Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 4, Kansas City 2
When: 8:15 PM ET, Thursday, September 7, 2017
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 75°
Umpires: Home - Chris Segal, 1B - Joe West, 2B - Andy Fletcher, 3B - Alan Porter
Attendance: 26485
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Kansas City 000020000290
Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Brian Dozier 2B 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 .260
Joe Mauer 1B 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 .306
Jorge Polanco SS 3 0 2 2 1 0 1 .262
Eddie Rosario LF 5 0 1 0 0 2 5 .285
Byron Buxton CF 5 0 0 0 0 1 6 .249
Max Kepler RF 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .247
Eduardo Escobar 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .253
Jason Castro C 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .230
     Zack Granite PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231
     Chris Gimenez C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .206
Robbie Grossman DH 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 .248
Totals 34 4 10 4 5 7 15  
Batting
2B - Joe Mauer (31), Jorge Polanco (28)
HR - Robbie Grossman (9)
TB - Joe Mauer 4, Jorge Polanco 3, Eddie Rosario, Max Kepler, Jason Castro 2, Robbie Grossman 4
RBI - Brian Dozier (81), Jorge Polanco 2 (62), Robbie Grossman (38)
2-Out RBI - Jorge Polanco 2 (25)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jorge Polanco (41), Eddie Rosario (49), Byron Buxton 5 (47), Eduardo Escobar (52)
S - Jorge Polanco (5)
SF - Brian Dozier (2)
GIDP - Robbie Grossman (5)
Team LOB - 10
Baserunning
SB - Max Kepler (6, 2nd off Gaviglio/Perez)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Kyle Gibson 7.0 8 2 2 1 0 0 5.19
Trevor Hildenberger (W 3-2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.43
Matt Belisle (SV 6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.44
HBP - Mike Moustakas (by Gibson)
Pitches-Strikes - Kyle Gibson 95-58, Trevor Hildenberger 6-6, Matt Belisle 14-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kyle Gibson 9-4, Trevor Hildenberger 1-0, Matt Belisle 1-1
Batters Faced - Kyle Gibson 27, Trevor Hildenberger 3, Matt Belisle 3
Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Whit Merrifield 2B 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .286
Lorenzo Cain CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .297
Melky Cabrera RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .296
     Paulo Orlando RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .175
Eric Hosmer 1B 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 .317
Salvador Perez C 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 .263
Mike Moustakas DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .278
Alcides Escobar SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .243
Alex Gordon LF 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 .200
Ramon Torres 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .239
Totals 31 2 9 2 1 0 14  
Batting
2B - Alcides Escobar (28)
TB - Whit Merrifield 2, Lorenzo Cain, Melky Cabrera, Eric Hosmer 2, Alcides Escobar 2, Alex Gordon 2
RBI - Whit Merrifield (66), Alex Gordon (39)
2-Out RBI - Whit Merrifield (26)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Lorenzo Cain (31), Salvador Perez (33)
GIDP - Lorenzo Cain (19), Salvador Perez (18), Mike Moustakas (13), Ramon Torres (1)
Team LOB - 4
Baserunning
CS - Alcides Escobar (5, 2nd by Gibson/Castro)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Sam Gaviglio 5.0 4 1 1 3 3 1 4.41
Scott Alexander (H 7) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.12
Peter Moylan (H 20) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.83
Mike Minor (H 15) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.82
Kelvin Herrera (L 3-3; BS 4) 0.2 3 3 3 2 1 0 4.24
Brandon Maurer 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 7.02
IBB - Joe Mauer (by Herrera)
Pitches-Strikes - Sam Gaviglio 77-43, Scott Alexander 15-11, Peter Moylan 4-3, Mike Minor 14-10, Kelvin Herrera 22-15, Brandon Maurer 15-12
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Sam Gaviglio 9-1, Scott Alexander 2-1, Peter Moylan 0-1, Mike Minor 2-0, Kelvin Herrera 0-1, Brandon Maurer 0-0
Batters Faced - Sam Gaviglio 22, Scott Alexander 5, Peter Moylan 1, Mike Minor 4, Kelvin Herrera 7, Brandon Maurer 2
Inherited Runners-Scored - Brandon Maurer 2-0