Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Kansas City 7,
Minnesota 0
When: 7:15 PM ET, Saturday, April 9, 2016
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 60°
Umpires: Home - D.J. Reyburn, 1B - John Hirschbeck, 2B - Bill Welke, 3B - Victor Carapazza
Attendance: 31001
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 60°
Umpires: Home - D.J. Reyburn, 1B - John Hirschbeck, 2B - Bill Welke, 3B - Victor Carapazza
Attendance: 31001
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | 7 | 10 | 0 |
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .176 |
| Danny Santana | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .133 |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .294 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .150 |
| Oswaldo Arcia | RF-LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Byung Ho Park | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .231 |
| Eduardo Escobar | SS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .444 |
| Eduardo Nunez | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Miguel Sano | PH-RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .133 |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .154 |
| Totals | 33 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Eddie Rosario (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Brian Dozier, Joe Mauer, Trevor Plouffe, Byung Ho Park, Eduardo Escobar 2, Eddie Rosario 2 | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Brian Dozier (4), Trevor Plouffe (2), Miguel Sano 3 (5) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Eduardo Escobar (1, 2nd by Kennedy/Perez) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Eduardo Escobar 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Tommy Milone (L 0-1) | 4.2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3.86 |
| Casey Fien | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16.88 |
| Michael Tonkin | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Glen Perkins | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - Glen Perkins 2 | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Tommy Milone 84-52, Casey Fien 23-14, Michael Tonkin 36-19, Glen Perkins 27-16 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Tommy Milone 9-0, Casey Fien 0-2, Michael Tonkin 2-1, Glen Perkins 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Tommy Milone 20, Casey Fien 7, Michael Tonkin 7, Glen Perkins 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Casey Fien 2-0, Michael Tonkin 1-1 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .278 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .250 |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .231 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .214 |
| Kendrys Morales | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .143 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .154 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .308 |
| Omar Infante | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .308 |
| Paulo Orlando | RF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .750 |
| Totals | 35 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Salvador Perez (1) | |||||||||
| 3B - Alcides Escobar (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Mike Moustakas (1), Lorenzo Cain (1), Kendrys Morales (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Alcides Escobar 3, Mike Moustakas 5, Lorenzo Cain 4, Kendrys Morales 4, Salvador Perez 2, Omar Infante, Paulo Orlando 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Alcides Escobar (1), Mike Moustakas 2 (2), Lorenzo Cain (1), Kendrys Morales (2), Paulo Orlando (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Alcides Escobar (1), Mike Moustakas (1), Paulo Orlando (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Mike Moustakas (3), Eric Hosmer 4 (6), Salvador Perez (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Ian Kennedy (W 1-0) | 6.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Danny Duffy | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Chien-Ming Wang | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - Ian Kennedy | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Ian Kennedy 109-69, Danny Duffy 19-11, Chien-Ming Wang 22-13 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ian Kennedy 5-4, Danny Duffy 1-2, Chien-Ming Wang 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Ian Kennedy 25, Danny Duffy 6, Chien-Ming Wang 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Danny Duffy 2-0 | ||||||||