Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins

DOUBLEHEADER - GAME 1

8-12, 4-8 Away

Final/7

13-7, 8-1 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
W. MerrifieldCF	0-3	0	0	0	.282
J. SolerDH	0-3	0	0	0	.253
S. PerezC	1-3	0	0	0	.329
H. DozierRF	1-3	0	0	0	.231
R. McBroom1B	1-3	1	0	0	.297
M. Franco3B	2-3	1	1	2	.263
A. GordonLF	0-3	0	0	0	.167
A. MondesiSS	0-2	0	0	0	.230
N. Lopez2B	0-2	0	0	0	.233

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
I. Kennedy	2.0	1	0	1	3	34-20	6.30
G. Speier	0.2	1	1	0	1	15-9	7.20
T. Zuber	0.2	3	2	0	2	26-16	5.59
G. Holland	1.2	2	1	0	1	24-16	2.61
S. Barlow	1.0	1	0	0	1	14-8	2.08

According to ESPN Analytics

MIN

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Target Field

1:35 PM, August 15, 2020

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Game Time:2:30

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - John Tumpane
First Base Umpire - Erich Bacchus
Second Base Umpire - John Bacon
Third Base Umpire - Jeff Nelson

Cruz homers, Twins beat Royals 4-2 to open doubleheader

Nelson Cruz hit a two-run homer and the Minnesota Twins held on to beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader.

Aug 15, 2020, 04:18 pm - Associated Press


KC
MIN

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

Scoring Summary

		KC	MIN
3rd	Cruz homered to left (448 feet), Polanco scored.	0	2
4th	Buxton hit sacrifice fly to left, Sanó scored.	0	3
5th	Franco homered to left (409 feet), McBroom scored.	2	3
5th	Rosario doubled to deep right, Cruz scored.	2	4

Data is currently unavailable.

Royals
-
Twins
-

Game 1

8/14

Royals
2
Twins
4

Game 1

8/15

Royals
4
Twins
2

Game 2

8/15

Royals
2
Twins
4

Game 3

8/16

Royals
1
Twins
4

Game 4

8/17

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

Tigers RHP Jack Flaherty on IL with right flexor inflammation

The Detroit Tigers placed right-hander Jack Flaherty on the 15-day injured list on Tuesday with right flexor inflammation.

Reds' Ferguson apologizes for outburst toward umpire

Reds left-hander Caleb Ferguson apologized one day after he was caught on camera yelling at umpire Bill Miller and appearing to use profanity.

White Sox's Teel could miss 6-12 weeks with high ankle sprain

White Sox catcher Kyle Teel is expected to miss a significant amount of time after being placed on the 10-day injured list Tuesday because of a high ankle sprain.

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Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins

Cruz homers, Twins beat Royals 4-2 to open doubleheader

T. Duffey1-0

G. Speier0-1

T. Rogers5

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