Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 7,
Minnesota 4
When: 8:10 PM ET, Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 82°
Umpires: Home - Mark Carlson, 1B - Jeff Kellogg, 2B - John Tumpane, 3B - Alan Porter
Attendance: 23541
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 82°
Umpires: Home - Mark Carlson, 1B - Jeff Kellogg, 2B - John Tumpane, 3B - Alan Porter
Attendance: 23541
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 1 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .258 |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .333 |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .296 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .298 |
| Kendrys Morales | DH | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .187 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .276 |
| Paulo Orlando | RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .406 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .255 |
| Jarrod Dyson | LF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| Totals | 39 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Whit Merrifield 2 (3), Lorenzo Cain (5), Paulo Orlando (5) | |||||||||
| HR - Salvador Perez (7) | |||||||||
| TB - Alcides Escobar, Whit Merrifield 4, Lorenzo Cain 5, Salvador Perez 5, Paulo Orlando 3, Cheslor Cuthbert, Jarrod Dyson | |||||||||
| RBI - Alcides Escobar (13), Lorenzo Cain 2 (25), Salvador Perez 2 (24) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Lorenzo Cain 2 (6) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alcides Escobar (18), Eric Hosmer 3 (21), Kendrys Morales (19) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Eric Hosmer (7), Cheslor Cuthbert (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Lorenzo Cain (6, 2nd off Tonkin/Centeno) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Paulo Orlando (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Edinson Volquez (W 5-4) | 6.2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3.67 |
| Luke Hochevar (H 9) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.75 |
| Joakim Soria (H 7) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.47 |
| Wade Davis (SV 12) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.08 |
| HBP - Oswaldo Arcia (by Volquez) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Edinson Volquez 103-65, Luke Hochevar 3-3, Joakim Soria 13-8, Wade Davis 32-19 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Edinson Volquez 8-2, Luke Hochevar 0-0, Joakim Soria 1-1, Wade Davis 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Edinson Volquez 29, Luke Hochevar 1, Joakim Soria 3, Wade Davis 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Luke Hochevar 1-0 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Eduardo Nunez | 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .303 |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .270 |
| Miguel Sano | DH | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .219 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .252 |
| Robbie Grossman | LF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .400 |
| Oswaldo Arcia | RF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .233 |
| Eduardo Escobar | SS | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .267 |
| Juan Centeno | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .269 |
| Brian Dozier | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .199 |
| Danny Santana | CF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .252 |
| Totals | 33 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Oswaldo Arcia (2), Eduardo Escobar (6) | |||||||||
| TB - Eduardo Nunez, Joe Mauer, Oswaldo Arcia 3, Eduardo Escobar 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Joe Mauer (13), Eduardo Escobar (8) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Eduardo Escobar (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Miguel Sano 2 (14), Robbie Grossman (1), Juan Centeno (5) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Eduardo Escobar (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Juan Centeno (1), Eduardo Nunez (6) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Ervin Santana (L 1-3) | 3.2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4.17 |
| Michael Tonkin | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.04 |
| Ryan Pressly | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.00 |
| Brandon Kintzler | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Fernando Abad | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.51 |
| WP - Ervin Santana | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Ervin Santana 82-50, Michael Tonkin 23-13, Ryan Pressly 27-20, Brandon Kintzler 14-11, Fernando Abad 11-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ervin Santana 3-2, Michael Tonkin 3-0, Ryan Pressly 1-3, Brandon Kintzler 1-1, Fernando Abad 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Ervin Santana 21, Michael Tonkin 5, Ryan Pressly 8, Brandon Kintzler 5, Fernando Abad 2 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Michael Tonkin 2-0, Fernando Abad 1-0 | ||||||||