Minnesota Twins vs. Kansas City Royals

Aug 9, 2020

FINAL

Box Score

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

loss:

J. Berrioswin: Kansas City Royals logo

B. Singersave: Kansas City Royals logo

S. Barlow

Game Recap

KANSAS CITY -- The big league education of Royals rookie right-hander Brady Singer continues. Sunday’s lesson: Don’t try to field 100-mph grounders with your bare hand. Singer, the Royals’ No. 3 prospect per MLB Pipeline, did exactly that on a grounder from Minnesota’s Byron Buxton. Fortunately, Singer wasn’t hurt, but...

Scoring Summary

MINKC

1
Hunter Dozier singles on a ground ball to center fielder Byron Buxton. Whit Merrifield scores. Jorge Soler scores. [2 runs]
02
3
Max Kepler doubles (4) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Jorge Soler. Byron Buxton scores. Alex Avila to 3rd. [1 run]
12
3
Jorge Polanco grounds out, shortstop Adalberto Mondesi to first baseman Hunter Dozier. Alex Avila scores. [1 run] [2 outs]
22
3
Salvador Perez out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Max Kepler. Whit Merrifield scores. [1 run] [1 out]
23
6
Maikel Franco homers (4) on a fly ball to left field. [1 run]
24

Player Stats

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	HR	LOB	AVG
1Max KeplerRF	1	3	0	1	1	1	0	1	.246
2Jorge PolancoSS	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	3	.283
3Nelson CruzDH	2	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	.361
4Eddie RosarioLF	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.208
5Marwin Gonzalez3B	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	2	.318
6Miguel Sano1B	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	2	.111
7Luis Arraez2B	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.233
8Byron BuxtonCF	1	4	1	0	1	0	0	2	.235
9Alex AvilaC	1	3	1	0	2	1	0	0	.222

TOTAL	7	34	2	2	10	2	0	14	-

PITCHING	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	HR	PC	ERA
Jose BerriosRHP	5.1	8	4	4	4	3	1	96	5.31
Tyler ClippardRHP	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	1.17
Cory GearrinRHP	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	30	0.00

TOTAL	8.0	8	4	4	6	5	1	137	-

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	HR	LOB	AVG
1Whit MerrifieldCF-RF	1	3	2	0	1	1	0	1	.284
2Jorge SolerRF	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	.286
Brett PhillipsCF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280
3Salvador PerezDH	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	.319
4Hunter Dozier1B	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	4	.250
5Adalberto MondesiSS	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	.250
6Alex GordonLF	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	5	.185
7Maikel Franco3B	1	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	.258
8Nicky Lopez2B	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.257
9Cam GallagherC	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	.143
TOTAL	8	30	4	4	6	5	1	17	-

PITCHING	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	PC	ERA
Brady SingerRHP	5.0	5	2	2	4	2	95	4.50
Greg HollandRHP	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	15	2.08
Josh StaumontRHP	2.0	2	0	0	3	0	33	1.17
Scott BarlowRHP	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	12	1.80
TOTAL	9.0	7	2	2	10	2	155	-

Play-by-Play

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1st inningMINKC

TOP 1
STRIKEOUT — Max Kepler strikes out swinging. [1 out]
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LINEOUT — Jorge Polanco lines out to center fielder Whit Merrifield. [2 outs]
00
LINEOUT — Nelson Cruz lines out to left fielder Alex Gordon. [3 outs]
00
BOTTOM 1
SINGLE — Whit Merrifield singles on a fly ball to left fielder Eddie Rosario.
00
SINGLE — Jorge Soler singles on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Byron Buxton. Whit Merrifield to 2nd.
00
FLYOUT — Salvador Perez flies out sharply to left fielder Eddie Rosario. Whit Merrifield to 3rd. Jorge Soler to 2nd. [1 out]
00
SINGLE — Hunter Dozier singles on a ground ball to center fielder Byron Buxton. Whit Merrifield scores. Jorge Soler scores. [2 runs]
02
FORCEOUT — Adalberto Mondesi grounds into a force out, first baseman Miguel Sano to shortstop Jorge Polanco. Hunter Dozier out at 2nd. Adalberto Mondesi to 1st. [2 outs]
02
STOLEN BASE 2B — Adalberto Mondesi steals (4) 2nd base.
02
STRIKEOUT — Alex Gordon strikes out swinging. [3 outs]
02

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Team Stats

MIN

2Runs4

7Hits8

0Errors1

.206Batting Avg.267

34At Bats30

1Extra-base Hits3

0Home Runs1

2Runs-Batted-In4

2Walks5

0Stolen Bases1

10Strikeouts6

7Left on Base8

8Total Bases13

Game Details

Sunday, August 9, 2020 · 2:05 PM

Kauffman Stadium · Kansas City, MO

capacity: 37,903

weather: 79 degrees, partly cloudy