MIN 6, KC 2 | Sep 27, 2019 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, September 28, 2019•Kauffman Stadium•85°F, Cloudy

MIN

Twins

Royals

Completed Early: Rain

WIN

José Berríos

LOSS

Eric Skoglund

The Twins defeated the Royals 6-2.

★Nelson Cruz3-for-4, 1 RBI

Key Moment

Top 2: Miguel Sano homers (34) on a fly ball to left center field. Ronald Torreyes scores.

Weather: 85°F, CloudyWind: 13 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 12:15 AM UTCT: 1:54Att: 15,389Venue: Kauffman Stadium

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93.0%B

7 missed calls

No WPA favor

+0.14 runs KC

Win Probability

KC WinMIN Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	x	x	6	11	0
KC	1	0	0	0	1	0

Game 565780 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Minnesota Twins

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Miguel Sanó3B	4	2	2	2	0	1	.246/.344/.577	108.9	.853	.1159
Jake CaveRF	2	1	1	0	2	0	.253/.348/.433	94.6	.533	.500
Nelson CruzDH	4	0	3	1	0	0	.309/.391/.631	106.2	.200	.186
Eddie RosarioLF	4	0	1	1	0	0	.278/.302/.504	98.2	.261	.243
Willians AstudilloC	4	0	0	0	0	0	.266/.298/.375	98.4	.253	.248
C.J. Cron1B	4	1	1	0	0	0	.253/.311/.465	107.3	.247	.231
Jonathan Schoop2B	3	0	1	0	0	1	.256/.305/.478	98.8	.478	.458
Ryan LaMarreCF	3	1	2	2	0	1	.227/.320/.500	97.6	.359	.544
Ronald TorreyesSS	3	1	0	0	0	0	.167/.231/.167	89.1	.056	.067
Bench
José BerríosP							.000/.200/.000	-	-	-
Totals	31	6	11	6	2	3	-	-	-	-

HR:Sanó (2nd off Skoglund, 1 on, 2 out); LaMarre (3rd off Skoglund, 1 on, 2 out)

2B:Schoop

TB:18

RBI:Sanó 2; Rosario; Cruz; LaMarre 2

SB:LaMarre

GIDP:Cron

Team LOB:6

Kansas City Royals

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Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit Merrifield2B	3	2	2	0	0	0	.301/.347/.462	100.1	.577

Pitching

Minnesota Twins

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
José BerríosW	6.0	6	2	2	2	9	0	99-61	89.3	3.68
Totals	6.0	6	2	2	2	9	0	99-61	-	-

WP:Berríos

Pitches-strikes:Berríos 99-61

Groundouts-flyouts:Berríos 5-4

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Eric SkoglundL	3.0	9	6	6	1	2	2	59-36	86.6	9.00

Top 1 • MIN

2-0

Eddie Rosario singles on a line drive to right fielder Ryan McBroom. Jake Cave scores. Nelson Cruz to 2nd.

EV: 98.2 mph247 ftLA: 14°

1-0

Nelson Cruz singles on a ground ball to left fielder Alex Gordon, deflected by shortstop Nicky Lopez. Miguel Sano scores. Jake Cave to 3rd.

EV: 106.2 mph10 ftLA: -9°

Bot 1 • KC

2-1

Alex Gordon grounds out, second baseman Jonathan Schoop to first baseman C. J. Cron. Whit Merrifield scores. Hunter Dozier to 3rd.

EV: 95.1 mph73 ftLA: 2°

Top 2 • MIN

4-1

Miguel Sano homers (34) on a fly ball to left center field. Ronald Torreyes scores.

EV: 108.9 mph💣 439 ftLA: 32°

Top 3 • MIN

6-1

Ryan LaMarre homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field. C.J. Cron scores.

EV: 97.6 mph💣 409 ftLA: 28°

Bot 5 • KC

6-2

Jorge Soler out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Jake Cave. Whit Merrifield scores.

EV: 89.8 mph295 ftLA: 45°

Bench
Eric SkoglundP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Tim HillP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Kevin McCarthyP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jake NewberryP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Kyle ZimmerP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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