MIN 6, KC 9 | Aug 8, 2020 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, August 8, 2020•Kauffman Stadium•81°F, Cloudy

MIN

Twins

Royals

Final

WIN

Tyler Zuber

LOSS

Lewis Thorpe

SAVE

Trevor Rosenthal

The Royals defeated the Twins 9-6.

★Marwin Gonzalez3-for-3, 0 RBI

★Byron Buxton4 RBI

★Jorge Soler2 HR, 4 RBI

Key Moment

Top 7: Max Kepler homers (5) on a fly ball to right center field.

Weather: 81°F, CloudyWind: 10 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 11:05 PM UTCT: 3:550Venue: Kauffman Stadium

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95.1%A

9 missed calls

+5.8% MIN

+0.20 runs KC

Win Probability

KC WinMIN Win

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

Game 631420 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Minnesota Twins

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Mitch GarverC	5	0	0	0	0	2	.094/.250/.188	99.9	.080	.093
Max KeplerRF	5	1	2	1	0	0	.241/.323/.574	109.7	.313	.423
Nelson CruzDH	5	1	1	1	0	2	.351/.393/.614	108.8	.360	.692
Miguel Sanó1B	4	0	0	0	0	3	.122/.163/.390	100.6	.013	.019
Eddie RosarioLF	3	1	0	0	1	0	.204/.304/.429	101.5	.272	.410
Marwin Gonzalez3B	3	1	3	0	0	0	.350/.435/.500	81.9	.709	.662
Luis Arraez2B	2	1	1	0	2	0	.231/.326/.256	91.1	.420	.403
Byron BuxtonCF	4	1	2	4	0	1	.233/.250/.567	106.7	.724	.989
Jorge PolancoPH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.304/.339/.375	84.6	-	-
Bench
Ehire AdrianzaSS	3	0	0	0	0	1	.174/.208/.217	81.8	.141	.141
Jake OdorizziP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	35	6	9	6	3	10	-	-	-	-

HR:Cruz (4th off Duffy, 0 on, 0 out); Buxton (4th off Duffy, 2 on, 2 out); Kepler (7th off Kennedy, 0 on, 1 out)

TB:18

RBI:Cruz; Kepler; Buxton 4

GIDP:Adrianza

Team LOB:6

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit MerrifieldRF	4	2	1	0	0	2	.281/.343/.516	90.8	.492

Pitching

Minnesota Twins

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jake Odorizzi	3.0	4	2	2	2	2	1	71-40	86.1	6.00
Lewis ThorpeL	0.0	3	3	3	0	0	1	6-4	84.8	6.23
Cody Stashak	1.0	3	3	3	1	0	2	22-14	86.3	4.50
Jorge Alcala	2.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	35-22	94.6	3.60
Sean Poppen	2.0	2	1	1	2	4	0	51-28	89.6	3.00
Totals	8.0	12	9	9	5	10	4	185-108	-	-

WP:Poppen 3

HBP:Merrifield (by Odorizzi)

Inherited runners-scored:Stashak 1-1

Pitches-strikes:Odorizzi 71-40; Thorpe 6-4; Stashak 22-14; Alcala 35-22; Poppen 51-28

Groundouts-flyouts:Odorizzi 4-2; Thorpe 0-0; Stashak 2-1; Alcala 1-1; Poppen 1-1

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Danny Duffy	4.0	5	4	4	1	4	2	88-54	89.2	5.12

Bot 1 • KC

0-1

Ryan O'Hearn singles on a line drive to center fielder Byron Buxton. Whit Merrifield scores. Salvador Perez to 3rd.

EV: 99.0 mph237 ftLA: 12°

Bot 3 • KC

0-2

Jorge Soler homers (4) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 109.8 mph💣 440 ftLA: 25°

Top 4 • MIN

4-2

Byron Buxton homers (3) on a fly ball to left field. Marwin Gonzalez scores. Luis Arraez scores.

EV: 106.7 mph💣 419 ftLA: 34°

1-2

Nelson Cruz homers (4) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 108.8 mph💣 437 ftLA: 32°

Bot 4 • KC

4-4

Nicky Lopez homers (1) on a line drive to right center field. Maikel Franco scores.

EV: 101.0 mph💣 396 ftLA: 24°

4-7

Jorge Soler homers (5) on a fly ball to center field. Brett Phillips scores. Whit Merrifield scores.

EV: 108.4 mph💣 448 ftLA: 27°

4-8

Salvador Perez homers (3) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 107.4 mph💣 436 ftLA: 29°

Top 6 • MIN

5-8

Byron Buxton singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Alex Gordon. Eddie Rosario scores. Marwin Gonzalez to 3rd. Luis Arraez to 2nd.

EV: 106.0 mph178 ftLA: 9°

Top 7 • MIN

6-8

Max Kepler homers (5) on a fly ball to right center field.

EV: 102.8 mph💣 402 ftLA: 25°

Bot 7 • KC

6-9

Maikel Franco walks.

HR:Soler (3rd off Odorizzi, 0 on, 0 out); Lopez (4th off Thorpe, 1 on, 0 out); Soler (4th off Stashak, 2 on, 0 out); Perez (4th off Stashak, 0 on, 0 out)

2B:Perez

TB:25

RBI:Soler 4; Perez; Lopez 2; O'Hearn

SB:Phillips; Mondesi 2

CS:Lopez

Team LOB:8

HBP:Gonzalez (by Zuber)

Inherited runners-scored:Holland 2-1; Rosenthal 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Duffy 88-54; Zuber 29-14; Holland 8-4; Kennedy 17-13; Speier 10-7; Rosenthal 17-14

Groundouts-flyouts:Duffy 2-6; Zuber 1-2; Holland 1-0; Kennedy 1-0; Speier 0-2; Rosenthal 0-1

Bench
Ryan O'Hearn1B	1	0	1	1	2	0	.286/.359/.400	99	.927	.898
Franchy CorderoRF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.154/.185/.231	55.9	.137	.144
Danny DuffyP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Tyler ZuberP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Greg HollandP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Ian KennedyP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Gabe SpeierP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Trevor RosenthalP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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