Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals Box Score, August 9, 2020
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Minnesota Twins (65-55) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
 | Kansas City Royals (43-75) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 | 10 | 1 |
Minnesota Twins
| Season | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | AVG | HR | RBI |
| B. Buxton CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .253 | 19 | 63 |
| J. Donaldson 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .230 | 17 | 56 |
| M. Kepler RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .277 | 29 | 85 |
| M. Sano 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .216 | 25 | 69 |
| L. Arraez DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .379 | 2 | 17 |
| J. Polanco SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .269 | 9 | 59 |
| J. Cave LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .248 | 7 | 28 |
| M. Garver C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .282 | 11 | 37 |
| E. Adrianza 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .259 | 8 | 47 |
| a-N. Cruz PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .280 | 28 | 82 |
| b-M. Gonzalez 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .354 | 3 | 17 |
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | |||
Kansas City Royals
| Season | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | AVG | HR | RBI |
| W. Merrifield RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .319 | 7 | 38 |
| B. Phillips CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .227 | 15 | 51 |
| J. Soler DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .213 | 17 | 58 |
| H. Dozier 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .242 | 9 | 48 |
| R. O'Hearn 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .195 | 18 | 57 |
| A. Mondesi SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .243 | 11 | 49 |
| N. Lopez 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .272 | 4 | 35 |
| S. Perez C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .251 | 12 | 44 |
| A. Gordon LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .227 | 7 | 40 |
| Totals | 33 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 13 | |||
Minnesota Twins
Kansas City Royals
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | PS | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Keller | 6.1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 94 | 64 | 5.11 |
| G. Holland BS (4) | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 4.38 |
| J. Mills W (3-0) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3.14 |
| S. Barlow SV (6) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 5.58 |
Play By Play
| TOP OF THE 1ST - Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Brad Keller | |
|---|---|
| Pitching: RHP Brad Keller | |
| Batting: RHB Byron Buxton |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball 3-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: RHB Josh Donaldson |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: LHB Max Kepler |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89S, EV 102.5 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Miguel Sano |
0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Fly out, F3 (Line Drive, 3, EV 66.2 MPH) |
| Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Kansas City 0 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 1ST - Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Kenta Maeda | |
| Pitching: RHP Kenta Maeda | |
| Batting: RHB Whit Merrifield | 0-0: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 34, EV 58.8 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Brett Phillips |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: RHB Jorge Soler |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 100.6 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Hunter Dozier |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LD, EV 90.0 MPH) |
| Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Kansas City 0 | |
| TOP OF THE 2ND - Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Brad Keller | |
| Batting: LHB Luis Arraez | 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6M, EV 101.9 MPH) |
| Batting: SHB Jorge Polanco |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4D, EV 100.6 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Jake Cave |
0-0: Ball 1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 95.6 MPH) Jorge Polanco to second |
| Batting: RHB Mitch Garver |
0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Grounds into double play, 3-6-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 96.2 MPH) |
| Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Kansas City 0 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 2ND - Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Kenta Maeda | |
| Batting: LHB Ryan O'Hearn |
0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: SHB Adalberto Mondesi |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Swinging Strike 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 56S, EV 74.4 MPH) (infield hit) |
| Batting: LHB Nicky Lopez |
0-0: Ball Adalberto Mondesi is caught stealing 2nd base 2-6 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: Ball 3-2: Base on Balls |
| Batting: RHB Salvador Perez |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LM, EV 91.2 MPH) |
| Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Kansas City 0 | |
| TOP OF THE 3RD - Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Brad Keller | |
| Batting: SHB Ehire Adrianza |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: Ball 3-2: Base on Balls |
| Batting: RHB Byron Buxton | 0-0: Fly out, F4 (Flyball, 3D, EV 97.5 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Josh Donaldson | 0-0: Called Strike |
|
0-1: Ball 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 78.1 MPH) |
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| Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Kansas City 0 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 3RD - Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Kenta Maeda | |
| Batting: LHB Alex Gordon |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Swinging Strike 2-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: RHB Whit Merrifield | 0-0: DOUBLE (Groundball, 5L, EV 100.6 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Brett Phillips |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: RHB Jorge Soler |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Strikes out swinging, 2-3 out at first. |
| Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Kansas City 0 | |
| TOP OF THE 4TH - Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Brad Keller | |
| Batting: LHB Max Kepler |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 83.8 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Miguel Sano |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 6MD, EV 83.8 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Luis Arraez |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5, EV 95.6 MPH) |
| Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Kansas City 0 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 4TH - Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Kenta Maeda | |
