Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins

34-76, 19-39 Away

Final

51-58, 32-24 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	RBI	AVG
W. Merrifield2B	1-3	0	0	.301
A. GordonLF	2-4	0	2	.247
S. PerezDH	0-4	0	0	.232
L. Duda1B	1-4	0	0	.235
R. Herrera3B	0-4	0	0	.259
J. BonifacioRF	1-4	0	0	.208
B. PhillipsCF	1-3	1	0	.205
A. EscobarSS	0-3	0	0	.197
D. ButeraC	0-3	1	0	.184

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
B. Smith	5.0	7	6	2	4	95-58	6.41
G. Sparkman	2.0	4	2	2	4	52-32	5.40
J. Adam	1.0	0	0	0	1	13-8	5.46

MIN

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Target Field

7:10 PM, August 4, 2018

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Attendance: 27,909

Game Time:2:45

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Todd Tichenor
First Base Umpire - Bill Miller
Second Base Umpire - Alan Porter
Third Base Umpire - Nick Mahrley

Berrios goes 7 as Twins beat Royals 8-2

Max Kepler had three hits, including a two-run homer that put Minnesota ahead to stay, and Jose Berrios threw seven sharp innings to help the Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 8-2 on Saturday night.

Aug 5, 2018, 12:03 am - Associated Press


KC
MIN

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

J. Berrios11-8

7.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 6 K, 3 BB

B. Smith1-3

5.0 IP, 7 H, 6 ER, 4 K, 2 BB

Scoring Summary

		KC	MIN
1st	Rosario homered to right (373 feet).	0	1
3rd	Gordon singled to right, Phillips and Butera scored, Merrifield to third.	2	1
4th	Kepler homered to right (373 feet), Morrison scored.	2	3
5th	Rosario hit sacrifice fly to center, Wilson scored.	2	4
6th	Forsythe doubled to left, Sanó scored, Kepler to third.	2	5
6th	Wilson grounded out to third, Kepler scored, Forsythe to third.	2	6
7th	Morrison homered to right (442 feet), Polanco scored.	2	8

Data is currently unavailable.

Royals
4
Twins
6

Game 1

8/3

Royals
2
Twins
8

Game 2

8/4

Royals
5
Twins
6

Game 3

8/5

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	53	46	.535	-	W2
Cleveland	53	48	.525	1	W1
Minnesota	49	52	.485	5	L3
Detroit	47	53	.470	6.5	W1
Kansas City	41	60	.406	13	W1

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Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins

Berrios goes 7 as Twins beat Royals 8-2

J. Berrios11-8

B. Smith1-3

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