Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 3,
Minnesota 1
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, October 2, 2015
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 60°
Umpires: Home - Ron Kulpa, 1B - Larry Vanover, 2B - Brian Knight, 3B - Victor Carapazza
Attendance: 31534
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 60°
Umpires: Home - Ron Kulpa, 1B - Larry Vanover, 2B - Brian Knight, 3B - Victor Carapazza
Attendance: 31534
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .257 |
| Ben Zobrist | DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .279 |
| Terrance Gore | PR-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .299 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .281 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .271 |
| Alex Rios | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .258 |
| Paulo Orlando | PR-RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Christian Colon | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .283 |
| Drew Butera | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .198 |
| Kendrys Morales | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .290 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .260 |
| Jarrod Dyson | CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .249 |
| Totals | 34 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 23 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Ben Zobrist (36), Alex Gordon (17), Jarrod Dyson 2 (8) | |||||||||
| TB - Alcides Escobar, Ben Zobrist 3, Mike Moustakas, Alex Gordon 2, Jarrod Dyson 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Ben Zobrist (55), Eric Hosmer (92) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ben Zobrist (43), Mike Moustakas 2 (53), Alex Rios (38), Drew Butera (12), Kendrys Morales 2 (68) | |||||||||
| S - Alcides Escobar (10) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Eric Hosmer (7, 2nd off Santana/Suzuki) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Chris Young | 6.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3.06 |
| Louis Coleman (W 1-0) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ryan Madson (H 20) | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.13 |
| Wade Davis (SV 16) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.94 |
| WP - Chris Young | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Chris Young 100-63, Louis Coleman 4-3, Ryan Madson 12-9, Wade Davis 11-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Chris Young 6-4, Louis Coleman 1-0, Ryan Madson 1-0, Wade Davis 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Chris Young 25, Louis Coleman 1, Ryan Madson 4, Wade Davis 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Louis Coleman 1-0 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .236 |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .267 |
| Miguel Sano | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .267 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .244 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .269 |
| Torii Hunter | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .239 |
| Aaron Hicks | CF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .255 |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .241 |
| Eduardo Escobar | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .264 |
| Totals | 31 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Joe Mauer 2, Eddie Rosario, Aaron Hicks, Kurt Suzuki, Eduardo Escobar | |||||||||
| RBI - Aaron Hicks (33) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Brian Dozier (44) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Brian Dozier (10), Kurt Suzuki (14) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Eduardo Escobar (6), Torii Hunter (5), Kevin Jepsen (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Ervin Santana (L 7-5) | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.00 |
| Glen Perkins | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.32 |
| Trevor May | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.01 |
| Kevin Jepsen | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.33 |
| IBB - Alex Gordon (by Perkins) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Ervin Santana 110-69, Glen Perkins 15-6, Trevor May 15-8, Kevin Jepsen 21-14 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ervin Santana 10-3, Glen Perkins 0-1, Trevor May 0-1, Kevin Jepsen 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Ervin Santana 28, Glen Perkins 4, Trevor May 3, Kevin Jepsen 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Glen Perkins 1-1, Trevor May 2-0 | ||||||||