Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Minnesota 7,
Kansas City 6
When: 7:15 PM ET, Thursday, September 29, 2016
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 69°
Umpires: Home - Mike Winters, 1B - Todd Tichenor, 2B - Mike Muchlinski, 3B - Ramon De Jesus
Attendance: 29566
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 69°
Umpires: Home - Mike Winters, 1B - Todd Tichenor, 2B - Mike Muchlinski, 3B - Ramon De Jesus
Attendance: 29566
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 2 |
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jorge Polanco | SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .279 |
| Robbie Grossman | DH | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .281 |
| Miguel Sano | 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .237 |
| Kennys Vargas | 1B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .250 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .234 |
| Eduardo Escobar | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .240 |
| John Ryan Murphy | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .160 |
| Logan Schafer | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .222 |
| Totals | 38 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 19 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Kennys Vargas (11), Byron Buxton (18) | |||||||||
| 3B - Byron Buxton (6) | |||||||||
| HR - Kennys Vargas (10) | |||||||||
| TB - Jorge Polanco 2, Robbie Grossman 2, Miguel Sano, Kennys Vargas 6, Max Kepler, Eduardo Escobar, John Ryan Murphy, Logan Schafer, Byron Buxton 5 | |||||||||
| RBI - Jorge Polanco (23), Robbie Grossman (37), Miguel Sano (62), Kennys Vargas (20), Max Kepler (63), Byron Buxton 2 (34) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Kennys Vargas (7), Max Kepler (22) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Miguel Sano (41), Max Kepler (44), Eduardo Escobar 3 (38) | |||||||||
| S - Logan Schafer (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Robbie Grossman (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Kyle Gibson | 6.1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5.07 |
| Ryan O'Rourke | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.97 |
| Michael Tonkin (W 3-2) | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.02 |
| Brandon Kintzler (SV 16) | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.27 |
| WP - Kyle Gibson | ||||||||
| HBP - Jarrod Dyson (by Gibson) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Kyle Gibson 103-70, Ryan O'Rourke 4-3, Michael Tonkin 17-10, Brandon Kintzler 13-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kyle Gibson 4-2, Ryan O'Rourke 0-0, Michael Tonkin 0-0, Brandon Kintzler 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Kyle Gibson 29, Ryan O'Rourke 1, Michael Tonkin 5, Brandon Kintzler 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Ryan O'Rourke 1-0, Michael Tonkin 1-0 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jarrod Dyson | CF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .271 |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .283 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .266 |
| Kendrys Morales | DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .265 |
| Hunter Dozier | PH-DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .188 |
| Salvador Perez | PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .247 |
| Terrance Gore | PR-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Paulo Orlando | RF | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .307 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .224 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .263 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .276 |
| Drew Butera | C | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .281 |
| Totals | 37 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Paulo Orlando 2 (23) | |||||||||
| 3B - Jarrod Dyson (8) | |||||||||
| TB - Jarrod Dyson 4, Whit Merrifield, Salvador Perez, Paulo Orlando 6, Alex Gordon, Alcides Escobar, Drew Butera 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Jarrod Dyson (25), Whit Merrifield (27), Salvador Perez (64), Alcides Escobar (54), Drew Butera (15) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Salvador Perez (34), Drew Butera (5) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Whit Merrifield 2 (21), Alex Gordon (30) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Eric Hosmer (18) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Paulo Orlando (3, 2nd by Gibson/Murphy) | |||||||||
| PO - Terrance Gore (1st by Kintzler) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Chris Young (1), Jarrod Dyson (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Danny Duffy | 6.1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3.51 |
| Chris Young | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6.19 |
| Kelvin Herrera (L 2-6) | 0.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.75 |
| Brooks Pounders | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.97 |
| WP - Chris Young | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Danny Duffy 96-63, Chris Young 35-20, Kelvin Herrera 26-17, Brooks Pounders 5-3 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Danny Duffy 8-3, Chris Young 0-0, Kelvin Herrera 0-0, Brooks Pounders 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Danny Duffy 28, Chris Young 6, Kelvin Herrera 7, Brooks Pounders 1 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Chris Young 1-0, Brooks Pounders 2-0 | ||||||||