Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

44-51, 15-29 Away

Final

28-68, 12-35 Home


MIN
KC

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

TwinsTop 1st
- D. Duffy pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- Pitch Type MPH
  1
  Strike Looking
  Four-seam FB 93
  2
  Strike Looking
  Slider 85
  3
  Ball
  Changeup 78
  4
  Ground Out
  Four-seam FB 94
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 1st
- K. Gibson pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 2nd
- D. Duffy pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 2nd
- K. Gibson pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 3rd
- D. Duffy pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- Rosario safe at first on error by pitcher Duffy.
  0
  2
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error
RoyalsBottom 3rd
- K. Gibson pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 4th
- D. Duffy pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 4th
- K. Gibson pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 5th
- D. Duffy pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- Mauer singled to shallow right, Mauer to second on throwing error by second baseman Merrifield.
  1
  3
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error
RoyalsBottom 5th
- K. Gibson pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 6th
- D. Duffy pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 6th
- K. Gibson pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- T. Rogers pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 7th
- D. Duffy pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 7th
- A. Busenitz pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 8th
- J. Hammel pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 8th
- J. Hammel pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 9th
- M. Belisle pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- Cave hit for Wilson.
  2
  6
- B. Maurer pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors

Pitch	Type	MPH
1 Strike Looking	Four-seam FB	93
2 Strike Looking	Slider	85
3 Ball	Changeup	78
4 Ground Out	Four-seam FB	94

Twins
5
Royals
6

Game 1

21/7

Twins
2
Royals
4

Game 2

22/7

Twins
3
Royals
5

Game 3

22/7

Kauffman Stadium

1:15 AM, 21 July 2018

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 27,719

Game Time:3:08

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Mark Wegner
First Base Umpire - Jim Reynolds
Second Base Umpire - John Tumpane
Third Base Umpire - Nic Lentz

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

D. Duffy6-8

K. Gibson4-7

B. Maurer1

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