Kansas City Royals vs. Minnesota Twins

Royals Batting

Doubles: Escobar (29, Santana); Gordon (17, Santana); Merrifield (28, Santana)

Home Runs: Hosmer (24, 4th inning off Santana 0 on, 1 Out)

Runs Batted In: Cabrera (78), Hosmer (83), Merrifield 2 (68), Torres (4)

Sacrifice Flies: Cabrera

Ground Into Double Play: Merrifield; Pérez

Team Left On Base: 3

Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 3-9 (Merrifield 1-2, Cabrera 0-1, Gordon 1-1, Torres 1-2, Cain 0-3)

Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Cabrera 1; Cain 1

Royals Pitching

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Kennedy 9/16; Cahill 5/9; Buchter 3/8; Herrera 2/3; Alexander 3/4; McCarthy 1/3

Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Kennedy 11-3-8-11; Cahill 5-3-7-6; Buchter 9-3-3-5; Herrera 1-0-2-3; Alexander 1-2-3-3; McCarthy 0-1-3-3

Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Kennedy 4-3; Cahill 2-1; Buchter 1-4; Herrera 1-0; Alexander 2-0; McCarthy 0-3

Game Scores: I Kennedy 38

Royals Fielding

Errors: Gordon (2, throw)

Royals Baserunning

Stolen Bases: Merrifield (28, 2nd base off Santana/Castro)

Twins Batting

Doubles: Grossman (19, Cahill); Escobar (14, Herrera); Mauer (32, Alexander)

Triples: Grossman (1, Herrera)

Home Runs: Rosario (21, 3rd inning off Kennedy 0 on, 1 Out); Escobar (16, 5th inning off Cahill 0 on, 1 Out)

Runs Batted In: Rosario 4 (64), Dozier (82), Escobar (60), Grossman (39), Mauer (57)

2-out Runs Batted In: Dozier, Rosario 2, Mauer

Sacrifice Flies: Rosario

Sacrifice Hit: Castro

Team Left On Base: 8

Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 4-11 (Buxton 0-2, Rosario 1-2, Mauer 1-3, Grossman 1-1, Dozier 1-3)

Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Buxton 3; Rosario 1; Mauer 2

Twins Pitching

Pitcher Notes: Duffey pitched to 1 batter in the 7th;Rogers pitched to 2 batters in the 7th

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Santana 12/21; Duffey 3/4; Rogers 2/2; Hildenberger 4/5; Belisle 2/3

Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Santana 9-7-10-17; Duffey 2-2-1-3; Rogers 1-0-3-2; Hildenberger 4-3-2-4; Belisle 2-2-4-1

Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Santana 4-8; Duffey 0-2; Rogers 0-0; Hildenberger 4-1; Belisle 0-1

Game Scores: E Santana 43

Twins Fielding

Double Plays: 2 (Polanco-Dozier-Mauer, Escobar-Dozier-Mauer)

Twins Baserunning

Stolen Bases: Dozier (15, 2nd base off Kennedy/Pérez); Rosario (8, 2nd base off Cahill/Pérez)