| Batting: RHB Hunter Dozier |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89D, EV 106.9 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Ryan O'Hearn |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 85.0 MPH) |
| Batting: SHB Adalberto Mondesi |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 83.1 MPH) |
| Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Kansas City 0 | |
| TOP OF THE 5TH - Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Brad Keller | |
| Batting: SHB Jorge Polanco |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Fly out, F3 (Line Drive, 3, EV 72.5 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Jake Cave |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Swinging Strike 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: RHB Mitch Garver |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 65.0 MPH) |
| Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Kansas City 0 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 5TH - Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Kenta Maeda | |
| Batting: LHB Nicky Lopez |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89M, EV 95.0 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Salvador Perez |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: SINGLE (Flyball, 8LS, EV 94.4 MPH) Nicky Lopez to second Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, no throw by CF |
| Batting: LHB Alex Gordon |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball Wild Pitch! Nicky Lopez scores Salvador Perez to second 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: Ball 3-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 15S, EV 67.5 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Whit Merrifield |
0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: LHB Brett Phillips |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball 3-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 105.0 MPH) |
| Bottom of the 5th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Kansas City 1 | |
| TOP OF THE 6TH - Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Brad Keller | |
| Batting: SHB Ehire Adrianza |
0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: RHB Byron Buxton | 0-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 7D, EV 98.1 MPH), Distance : 393 ft |
| Batting: RHB Josh Donaldson |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78M, EV 99.4 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Max Kepler |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-1: Swinging Strike 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Base on Balls Josh Donaldson to second |
| Batting: RHB Miguel Sano |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: LHB Luis Arraez |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 81.9 MPH) |
| Top of the 6th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minnesota 1 - Kansas City 1 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 6TH - Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Kenta Maeda | |
| Batting: RHB Jorge Soler |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: RHB Hunter Dozier |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: LHB Ryan O'Hearn |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 89XD, EV 110.0 MPH), Distance : 422 ft |
| Batting: SHB Adalberto Mondesi |
0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Bottom of the 6th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 1 - Kansas City 2 | |
| TOP OF THE 7TH - Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Brad Keller | |
| Batting: SHB Jorge Polanco |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LM, EV 111.9 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Jake Cave |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Reached on error, E3 (Groundball, 34, EV 81.9 MPH) |
| Pitching: RHP Greg Holland | |
| Batting: RHB Mitch Garver |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Swinging Strike 2-1: Swinging Strike 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Strikes out swinging, 2-3 out at first. |
| Pinch Hitting: RHB Nelson Cruz |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LS, EV 93.8 MPH) Jake Cave scores |
| Batting: RHB Byron Buxton |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Top of the 7th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 left on base; Minnesota 2 - Kansas City 2 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 7TH - Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Kenta Maeda | |
| Pitching: RHP Trevor May | |
| Now at 2B: Marwin Gonzalez | |
| Batting: LHB Nicky Lopez |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, P, EV 65.0 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Salvador Perez |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Swinging Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78M, EV 105.6 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Alex Gordon |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Swinging Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78XD, EV 96.2 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Whit Merrifield | 0-0: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4, EV 57.5 MPH) |
| Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 2 - Kansas City 2 | |
| TOP OF THE 8TH - Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Greg Holland | |
| Batting: RHB Josh Donaldson |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 34D, EV 107.5 MPH) |
| Pitching: LHP Jordan Mills | |
| Batting: LHB Max Kepler |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 110.6 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Miguel Sano |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball 3-2: Strikes out looking |
| Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 2 - Kansas City 2 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 8TH - Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Trevor May | |
| Batting: LHB Brett Phillips |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Strikes out looking |
| Batting: RHB Jorge Soler | 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7S, EV 95.6 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Hunter Dozier |
0-0: Ball 1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 97.5 MPH) Jorge Soler to second |
| Pitching: RHP Tyler Duffey | |
| Batting: LHB Ryan O'Hearn |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 4-6 (Groundball, 34, EV 98.8 MPH) Jorge Soler to third |
| Batting: SHB Adalberto Mondesi |
0-0: Ball 1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 95.0 MPH) Jorge Soler scores Ryan O'Hearn to second |
| Batting: LHB Nicky Lopez |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6M, EV 52.5 MPH) |
| Bottom of the 8th over - 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minnesota 2 - Kansas City 3 | |
| TOP OF THE 9TH - Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : LHP Jordan Mills | |
| Pitching: RHP Scott Barlow | |
| Batting: LHB Luis Arraez |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Swinging Strike 1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 56, EV 98.8 MPH) |
| Batting: SHB Jorge Polanco |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 106.9 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Jake Cave |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RM, EV 96.2 MPH) |
| Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 2 - Kansas City 3 | |
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