |
| Trevor May | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.13 |
| Kevin Jepsen | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.43 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Tommy Milone 95-59, Trevor May 23-19, Kevin Jepsen 13-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Tommy Milone 10-0, Trevor May 2-0, Kevin Jepsen 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Tommy Milone 26, Trevor May 5, Kevin Jepsen 3 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .285 |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .314 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .312 |
| Kendrys Morales | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .292 |
| Jonny Gomes | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .231 |
| Alex Gordon | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .287 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .283 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .253 |
| Paulo Orlando | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .251 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .260 |
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Paulo Orlando (12) | |||||||||
| TB - Lorenzo Cain 2, Eric Hosmer 2, Kendrys Morales, Mike Moustakas 2, Paulo Orlando 2, Alcides Escobar | |||||||||
| RBI - Kendrys Morales (100), Salvador Perez (59) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Kendrys Morales (60) | |||||||||
| SF - Salvador Perez (5) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Ben Zobrist (8), Salvador Perez (22) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Yordano Ventura (L 10-8) | 5.1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4.34 |
| Kelvin Herrera | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.10 |
| Joba Chamberlain | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.70 |
| Miguel Almonte | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Louis Coleman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - Yordano Ventura 2 | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Yordano Ventura 107-65, Kelvin Herrera 10-6, Joba Chamberlain 32-18, Miguel Almonte 18-11, Louis Coleman 4-4 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Yordano Ventura 7-1, Kelvin Herrera 1-0, Joba Chamberlain 1-0, Miguel Almonte 1-0, Louis Coleman 2-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Yordano Ventura 29, Kelvin Herrera 2, Joba Chamberlain 6, Miguel Almonte 4, Louis Coleman 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Kelvin Herrera 2-1 | ||||||||