MIN 4, KC 8 | Sep 14, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, September 15, 2018•Kauffman Stadium•88°F, Clear

MIN

Twins

Royals

Final

WIN

Jason Hammel

LOSS

Trevor Hildenberger

The Royals defeated the Twins 8-4.

★Willians Astudillo3-for-4, 1 RBI

★Robbie Grossman3-for-5, 1 RBI

★Salvador Perez5 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 9: Salvador Perez hits a grand slam (26) to center field. Whit Merrifield scores. Adalberto Mondesi scores. Alex Gordon scores.

Weather: 88°F, ClearWind: 1 mph, CalmFirst pitch: 12:15 AM UTCT: 3:15Att: 18,389Venue: Kauffman Stadium

Ump Audit

Gary Cederstrom

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88.5%D

18 missed calls

No WPA favor

No run favor

Win Probability

KC WinMIN Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	4	13	0
KC	1	1	0	0	0	0	1

Game 531611 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Minnesota Twins

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Joe Mauer1B	5	1	2	1	0	1	.275/.344/.376	103.8	.450	.529
Jorge PolancoSS	5	0	1	0	0	0	.275/.326/.398	109	.234	.228
Jake CaveCF	5	1	1	1	0	1	.264/.309/.481	106.6	.501	.540
Logan ForsytheLF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235/.311/.299	-	-	-
Max KeplerRF	5	0	1	0	0	0	.229/.322/.415	106.7	.127	.141
Willians AstudilloC	4	0	3	1	1	0	.314/.340/.529	97.8	.331	.312
Ehire Adrianza3B	4	0	0	0	1	0	.244/.299/.366	89.3	.069	.081
Tyler AustinDH	4	0	0	0	0	2	.223/.284/.480	97.8	.025	.024
Gregorio Petit2B	3	1	2	0	1	1	.324/.410/.353	99.5	.413	.410
Bench
Robbie GrossmanLF	5	1	3	1	0	0	.267/.353/.378	97.4	.256	.288
José BerríosP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	40	4	13	4	3	5	-	-	-	-

2B:Mauer; Grossman

TB:15

RBI:Mauer; Cave; Astudillo; Grossman

SB:Petit

Team LOB:12

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit Merrifield2B	4	1	1	2	0	1	.302/.366/.434	97.8	.262

Pitching

Minnesota Twins

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
José Berríos	6.0	5	2	2	3	9	0	97-64	89.1	3.81
Trevor MayH	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	14-10	88.8	4.19
Taylor RogersH	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	10-6	87.4	2.86
Trevor HildenbergerLBS	0.1	4	5	5	1	0	1	22-14	83.7	4.70
Totals	8.1	11	8	8	5	11	2	143-94	-	-

IBB:Hildenberger

Pitches-strikes:Berríos 97-64; May 14-10; Rogers 10-6; Hildenberger 22-14

Groundouts-flyouts:Berríos 4-5; May 2-0; Rogers 1-0; Hildenberger 1-0

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jorge López	4.1	9	3	3	0	1	0	71-52	87.3	3.93

Bot 1 • KC

0-1

Salvador Perez singles on a fly ball to right fielder Max Kepler. Adalberto Mondesi scores.

EV: 71.4 mph249 ftLA: 31°

Bot 2 • KC

0-2

Whit Merrifield out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jake Cave. Jorge Bonifacio scores. Brian Goodwin to 3rd.

EV: 97.3 mph369 ftLA: 29°

Top 5 • MIN

3-2

Robbie Grossman singles on a line drive to center fielder Brian Goodwin. Jake Cave scores.

EV: 94.4 mph140 ftLA: 7°

2-2

Jake Cave singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Brian Goodwin. Joe Mauer scores. Jake Cave to 2nd.

EV: 105.2 mph226 ftLA: 12°

1-2

Joe Mauer doubles (24) on a line drive to center fielder Brian Goodwin. Gregorio Petit scores.

EV: 101.7 mph370 ftLA: 23°

Top 7 • MIN

4-2

Willians Astudillo singles on a ground ball to left fielder Alex Gordon. Robbie Grossman scores.

Bot 7 • KC

4-3

Adalberto Mondesi homers (8) on a fly ball to right center field.

EV: 107.3 mph💣 437 ftLA: 29°

Bot 9 • KC

4-4

Whit Merrifield singles on a line drive to left fielder Robbie Grossman. Rosell Herrera scores.

EV: 83.3 mph221 ftLA: 22°

4-8

Salvador Perez hits a grand slam (26) to center field. Whit Merrifield scores. Adalberto Mondesi scores. Alex Gordon scores.

EV: 105.2 mph💣 422 ftLA: 29°

Inherited runners-scored:Newberry 1-0

Pitches-strikes:López 71-52; Newberry 22-11; Vasto 22-16; McCarthy 14-10; Lively 21-14; Hammel 14-9

Groundouts-flyouts:López 8-4; Newberry 0-2; Vasto 0-2; McCarthy 2-0; Lively 1-0; Hammel 2-1

Bench
Jorge LópezP	.500/.500/1.000	-	-	-
Jake NewberryP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jerry VastoP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Kevin McCarthyP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Ben LivelyP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jason HammelP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-