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Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins

2019-09-19 · Night game · Target Field · Att: 24565 · 82°F, cloudy · Wind 5 mph from CF · 3:37

Minnesota Twins defeated Kansas City Royals 8–5. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 2nd — Nicky Lopez singles on a line drive to left fielder Luis Arraez. Erick Mejia scores. Meibrys Viloria to 2nd. Minnesota Twins took the lead in the 3rd — Miguel Sano homers (31) on a fly ball to left field. Kansas City Royals took the lead in the 5th — Meibrys Viloria out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Luis Arraez. Alex Gordon scores. Minnesota Twins took the lead in the 5th — Miguel Sano doubles (19) on a line drive to center fielder Erick Mejia. Eddie Rosario scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Nelson Cruz homers (38) on a fly ball to right field. Mitch Garver scores. Jorge Polanco scores — worth 20% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Mike Montgomery (P): Balls and Strikes.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	10
MIN	0	0	4	0	2	0	2	0		8	10

W: Lewis Thorpe L: Jacob Barnes SV: Taylor Rogers

Umpires — HP: Manny Gonzalez · 1B: Sam Holbrook · 2B: Jim Wolf · 3B: Roberto Ortiz · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whit Merrifield	4	0	1	0	1	1
Adalberto Mondesi	4	0	0	2	1	2
Jorge Soler	3	0	0	1	1	2
Hunter Dozier	5	0	0	0	0	3
Alex Gordon	5	1	2	0	0	0
Ryan McBroom	5	0	2	0	0	3
Erick Mejia	2	1	1	0	2	0
Meibrys Viloria	2	1	1	1	1	0
Nicky Lopez	4	2	3	1	0	0

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mitch Garver	3	3	2	1	2	1
Jorge Polanco	5	1	1	0	0	1
Nelson Cruz	4	2	2	5	0	0
Eddie Rosario	4	1	2	0	0	1
Miguel Sano	3	1	2	2	1	0
Marwin Gonzalez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Luis Arraez	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jonathan Schoop	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ryan LaMarre	3	0	1	0	1	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Montgomery	4.0	7	1	3
Jacob Barnes	1.0	2	0	0
Heath Fillmyer	1.0	0	0	2
Jake Newberry	1.0	1	2	2
Josh Staumont	1.0	0	2	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kyle Gibson	1.2	3	4	2
Zack Littell	0.1	0	0	0
Lewis Thorpe	4.0	6	1	4
Tyler Duffey	1.0	0	0	1
Trevor May	0.2	1	1	2
Sergio Romo	0.1	0	0	0
Taylor Rogers	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Whit Merrifield: 43/G4
Adalberto Mondesi: K
Jorge Soler: C/E2/
Hunter Dozier: K

Bot 1

Mitch Garver: K
Jorge Polanco: K
Nelson Cruz: 13/G-

Top 2

Alex Gordon: 63/G4
Ryan McBroom: S5/G5
Erick Mejia: W.1-2
Meibrys Viloria: S7/L6D-.2XH(72/TH);1-3(TH)
Nicky Lopez: S7/L7S.3-H;1-2
Whit Merrifield: W.2-3;1-2
Adalberto Mondesi: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Jorge Soler: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Hunter Dozier: 53/G5+

Bot 2

Eddie Rosario: S8/L4MD-
Miguel Sano: 8/L8LD+
Marwin Gonzalez: 54(1)/FO/G56+
Luis Arraez: W.1-2
Jonathan Schoop: 7/F78D

Top 3

Alex Gordon: S9/G34+
Ryan McBroom: K
Erick Mejia: S5/G56S-.1-2
Meibrys Viloria: 6(1)3/GDP/G6M

Bot 3

Ryan LaMarre: 8/F8LXD+
Mitch Garver: S7/L56+
Jorge Polanco: D8/F9D+.1-3
Nelson Cruz: HR/F9D+.3-H;2-H
Eddie Rosario: 8/F8LXD+
Miguel Sano: HR/F7LD+
Marwin Gonzalez: 43/G4MD

Top 4

Nicky Lopez: S68/G6M
Whit Merrifield: S9/L4D+.1-3
Adalberto Mondesi: 64(1)/FO/G56+.3-H
Jorge Soler: K
Hunter Dozier: 63/G56+

Bot 4

Luis Arraez: 31/G34S-
Jonathan Schoop: K
Ryan LaMarre: S7/G56+
Mitch Garver: CS2(24)

Top 5

Alex Gordon: S9/L89S+
Ryan McBroom: D7/L7LD+.1-3
Erick Mejia: W
Meibrys Viloria: 7/SF/F78M.3-H
Nicky Lopez: 7/F7D
Whit Merrifield: 8/F89D

Bot 5

Mitch Garver: HR/F8LXD+
Jorge Polanco: 7/F7M
Nelson Cruz: 63/G6+
Eddie Rosario: S9/G34+
Miguel Sano: D8/F78D+.1-H
Marwin Gonzalez: 13/G13

Top 6

Adalberto Mondesi: 2/F2R-
Jorge Soler: K
Hunter Dozier: K

Bot 6

Luis Arraez: 63/G6+
Jonathan Schoop: K
Ryan LaMarre: K

Top 7

Alex Gordon: 8/L8LXD+
Ryan McBroom: K
Erick Mejia: 13/G-

Bot 7

Mitch Garver: W
Jorge Polanco: 9/F9D
Nelson Cruz: HR/F8LXD+.1-H
Eddie Rosario: K
Miguel Sano: W
Marwin Gonzalez: K

Top 8

Meibrys Viloria: W
Nicky Lopez: S8/G4M+.1-2
Whit Merrifield: K
Adalberto Mondesi: K
Jorge Soler: 63/G56

Bot 8

Luis Arraez: 13/G13-
Jonathan Schoop: 9/F9LSF
Ryan LaMarre: W
Mitch Garver: W.1-2
Jorge Polanco: 7/F78D

Top 9

Hunter Dozier: K
Alex Gordon: 8/L8LD+
Ryan McBroom: K

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