Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 9,
Kansas City 6
When: 2:15 PM ET, Sunday, September 16, 2018
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 88°
Umpires: Home - Cory Blaser, 1B - Stu Scheurwater, 2B - Gary Cederstrom, 3B - Ben May
Attendance: 20286
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 88°
Umpires: Home - Cory Blaser, 1B - Stu Scheurwater, 2B - Gary Cederstrom, 3B - Ben May
Attendance: 20286
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Minnesota | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 1 |
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jorge Polanco | SS | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .285 |
| Eddie Rosario | DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .288 |
| Jake Cave | PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .263 |
| Robbie Grossman | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .268 |
| Logan Forsythe | 2B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .283 |
| Max Kepler | CF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .228 |
| Ehire Adrianza | 3B-1B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .243 |
| Tyler Austin | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .223 |
| Gregorio Petit | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .308 |
| Johnny Field | RF | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .212 |
| Chris Gimenez | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
| Totals | 42 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Ehire Adrianza (17), Johnny Field (10) | |||||||||
| HR - Jorge Polanco (5), Max Kepler (19), Tyler Austin (16), Johnny Field (7) | |||||||||
| TB - Jorge Polanco 7, Eddie Rosario 2, Robbie Grossman, Logan Forsythe 2, Max Kepler 4, Ehire Adrianza 2, Tyler Austin 4, Johnny Field 8, Chris Gimenez 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Jorge Polanco 2 (32), Robbie Grossman (42), Max Kepler (52), Ehire Adrianza (35), Tyler Austin (35), Johnny Field 2 (17) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jorge Polanco (12), Max Kepler (20) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Eddie Rosario (45), Max Kepler 2 (45), Ehire Adrianza (40), Chris Gimenez (5) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Jorge Polanco (4, 2nd by Maurer/Viloria) | |||||||||
| PO - Johnny Field (1st by Peralta) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Kyle Gibson (W 8-13) | 6.2 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.78 |
| Taylor Rogers (H 16) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.80 |
| Trevor Hildenberger | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.76 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Kyle Gibson 94-64, Taylor Rogers 20-14, Trevor Hildenberger 16-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kyle Gibson 9-0, Taylor Rogers 1-1, Trevor Hildenberger 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Kyle Gibson 29, Taylor Rogers 4, Trevor Hildenberger 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Taylor Rogers 1-0 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .302 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | SS | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .291 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .242 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 1B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .270 |
| Rosell Herrera | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .234 |
| Brian Goodwin | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .283 |
| Alcides Escobar | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .218 |
| Brett Phillips | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .204 |
| Cam Gallagher | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .220 |
| Meibrys Viloria | C | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| Totals | 38 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 9 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Ryan O'Hearn 2 (7), Rosell Herrera (12), Meibrys Viloria (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Adalberto Mondesi (9) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield, Adalberto Mondesi 6, Alex Gordon, Ryan O'Hearn 5, Rosell Herrera 2, Brian Goodwin, Brett Phillips, Meibrys Viloria 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Whit Merrifield (57), Adalberto Mondesi 2 (29), Ryan O'Hearn (25), Rosell Herrera (19), Brian Goodwin (6) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Whit Merrifield (23), Ryan O'Hearn (9), Rosell Herrera (7) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Adalberto Mondesi (20), Alex Gordon (46), Brian Goodwin (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Cam Gallagher (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Adalberto Mondesi (6, 3rd by Gibson/Gimenez) | |||||||||
| SB - Adalberto Mondesi (25, 2nd off Rogers/Gimenez) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Ryan O'Hearn (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jakob Junis | 3.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4.42 |
| Brian Flynn | 2.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.06 |
| Jerry Vasto (L 0-1) | 0.2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.45 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.18 |
| Brandon Maurer | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.94 |
| Wily Peralta | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.13 |
| WP - Wily Peralta | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jakob Junis 82-52, Brian Flynn 36-22, Jerry Vasto 20-11, Kevin McCarthy 15-9, Brandon Maurer 23-13, Wily Peralta 22-13 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jakob Junis 1-2, Brian Flynn 3-1, Jerry Vasto 0-1, Kevin McCarthy 1-2, Brandon Maurer 0-0, Wily Peralta 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jakob Junis 17, Brian Flynn 10, Jerry Vasto 5, Kevin McCarthy 4, Brandon Maurer 4, Wily Peralta 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Kevin McCarthy 2-1 | ||||||||