Royals

Hitters	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
W. Merrifield CF-RF	3-4	4	1	3	4	0	0	8	.305	.363	.549
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Merrifield doubled to right. 2nd: Merrifield singled to right, Lopez scored, Gallagher to second. 4th: Merrifield homered to left (377 feet), Mondesi scored and Gallagher scored. 6th: Merrifield flied out to right.
J. Soler RF	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	3	16	.244	.326	.462
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Soler struck out swinging. 2nd: Soler struck out swinging. 4th: Soler struck out looking.
B. Starling CF	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	.200	.261	.250
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 7th: Starling struck out swinging.
S. Perez DH	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	1	17	.314	.326	.523
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Pérez struck out swinging. 3rd: Pérez grounded out to third. 5th: Pérez grounded out to third. 7th: Pérez flied out to center.
H. Dozier LF	0-3	3	0	0	0	1	2	18	.188	.381	.188
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Dozier walked. 3rd: Dozier struck out swinging. 5th: Dozier flied out to center. 7th: Dozier struck out swinging.
R. O'Hearn 1B	0-1	1	0	0	0	2	1	14	.273	.353	.386
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: O'Hearn walked, Dozier to second, Merrifield to third. 3rd: O'Hearn struck out swinging. 5th: O'Hearn walked.
M. Franco 3B	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	1	11	.253	.277	.532
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Franco struck out swinging. 4th: Franco popped out to first. 5th: Franco grounded out to second.
N. Lopez 2B	2-2	2	1	2	0	1	0	17	.267	.353	.400
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: Lopez singled to left center. 4th: Lopez walked. 6th: Lopez singled to center, Lopez out stretching at second.
A. Mondesi SS	1-3	3	1	1	0	0	0	8	.234	.263	.325
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: Mondesi flied out to center. 4th: Mondesi grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Lopez out at second. 6th: Mondesi singled to shallow right.
C. Gallagher C	2-2	2	1	2	0	1	0	13	.333	.455	.444
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: Gallagher singled to right, Lopez to third. 4th: Gallagher walked. 6th: Gallagher singled to left, Mondesi to second.

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
D. Duffy	5.0	2	2	1	1	8	1	84-53	4.44	84
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile No at bats in this game
J. Staumont	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	20-13	0.93	20
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile No at bats in this game
T. Rosenthal	1.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	16-11	0.90	16
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile No at bats in this game

Twins

Hitters	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
M. Garver C	0-3	3	1	0	0	0	2	17	.156	.264	.222
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Garver safe at first on error by first baseman O'Hearn. 3rd: Garver struck out swinging. 5th: Garver struck out swinging.
J. Polanco SS	1-2	2	0	1	0	0	0	15	.308	.349	.410
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Polanco singled to right, Garver to second. 3rd: Polanco flied out to right. 6th: Polanco hit by pitch.
N. Cruz DH	1-3	3	1	1	1	0	1	12	.342	.412	.632
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Cruz flied out to right. 4th: Cruz homered to center (432 feet). 6th: Cruz struck out swinging.
M. Gonzalez 2B	0-2	2	0	0	1	0	0	21	.279	.333	.393
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Gonzalez hit sacrifice fly to right, Garver scored, Polanco to third. 4th: Gonzalez flied out to center. 6th: Gonzalez flied out to right.
M. Sano 1B	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	3	12	.143	.226	.393
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Sanó struck out swinging. 4th: Sanó struck out looking. 6th: Sanó struck out swinging.
M. Kepler RF	0-2	2	0	0	0	1	1	11	.211	.305	.479
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: Kepler struck out looking. 4th: Kepler popped out to shortstop. 7th: Kepler walked.
B. Buxton CF	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	2	8	.269	.273	.577
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: Buxton flied out to left. 5th: Buxton struck out swinging. 7th: Buxton struck out swinging.
J. Cave LF	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	3	12	.129	.250	.258
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: Cave struck out swinging. 5th: Cave struck out swinging. 7th: Cave struck out swinging.
E. Adrianza 3B	0-1	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	.207	.258	.241
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 3rd: Adrianza flied out to left. 5th: Adrianza walked.
E. Rosario PH	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	.225	.304	.521
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 7th: Rosario struck out swinging.

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
J. Berrios	4.0	5	4	4	4	7	1	84-50	5.92	84
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile No at bats in this game
J. Alcala	2.0	3	0	0	1	0	0	31-18	2.57	31
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile No at bats in this game
Z. Littell	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12-8	9.00	12
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile No at bats in this game

Win Probability 100%

MIN

KC 100%

MIN

Bottom 7

Rosario struck out swinging.

Game Stats

Walks Issued
- KC2
- 5MIN
Stolen Bases
- KC1
- 0MIN
Strikeouts Thrown
- KC13
- 9MIN
Total Bases
- KC12
- 5MIN

Game Information

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55488

Capacity: 39,500

Game Time: 2:42

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire - Jose Navas, First Base Umpire - John Bacon, Second Base Umpire - Jeff Nelson, Third Base Umpire - Erich Bacchus

Cruz homers, Twins beat Royals 4-2 to open doubleheader

Nelson Cruz hit a two-run homer and the Minnesota Twins held on to beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader.

8/16/2020 Associated Press

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Royals KC	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	-	-	4	8	1
Twins MIN	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	2	2	0

WINDanny DuffyD. Duffy(1-2)5.0 IP, 1 ER, 8 K, 1 BB

LOSSJose BerriosJ. Berrios(1-3)4.0 IP, 4 ER, 7 K, 4 BB

SAVETrevor RosenthalT. Rosenthal(5)1.0 IP, 0 ER, 3 K, 1 BB

Scoring Summary

		KC	MIN
1st	Gonzalez hit sacrifice fly to right, Garver scored, Polanco to third.	0	1
2nd	Merrifield singled to right, Lopez scored, Gallagher to second.	1	1
4th	Merrifield homered to left (377 feet), Mondesi scored and Gallagher scored.	4	1
4th	Cruz homered to center (432 feet).	4	2