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Kansas City Royals box score for September 9

Royals 5, Twins 2

Twins

AB

R

H

BI

W

K

Avg.

Dozier 2b

5

0

0

0

0

1

.259

Mauer 1b

4

0

1

0

0

1

.305

Polanco ss

3

0

0

0

0

3

.258

Rosario lf-rf

4

0

2

0

0

1

.288

Buxton cf

3

1

2

1

1

0

.249

Kepler rf

3

0

1

0

0

1

.245

a-Garver ph

1

0

0

0

0

0

.212

Granite lf

0

0

0

0

0

0

.231

E.Escobar 3b

3

1

1

1

1

1

.259

Castro c

4

0

2

0

0

0

.232

Grossman dh

1

0

0

0

2

0

.251

Totals

31

2

9

2

4

8

Royals

AB

R

H

BI

W

K

Avg.

Merrifield 2b

4

0

1

0

0

0

.288

Cain cf

4

1

3

0

0

0

.298

1-Gore pr

0

1

0

0

0

0

.000

Orlando cf

0

0

0

0

0

0

.164

Cabrera rf

3

1

0

1

1

1

.293

Hosmer 1b

3

1

3

1

1

0

.323

Perez c

4

0

1

1

0

0

.261

Moustakas 3b

3

0

1

0

1

0

.279

Moss dh

4

0

0

0

0

0

.197

A.Escobar ss

3

0

1

1

0

0

.246

Gordon lf

3

1

1

1

1

1

.203

Totals

31

5

11

5

4

2

Twins

001

001

000

2

9

0

Royals

100

000

13x

5

11

0

a-grounded out for Kepler in the 8th. 1-ran for Cain in the 8th.

LOB: Minnesota 8, Kansas City 7. 2B: Perez (22), A.Escobar (30). 3B: Cain (5). HR: E.Escobar (17), off Junis; Buxton (14), off Junis; Gordon (6), off Berrios. RBIs: Buxton (43), E.Escobar (61), Cabrera (79), Hosmer (84), Perez (71), A.Escobar (44), Gordon (40). CS: Rosario 2 (8), Merrifield (4). SF: A.Escobar. S: Polanco, Grossman.

Runners left in scoring position: Minnesota 4 (Mauer, Castro 2, Garver); Kansas City 2 (Moustakas, Gordon). RISP: Minnesota 0 for 6; Kansas City 2 for 8. Runners moved up: Cabrera, Perez. GIDP: Dozier, Merrifield, Perez. DP: Minnesota 2 (Polanco, Dozier, Mauer), (Berrios, Dozier, Mauer); Kansas City 1 (A.Escobar, Merrifield, Hosmer).

Twins

I

H

R

ER

W

K

P

ERA

Berrios

7

8

2

2

2

1

94

3.94

Pressly L, 2-3

0

1

2

2

1

0

8

5.06

Boshers

0

1

1

1

0

0

1

5.23

Duffey

0

1

0

0

1

0

1

4.81

Rogers

0.1

0

0

0

0

0

1

3.29

Busenitz

0.2

0

0

0

0

1

5

1.82

Royals

I

H

R

ER

W

K

P

ERA

Junis

6.1

8

2

2

1

7

95

4.34

Minor W, 6-6

1.2

1

0

0

2

1

22

2.75

Maurer, S, 22

1

0

0

0

1

0

20

6.00

Pressly pitched to 2 batters in the 8th. Boshers pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. Duffey pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.

Inherited runners-scored: Boshers 2-1, Duffey 2-1, Rogers 3-0, Busenitz 3-1, Minor 1-0.

Umpires: Home, Andy Fletcher; First, Alan Porter; Second, Chris Segal; Third, Joe West. Time: 2:51. Att: 29,991.

This story was originally published September 9, 2017 at 9:33 PM with the headline "Kansas City Royals box score for September 9."

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