Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 9,
Kansas City 3
When: 2:10 PM ET, Tuesday, July 4, 2023
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 79°
Umpires: Home - Mark Ripperger, 1B - Phil Cuzzi, 2B - Daniel Bellino, 3B - Shane Livensparger
Attendance: 25033
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 79°
Umpires: Home - Mark Ripperger, 1B - Phil Cuzzi, 2B - Daniel Bellino, 3B - Shane Livensparger
Attendance: 25033
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 9 | 10 | 1 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Maikel Garcia | DH | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .297 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .254 |
| Nick Pratto | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .257 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| MJ Melendez | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .209 |
| Kyle Isbel | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .188 |
| Michael Massey | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .219 |
| Dairon Blanco | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 |
| Nicky Lopez | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 |
| Totals | 29 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Bobby Witt Jr. (13) | |||||||||
| TB - Maikel Garcia, Bobby Witt Jr. 5, MJ Melendez, Michael Massey | |||||||||
| RBI - Bobby Witt Jr. 2 (45), Nick Pratto (27) | |||||||||
| SF - Nick Pratto (3) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Salvador Perez (8), Kyle Isbel (2), Dairon Blanco (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 1 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Zack Greinke (L 1-9) | 5.1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5.44 |
| Nick Wittgren | 1.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Jonathan Heasley | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.91 |
| HBP - Alex Kirilloff (by Greinke), Kyle Farmer (by Wittgren) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Zack Greinke 82-51, Nick Wittgren 36-20, Jonathan Heasley 11-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Zack Greinke 9-2, Nick Wittgren 1-2, Jonathan Heasley 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Zack Greinke 24, Nick Wittgren 11, Jonathan Heasley 3 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .227 |
| Donovan Solano | 2B | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .277 |
| Joey Gallo | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .190 |
| Byron Buxton | DH | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .216 |
| Alex Kirilloff | 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .278 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .222 |
| Jose Miranda | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .209 |
| Kyle Farmer | 3B-2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .244 |
| Willi Castro | LF-3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .249 |
| Christian Vazquez | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .217 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .214 |
| Totals | 34 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 9 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Donovan Solano 2 (15) | |||||||||
| HR - Donovan Solano (4), Byron Buxton (15), Max Kepler (12) | |||||||||
| TB - Carlos Correa, Donovan Solano 8, Byron Buxton 6, Alex Kirilloff, Max Kepler 5 | |||||||||
| RBI - Donovan Solano (20), Byron Buxton (34), Alex Kirilloff 2 (17), Max Kepler 4 (30), Willi Castro (17) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Alex Kirilloff 2 (4), Max Kepler 4 (7), Willi Castro (6) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jose Miranda (13), Christian Vazquez 2 (18) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Byron Buxton (8, 2nd off Wittgren/Perez) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Jose Miranda (5) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Kenta Maeda (W 2-5) | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 5.18 |
| Oliver Ortega | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 |
| Jorge Lopez | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.14 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Kenta Maeda 87-59, Oliver Ortega 13-8, Jorge Lopez 8-6 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kenta Maeda 5-3, Oliver Ortega 2-0, Jorge Lopez 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Kenta Maeda 24, Oliver Ortega 3, Jorge Lopez 4 | ||||||||