Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

49-72, 24-35 Away

Final

61-60, 37-21 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
B. Dozier2B	1-4	1	1	1	.267
J. PolancoSS	1-4	0	0	0	.317
J. MauerDH	0-4	0	0	0	.281
T. Plouffe1B	0-4	0	0	0	.255
M. KeplerRF	1-4	0	0	0	.259
M. Sano3B	0-3	0	0	0	.248
E. RosarioCF	1-2	0	0	0	.271
K. SuzukiC	1-3	0	0	0	.282
R. GrossmanLF	0-3	0	0	0	.262

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
T. Duffey	3.2	2	5	3	4	63-35	5.93
M. Tonkin	1.1	1	0	0	1	9-8	3.90
P. Dean	3.0	4	3	0	3	52-37	5.60

MIN

Hits

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Total Bases

Runners LOB

Kauffman Stadium

8:15 PM, August 18, 2016

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 30,599

Game Time:2:15

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Todd Tichenor
First Base Umpire - Brian Knight
Second Base Umpire - Stu Scheurwater
Third Base Umpire - Bill Miller

Gordon hits grand slam as Royals top Twins 8-1

Alex Gordon hit a grand slam, Dillon Gee pitched seven strong innings and the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 8-1 on Thursday night.

Aug 18, 2016, 11:35 pm - Associated Press


MIN
KC

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

D. Gee5-6

7.0 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 7 K, 1 BB

T. Duffey8-9

3.2 IP, 2 H, 5 ER, 4 K, 3 BB

Scoring Summary

		MIN	KC
1st	Dozier homered to left center (411 feet).	1	0
4th	Pérez hit by pitch, Cuthbert scored, Hosmer to third, Morales to second.	1	1
4th	Gordon homered to right center (428 feet), Hosmer, Morales and Pérez scored.	1	5
8th	Hosmer singled to right center, Cuthbert scored, Cain to third, Cain scored, Hosmer to third on throwing error by center fielder Rosario.	1	7
8th	Morales doubled to deep center, Hosmer scored.	1	8

Data is currently unavailable.

Twins
1
Royals
8

Game 1

8/18

Twins
4
Royals
5

Game 2

8/19

Twins
0
Royals
10

Game 3

8/20

Twins
1
Royals
2

Game 4

8/21

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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