Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins Box Score, July 7, 2020
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Kansas City Royals (34-58) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
![]() | Minnesota Twins (51-42) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 8 | 1 |
Kansas City Royals
| Season | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | AVG | HR | RBI |
| W. Merrifield RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .313 | 7 | 28 |
| B. Phillips CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .237 | 12 | 40 |
| R. O'Hearn 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .188 | 13 | 40 |
| J. Soler DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .216 | 11 | 42 |
| H. Dozier 3B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .249 | 8 | 37 |
| N. Lopez 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .271 | 4 | 29 |
| A. Mondesi SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .262 | 11 | 41 |
| S. Perez C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .234 | 8 | 35 |
| A. Gordon LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .228 | 6 | 37 |
| Totals | 34 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | |||
Minnesota Twins
| Season | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | AVG | HR | RBI |
| B. Buxton CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .252 | 14 | 52 |
| L. Arraez 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .342 | 0 | 7 |
| M. Kepler RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .276 | 21 | 67 |
| M. Sano 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .199 | 20 | 46 |
| N. Cruz DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .265 | 22 | 62 |
| J. Polanco SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .278 | 7 | 41 |
| J. Cave LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 | 5 | 23 |
| W. Astudillo C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .324 | 3 | 12 |
| E. Adrianza 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .249 | 6 | 37 |
| Totals | 32 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | |||
Kansas City Royals
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | PS | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Keller L (2-9) | 4.1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 100 | 66 | 6.11 |
| B. Singer | 3.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 30 | 7.30 |
| R. Lovelady | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2.02 |
Minnesota Twins
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | PS | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Odorizzi W (9-6) | 6.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 100 | 61 | 4.89 |
| S. Romo H (2) | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 20 | 6.75 |
| T. Rogers SV (14) | 1.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 2.70 |
Play By Play
| TOP OF THE 1ST - Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Jake Odorizzi | |
|---|---|
| Pitching: RHP Jake Odorizzi | |
| Batting: RHB Whit Merrifield |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34, EV 79.4 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Brett Phillips |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball 3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MS, EV 70.6 MPH) (infield hit) |
| Batting: LHB Ryan O'Hearn |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 86.2 MPH) Brett Phillips to second |
| Batting: RHB Jorge Soler |
0-0: Ball 1-0: DOUBLE (Flyball, 78D, EV 98.1 MPH) Brett Phillips scores |
| Batting: RHB Hunter Dozier |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 15S, EV 68.8 MPH) (infield hit) Jorge Soler to third |
| Batting: LHB Nicky Lopez |
0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 106.2 MPH) Jorge Soler scores Hunter Dozier to second |
| Batting: SHB Adalberto Mondesi |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball 3-2: Strikes out looking |
| Top of the 1st over - 2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Kansas City 2 - Minnesota 0 | |
| BOTTOM 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: Ball 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: Ball 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: LHB Luis Arraez |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6D, EV 104.4 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Max Kepler |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LM, EV 98.1 MPH) Luis Arraez to third |
| Batting: RHB Miguel Sano |
0-0: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6, EV 101.9 MPH) Luis Arraez scores Max Kepler scores |
| Batting: RHB Nelson Cruz |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: SINGLE (Flyball, 9LS, EV 83.8 MPH) Miguel Sano to third Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by RF |
| Batting: SHB Jorge Polanco |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 101.2 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Jake Cave |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Strikes out looking |
| Bottom of the 1st over - 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Kansas City 2 - Minnesota 3 | |
| TOP OF THE 2ND - Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Jake Odorizzi | |
| Batting: RHB Salvador Perez |
0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: LHB Alex Gordon |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LM, EV 76.2 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Whit Merrifield |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: Ball 3-2: Base on Balls |
| Batting: LHB Brett Phillips |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7S, EV 86.9 MPH) Whit Merrifield to second |
| Batting: LHB Ryan O'Hearn |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball Wild Pitch! Whit Merrifield to third Brett Phillips to second 2-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LM, EV 105.0 MPH) |
| Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Kansas City 2 - Minnesota 3 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 2ND - Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Brad Keller | |
| Batting: RHB Willians Astudillo |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: SINGLE (Flyball, 78S, EV 95.6 MPH) |
| Batting: SHB Ehire Adrianza |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Called Strike 3-1: Called Strike 3-2: Strikes out looking |
| Batting: RHB Byron Buxton |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Called Strike Willians Astudillo steals 2nd base 0-2: Ball 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Strikes out looking |
| Batting: LHB Luis Arraez |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Swinging Strike 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 111.2 MPH) Willians Astudillo to third Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to home |
| Batting: LHB Max Kepler |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Called Strike 3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 89S, EV 93.8 MPH) |
| Bottom of the 2nd over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Kansas City 2 - Minnesota 4 | |
| TOP OF THE 3RD - Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Jake Odorizzi | |
| Batting: RHB Jorge Soler |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Ball 2-1: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6, EV 105.0 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Hunter Dozier |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6M, EV 103.1 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Nicky Lopez |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: Ball 3-2: Strikes out swinging, 2-3 out at first. |
| Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 left on base; Kansas City 2 - Minnesota 4 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 3RD - Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Brad Keller | |
| Batting: RHB Miguel Sano |
0-0: Ball 1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6D, EV 96.9 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Nelson Cruz |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 78.8 MPH) |
| Batting: SHB Jorge Polanco |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Base on Balls |
| Batting: LHB Jake Cave |
0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 34D, EV 104.4 MPH) Jorge Polanco to second |
| Batting: RHB Willians Astudillo |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78D, EV 98.1 MPH) |
| Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Kansas City 2 - Minnesota 4 | |
| TOP OF THE 4TH - Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Jake Odorizzi | |
| Batting: SHB Adalberto Mondesi |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Fly out, F6 (Flyball, 6D, EV 74.4 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Salvador Perez |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 103.8 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Alex Gordon |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Swinging Strike 2-2: Ball 3-2: Strikes out looking |
| Batting: RHB Whit Merrifield |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4S, EV 72.5 MPH) |
| Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Kansas City 2 - Minnesota 4 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 4TH - Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Brad Keller | |
| Batting: SHB Ehire Adrianza |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56D, EV 107.5 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Byron Buxton |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 79.4 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Luis Arraez |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Fly out, F5 (Line Drive, 5, EV 73.8 MPH) |
| Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Kansas City 2 - Minnesota 4 | |
| TOP OF THE 5TH - Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Jake Odorizzi | |
| Batting: LHB Brett Phillips |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Strikes out looking |
| Batting: LHB Ryan O'Hearn |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4, EV 72.5 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Jorge Soler |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Kansas City 2 - Minnesota 4 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 5TH - Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Brad Keller | |
| Batting: LHB Max Kepler |
0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 95.6 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Miguel Sano |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball 3-2: Base on Balls |
| Pitching: RHP Brady Singer | |
| Batting: RHB Nelson Cruz |
0-0: Called Strike Miguel Sano steals 2nd base 0-1: Ball 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 87.5 MPH) |
| Batting: SHB Jorge Polanco |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Strikes out looking |
| Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Kansas City 2 - Minnesota 4 | |
| TOP OF THE 6TH - Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Jake Odorizzi | |
| Batting: RHB Hunter Dozier |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Called Strike 3-1: Base on Balls |
| Batting: LHB Nicky Lopez |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 90.6 MPH) |
| Batting: SHB Adalberto Mondesi |
0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78D, EV 108.8 MPH) |
| Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Kansas City 2 - Minnesota 4 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 6TH - Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Brady Singer | |
| Batting: LHB Jake Cave |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: RHB Willians Astudillo |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 106.2 MPH) |
| Batting: SHB Ehire Adrianza |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 3S, EV 78.1 MPH) |
| Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Kansas City 2 - Minnesota 4 | |
| TOP OF THE 7TH - Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Jake Odorizzi | |
| Pitching: RHP Sergio Romo | |
| Batting: RHB Salvador Perez |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89D, EV 98.8 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Alex Gordon | 0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 84.4 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Whit Merrifield |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 83.1 MPH) |
| Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Kansas City 2 - Minnesota 4 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 7TH - Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Brady Singer | |
| Batting: RHB Byron Buxton |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89M, EV 92.5 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Luis Arraez |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Called Strike 3-1: Base on Balls |
| Batting: LHB Max Kepler |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Fly out, F5 (Flyball, 5D, EV 94.4 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Miguel Sano |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Kansas City 2 - Minnesota 4 | |
| TOP OF THE 8TH - Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Sergio Romo | |
| Batting: LHB Brett Phillips |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Strikes out looking |
| Batting: LHB Ryan O'Hearn |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 102.5 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Jorge Soler |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Pitching: LHP Taylor Rogers | |
| Batting: RHB Hunter Dozier |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LD, EV 109.4 MPH) Ryan O'Hearn scores |
| Batting: LHB Nicky Lopez |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Ball 2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 108.1 MPH) Hunter Dozier to third Runner from 3rd tries for Home, throw by LF and OUT! 7-2 |
| Top of the 8th over - 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Kansas City 3 - Minnesota 4 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 8TH - Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Brady Singer | |
| Batting: RHB Nelson Cruz |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89M, EV 76.9 MPH) |
| Batting: SHB Jorge Polanco |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 84.4 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Jake Cave |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Called Strike 3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 107.5 MPH) |
| Pitching: LHP Richard Lovelady | |
| Batting: RHB Willians Astudillo |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 5-4 (Groundball, 5L, EV 85.0 MPH) |
| Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Kansas City 3 - Minnesota 4 | |
| TOP OF THE 9TH - Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : LHP Taylor Rogers | |
| Batting: SHB Adalberto Mondesi |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7LS, EV 101.2 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Salvador Perez |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: LHB Alex Gordon |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89D, EV 90.0 MPH) Runner from 1st tags up, OUT at 2nd! 9-6 |
| Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Kansas City 3 - Minnesota 4 | |




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