Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Minnesota 17,
Kansas City 0
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, September 2, 2017
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 79°
Umpires: Home - Mike Winters, 1B - Marty Foster, 2B - Mike Muchlinski, 3B - Mark Wegner
Attendance: 33413
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 79°
Umpires: Home - Mike Winters, 1B - Marty Foster, 2B - Mike Muchlinski, 3B - Mark Wegner
Attendance: 33413
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 | 7 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 17 | 14 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .280 |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .289 |
| Paulo Orlando | CF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .180 |
| Melky Cabrera | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .296 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .254 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .317 |
| Drew Butera | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .254 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .268 |
| Cam Gallagher | PR-C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .276 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .221 |
| Brandon Moss | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .200 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .236 |
| Raul Mondesi | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .114 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .197 |
| Totals | 33 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Paulo Orlando 2, Salvador Perez, Cam Gallagher, Mike Moustakas, Cheslor Cuthbert, Raul Mondesi | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alex Gordon 3 (38) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Melky Cabrera (17) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Onelki Garcia (L 0-1) | 0.1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 |
| Andres Machado | 0.2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 81.00 |
| Eric Skoglund | 3.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10.29 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.87 |
| Trevor Cahill | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9.75 |
| Peter Moylan | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.04 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Onelki Garcia 23-15, Andres Machado 47-25, Eric Skoglund 81-49, Kevin McCarthy 26-17, Trevor Cahill 21-12, Peter Moylan 13-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Onelki Garcia 1-0, Andres Machado 0-2, Eric Skoglund 2-4, Kevin McCarthy 3-2, Trevor Cahill 1-0, Peter Moylan 2-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Onelki Garcia 6, Andres Machado 9, Eric Skoglund 15, Kevin McCarthy 7, Trevor Cahill 6, Peter Moylan 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Andres Machado 1-0, Eric Skoglund 2-1 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .266 |
| Niko Goodrum | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .303 |
| Kennys Vargas | 1B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .242 |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .253 |
| Jorge Polanco | SS | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .260 |
| Eduardo Escobar | 3B | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .253 |
| Mitch Garver | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Eddie Rosario | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .288 |
| Zack Granite | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .234 |
| Chris Gimenez | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .203 |
| Ehire Adrianza | LF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .264 |
| Totals | 36 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Joe Mauer (29), Jorge Polanco (26) | |||||||||
| 3B - Byron Buxton (4), Eduardo Escobar (3) | |||||||||
| HR - Brian Dozier (27), Eduardo Escobar 2 (14) | |||||||||
| TB - Brian Dozier 4, Joe Mauer 5, Byron Buxton 5, Jorge Polanco 3, Eduardo Escobar 11, Mitch Garver | |||||||||
| RBI - Brian Dozier 3 (77), Joe Mauer 2 (56), Byron Buxton 2 (40), Jorge Polanco 2 (60), Eduardo Escobar 6 (54), Mitch Garver (1), Eddie Rosario (60) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Brian Dozier 3 (34) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Brian Dozier (48) | |||||||||
| SF - Eddie Rosario (6) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Zack Granite (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Kyle Gibson (W 9-10) | 6.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.33 |
| Taylor Rogers | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.49 |
| Buddy Boshers | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.78 |
| Nik Turley | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11.66 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Kyle Gibson 81-58, Taylor Rogers 13-9, Buddy Boshers 8-7, Nik Turley 13-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kyle Gibson 8-2, Taylor Rogers 1-1, Buddy Boshers 0-1, Nik Turley 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Kyle Gibson 22, Taylor Rogers 5, Buddy Boshers 3, Nik Turley 3 | ||||||||