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Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins

2018-07-11 · Day game · Target Field · Att: 26708 · 78°F, cloudy · Wind 8 mph R to L · 3:19

Minnesota Twins defeated Kansas City Royals 8–5. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 1st — Salvador Perez homers (12) on a line drive to left center field. Jorge Bonifacio scores. Mike Moustakas scores. Minnesota Twins took the lead in the 4th — Brian Dozier singles on a soft ground ball to pitcher Glenn Sparkman. Jake Cave scores. Bobby Wilson scores. Eddie Rosario to 3rd. Brian Dozier to 2nd. Throwing error by pitcher Glenn Sparkman. The game's biggest swing came in the 4th: Brian Dozier singles on a soft ground ball to pitcher Glenn Sparkman. Jake Cave scores. Bobby Wilson scores. Eddie Rosario to 3rd. Brian Dozier to 2nd. Throwing error by pitcher Glenn Sparkman — worth 23% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Lance Lynn L: Glenn Sparkman SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ted Barrett · 1B: Lance Barksdale · 2B: Will Little · 3B: Tom Woodring · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whit Merrifield	4	0	0	0	1	2
Jorge Bonifacio	5	1	1	0	0	3
Mike Moustakas	5	3	3	2	0	0
Salvador Perez	5	1	2	3	0	2
Lucas Duda	2	0	0	0	1	2
Alex Gordon	3	0	0	0	1	0
Alcides Escobar	3	0	1	0	0	1
Adalberto Mondesi	4	0	1	0	0	1
Drew Butera	4	0	1	0	0	1

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Mauer	5	0	3	0	0	1
Eddie Rosario	4	1	1	0	1	1
Brian Dozier	5	1	3	3	0	1
Eduardo Escobar	4	0	0	0	1	0
Logan Morrison	5	1	1	1	0	2
Jorge Polanco	4	0	1	0	0	2
Max Kepler	3	2	1	0	1	0
Jake Cave	4	2	2	1	0	0
Bobby Wilson	4	1	3	2	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Burch Smith	3.1	7	1	4
Glenn Sparkman	1.2	3	2	2
Enny Romero	1.0	3	0	1
Tim Hill	1.0	2	0	0
Jason Adam	1.0	0	0	1

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lance Lynn	5.0	5	3	6
Ryan Pressly	1.0	0	0	2
Zach Duke	1.0	2	0	2
Alan Busenitz	2.0	2	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Whit Merrifield: K
Jorge Bonifacio: S8/L8LS+
Mike Moustakas: FC4/G4+.1X2(4E6);B-1
Salvador Perez: HR/F7D+.2-H(UR);1-H
Lucas Duda: K23
Alex Gordon: 63/G4M

Bot 1

Joe Mauer: S8/L6MD+
Eddie Rosario: K
Brian Dozier: 8/F8LXD+
Eduardo Escobar: 4/F9S

Top 2

Alcides Escobar: K
Adalberto Mondesi: 43/G4S-
Drew Butera: S8/L8LS+
Whit Merrifield: W.1-2
Jorge Bonifacio: K

Bot 2

Logan Morrison: K
Jorge Polanco: 5/F6D-
Max Kepler: S5/G5-
Jake Cave: T9/F9LD.1-H
Bobby Wilson: S8/L6D+.3-H
Joe Mauer: S7/F78S.1-2
Eddie Rosario: 3/G3

Top 3

Mike Moustakas: HR/F9LD+
Salvador Perez: K
Lucas Duda: W
Alex Gordon: 5/F56-
Alcides Escobar: 3/G3S

Bot 3

Brian Dozier: S5/BG5S
Eduardo Escobar: 3(B)63(1)/GDP/G3S
Logan Morrison: K

Top 4

Adalberto Mondesi: S4/G4+
Drew Butera: CS2(26)
Drew Butera: 7/L78M
Whit Merrifield: 53/G5L-

Bot 4

Jorge Polanco: K
Max Kepler: W
Jake Cave: S8/G4M+.1-3
Bobby Wilson: D7/L7LS+.3-H;1-3
Joe Mauer: K
Eddie Rosario: IW
Brian Dozier: S1/G25-.3-H;2-H(E1/TH);1-3;B-2
Eduardo Escobar: IW
Logan Morrison: 7/F7D+

Top 5

Jorge Bonifacio: K
Mike Moustakas: 9/F9M
Salvador Perez: 63/G56

Bot 5

Jorge Polanco: S8/L8LS
Max Kepler: 8/F8LXD+
Jake Cave: 46(1)/FO/G4+
Bobby Wilson: K

Top 6

Lucas Duda: HP
Alex Gordon: W.1-2
Alcides Escobar: HP.2-3;1-2
Adalberto Mondesi: K
Drew Butera: K
Whit Merrifield: 9/F9D

Bot 6

Joe Mauer: 31/G34
Eddie Rosario: S9/G34+
Brian Dozier: HR/F7LD+.1-H
Eduardo Escobar: 8/F8LXD+
Logan Morrison: HR/F89D+
Jorge Polanco: K

Top 7

Jorge Bonifacio: K
Mike Moustakas: S5/BG5+
Salvador Perez: S9/G34+.1-2
Lucas Duda: K
Alex Gordon: 5/F5-

Bot 7

Max Kepler: 31/G34
Jake Cave: 13/G15-
Bobby Wilson: S8/G6M+
Joe Mauer: S8/L8RS+.1-2
Eddie Rosario: 6/F6D

Top 8

Alcides Escobar: S4/G6M-
Adalberto Mondesi: 4(B)3(1)/LDP
Drew Butera: 63/G6

Bot 8

Brian Dozier: K
Eduardo Escobar: 9/F9LM
Logan Morrison: 7/F78D+

Top 9

Whit Merrifield: K
Jorge Bonifacio: 9/F9M
Mike Moustakas: HR/F89XD+
Salvador Perez: K

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