Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins

34-77, 19-40 Away

Final

52-58, 33-24 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
W. Merrifield2B	4-5	1	1	2	.307
A. GordonLF	2-4	1	0	1	.250
S. PerezC	1-5	0	0	0	.232
A. MondesiPR	0-0	0	0	0	.269
L. DudaDH	1-4	1	1	2	.235
R. Herrera3B	1-5	0	0	0	.257
B. PhillipsCF	0-4	0	0	0	.188
J. BonifacioRF	0-4	0	0	0	.200
R. O'Hearn1B	0-3	0	0	0	.125
H. DozierPH-1B	1-1	0	0	0	.213
A. EscobarSS	2-4	2	0	0	.200

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
D. Duffy	6.0	8	6	1	6	103-69	4.70
T. Hill	1.0	1	0	0	1	11-9	5.29
K. McCarthy	0.2	2	0	1	0	20-11	3.74
W. Peralta	0.1	0	0	0	0	1-1	3.07

MIN

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Target Field

11:40 PM, 5 August 2018

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Attendance: 25,390

Game Time:2:53

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

Cave's grand slam lifts Twins past Royals

Rookie Jake Cave hit his first career grand slam and closer Fernando Rodney survived a chaotic ninth inning as the Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 6-5 on Sunday.

Aug 6, 2018, 04:29 am - Associated Press


KC
MIN

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	12	0
0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	-	6	11	1

Scoring Summary

		KC	MIN
1st	Duda homered to center (431 feet), Gordon scored.	2	0
2nd	Cave homered to right center (402 feet), Sanó, Forsythe and Adrianza scored.	2	4
4th	Adrianza singled to center, Kepler scored, Adrianza to second advancing on throw.	2	5
4th	Grossman doubled to deep left center, Adrianza scored.	2	6
5th	Gordon singled to right, Escobar scored, Merrifield to second.	3	6
7th	Merrifield homered to left center (421 feet), Escobar scored.	5	6

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Royals
4
Twins
6

Game 1

4/8

Royals
2
Twins
8

Game 2

5/8

Royals
5
Twins
6

Game 3

5/8

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	58	52	.527	-	L1
Cleveland	56	55	.505	2.5	L1
Minnesota	56	56	.500	3	L1
Detroit	52	58	.473	6	W1
Kansas City	46	65	.414	12.5	L2

Blue Jays down the Cardinals 5-1 at home

Gausman gets first win since May 22, Springer drives in two as Blue Jays beat Cardinals 5-1

— Kevin Gausman pitched 5 2/3 innings for his first win since May 22, George Springer had two hits and drove in a pair, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 on Saturday.

Carlos Correa eyes possible return for Astros this season

Carlos Correa's recovery from surgery to repair a torn ankle tendon is progressing quicker than expected, and Houston's star infielder isn't ruling out a return this season.

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Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins

Cave's grand slam lifts Twins past Royals

G. Moya2-0

D. Duffy7-10

F. Rodney24

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