Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Kansas City 3,
Minnesota 2
When: 8:05 PM ET, Friday, August 7, 2020
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 84°
Umpires: Home - John Tumpane, 1B - Jose Navas, 2B - Jeff Nelson, 3B - CB Bucknor
Attendance:
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 84°
Umpires: Home - John Tumpane, 1B - Jose Navas, 2B - Jeff Nelson, 3B - CB Bucknor
Attendance:
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 8 | 0 |
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Max Kepler | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .224 |
| Jorge Polanco | SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .309 |
| Miguel Sano | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .135 |
| Eddie Rosario | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .217 |
| Jake Cave | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .130 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .297 |
| Mitch Garver | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .111 |
| Ehire Adrianza | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .200 |
| Nelson Cruz | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .365 |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .192 |
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Marwin Gonzalez (2), Byron Buxton (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Jorge Polanco 2, Marwin Gonzalez 5, Byron Buxton 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Marwin Gonzalez (4), Byron Buxton (4) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Eddie Rosario (6), Ehire Adrianza (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Devin Smeltzer | 4.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8.00 |
| Matt Wisler (L 0-1) | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.23 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 |
| Sean Poppen | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Devin Smeltzer 62-37, Matt Wisler 25-17, Caleb Thielbar 13-7, Sean Poppen 15-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Devin Smeltzer 3-3, Matt Wisler 1-3, Caleb Thielbar 3-0, Sean Poppen 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Devin Smeltzer 17, Matt Wisler 7, Caleb Thielbar 4, Sean Poppen 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Matt Wisler 1-0 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .283 |
| Jorge Soler | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .255 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .290 |
| Ryan McBroom | 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .267 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | PH-1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .265 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .268 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .213 |
| Maikel Franco | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .254 |
| Nicky Lopez | 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 |
| Nick Heath | CF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Brett Phillips | CF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| Totals | 30 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Adalberto Mondesi (5), Maikel Franco (7) | |||||||||
| HR - Ryan McBroom (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Salvador Perez, Ryan McBroom 4, Adalberto Mondesi 2, Alex Gordon, Maikel Franco 2, Nicky Lopez, Nick Heath, Brett Phillips | |||||||||
| RBI - Ryan McBroom (3), Nicky Lopez (2), Nick Heath (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Whit Merrifield (7), Jorge Soler (2), Alex Gordon 2 (6) | |||||||||
| S - Nicky Lopez (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Whit Merrifield (2, 2nd by Smeltzer/Garver) | |||||||||
| SB - Brett Phillips (2, 2nd off Thielbar/Garver) | |||||||||
| PO - Whit Merrifield (1st by Smeltzer) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jakob Junis | 4.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4.00 |
| Greg Holland (W 2-0) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.57 |
| Josh Staumont (H 1) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.59 |
| Scott Barlow (H 1) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Trevor Rosenthal (SV 2) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.59 |
| WP - Jakob Junis | ||||||||
| IBB - Miguel Sano (by Junis) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jakob Junis 76-49, Greg Holland 12-7, Josh Staumont 15-8, Scott Barlow 16-9, Trevor Rosenthal 14-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jakob Junis 7-3, Greg Holland 4-0, Josh Staumont 0-0, Scott Barlow 1-2, Trevor Rosenthal 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jakob Junis 21, Greg Holland 4, Josh Staumont 3, Scott Barlow 4, Trevor Rosenthal 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Greg Holland 2-0, Scott Barlow 1-0 | ||||||||