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Retrosheet Boxscore: Kansas City Royals 5, Minnesota Twins 2
Kansas City Royals 5, Minnesota Twins 2
Day
Game Played on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 (N) at Kauffman Stadium
MIN A 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 8 1
KC A 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 x - 5 8 0
BATTING
Minnesota Twins AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Dozier 2b 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
Polanco ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 5
Grossman lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 0
Sano dh 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Vargas 1b 4 1 1 2 0 1 10 0
Beresford pr,1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kepler rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 0
Escobar 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
Murphy c 4 0 2 0 0 0 5 0
Buxton cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 0
E. Santana p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Boshers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wimmers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rogers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chargois p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2 3 10 24 9
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Escobar-Dozier-Vargas.
E: Polanco (15).
BATTING -
2B: Kepler (19,off Vargas); Murphy 2 (3,off Vargas,off Davis).
HR: Vargas (9,6th inning off McCarthy 1 on 2 out).
Team LOB: 8.
BASERUNNING -
SB: Kepler (6,2nd base off McCarthy/Perez).
CS: Escobar (3,2nd base by Vargas/Perez).
Kansas City Royals AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Dyson cf 4 2 2 0 0 0 5 0
Merrifield 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1
Hosmer 1b 4 1 1 2 0 0 7 2
Morales dh 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Burns pr,dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Perez c 3 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
Gordon lf 4 0 2 2 0 2 0 0
Orlando rf 3 0 2 0 1 0 2 0
Escobar ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
Cuthbert 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Vargas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
McCarthy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Moylan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Strahm p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Soria p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Davis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 8 5 3 4 27 11
BATTING -
2B: Dyson (12,off Rogers); Morales (23,off Rogers).
HR: Hosmer (25,3rd inning off E. Santana 1 on 2 out).
GDP: Escobar (16,off E. Santana).
IBB: Perez (3,by Rogers).
Team LOB: 6.
BASERUNNING -
SB: Dyson (29,3rd base off Rogers/Murphy).
PITCHING
Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
E. Santana 5 4 2 2 1 3 1 20
Boshers 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
Wimmers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Rogers L(3-1) 0.1 3 3 3 2 0 0 6
Chargois 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 8 8 5 5 3 4 1 35
IBB: Rogers (3,Perez).
Inherited Runners - Scored: Chargois 2-0.
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Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Vargas 5 4 0 0 1 6 0 19
McCarthy 0.2 2 2 2 2 1 1 6
Moylan 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Strahm 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
Soria W(5-8) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
Davis SV(27) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Totals 9 8 2 2 3 10 1 37
Inherited Runners - Scored: Moylan 2-0.
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Umpires: HP - Ramon De Jesus, 1B - Mike Winters, 2B - Todd Tichenor, 3B - Mike Muchlinski
Official Scorer: David Boyce
Time of Game: 2:58 Attendance: 23437
Starting Lineups:
Minnesota Twins Kansas City Royals
1. Dozier 2b Dyson cf
2. Polanco ss Merrifield 2b
3. Grossman lf Hosmer 1b
4. Sano dh Morales dh
5. Vargas 1b Perez c
6. Kepler rf Gordon lf
7. Escobar 3b Orlando rf
8. Murphy c Escobar ss
9. Buxton cf Cuthbert 3b
E. Santana p Vargas p
TWINS 1ST: Dozier struck out; Polanco flied to right; Grossman
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Dyson lined to first; Merrifield lined to right;
Hosmer reached on an error by Polanco; Morales grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0.
TWINS 2ND: Sano flied to center; Vargas lined to center; Kepler
doubled to right; Escobar grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Perez flied to left; Gordon singled to center;
Orlando singled to left [Gordon to third]; Escobar grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [Orlando out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0.
TWINS 3RD: Murphy flied to center; Buxton struck out; Dozier
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Cuthbert grounded out (second to first); Dyson
singled to shortstop; Merrifield lined to center; Hosmer homered
to right-center [Dyson scored]; Morales grounded out (first
unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 2.
TWINS 4TH: Polanco struck out; Grossman grounded out (shortstop
to first); Sano walked; Vargas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 0, Royals 2.
ROYALS 4TH: Perez flied to left; Gordon struck out; Orlando
walked; Escobar struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0,
Royals 2.
TWINS 5TH: Kepler grounded out (first to pitcher); Escobar
singled to left; Escobar was picked off and caught stealing
second (pitcher to first to second); Murphy doubled to left;
Buxton singled to second [Murphy to third]; Dozier flied to
center; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 2.
ROYALS 5TH: Cuthbert struck out; Dyson grounded out (shortstop
to first); Merrifield flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Royals 2.
TWINS 6TH: MCCARTHY REPLACED VARGAS (PITCHING); Polanco struck
out; Grossman grounded out (pitcher to first); Sano singled to
left; Vargas homered to right-center [Sano scored]; Kepler
walked; Kepler stole second; Escobar walked; MOYLAN REPLACED
MCCARTHY (PITCHING); Murphy grounded out (pitcher to first); 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 2.
ROYALS 6TH: BOSHERS REPLACED E. SANTANA (PITCHING); Hosmer
grounded out (shortstop to first); Morales popped to shortstop;
Perez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 2, Royals 2.
TWINS 7TH: STRAHM REPLACED MOYLAN (PITCHING); Buxton struck out;
Dozier struck out; Polanco flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Twins 2, Royals 2.
ROYALS 7TH: Gordon struck out; WIMMERS REPLACED BOSHERS
(PITCHING); Orlando grounded out (shortstop to first); Escobar
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins
2, Royals 2.
TWINS 8TH: SORIA REPLACED STRAHM (PITCHING); Grossman singled to
left; Sano flied to right; Vargas forced Grossman (shortstop to
second); BERESFORD RAN FOR VARGAS; Kepler struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 2.
ROYALS 8TH: BERESFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Cuthbert
popped to catcher; ROGERS REPLACED WIMMERS (PITCHING); Dyson
doubled to left; Dyson stole third; Merrifield walked; Hosmer
flied to center; Morales doubled [Dyson scored, Merrifield to
third]; BURNS RAN FOR MORALES; Perez was walked intentionally;
Gordon singled to right [Merrifield scored, Burns scored, Perez
to second]; CHARGOIS REPLACED ROGERS (PITCHING); Orlando singled
to right [Perez to third, Gordon to second]; Escobar flied to
center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 5.
TWINS 9TH: BURNS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); DAVIS REPLACED
SORIA (PITCHING); Escobar grounded out (second to first); Murphy
doubled to left; Buxton grounded out (shortstop to first);
Dozier grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 2, Royals 5.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Twins 2 8 1 8
Royals 5 8 0 6
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