Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 5,
Kansas City 3
When: 7:15 PM ET, Saturday, July 4, 2015
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 82°
Umpires: Home - Lance Barksdale, 1B - Quinn Wolcott, 2B - Gary Cederstrom, 3B - Eric Cooper
Attendance: 37917
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 82°
Umpires: Home - Lance Barksdale, 1B - Quinn Wolcott, 2B - Gary Cederstrom, 3B - Eric Cooper
Attendance: 37917
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Minnesota | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .259 |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .272 |
| Torii Hunter | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .266 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 3B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .254 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .275 |
| Miguel Sano | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 |
| Aaron Hicks | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .232 |
| Chris Herrmann | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .156 |
| Danny Santana | SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .221 |
| Totals | 37 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Joe Mauer (15), Trevor Plouffe (19), Danny Santana (8) | |||||||||
| 3B - Trevor Plouffe (3) | |||||||||
| HR - Joe Mauer (5) | |||||||||
| TB - Brian Dozier, Joe Mauer 8, Trevor Plouffe 6, Eddie Rosario 2, Miguel Sano, Danny Santana 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Joe Mauer 2 (41), Torii Hunter (45), Trevor Plouffe (43), Aaron Hicks (4) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Trevor Plouffe (11) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Torii Hunter 2 (20), Eddie Rosario (13), Chris Herrmann 2 (8) | |||||||||
| SF - Torii Hunter (3) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Miguel Sano (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Mike Pelfrey | 4.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3.94 |
| Brian Duensing (W 3-0) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.52 |
| Ryan Pressly (H 4) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.93 |
| Aaron Thompson (H 9) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.01 |
| Blaine Boyer (H 14) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.39 |
| Casey Fien (H 10) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 |
| Glen Perkins (SV 27) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.31 |
| WP - Mike Pelfrey | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Mike Pelfrey 75-46, Brian Duensing 11-5, Ryan Pressly 13-11, Aaron Thompson 4-3, Blaine Boyer 7-3, Casey Fien 17-11, Glen Perkins 14-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Mike Pelfrey 5-2, Brian Duensing 2-0, Ryan Pressly 1-1, Aaron Thompson 1-0, Blaine Boyer 1-0, Casey Fien 1-1, Glen Perkins 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Mike Pelfrey 21, Brian Duensing 3, Ryan Pressly 4, Aaron Thompson 1, Blaine Boyer 2, Casey Fien 4, Glen Perkins 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Brian Duensing 2-1, Aaron Thompson 1-0 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .277 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .303 |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .309 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .286 |
| Kendrys Morales | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .282 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .260 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .263 |
| Alex Rios | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .219 |
| Omar Infante | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .233 |
| Totals | 34 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Lorenzo Cain (17) | |||||||||
| TB - Alcides Escobar 2, Mike Moustakas, Lorenzo Cain 3, Eric Hosmer, Alex Gordon, Salvador Perez, Omar Infante | |||||||||
| RBI - Lorenzo Cain 2 (36), Kendrys Morales (52) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Kendrys Morales 2 (39), Alex Rios (13) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Mike Moustakas (7), Lorenzo Cain (9) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Joe Blanton (L 2-2) | 5.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3.74 |
| Brandon Finnegan | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.37 |
| Kelvin Herrera | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.20 |
| Franklin Morales | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.70 |
| Jason Frasor | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.54 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Joe Blanton 76-52, Brandon Finnegan 21-13, Kelvin Herrera 6-5, Franklin Morales 17-12, Jason Frasor 19-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Joe Blanton 7-2, Brandon Finnegan 0-1, Kelvin Herrera 0-1, Franklin Morales 1-0, Jason Frasor 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Joe Blanton 23, Brandon Finnegan 6, Kelvin Herrera 2, Franklin Morales 4, Jason Frasor 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Kelvin Herrera 2-1 | ||||||||