KC 9, MIN 11 | Aug 2, 2019 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, August 3, 2019•Target Field•83°F, Partly Cloudy

Royals

MIN

Twins

Final

WIN

Trevor May

LOSS

Richard Lovelady

SAVE

Sergio Romo

The Twins defeated the Royals 11-9.

★Jorge Soler3-for-5, 1 RBI

★Whit Merrifield3-for-5, 0 RBI

★Hunter Dozier2 HR, 2 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 7: Nelson Cruz doubles (19) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Bubba Starling. Max Kepler scores. Jorge Polanco scores.

Weather: 83°F, Partly CloudyWind: 7 mph, Out To LFFirst pitch: 12:10 AM UTCT: 3:14Att: 32,431Venue: Target Field

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87.3%D

20 missed calls

+6.6% KC

+0.23 runs MIN

Win Probability

MIN WinKC Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	3	0	9	15	0
MIN	2	2	0	0	2	0	5

Game 567014 • 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	3	0	0	1	.303/.358/.484	102.8	.291	.301
Alex GordonLF	5	0	0	0	0	1	.278/.351/.434	95.5	.146	.163
Hunter DozierRF	5	2	2	2	0	0	.283/.369/.538	101.3	.492	.733
Jorge SolerDH	5	2	3	1	0	1	.250/.330/.512	113.7	.561	.636
Cheslor Cuthbert3B	5	2	3	0	0	0	.296/.332/.438	107	.611	.589
Bubba StarlingCF	3	1	1	1	0	2	.279/.313/.361	89.6	.279	.252
Ryan O'Hearn1B	1	0	0	0	0	1	.177/.273/.310	63.8	-	-
Nicky LopezSS	4	0	0	0	0	0	.220/.261/.287	92.2	.079	.085
Cam GallagherC	4	1	2	2	0	0	.244/.319/.374	101.2	.211	.225
Bench
Humberto ArteagaSS	3	0	1	1	0	1	.197/.250/.225	95.2	.175	.200
Glenn SparkmanP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	40	9	15	7	0	7	-	-	-	-

HR:Dozier (4th off Pérez, 0 on, 0 out); Gallagher (5th off Pérez, 0 on, 0 out); Dozier (5th off Pérez, 0 on, 2 out)

2B:Soler; Merrifield; Cuthbert; Arteaga

TB:28

RBI:Soler; Starling; Gallagher 2; Dozier 2; Arteaga

SB:Merrifield

CS:Arteaga

Team LOB:5

Minnesota Twins

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Max KeplerCF	3	3	2	1	2	0	.268/.344/.558	108.8	.222

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Glenn Sparkman	4.2	6	6	6	3	4	1	82-51	88.8	5.58
Richard LoveladyL	1.1	1	2	2	1	0	0	21-11	90.7	5.06
Kyle Zimmer	0.0	3	3	3	0	0	0	15-8	93	7.50
Tim Hill	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	15-10	84.3	3.38
Kevin McCarthy	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	16-7	88.8	4.81
Totals	8.0	11	11	11	5	6	1	149-87	-	-

WP:Sparkman

Inherited runners-scored:Lovelady 2-0; Zimmer 2-2; Hill 2-2

Pitches-strikes:Sparkman 82-51; Lovelady 21-11; Zimmer 15-8; Hill 15-10; McCarthy 16-7

Groundouts-flyouts:Sparkman 6-4; Lovelady 2-2; Zimmer 0-0; Hill 2-0; McCarthy 1-1

Minnesota Twins

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Martín Pérez	5.0	7	5	5	0	3	3	68-41	90.1	4.58

Top 1 • KC

1-0

Jorge Soler singles on a ground ball to left fielder Eddie Rosario. Whit Merrifield scores.

EV: 97.4 mph73 ftLA: 3°

Bot 1 • MIN

1-2

Nelson Cruz homers (27) on a fly ball to left center field. Max Kepler scores.

EV: 106.2 mph💣 412 ftLA: 35°

Bot 2 • MIN

1-3

Ehire Adrianza out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Alex Gordon. Luis Arraez scores.

EV: 85.4 mph246 ftLA: 52°

1-4

Max Kepler doubles (27) on a fly ball to shortstop Humberto Arteaga, deflected by left fielder Alex Gordon. Jason Castro scores.

EV: 80.4 mph212 ftLA: 58°

Top 4 • KC

3-4

Humberto Arteaga strikes out swinging.

2-4

Hunter Dozier homers (17) on a fly ball to right center field.

EV: 100.8 mph💣 370 ftLA: 30°

Top 5 • KC

5-4

Hunter Dozier homers (18) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 101.3 mph💣 408 ftLA: 29°

4-4

Cam Gallagher homers (3) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 96.9 mph💣 348 ftLA: 39°

Bot 5 • MIN

5-5

Nelson Cruz doubles (18) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Bubba Starling. Max Kepler scores. Jorge Polanco to 3rd.

EV: 112.4 mph422 ftLA: 19°

5-6

Eddie Rosario singles on a fly ball to right fielder Whit Merrifield. Jorge Polanco scores. Nelson Cruz to 3rd.

EV: 92.5 mph338 ftLA: 26°

Top 6 • KC

6-6

Humberto Arteaga doubles (2) on a line drive to left fielder Eddie Rosario. Cheslor Cuthbert scores.

EV: 95.2 mph290 ftLA: 20°

Bot 7 • MIN

6-8

Nelson Cruz doubles (19) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Bubba Starling. Max Kepler scores. Jorge Polanco scores.

EV: 103.9 mph391 ftLA: 28°

6-9

Miguel Sano singles on a line drive to center fielder Bubba Starling. Nelson Cruz scores. Eddie Rosario to 3rd.

EV: 96.5 mph270 ftLA: 13°

6-10

Luis Arraez grounds out to first baseman Cheslor Cuthbert. Eddie Rosario scores. Miguel Sano to 2nd.

EV: 65.4 mph45 ftLA: 2°

6-11

Jason Castro singles on a ground ball to shortstop Humberto Arteaga. Miguel Sano scores.

Top 8 • KC

9-11

Cam Gallagher singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Max Kepler. Bubba Starling scores.

EV: 100.5 mph12 ftLA: -13°

8-11

Bubba Starling singles on a ground ball to third baseman Miguel Sano. Jorge Soler scores. Cheslor Cuthbert scores. Bubba Starling to 2nd. Throwing error by third baseman Miguel Sano.

EV: 41.5 mph5 ftLA: -43°

Bench
Martín PérezP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Lewis ThorpeP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Trevor MayP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Sam DysonP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Sergio RomoP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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