KC 5, MIN 8 | Sep 19, 2019 | The Best Box Score

Thursday, September 19, 2019•Target Field•82°F, Partly Cloudy

Royals

MIN

Twins

Final

WIN

Lewis Thorpe

LOSS

Jacob Barnes

SAVE

Taylor Rogers

The Twins defeated the Royals 8-5.

★Nicky Lopez3-for-4, 1 RBI

★Nelson Cruz2 HR, 5 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 7: Nelson Cruz homers (39) on a fly ball to center field. Mitch Garver scores.

Weather: 82°F, Partly CloudyWind: 5 mph, In From CFFirst pitch: 11:40 PM UTCT: 3:37Att: 24,565Venue: Target Field

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88.9%D

23 missed calls

+21.2% KC

+1.21 runs MIN

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

Game 567039 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit MerrifieldRF	4	0	1	0	1	1	.303/.351/.465	88.1	.416	.386
Adalberto MondesiSS	4	0	0	2	1	2	.265/.294/.428	93.1	.237	.213
Jorge SolerDH	3	0	0	1	1	2	.256/.344/.553	90.5	.076	.068
Hunter Dozier3B	5	0	0	0	0	3	.280/.351/.533	107.3	.456	.428
Alex GordonLF	5	1	2	0	0	0	.266/.341/.399	104.3	.617	.698
Ryan McBroom1B	5	0	2	0	0	3	.271/.327/.354	101.5	.538	.817
Erick MejiaCF	2	1	1	0	2	0	.222/.429/.222	82.9	.146	.140
Meibrys ViloriaC	2	1	1	1	1	0	.215/.263/.289	94.7	.504	.324
Nicky Lopez2B	4	2	3	1	0	0	.231/.263/.300	97.9	.440	.428
Bench
Mike MontgomeryP							.167/.167/.167	-	-	-
Jacob BarnesP							.000/.000/.000	-	-
Totals	34	5	10	5	6	11	-	-	-	-

2B:McBroom

TB:11

RBI:Soler; Viloria; Mondesi 2; Lopez

SF:Viloria

GIDP:Viloria

Team LOB:10

Minnesota Twins

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Mitch GarverC	3	3	2	1	2	1	.279/.370/.646	104.8	.830

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Mike Montgomery	4.0	7	5	5	1	3	3	88-50	87.5	5.00
Jacob BarnesL	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	21-11	91.7	6.75
Heath Fillmyer	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	18-13	88.7	7.84
Jake Newberry	1.0	1	2	2	2	2	1	27-13	88.5	3.90
Josh Staumont	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	27-14	90.8	4.08
Totals	8.0	10	8	8	5	7	4	181-101	-	-

Pitches-strikes:Montgomery 88-50; Barnes 21-11; Fillmyer 18-13; Newberry 27-13; Staumont 27-14

Groundouts-flyouts:Montgomery 4-4; Barnes 2-1; Fillmyer 1-0; Newberry 0-1; Staumont 1-2

Minnesota Twins

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Kyle Gibson	1.2	3	3	3	4	2	0	52-25	88.5	4.88

Top 2 • KC

3-0

Jorge Soler walks. Nicky Lopez scores. Whit Merrifield to 3rd. Adalberto Mondesi to 2nd.

2-0

Adalberto Mondesi walks. Meibrys Viloria scores. Nicky Lopez to 3rd. Whit Merrifield to 2nd.

1-0

Nicky Lopez singles on a line drive to left fielder Luis Arraez. Erick Mejia scores. Meibrys Viloria to 2nd.

EV: 92.2 mph245 ftLA: 15°

Bot 3 • MIN

3-3

Nelson Cruz homers (38) on a fly ball to right field. Mitch Garver scores. Jorge Polanco scores.

EV: 100.2 mph💣 380 ftLA: 29°

3-4

Miguel Sano homers (31) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 110.0 mph💣 432 ftLA: 36°

Top 4 • KC

4-4

Adalberto Mondesi grounds into a force out, shortstop Jorge Polanco to second baseman Jonathan Schoop. Nicky Lopez scores. Whit Merrifield out at 2nd. Adalberto Mondesi to 1st.

EV: 93.1 mph96 ftLA: 5°

Top 5 • KC

5-4

Meibrys Viloria out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Luis Arraez. Alex Gordon scores.

EV: 93.4 mph292 ftLA: 47°

Bot 5 • MIN

5-5

Mitch Garver homers (31) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 104.8 mph💣 421 ftLA: 26°

5-6

Miguel Sano doubles (19) on a line drive to center fielder Erick Mejia. Eddie Rosario scores.

EV: 91.5 mph354 ftLA: 24°

Bot 7 • MIN

5-8

Nelson Cruz homers (39) on a fly ball to center field. Mitch Garver scores.

EV: 107.2 mph💣 422 ftLA: 31°

Bench
Luis ArraezLF	3	0	0	0	1	0	.346/.412/.446	96.9	.222	.204
Kyle GibsonP							.000/.500/.000	-	-	-
Zack LittellP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Lewis ThorpeP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Tyler DuffeyP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Trevor MayP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Sergio RomoP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Taylor RogersP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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