Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

4-1, 2-0 Away

Final

2-3, 2-3 Home


MIN
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	7	11	1
1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	6	9	0

Twins Hitting

hitters
M. KeplerCF-RF
J. PolancoSS
N. CruzDH
B. BuxtonPR-DH
E. RosarioLF-CF
W. Astudillo3B-LF
J. CaveRF
aM. GonzalezPH-3B
M. GarverC
E. Adrianza2B
T. Austin1B
team

AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
5	0	1	2	0	2	.200	.304	.200
5	0	1	0	0	2	.286	.375	.476
2	0	0	0	2	1	.333	.500	.611
0	1	0	0	0	0	.308	.357	.538
4	1	2	1	1	2	.150	.261	.200
5	2	3	1	0	0	.667	.636	1.000
2	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.250
2	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.214
4	2	3	2	0	0	.429	.429	.571
2	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.200	.000
3	1	1	0	1	2	.250	.400	.500
34	7	11	7	5	10

a-grounded to shortstop for J Cave in the 8th

Batting
2BRosario (1, Bailey); Austin (1, Diekman); Polanco (2, Bailey); Garver (1, Bailey); Astudillo (3, Barlow)
RBIAdrianza (1), Kepler 2 (2), Rosario (2), Garver 2 (2), Astudillo (3)
2Out RBIKepler (2), Garver
SFAdrianza
GIDPAstudillo (2)
Team LOB8
Team RISP5-9 (Kepler 1-2, Rosario 1-2, Cave 0-1, Garver 2-2, Astudillo 1-2)

Baserunning
SBBuxton (1, 2nd base off Peralta/Gallagher)

Fielding
EPolanco (2, throw)

Royals Hitting

hitters
W. MerrifieldRF
A. MondesiSS
A. GordonLF
J. SolerDH
R. O'Hearn1B
C. Owings2B
H. Dozier3B
M. MaldonadoC
T. GorePR
C. GallagherC
B. HamiltonCF
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
5	1	1	1	0	0	0	.238	.304	.286
5	2	2	0	0	0	0	.409	.409	.909
4	1	2	4	1	1	0	.200	.435	.400
3	1	0	0	0	1	2	.263	.333	.421
4	0	2	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.600
4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.111	.200	.222
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.188	.077
4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.316	.316	.368
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
3	1	0	0	0	1	1	.167	.211	.167
36	6	9	6	1	3	5

Batting
3BMondesi (3, Gibson)
HRGordon (1, 5th inning off Gibson 2 on, 2 Out)
RBIGordon 4 (5), Owings (1), Merrifield (3)
2Out RBIGordon (3), Owings, Merrifield
Team LOB6
Team RISP4-6 (Gordon 2-2, Owings 1-2, Merrifield 1-1, Dozier 0-1)

Baserunning
CSSoler (1, Home by Gibson/Garver)
SBHamilton (1, 2nd base off Gibson/Garver)

Fielding
DP2 (Mondesi-Owings-O'Hearn, Peralta-Owings-O'Hearn)

Twins Pitching

pitchers
K. Gibson
A. Mejia
T. May(W, 1-0)
B. Parker(S, 2)
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
4.2	8	6	5	2	2	1	84-48	9.64
2.1	0	0	0	1	3	0	42-26	0.00
1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	26-16	0.00
0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7-4	3.86
9.0	9	6	5	3	5	1	159-94

Pitching
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedParker 1/1; Gibson 11/24; May 2/6; Mejía 3/8
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesParker-0-0-3-1; Gibson-14-7-7-20; May-3-1-6-5; Mejía-6-7-9-2
Ground Balls-Fly BallsParker 1-0; Gibson 8-4; May 3-2; Mejía 0-4
Game ScoresK Gibson 26

Royals Pitching

pitchers
H. Bailey
S. Barlow(H, 1)
T. Hill(H, 2)
K. McCarthy(H, 1)
J. Diekman(B, 1)
W. Peralta(L, 0-1)
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
5.0	5	3	3	2	8	99-60	5.40
0.2	2	1	1	1	1	25-14	13.50
0.2	0	0	0	1	0	11-3	0.00
0.2	0	0	0	0	0	5-4	9.00
1.0	3	2	2	0	1	18-13	8.10
1.0	1	1	1	1	0	16-8	11.57
9.0	11	7	7	5	10	174-102

Pitching
HBPCruz (by Hill); Adrianza (by Barlow)
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedBailey 11/21; Peralta 2/4; Barlow 4/6; Diekman 4/6; McCarthy 1/1; Hill 2/4
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesBailey-12-16-21-10; Peralta-0-2-3-3; Barlow-5-1-5-3; Diekman-4-3-1-5; McCarthy-1-0-2-1; Hill-1-0-0-2
Ground Balls-Fly BallsBailey 1-5; Peralta 2-0; Barlow 1-0; Diekman 1-1; McCarthy 1-0; Hill 1-1
Game ScoresH Bailey 51

Scoring Summary

		MIN	KC
1st	Gordon singled to shallow right, Mondesi scored.	0	1
2nd	Astudillo singled to right, Rosario scored.	1	1
4th	Garver doubled to deep center, Astudillo scored, Garver to third, Cave thrown out at home.	2	1
4th	Adrianza hit sacrifice fly to center, Garver scored.	3	1
5th	Merrifield singled to left, Hamilton scored.	3	2
5th	Gordon homered to center (411 feet), Merrifield scored and Mondesi scored.	3	5
5th	Owings singled to right, Soler scored, O'Hearn to second.	3	6
6th	Garver singled to left, Astudillo scored.	4	6
8th	Kepler singled to left, Garver scored and Austin scored.	6	6
9th	Rosario singled to right, Buxton scored.	7	6

Twins
5
Royals
4

Game 1

3/4

Twins
7
Royals
6

Game 2

3/4

Kauffman Stadium

6:15 PM, 3 April 2019

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 10,575

Game Time:3:32

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Jeff Kellogg
First Base Umpire - Brian O&apos
Second Base Umpire - James Hoye
Third Base Umpire - Mark Ripperger

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	88	74	.543	-	W2
Detroit	87	75	.537	1	L1
Kansas City	82	80	.506	6	W2
Minnesota	70	92	.432	18	L1
Chicago	60	102	.370	28	W1

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Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

T. May1-0

W. Peralta0-1

B. Parker2

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