Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins

40-72, 17-37 Away

Final

68-42, 33-21 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
W. Merrifield2B	0-4	0	0	0	.301
H. ArteagaSS	0-0	0	0	0	.197
A. GordonLF	0-3	0	0	0	.276
R. O'Hearn1B	0-1	0	0	0	.176
H. Dozier3B-RF	0-4	0	0	0	.280
J. SolerDH	2-3	2	1	1	.253
C. Cuthbert1B-3B	1-4	0	0	0	.295
N. LopezSS-2B	1-4	1	0	0	.221
B. StarlingRF-LF	0-4	0	0	0	.262
M. ViloriaC	1-4	0	0	2	.269
B. HamiltonCF	0-2	0	0	0	.209

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
D. Duffy	4.2	8	8	2	5	87-54	4.93
J. Lopez	3.1	4	2	0	2	54-36	6.19

According to ESPN Analytics

MIN

Hits

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Total Bases

Runners LOB

Target Field

7:10 PM, August 3, 2019

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Attendance: 36,823

Game Time:2:53

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Andy Fletcher
First Base Umpire - Jansen Visconti
Second Base Umpire - Will Little
Third Base Umpire - Joe West

Twins' Cruz hits 3 HRs for second time in 10 days

Nelson Cruz hit three home runs in a game for the second time in 10 days, powering the AL Central-leading Minnesota Twins over the Kansas City Royals 11-3 on Saturday night.

Aug 4, 2019, 09:38 am - ESPN News Services


KC
MIN

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

K. Gibson11-4

6.2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 6 K, 2 BB

D. Duffy5-6

4.2 IP, 8 H, 8 ER, 5 K, 2 BB

Scoring Summary

		KC	MIN
1st	Cruz homered to right (354 feet), Polanco scored.	0	2
2nd	Soler homered to left (465 feet).	1	2
2nd	Viloria singled to left center, N. Lopez scored.	2	2
2nd	Cron homered to center (428 feet).	2	3
2nd	Polanco homered to left (404 feet), Schoop scored and Garver scored.	2	6
2nd	Cruz homered to left (466 feet).	2	7
5th	Kepler singled to right, Gonzalez scored on throwing error by right fielder Starling, Kepler safe at second on throwing error by right fielder Starling.	2	8
5th	Cron singled to center, Kepler scored.	2	9
6th	Cruz homered to right (379 feet), Arraez scored.	2	11
7th	Viloria grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Soler scored, N. Lopez out at second, Cuthbert to third.	3	11

Data is currently unavailable.

Royals
9
Twins
11

Game 1

8/2

Royals
3
Twins
11

Game 2

8/3

Royals
0
Twins
3

Game 3

8/4

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	88	74	.543	-	W2
Detroit	87	75	.537	1	L1
Kansas City	82	80	.506	6	W2
Minnesota	70	92	.432	18	L1
Chicago	60	102	.370	28	W1

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Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins

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