Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

74-67, 39-30 Away

Final

69-71, 36-34 Home


MIN
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
1	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	8	10	0
1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	5	9	1

TwinsTop 1st
- I. Kennedy pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- Pitch Type MPH
  1
  Single
  Fastball 91
- Dozier stole second.
  0
  0
- Rosario hit sacrifice fly to left, Dozier scored, Polanco to second on throwing error by left fielder Gordon.
  1
  0
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error
RoyalsBottom 1st
- E. Santana pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- Merrifield stole second.
  1
  0
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 2nd
- I. Kennedy pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 2nd
- E. Santana pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 3rd
- I. Kennedy pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 3rd
- E. Santana pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 4th
- T. Cahill pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- Rosario stole second.
  5
  1
- 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 4th
- E. Santana pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 5th
- T. Cahill pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- R. Buchter pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 5th
- E. Santana pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 6th
- R. Buchter pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 6th
- T. Duffey pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 7th
- R. Buchter pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 7th
- T. Duffey pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- T. Rogers pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- T. Hildenberger pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 8th
- K. Herrera pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- S. Alexander pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- Adrianza ran for Grossman.
  7
  5
- 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 8th
- T. Hildenberger pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 9th
- K. McCarthy pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 9th
- M. Belisle pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors

Pitch	Type	MPH
1 Single	Fastball	91

Twins
4
Royals
2

Game 1

8/9

Twins
8
Royals
5

Game 2

9/9

Twins
2
Royals
5

Game 3

10/9

Twins
3
Royals
11

Game 4

10/9

Kauffman Stadium

1:15 AM, 9 September 2017

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 31,879

Game Time:3:05

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Joe West
First Base Umpire - Andy Fletcher
Second Base Umpire - Alan Porter
Third Base Umpire - Chris Segal

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

E. Santana15-7

I. Kennedy4-11

M. Belisle7

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