Saturday, September 21st, 2019 6:10PM CST
On Saturday night, the Kansas City Royals defeated the Minnesota Twins by a final score of 12 to 5. The Royals secured their victory with a decisive seven-run outburst in the ninth inning, a period that included Twins closer Taylor Rogers pitching. This loss meant Minnesota was unable to expand their lead in the American League Central division standings.
Date: Saturday, September 21st, 2019
Time: 6:10PM CST
Stadium: Target Field
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 37,750
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIN |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
KC |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

Doubles: Arraez (20, Sparkman)
Triples: Wade Jr (1, Sparkman)
Home Runs: Wade Jr (2, 3rd inning off Sparkman 0 on, 1 Out)
Runs Batted In: Cruz (104), Sanó (73), Wade Jr (5), Arraez (25)
Team Left On Base: 8
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 3-8 (Arraez 1-1, Astudillo 0-1, E. Rosario 0-1, Sanó 1-1, Gonzalez 0-1, Castro 0-2, Cruz 1-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Castro 2

Pitcher Notes: Hildenberger pitched to 5 batters in the 9th.
Hit By Pitch: Gordon (by Berríos)
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Romo 3/3; Berríos 18/27; Duffey 2/3; Rogers 1/4; Hildenberger 2/5; Alcala 2/4
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Romo-3-3-3-2; Berríos-18-14-14-19; Duffey-1-2-2-2; Rogers-2-1-3-4; Hildenberger-2-0-3-4; Alcala-3-1-4-3
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Romo 1-1; Berríos 5-7; Duffey 1-1; Rogers 1-0; Alcala 0-2
Game Scores: J Berrios 40

Double Plays: 1 (Arraez-Polanco-Astudillo)
Errors: Sanó (18, line drive)

Doubles: Merrifield (40, Rogers); Soler (31, Berríos); Mondesi (20, Hildenberger); O'Hearn (11, Berríos)
Home Runs: Cuthbert (9, 9th inning off Rogers 1 on, 1 Out); O'Hearn (14, 6th inning off Berríos 1 on, 2 Out)
Runs Batted In: Gordon (74), Cuthbert 3 (38), Soler (111), Mondesi (62), Mejía (3), O'Hearn 3 (34), McBroom (5), Viloria (14)
2-out Runs Batted In: Cuthbert, O'Hearn (2), McBroom
Sacrifice Flies: Viloria
Sacrifice Hit: Arteaga
Ground Into Double Play: Gordon
Team Left On Base: 7
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 7-12 (O'Hearn 1-1, McBroom 1-1, Gordon 1-3, Mejía 1-1, Phillips 0-1, Arteaga 0-1, Mondesi 1-1, Soler 1-1, Merrifield 0-1, Cuthbert 1-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Gordon 1; Merrifield 2; Phillips 1

Pitcher Notes: Sparkman pitched to 4 batters in the 5th.
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Kennedy 3/3; Barlow 3/6; Hahn 3/4; Rosario 0/1; Sparkman 15/21; Hill 3/5
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Kennedy-0-2-6-2; Barlow-3-5-6-4; Hahn-3-2-0-2; Rosario-1-0-2-1; Sparkman-12-6-9-15; Hill-3-1-4-2
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Kennedy 1-1; Barlow 3-0; Hahn 1-1; Rosario 1-0; Sparkman 4-4; Hill 1-1
Game Scores: G Sparkman 32

Errors: Mondesi (7, fielding)

Stolen Bases: Mondesi (42, 3rd base off Hildenberger/Garver)
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