Kansas City Royals vs. Minnesota Twins

Sep 19, 2019

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
KC	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	10	0	10
MIN	0	0	4	0	2	0	2	0	-	8	10	1	6

loss:

J. Barneswin: Minnesota Twins logo

L. Thorpesave: Minnesota Twins logo

T. Rogers

Game Recap

MINNEAPOLIS -- It wasn’t the smoothest ride, but the Twins beat the Royals on Thursday night, as they were expected to. Miguel Sano and Mitch Garver homered while Nelson Cruz went deep twice to help Minnesota fight back from two deficits in an 8-5 victory at Target Field. The win...

Scoring Summary

KCMIN

2
Nicky Lopez singles on a line drive to left fielder Luis Arraez. Erick Mejia scores. Meibrys Viloria to 2nd. [1 run]
10
2
Adalberto Mondesi walks. Meibrys Viloria scores. Nicky Lopez to 3rd. Whit Merrifield to 2nd. [1 run]
20
2
Jorge Soler walks. Nicky Lopez scores. Whit Merrifield to 3rd. Adalberto Mondesi to 2nd. [1 run]
30
3
Nelson Cruz homers (38) on a fly ball to right field. Mitch Garver scores. Jorge Polanco scores. [3 runs]
33
3
Miguel Sano homers (31) on a fly ball to left field. [1 run]
34
4
Adalberto Mondesi grounds into a force out, shortstop Jorge Polanco to second baseman Jonathan Schoop. Nicky Lopez scores. Whit Merrifield out at 2nd. Adalberto Mondesi to 1st. [1 run] [1 out]
44
5
Meibrys Viloria out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Luis Arraez. Alex Gordon scores. [1 run] [1 out]
54
5
Mitch Garver homers (31) on a fly ball to center field. [1 run]
55
5
Miguel Sano doubles (19) on a line drive to center fielder Erick Mejia. Eddie Rosario scores. [1 run]
56
7
Nelson Cruz homers (39) on a fly ball to center field. Mitch Garver scores. [2 runs]
58

Player Stats

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	HR	LOB	AVG
1Whit MerrifieldRF	1	4	0	0	1	1	0	4	.303
2Adalberto MondesiSS	0	4	0	2	2	1	0	3	.265
3Jorge SolerDH	0	3	0	1	2	1	0	3	.256
4Hunter Dozier3B	0	5	0	0	3	0	0	5	.280
5Alex GordonLF	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.266
6Ryan McBroom1B	2	5	0	0	3	0	0	1	.271
7Erick MejiaCF	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	.222
8Meibrys ViloriaC	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	.215
9Nicky Lopez2B	3	4	2	1	0	0	0	2	.231

TOTAL	10	34	5	5	11	6	0	20	-

PITCHING	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	HR	PC	ERA
Mike MontgomeryLHP	4.0	7	5	5	3	1	3	88	5.00
Jacob BarnesRHP	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	21	6.75
Heath FillmyerRHP	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	18	7.84
Jake NewberryRHP	1.0	1	2	2	2	2	1	27	3.90
Josh StaumontRHP	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	27	4.08


TOTAL	8.0	10	8	8	7	5	4	181	-

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	HR	LOB	AVG
1Mitch GarverC	2	3	3	1	1	2	1	0	.279
2Jorge PolancoSS	1	5	1	0	1	0	0	3	.299
3Nelson CruzDH	2	4	2	5	0	0	2	0	.299
4Eddie RosarioRF	2	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	.279
5Miguel Sano3B	2	3	1	2	0	1	1	1	.242
6Marwin Gonzalez1B	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	3	.263
7Luis ArraezLF	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.346
LaMonte Wade Jr.LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161
8Jonathan Schoop2B	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	2	.255
9Ryan LaMarreCF	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	.300
TOTAL	10	33	8	8	7	5	4	9	-

PITCHING	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	PC	ERA
Kyle GibsonRHP	1.2	3	3	3	2	4	52	4.88
Zack LittellRHP	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2.97
Lewis ThorpeLHP	4.0	6	2	2	4	1	72	6.15
Tyler DuffeyRHP	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	12	2.35
Trevor MayRHP	0.2	1	0	0	2	1	20	3.13
Sergio RomoRHP	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	5	3.57
Taylor RogersLHP	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	14	2.30
TOTAL	9.0	10	5	5	11	6	179	-

Play-by-Play

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1st inningKCMIN

TOP 1
GROUNDOUT — Whit Merrifield grounds out, second baseman Jonathan Schoop to first baseman Marwin Gonzalez. [1 out]
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STRIKEOUT — Adalberto Mondesi strikes out on a foul tip. [2 outs]
00
CATCHER INTERFERENCE — Jorge Soler reaches on catcher interference by Mitch Garver. Jorge Soler to 1st.
00
STRIKEOUT — Hunter Dozier called out on strikes. [3 outs]
00
BOTTOM 1
STRIKEOUT — Mitch Garver strikes out swinging. [1 out]
00
STRIKEOUT — Jorge Polanco strikes out swinging. [2 outs]
00
GROUNDOUT — Nelson Cruz grounds out softly, pitcher Mike Montgomery to first baseman Ryan McBroom. [3 outs]
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Team Stats

MIN

5Runs8

10Hits10

0Errors1

.294Batting Avg.303

34At Bats33

1Extra-base Hits6

0Home Runs4

5Runs-Batted-In8

6Walks5

0Stolen Bases0

11Strikeouts7

10Left on Base6

11Total Bases24

Game Details

Thursday, September 19, 2019 · 7:40 PM

Target Field · Minneapolis, MN

attendance: 24,565 (63.7%)

weather: 82 degrees, partly cloudy