Game No.: 140 Minnesota Twins(73-67) vs Kansas City Royals(69-70) Sep 8, 2017 Kauffman Stadium First Pitch: Temp: OFFICIAL SCORERS: UMPIRES: AVG HR RBI Minnesota Twins POS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 AB R H RBI .260 29 81 2 Dozier 2B .306 6 56 7 Mauer (L) 1B .262 10 62 11 Polanco (S) SS .285 20 60 20 Rosario (L) LF .249 13 42 25 Buxton CF .247 17 63 26 Kepler (L) RF .253 15 59 5 Escobar (S) 3B .230 7 36 21 Castro (L) C .248 9 38 36 Grossman (S) DH R H E LOB COACHES PITCHERS IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP PITCHES 4 Paul Molitor (Manager) Santana (14-7, 3.35) 33 James Rowson (Hitting Coach) 41 Neil Allen (Pitching Coach) 46 Joe Vavra (Bench Coach) 40 Jeff Smith (First Base Coach) 13 Gene Glynn (Third Base Coach) Twins Roster 18 Eddie Guardado (Bullpen Coach) 2 Brian Dozier, 2B (R) 15 Glen Perkins, LHP 23 Niko Goodrum, RF (S) 38 Chris Gimenez, C (R) 54 Ervin Santana, RHP 66 Nik Turley, LHP 5 Eduardo Escobar, 3B (S) 16 Ehire Adrianza, SS (S) 25 Byron Buxton, CF (R) 39 Trevor Hildenberger, RHP 55 Taylor Rogers, LHP 67 Alan Busenitz, RHP 7 Joe Mauer, 1B (L) 17 Jose Berrios, RHP 26 Max Kepler, RF (L) 40 Bartolo Colon, RHP 56 Tyler Duffey, RHP 8 Zack Granite, CF (L) 19 Kennys Vargas, DH (S) 27 John Curtiss, RHP 43 Mitch Garver, 1B (R) 57 Ryan Pressly, RHP 9 Matt Belisle, RHP 20 Eddie Rosario, LF (L) 35 Dillon Gee, RHP 44 Kyle Gibson, RHP 59 Michael Tonkin, RHP 11 Jorge Polanco, SS (S) 21 Jason Castro, C (L) 36 Robbie Grossman, LF (S) 50 Aaron Slegers, RHP 62 Buddy Boshers, LHP Twins DL AVG HR RBI Kansas City Royals POS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 AB R H RBI .286 17 66 15 Merrifield 2B .297 14 46 6 Cain DH .301 4 21 53 Cabrera (S) RF .317 23 82 35 Hosmer (L) 1B .263 24 70 13 Perez C .175 0 3 16 Orlando CF .243 4 43 2 Escobar SS .200 5 39 4 Gordon (L) LF .239 0 3 46 Torres (S) 3B R H E LOB COACHES PITCHERS IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP PITCHES 3 Ned Yost (Manager) Kennedy (4-10, 5.37) 21 Dale Sveum (Hitting Coach) 58 Dave Eiland (Pitching Coach) 22 Don Wakamatsu (Bench Coach) 18 Rusty Kuntz (First Base Coach) 23 Mike Jirschele (Third Base Coach) 57 Doug Henry (Bullpen Coach) Royals Roster 0 Terrance Gore, LF (R) 12 Jorge Soler, RF (R) 27 Raul Mondesi, SS (S) 37 Brandon Moss, DH (L) 49 Ryan Buchter, LHP 62 Sam Gaviglio, RHP 2 Alcides Escobar, SS (R) 13 Salvador Perez, C (R) 31 Ian Kennedy, RHP 38 Jorge Bonifacio, RF (R) 51 Jason Vargas, LHP 64 Onelki Garcia, LHP 4 Alex Gordon, LF (L) 15 Whit Merrifield, 2B (R) 32 Brandon Maurer, RHP 39 Jason Hammel, RHP 53 Melky Cabrera, RF (S) 65 Jakob Junis, RHP 6 Lorenzo Cain, CF (R) 16 Paulo Orlando, RF (R) 34 Trevor Cahill, RHP 40 Kelvin Herrera, RHP 54 Scott Alexander, LHP 69 Eric Skoglund, LHP 8 Mike Moustakas, 3B (L) 19 Cheslor Cuthbert, 3B (R) 35 Eric Hosmer, 1B (L) 46 Ramon Torres, SS (S) 59 Andres Machado, RHP 9 Drew Butera, C (R) 26 Mike Minor, LHP 36 Cam Gallagher, C (R) 47 Peter Moylan, RHP 61 Kevin McCarthy, RHP Royals DL GAME RECAP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 R H E LOB.