Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 8, Minnesota 5
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, July 28, 2023
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 97°
Umpires: Home - Mike Muchlinski, 1B - Sean Barber, 2B - Alan Porter, 3B - Jeremy Riggs
Attendance: 23022
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 0002000021580
Kansas City 0010020104891
Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Carlos Correa SS 4 0 1 0 1 1 2 .229
Edouard Julien 2B 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 .297
     Michael A. Taylor PR-CF 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222
Alex Kirilloff 1B 3 0 0 0 0 3 4 .271
     Donovan Solano PH-1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263
Max Kepler RF 5 1 1 0 0 1 5 .229
Jorge Polanco 3B-2B 4 0 1 2 0 2 1 .250
Matt Wallner DH 5 1 0 0 0 2 6 .268
Willi Castro CF-LF 3 1 0 0 2 1 1 .241
Ryan Jeffers C 5 0 2 1 0 1 2 .281
Joey Gallo LF 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 .179
     Byron Buxton PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .198
     Kyle Farmer 3B 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .258
Totals 38 5 8 4 4 14 26  
Batting
2B - Carlos Correa (23), Max Kepler (10), Jorge Polanco (10)
TB - Carlos Correa 2, Max Kepler 2, Jorge Polanco 2, Ryan Jeffers 2, Joey Gallo, Byron Buxton, Kyle Farmer
RBI - Jorge Polanco 2 (18), Ryan Jeffers (16), Kyle Farmer (24)
2-Out RBI - Jorge Polanco 2 (12), Ryan Jeffers (9), Kyle Farmer (10)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alex Kirilloff (22), Max Kepler (33), Matt Wallner 4 (4), Joey Gallo (24)
Team LOB - 11
Baserunning
CS - Kyle Farmer (2, 2nd by Clarke/Perez)
SB - Willi Castro (26, Home off Singer/Fermin), Ryan Jeffers (3, 2nd off Singer/Fermin)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Sonny Gray 6.0 5 3 3 0 5 1 3.22
Emilio Pagan 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.38
Jovani Moran 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 0 5.05
Dylan Floro 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Griffin Jax 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.12
Jhoan Duran (L 2-5; BS 4) 0.1 1 4 3 2 1 1 2.66
Pitches-Strikes - Sonny Gray 80-56, Emilio Pagan 18-13, Jovani Moran 9-5, Dylan Floro 9-7, Griffin Jax 10-7, Jhoan Duran 25-12
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Sonny Gray 4-3, Emilio Pagan 1-0, Jovani Moran 1-0, Dylan Floro 0-1, Griffin Jax 2-1, Jhoan Duran 0-0
Batters Faced - Sonny Gray 22, Emilio Pagan 3, Jovani Moran 3, Dylan Floro 2, Griffin Jax 4, Jhoan Duran 4
Inherited Runners-Scored - Dylan Floro 1-1
Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Maikel Garcia 3B 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 .273
Bobby Witt Jr. SS 5 2 4 6 0 1 0 .257
MJ Melendez LF 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .217
     Dairon Blanco LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233
Salvador Perez 1B-C 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .246
Freddy Fermin C 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .298
     Samad Taylor PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .152
     Matt Duffy 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264
Michael Massey DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .216
Kyle Isbel CF 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 .213
Drew Waters RF 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 .233
Nicky Lopez 2B 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .210
Totals 35 8 9 8 2 7 6  
Batting
2B - Bobby Witt Jr. (18)
3B - Maikel Garcia (2)
HR - Bobby Witt Jr. (17), Kyle Isbel (4)
TB - Maikel Garcia 3, Bobby Witt Jr. 8, MJ Melendez, Freddy Fermin, Kyle Isbel 4, Drew Waters
RBI - Bobby Witt Jr. 6 (57), MJ Melendez (35), Kyle Isbel (14)
2-Out RBI - Bobby Witt Jr. 2 (19), MJ Melendez (13)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - MJ Melendez (28), Kyle Isbel (20)
S - Nicky Lopez (4)
Team LOB - 3
Baserunning
SB - Bobby Witt Jr. (29, 2nd off Floro/Jeffers), Samad Taylor (3, 2nd off Jax/Jeffers), Kyle Isbel (4, 3rd off Duran/Jeffers), Nicky Lopez (4, 2nd off Duran/Jeffers)
PO - Bobby Witt Jr. (1st by Gray)
Fielding
E - Brady Singer (1)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Brady Singer 5.0 4 2 2 2 10 0 5.46
Jose Cuas 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.14
Austin Cox (H 1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.55
Carlos Hernandez (H 9) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3.71
Scott Barlow (BS 3) 1.0 2 2 2 1 0 0 5.50
Taylor Clarke (W 2-4) 1.0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5.73
HBP - Edouard Julien (by Singer), Jorge Polanco (by Singer), Donovan Solano (by Barlow)
Pitches-Strikes - Brady Singer 104-67, Jose Cuas 15-9, Austin Cox 13-8, Carlos Hernandez 20-11, Scott Barlow 23-13, Taylor Clarke 14-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Brady Singer 5-0, Jose Cuas 1-1, Austin Cox 2-0, Carlos Hernandez 0-2, Scott Barlow 1-1, Taylor Clarke 0-0
Batters Faced - Brady Singer 24, Jose Cuas 4, Austin Cox 3, Carlos Hernandez 4, Scott Barlow 7, Taylor Clarke 3