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Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

2018-09-15 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 19505 · 89°F, sunny · Wind 7 mph R to L · 3:04

Kansas City Royals defeated Minnesota Twins 10–3. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 1st — Alex Gordon grounds out, shortstop Ehire Adrianza to first baseman Joe Mauer. Whit Merrifield scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 4th: Alcides Escobar triples (3) on a fly ball to right fielder Max Kepler. Rosell Herrera scores — worth 14% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Paul Molitor (M): Arguing bunt attempt.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	11
KCA	1	1	0	4	0	2	2	0		10	15

W: Ian Kennedy L: Chase De Jong SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ben May · 1B: Cory Blaser · 2B: Stu Scheurwater · 3B: Gary Cederstrom · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Mauer	3	0	1	0	1	1
Logan Forsythe	5	0	2	1	0	0
Eddie Rosario	5	0	1	0	0	1
Robbie Grossman	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jake Cave	4	1	1	0	0	3
Willians Astudillo	4	0	2	0	0	0
Max Kepler	2	1	0	1	1	0
Ehire Adrianza	4	0	1	1	0	0
Gregorio Petit	4	1	1	0	0	0
Johnny Field	1	0	1	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whit Merrifield	4	2	2	0	1	0
Adalberto Mondesi	5	1	1	0	0	1
Alex Gordon	5	0	3	5	0	0
Salvador Perez	5	0	0	0	0	1
Ryan O'Hearn	5	0	0	0	0	3
Jorge Bonifacio	4	1	1	0	0	2
Rosell Herrera	4	2	2	0	0	0
Alcides Escobar	4	2	3	3	0	1
Cam Gallagher	4	2	3	1	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chase De Jong	3.1	8	0	4
Gabriel Moya	0.2	2	0	0
Zack Littell	2.2	4	1	3
Addison Reed	0.1	1	0	1
Matt Belisle	1.0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ian Kennedy	6.0	6	2	4
Tim Hill	1.0	3	0	1
Glenn Sparkman	2.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Joe Mauer: D8/L78D+
Logan Forsythe: 63/G6
Eddie Rosario: K
Robbie Grossman: 6/F6D-

Bot 1

Whit Merrifield: D8/L8LM
Adalberto Mondesi: 43/G4.2-3
Alex Gordon: 63/G4+.3-H
Salvador Perez: K

Top 2

Jake Cave: K
Willians Astudillo: 8/F8RD
Max Kepler: W
Ehire Adrianza: PO1(E1).1-2
Ehire Adrianza: S9/L9S.2-H(UR);B-2
Gregorio Petit: 63/G6-

Bot 2

Ryan O'Hearn: K
Jorge Bonifacio: S8/F8LM
Rosell Herrera: 3/G34S.1-2
Alcides Escobar: S8/L8RM.2-H
Cam Gallagher: S7/L5D.1-3
Whit Merrifield: 2/F23F-

Top 3

Joe Mauer: 8/L78D+
Logan Forsythe: 53/G5
Eddie Rosario: 7/F78D+

Bot 3

Adalberto Mondesi: 3/G3
Alex Gordon: S8/L8LM
Salvador Perez: 7/F7LS
Ryan O'Hearn: K

Top 4

Robbie Grossman: S4/G34
Jake Cave: K
Willians Astudillo: 8/F8LD
Max Kepler: 8/F8RXD+

Bot 4

Jorge Bonifacio: K
Rosell Herrera: S9/L34D
Alcides Escobar: T9/F9LD.1-H
Cam Gallagher: POCSH(2E5).3-H(NR)(UR)
Cam Gallagher: D7/F8LM
Whit Merrifield: 53/G56S+
Adalberto Mondesi: S7/L56D+.2-3
Alex Gordon: SB2
Alex Gordon: D7/L5D+.3-H(UR);2-H(TUR)
Salvador Perez: 63/G56+

Top 5

Ehire Adrianza: 3/G3
Gregorio Petit: S9/L9S
Joe Mauer: W.1-2
Logan Forsythe: S9/L4D+.2-H;1-3
Eddie Rosario: 4/F34
Robbie Grossman: 8/F8RD

Bot 5

Ryan O'Hearn: 7/F78D
Jorge Bonifacio: K
Rosell Herrera: 43/G4

Top 6

Jake Cave: K
Willians Astudillo: S7/L7S
Max Kepler: 9/F9D+
Ehire Adrianza: 43/G34

Bot 6

Alcides Escobar: K
Cam Gallagher: E6/G56+
Whit Merrifield: W.1-2
Adalberto Mondesi: 53/G5S.2-3;1-2
Alex Gordon: D7/L7LS.3-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Salvador Perez: 7/F78M

Top 7

Gregorio Petit: 1
Joe Mauer: K
Logan Forsythe: S5/G5S
Eddie Rosario: S39/L34S+.1-3
Robbie Grossman: 23/G13S-

Bot 7

Ryan O'Hearn: K
Jorge Bonifacio: 9/F89S-
Rosell Herrera: S8/G4+
Alcides Escobar: D7/G5+.1-H
Cam Gallagher: S7/L78S.2-H
Whit Merrifield: D8/L89D+.1-3
Adalberto Mondesi: K

Top 8

Jake Cave: S8/L6MD+
Willians Astudillo: S8/G4M+.1-3
Max Kepler: 8/SF/F8LD.3-H
Ehire Adrianza: 5/F25F-/DP.1X1(53)

Bot 8

Alex Gordon: 31/G3-
Salvador Perez: 53/G5+
Ryan O'Hearn: 43/G34

Top 9

Gregorio Petit: 8/F8LM
Johnny Field: S9/G34
Logan Forsythe: 8/F8LM
Eddie Rosario: 8/F78D

Notes & reviews

Twins manager Molitor ejected by HP umpire May for arguing Gallagher tried to bunt the ball; 3b coach Glynn ejected by 1b umpire Blaser who denied appeal on same pitch; play was attempted squeeze but Twins botched rundown; originally scored as pickoff attempt, changed to POCSH on 09-18-2018
Mound Visit
Originally scored as single, changed to E6 on 09-18-2018, making two runs unearned
Mound Visit Injury Delay
Mound Visit

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