Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 8,
Minnesota 1
When: 8:15 PM ET, Thursday, August 18, 2016
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 87°
Umpires: Home - Todd Tichenor, 1B - Brian Knight, 2B - Stu Scheurwater, 3B - Bill Miller
Attendance: 30599
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 87°
Umpires: Home - Todd Tichenor, 1B - Brian Knight, 2B - Stu Scheurwater, 3B - Bill Miller
Attendance: 30599
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | 8 | 7 | 0 |
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .267 |
| Jorge Polanco | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .317 |
| Joe Mauer | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .281 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .255 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .259 |
| Miguel Sano | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .248 |
| Eddie Rosario | CF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .271 |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .282 |
| Robbie Grossman | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .262 |
| Totals | 31 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Brian Dozier (27) | |||||||||
| TB - Brian Dozier 4, Jorge Polanco, Max Kepler, Eddie Rosario, Kurt Suzuki | |||||||||
| RBI - Brian Dozier (73) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Robbie Grossman (33) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Joe Mauer (7) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Max Kepler (5, 2nd off Gee/Perez) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Eddie Rosario (4) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Tyler Duffey (L 8-9) | 3.2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5.93 |
| Michael Tonkin | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.90 |
| Pat Dean | 3.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.60 |
| HBP - Salvador Perez (by Duffey) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Tyler Duffey 63-35, Michael Tonkin 9-8, Pat Dean 52-37 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Tyler Duffey 4-1, Michael Tonkin 2-0, Pat Dean 4-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Tyler Duffey 17, Michael Tonkin 4, Pat Dean 13 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Michael Tonkin 1-0 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Paulo Orlando | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .318 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 3B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .296 |
| Lorenzo Cain | RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .282 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .273 |
| Kendrys Morales | DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .244 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .254 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .219 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .257 |
| Raul Mondesi | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .206 |
| Totals | 30 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 6 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Cheslor Cuthbert (20), Kendrys Morales (17) | |||||||||
| HR - Alex Gordon (11) | |||||||||
| TB - Cheslor Cuthbert 4, Lorenzo Cain, Eric Hosmer, Kendrys Morales 2, Alex Gordon 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Eric Hosmer (70), Kendrys Morales (57), Salvador Perez (52), Alex Gordon 4 (24) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Salvador Perez (29), Alex Gordon 4 (13) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alex Gordon (18) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Lorenzo Cain (14) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 2 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Dillon Gee (W 5-6) | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4.52 |
| Chris Young | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.91 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Dillon Gee 84-52, Chris Young 26-16 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Dillon Gee 10-2, Chris Young 2-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Dillon Gee 26, Chris Young 6 | ||||||||