Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 9,
Kansas City 0
When: 7:40 PM ET, Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 78°
Umpires: Home - Dan Merzel, 1B - Jeremie Rehak, 2B - Quinn Wolcott, 3B - Mark Wegner
Attendance: 23093
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 78°
Umpires: Home - Dan Merzel, 1B - Jeremie Rehak, 2B - Quinn Wolcott, 3B - Mark Wegner
Attendance: 23093
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | - | 9 | 16 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| MJ Melendez | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .225 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .251 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .213 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .223 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | DH | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .269 |
| Michael Massey | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .312 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .270 |
| Nick Pratto | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .188 |
| Kyle Isbel | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .217 |
| Nicky Lopez | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .244 |
| Maikel Garcia | SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .350 |
| Totals | 31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Bobby Witt Jr., Salvador Perez, Vinnie Pasquantino 2, Nicky Lopez | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Michael Massey (4), Nick Pratto (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Bobby Witt Jr. (23, 2nd off Gray/Leon) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Bobby Witt Jr. (17), Michael Massey (2) | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Michael A. Taylor (Arraez at 2nd) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Zack Greinke (L 4-8) | 6.0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4.13 |
| Wyatt Mills | 0.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.94 |
| Luke Weaver | 1.1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.75 |
| WP - Zack Greinke | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Zack Greinke 95-65, Wyatt Mills 27-13, Luke Weaver 36-24 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Zack Greinke 7-2, Wyatt Mills 2-0, Luke Weaver 2-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Zack Greinke 27, Wyatt Mills 7, Luke Weaver 10 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Luke Weaver 2-0 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Luis Arraez | 2B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .336 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .272 |
| Byron Buxton | DH | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .229 |
| Jose Miranda | 1B | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .283 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .226 |
| Gio Urshela | 3B | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .269 |
| Nick Gordon | LF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .276 |
| Gilberto Celestino | CF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .265 |
| Sandy Leon | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .182 |
| Totals | 40 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 26 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Luis Arraez (22), Nick Gordon (16) | |||||||||
| HR - Gilberto Celestino (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Luis Arraez 4, Carlos Correa, Byron Buxton 2, Jose Miranda 3, Gio Urshela 4, Nick Gordon 3, Gilberto Celestino 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Luis Arraez (38), Jose Miranda (49), Max Kepler (41), Gio Urshela 2 (49), Nick Gordon 2 (22), Gilberto Celestino (13), Sandy Leon (4) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Luis Arraez (13), Gio Urshela 2 (23), Nick Gordon 2 (12), Gilberto Celestino (7) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Max Kepler 2 (41), Gilberto Celestino (24), Sandy Leon 3 (8) | |||||||||
| S - Sandy Leon (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Sonny Gray (W 7-3) | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3.11 |
| Caleb Thielbar (H 14) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.04 |
| Michael Fulmer | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.13 |
| Cole Sands | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Sonny Gray 92-61, Caleb Thielbar 17-9, Michael Fulmer 7-5, Cole Sands 19-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Sonny Gray 6-0, Caleb Thielbar 1-0, Michael Fulmer 0-0, Cole Sands 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Sonny Gray 22, Caleb Thielbar 3, Michael Fulmer 3, Cole Sands 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Caleb Thielbar 2-0 | ||||||||