Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins

22-47, 8-24 Away

Final

46-22, 22-10 Home


KC
MIN

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

Royals Hitting

hitters
W. Merrifield2B
N. LopezSS
A. GordonDH
J. SolerRF
aT. GorePH-RF
L. Duda1B
C. Cuthbert3B
J. BonifacioLF
C. GallagherC
B. HamiltonCF
team

AB	H	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	1	0	.294	.343	.479
3	0	1	.210	.252	.305
3	0	1	.271	.351	.471
1	0	1	.244	.296	.508
2	0	1	.273	.347	.341
3	0	2	.163	.288	.306
3	0	0	.311	.354	.556
3	0	0	.000	.000	.000
3	0	1	.174	.216	.188
3	1	0	.228	.306	.283
28	2	7

a-struck out swinging for Soler in the 5th

Batting
GIDPN. Lopez
Team LOB1
Team RISP0-1 (Merrifield 0-1)

Fielding
DP2 (Cuthbert-Merrifield-Duda2)
ECuthbert (2, ground ball)

Twins Hitting

hitters
M. KeplerRF-CF
J. PolancoDH
M. GarverC
E. RosarioLF
C.J. Cron1B
M. Sano3B
E. AdrianzaSS
J. Schoop2B
B. BuxtonCF
aM. GonzalezPH-RF
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
2	1	1	0	0	2	0	.265	.348	.538
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.335	.395	.563
4	1	1	2	1	0	1	.318	.405	.691
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.263	.296	.525
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.271	.333	.533
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.240	.326	.573
3	0	2	0	0	0	0	.287	.378	.426
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.302	.482
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.324	.527
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.326	.419
26	2	4	2	1	4	6

a-lined out to right for Buxton in the 8th

Batting
HRGarver (11, 8th inning off Diekman 1 on, 2 Out)
RBIGarver 2 (28)
2Out RBIGarver (2)
GIDPSchoop (2)
Team LOB5
Team RISP0-5 (Rosario 0-1, Schoop 0-2, Polanco 0-1, Garver 0-1)

Baserunning
CSKepler (4, 2nd base by Keller/Gallagher)

Fielding
DP1 (Adrianza-Schoop-Cron)

Royals Pitching

pitchers
B. Keller
J. Diekman(L, 0-4)
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
7.0	3	0	0	3	5	0	97-56	3.97
1.0	1	2	2	1	1	1	20-11	4.60
8.0	4	2	2	4	6	1	117-67

Pitching
HBPBuxton (by Keller)
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedDiekman 3/5; Keller 16/26
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesDiekman-3-4-1-3; Keller-15-8-16-17
Ground Balls-Fly BallsDiekman 0-2; Keller 6-8
Game ScoresB Keller 73

Twins Pitching

pitchers
K. Gibson(W, 7-3)
T. Rogers(S, 7)
team

IP	H	K	PC-ST	ERA
8.0	2	6	88-55	3.70
1.0	0	1	10-7	2.17
9.0	2	7	98-62

Pitching
WPGibson
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedGibson 12/25; Rogers 3/3
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesGibson-17-12-7-18; Rogers-4-0-1-2
Ground Balls-Fly BallsGibson 11-6; Rogers 1-1
Game ScoresK Gibson 84

Scoring Summary

Inning				KC	MIN
		8th	Garver homered to center (418 feet), Kepler scored.	0	2

Royals
0
Twins
2

Game 1

15/6

Royals
4
Twins
5

Game 2

16/6

Royals
8
Twins
6

Game 3

16/6

Target Field

1:10 AM, 15 June 2019

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Attendance: 38,898

Game Time:2:21

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Hunter Wendelstedt
First Base Umpire - Angel Hernandez
Second Base Umpire - Vic Carapazza
Third Base Umpire - Jordan Baker

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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Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins

K. Gibson7-3

J. Diekman0-4

T. Rogers7

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