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
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Kansas City 000030000390
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