KC 4, MIN 5 | Jun 15, 2019 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, June 15, 2019•Target Field•71°F, Overcast

Royals

MIN

Twins

Final

WIN

Jake Odorizzi

LOSS

Glenn Sparkman

SAVE

Taylor Rogers

The Twins edged the Royals 5-4 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Whit Merrifield4-for-5, 1 RBI

Key Moment

Top 5: Whit Merrifield homers (8) on a fly ball to left field.

Weather: 71°F, OvercastWind: 9 mph, In From CFFirst pitch: 11:10 PM UTCT: 3:09Att: 39,267Venue: Target Field

Ump Audit

Angel Hernandez

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87.9%D

17 missed calls

+40.0% KC

+1.74 runs MIN

Win Probability

MIN WinKC Win

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

Game 566994 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit MerrifieldRF	5	2	4	1	0	0	.302/.350/.495	103.9	.650	.785
Adalberto MondesiSS	4	1	1	0	1	1	.277/.311/.457	95.5	.275	.263
Alex GordonLF	4	0	0	0	1	2	.266/.349/.463	100.9	.339	.621
Jorge SolerDH	4	1	2	2	1	1	.248/.302/.519	114.4	.402	.715
Lucas Duda1B	3	0	0	1	0	0	.154/.270/.288	101.8	.147	.111
Cheslor Cuthbert3B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.286/.327/.510	81.3	.045	.040
Nicky Lopez2B	4	0	1	0	0	2	.211/.252/.303	95.4	.278	.251
Martín MaldonadoC	4	0	0	0	0	0	.198/.281/.267	92.7	.027	.026
Billy HamiltonCF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.223/.300/.277	87.1	.439	.404
Bench
Glenn SparkmanP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Scott BarlowP							.000/.000/.000	-	-
Totals	36	4	8	4	3	9	-	-	-	-

HR:Soler (1st off Odorizzi, 1 on, 2 out); Merrifield (5th off Odorizzi, 0 on, 0 out)

TB:14

RBI:Soler 2; Duda; Merrifield

SF:Duda

GIDP:Maldonado

Team LOB:9

Minnesota Twins

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Max KeplerCF	3	1	1	1	1	0	.266/.350/.549	103.7	.425

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Glenn SparkmanL	5.0	5	5	4	2	3	2	88-56	88.5	4.01
Scott Barlow	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	12-8	86.7	5.35
Wily Peralta	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14-10	87.9	4.50
Brad Boxberger	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12-8	84.4	4.85
Totals	8.0	7	5	4	3	4	2	126-82	-	-

IBB:Barlow

Inherited runners-scored:Barlow 1-1

Pitches-strikes:Sparkman 88-56; Barlow 12-8; Peralta 14-10; Boxberger 12-8

Groundouts-flyouts:Sparkman 4-8; Barlow 1-2; Peralta 1-1; Boxberger 2-1

Minnesota Twins

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jake OdorizziW	6.0	7	4	4	2	7	2	92-66	90.5	2.24

Top 1 • KC

2-0

Jorge Soler homers (18) on a line drive to left field. Whit Merrifield scores.

EV: 114.4 mph💣 462 ftLA: 24°

Bot 4 • MIN

2-1

Max Kepler homers (17) on a line drive to right field.

EV: 103.7 mph💣 382 ftLA: 22°

Top 5 • KC

4-1

Lucas Duda out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Marwin Gonzalez. Adalberto Mondesi scores.

EV: 85.6 mph323 ftLA: 28°

3-1

Whit Merrifield homers (8) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 103.9 mph💣 387 ftLA: 27°

Bot 5 • MIN

4-3

Marwin Gonzalez homers (9) on a fly ball to right center field. Mitch Garver scores.

EV: 109.2 mph💣 410 ftLA: 22°

4-4

Jorge Polanco doubles (21) on a line drive to left fielder Alex Gordon. Ehire Adrianza scores. Max Kepler to 3rd.

EV: 91.5 mph273 ftLA: 15°

Bot 6 • MIN

4-5

C.J. Cron doubles (15) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Alex Gordon. Eddie Rosario scores. Marwin Gonzalez to 3rd.

EV: 109.8 mph351 ftLA: 17°

Bench
Jake OdorizziP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Trevor MayP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Blake ParkerP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Ryne HarperP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Taylor RogersP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-