Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

41-40, 25-15 Away

Final

41-40, 24-19 Home


MIN
KC

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

S. Alexander1-2

2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 K, 1 BB

H. Santiago4-8

3.1 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 2 K, 1 BB

TwinsTop 1st
- T. Wood pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- Pitch Type MPH
  1
  Ball
  Fastball 89
  2
  Ball
  Cutter 87
  3
  Ball
  Fastball 90
  4
  Strike Looking
  Fastball 89
  5
  Fly Out
  Cutter 87
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 1st
- H. Santiago pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 2nd
- T. Wood pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 2nd
- H. Santiago pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 3rd
- T. Wood pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- Buxton safe at first on throwing error by shortstop Escobar.
  0
  0
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error
RoyalsBottom 3rd
- H. Santiago pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- Merrifield stole third.
  0
  1
- 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 4th
- T. Wood pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 4th
- H. Santiago pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- P. Hughes pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 5th
- T. Wood pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- S. Alexander pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 5th
- P. Hughes pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 6th
- S. Alexander pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 6th
- M. Belisle pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 7th
- P. Moylan pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 7th
- T. Hildenberger pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 8th
- J. Soria pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 8th
- T. Hildenberger pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- Merrifield stole second.
  2
  6
- Merrifield stole third.
  2
  6
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 9th
- K. Herrera pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- Kepler hit for Buxton.
  2
  6
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors

Pitch	Type	MPH
1 Ball	Fastball	89
2 Ball	Cutter	87
3 Ball	Fastball	90
4 Strike Looking	Fastball	89
5 Fly Out	Cutter	87

Twins
1
Royals
8

Game 1

1/7

Twins
6
Royals
11

Game 2

1/7

Twins
10
Royals
5

Game 3

2/7

Twins
2
Royals
6

Game 4

2/7

Kauffman Stadium

7:15 PM, 2 July 2017

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 28,775

Game Time:3:08

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Mike Everitt
First Base Umpire - Shane Livensparger
Second Base Umpire - Jordan Baker
Third Base Umpire - Bruce Dreckman

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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