Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 8,
Kansas City 5
When: 1:10 PM ET, Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 78°
Umpires: Home - Ted Barrett, 1B - Lance Barksdale, 2B - Will Little, 3B - Tom Woodring
Attendance: 26708
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 78°
Umpires: Home - Ted Barrett, 1B - Lance Barksdale, 2B - Will Little, 3B - Tom Woodring
Attendance: 26708
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | 8 | 15 | 1 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .302 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .293 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .256 |
| Salvador Perez | DH | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .217 |
| Lucas Duda | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .238 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .248 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .231 |
| Drew Butera | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .168 |
| Totals | 35 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 19 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Mike Moustakas 2 (19), Salvador Perez (12) | |||||||||
| TB - Jorge Bonifacio, Mike Moustakas 9, Salvador Perez 5, Alcides Escobar, Adalberto Mondesi, Drew Butera | |||||||||
| RBI - Mike Moustakas 2 (58), Salvador Perez 3 (38) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Mike Moustakas (19) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Whit Merrifield 2 (22), Jorge Bonifacio (4), Alex Gordon (25) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Adalberto Mondesi (3, 2nd by Lynn/Wilson) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Glenn Sparkman (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Burch Smith | 3.1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5.83 |
| Glenn Sparkman (L 0-1) | 1.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10.80 |
| Enny Romero | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12.00 |
| Tim Hill | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.81 |
| Jason Adam | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.43 |
| IBB - Eddie Rosario (by Sparkman), Eduardo Escobar (by Sparkman) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Burch Smith 71-52, Glenn Sparkman 37-24, Enny Romero 17-11, Tim Hill 19-12, Jason Adam 8-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Burch Smith 2-1, Glenn Sparkman 1-2, Enny Romero 1-0, Tim Hill 2-0, Jason Adam 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Burch Smith 17, Glenn Sparkman 10, Enny Romero 6, Tim Hill 5, Jason Adam 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Glenn Sparkman 2-2 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Joe Mauer | DH | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .273 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .300 |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .229 |
| Eduardo Escobar | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .272 |
| Logan Morrison | 1B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .193 |
| Jorge Polanco | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .250 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .231 |
| Jake Cave | CF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .299 |
| Bobby Wilson | C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .169 |
| Totals | 38 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Bobby Wilson (7) | |||||||||
| 3B - Jake Cave (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Brian Dozier (15), Logan Morrison (11) | |||||||||
| TB - Joe Mauer 3, Eddie Rosario, Brian Dozier 6, Logan Morrison 4, Jorge Polanco, Max Kepler, Jake Cave 4, Bobby Wilson 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Brian Dozier 3 (42), Logan Morrison (31), Jake Cave (10), Bobby Wilson 2 (13) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Brian Dozier (17), Logan Morrison (15), Jake Cave (5), Bobby Wilson (6) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Eddie Rosario 2 (27), Logan Morrison 2 (32) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Eduardo Escobar (7) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Jorge Polanco (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Lance Lynn (W 7-7) | 5.0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5.22 |
| Ryan Pressly (H 7) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.80 |
| Zach Duke | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.73 |
| Alan Busenitz | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6.00 |
| HBP - Lucas Duda (by Lynn), Alcides Escobar (by Pressly) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Lance Lynn 114-66, Ryan Pressly 14-10, Zach Duke 20-14, Alan Busenitz 39-24 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Lance Lynn 6-1, Ryan Pressly 0-1, Zach Duke 0-0, Alan Busenitz 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Lance Lynn 24, Ryan Pressly 4, Zach Duke 5, Alan Busenitz 7 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Ryan Pressly 2-0 | ||||||||