KC 5, MIN 6 | Aug 5, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Sunday, August 5, 2018•Target Field•85°F, Cloudy

Royals

MIN

Twins

Final

WIN

Gabriel Moya

LOSS

Danny Duffy

SAVE

Fernando Rodney

The Twins edged the Royals 6-5 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Whit Merrifield4-for-5, 2 RBI

★Jake Cave4 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 2: Jake Cave hits a grand slam (4) to right center field. Miguel Sano scores. Logan Forsythe scores. Ehire Adrianza scores.

Weather: 85°F, CloudyWind: 10 mph, Out To LFFirst pitch: 6:10 PM UTCT: 2:53Att: 25,390Venue: Target Field

Ump Audit

Bill Miller

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94.4%B

8 missed calls

+4.1% KC

No run favor

Win Probability

MIN WinKC Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	12	0
MIN	0	4	0	2	0	0	0

Game 531086 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit Merrifield2B	5	1	4	2	0	0	.307/.375/.436	103.7	.527	.629
Alex GordonLF	4	1	2	1	1	1	.250/.322/.357	103.8	.436	.415
Adalberto MondesiPR	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269/.283/.413	-	-	-
Lucas DudaDH	4	1	1	2	1	3	.235/.307/.401	104.9	.940	.1772
Rosell Herrera3B	5	0	1	0	0	0	.257/.291/.358	96.5	.304	.282
Brett PhillipsCF	4	0	0	0	0	3	.188/.250/.333	69.8	.140	.150
Jorge BonifacioRF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.200/.286/.330	91.6	.187	.168
Hunter Dozier1B	1	0	1	0	0	0	.213/.271/.342	75.9	-	-
Alcides EscobarSS	4	2	2	0	0	1	.200/.251/.273	96.5	.518	.483
Bench
Salvador PerezC	5	0	1	0	0	1	.232/.270/.432	100.8	.214	.218
Ryan O'Hearn1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.125/.263/.313
Totals	39	5	12	5	2	10	-	-	-	-

HR:Duda (1st off Santana, 1 on, 2 out); Merrifield (7th off Hildenberger, 1 on, 0 out)

2B:Escobar

TB:19

RBI:Duda 2; Merrifield 2; Gordon

SB:Mondesi 2; Duda; Dozier

CS:Merrifield

Team LOB:9

Minnesota Twins

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Logan Morrison1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195/.289/.387	-	-	-

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Danny DuffyL	6.0	8	6	6	1	6	1	103-69	87	4.70
Tim Hill	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	11-9	87.7	5.29
Kevin McCarthy	0.2	2	0	0	1	0	0	20-11	90.4	3.74
Wily Peralta	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	80.4	3.07
Totals	8.0	11	6	6	2	7	1	135-90	-	-

Inherited runners-scored:Peralta 2-0

Pitches-strikes:Duffy 103-69; Hill 11-9; McCarthy 20-11; Peralta 1-1

Groundouts-flyouts:Duffy 4-7; Hill 2-0; McCarthy 1-0; Peralta 1-0

Minnesota Twins

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Ervin Santana	4.1	7	3	3	1	3	1	78-52	84.6	6.14

Scoring Plays

Top 1 • KC

2-0

Lucas Duda homers (10) on a fly ball to center field. Alex Gordon scores.

EV: 104.9 mph💣 431 ftLA: 25°

Bot 2 • MIN

2-4

Jake Cave hits a grand slam (4) to right center field. Miguel Sano scores. Logan Forsythe scores. Ehire Adrianza scores.

EV: 108.7 mph💣 402 ftLA: 21°

Bot 4 • MIN

2-5

Ehire Adrianza singles on a ground ball to center fielder Brett Phillips. Max Kepler scores. Ehire Adrianza to 2nd.

EV: 98.8 mph21 ftLA: -5°

2-6

Robbie Grossman doubles (17) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Alex Gordon. Ehire Adrianza scores.

EV: 102.8 mph342 ftLA: 16°

Top 5 • KC

3-6

Alex Gordon singles on a ground ball to right fielder Robbie Grossman. Alcides Escobar scores. Whit Merrifield to 2nd.

EV: 99.8 mph40 ftLA: -2°

Top 7 • KC

5-6

Whit Merrifield homers (7) on a fly ball to left center field. Alcides Escobar scores.

EV: 103.7 mph💣 421 ftLA: 34°

Inherited runners-scored:Moya 2-0; May 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Santana 78-52; Moya 16-11; Hildenberger 13-9; Rogers 13-8; May 7-5; Rodney 20-12

Groundouts-flyouts:Santana 3-7; Moya 1-2; Hildenberger 1-1; Rogers 1-0; May 0-0; Rodney 1-0

Bench
Robbie GrossmanRF	4	0	2	1	0	1	.253/.332/.365	102.8	.528	.534
Ervin SantanaP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Gabriel MoyaP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Trevor HildenbergerP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Taylor RogersP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Trevor MayP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Fernando RodneyP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-