Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 3,
Kansas City 1
When: 2:10 PM ET, Sunday, September 9, 2018
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 68°
Umpires: Home - John Libka, 1B - Chad Fairchild, 2B - Kerwin Danley, 3B - Bruce Dreckman
Attendance: 20903
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 68°
Umpires: Home - John Libka, 1B - Chad Fairchild, 2B - Kerwin Danley, 3B - Bruce Dreckman
Attendance: 20903
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .302 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .270 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .239 |
| Hunter Dozier | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .233 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .263 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .239 |
| Brian Goodwin | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .293 |
| Rosell Herrera | 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .230 |
| Cam Gallagher | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .190 |
| Totals | 29 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Adalberto Mondesi (7) | |||||||||
| TB - Adalberto Mondesi 4, Ryan O'Hearn, Rosell Herrera | |||||||||
| RBI - Adalberto Mondesi (22) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Hunter Dozier 2 (39) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Jorge Bonifacio (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| PO - Alex Gordon (1st by De Jong) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Ian Kennedy | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4.92 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.26 |
| Tim Hill | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.54 |
| Brandon Maurer | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.54 |
| Jason Hammel (L 2-13) | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.09 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Ian Kennedy 93-63, Kevin McCarthy 10-6, Tim Hill 6-4, Brandon Maurer 2-2, Jason Hammel 10-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ian Kennedy 4-6, Kevin McCarthy 2-0, Tim Hill 1-0, Brandon Maurer 0-1, Jason Hammel 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Ian Kennedy 24, Kevin McCarthy 4, Tim Hill 2, Brandon Maurer 1, Jason Hammel 4 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jorge Polanco | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .270 |
| Eddie Rosario | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .289 |
| Logan Forsythe | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .283 |
| Robbie Grossman | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .261 |
| Jake Cave | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .257 |
| Ehire Adrianza | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .249 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .226 |
| Willians Astudillo | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .297 |
| Chris Gimenez | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .125 |
| Joe Mauer | PH-1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .272 |
| Totals | 32 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Robbie Grossman (21), Max Kepler (27) | |||||||||
| HR - Willians Astudillo (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Jorge Polanco, Robbie Grossman 2, Ehire Adrianza, Max Kepler 2, Willians Astudillo 5, Joe Mauer | |||||||||
| RBI - Ehire Adrianza (32), Willians Astudillo 2 (7) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Willians Astudillo 2 (5) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jake Cave (11), Chris Gimenez (4) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Willians Astudillo (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Chase De Jong (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Chase De Jong | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Zack Littell | 3.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8.44 |
| Taylor Rogers | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.02 |
| Trevor Hildenberger (W 4-3) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.21 |
| HBP - Alex Gordon (by Rogers) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Chase De Jong 73-41, Zack Littell 49-35, Taylor Rogers 16-10, Trevor Hildenberger 6-4 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Chase De Jong 3-1, Zack Littell 6-2, Taylor Rogers 0-0, Trevor Hildenberger 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Chase De Jong 16, Zack Littell 12, Taylor Rogers 4, Trevor Hildenberger 2 | ||||||||