Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 4,
Kansas City 1
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, August 16, 2014
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 86°
Umpires: Home - Jim Reynolds, 1B - Fieldin Culbreth, 2B - Chris Segal, 3B - David Rackley
Attendance: 35575
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 86°
Umpires: Home - Jim Reynolds, 1B - Fieldin Culbreth, 2B - Chris Segal, 3B - David Rackley
Attendance: 35575
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | 6 | 1 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Norichika Aoki | RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .272 |
| Omar Infante | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .257 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .264 |
| Billy Butler | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .277 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .282 |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .298 |
| Raul Ibanez | DH | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .170 |
| Josh Willingham | PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .209 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .201 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .276 |
| Totals | 34 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Norichika Aoki (16) | |||||||||
| TB - Norichika Aoki 3, Omar Infante, Billy Butler, Alex Gordon 2, Raul Ibanez 2 | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Omar Infante (32), Billy Butler (36), Lorenzo Cain (33), Mike Moustakas (27) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Mike Moustakas (7) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Norichika Aoki (14, 3rd off Hughes/Suzuki) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Alcides Escobar (12) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Yordano Ventura (L 9-9) | 6.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3.48 |
| Francisley Bueno | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.45 |
| Aaron Crow | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.12 |
| IBB - Joe Mauer (by Ventura) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Yordano Ventura 114-69, Francisley Bueno 2-1, Aaron Crow 21-16 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Yordano Ventura 7-3, Francisley Bueno 1-0, Aaron Crow 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Yordano Ventura 31, Francisley Bueno 1, Aaron Crow 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Francisley Bueno 2-0 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Daniel Santana | SS-CF | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .318 |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .237 |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .273 |
| Kennys Vargas | DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .286 |
| Oswaldo Arcia | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .225 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .244 |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .310 |
| Chris Parmelee | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .253 |
| Eduardo Escobar | PR-SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .274 |
| Jordan Schafer | CF-LF | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .321 |
| Totals | 29 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Brian Dozier (25) | |||||||||
| HR - Kurt Suzuki (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Brian Dozier 2, Kurt Suzuki 5, Chris Parmelee, Jordan Schafer 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Daniel Santana (28), Brian Dozier (53), Kennys Vargas (12), Kurt Suzuki (49) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Joe Mauer 2 (39), Oswaldo Arcia (30) | |||||||||
| S - Jordan Schafer (3) | |||||||||
| SF - Kennys Vargas (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Chris Parmelee (5) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Kurt Suzuki (4) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Phil Hughes (W 13-8) | 7.1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.76 |
| Casey Fien (H 23) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.81 |
| Glen Perkins (SV 31) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.58 |
| HBP - Alcides Escobar (by Hughes) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Phil Hughes 94-69, Casey Fien 8-5, Glen Perkins 23-17 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Phil Hughes 6-6, Casey Fien 0-1, Glen Perkins 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Phil Hughes 29, Casey Fien 2, Glen Perkins 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Casey Fien 2-0 | ||||||||