Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins

47-95, 22-50 Away

Final

65-77, 41-30 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
W. MerrifieldDH	0-4	0	0	0	.302
A. MondesiSS	1-4	1	1	1	.270
A. GordonLF	0-1	0	0	0	.239
H. Dozier3B	0-4	0	0	0	.233
R. O'Hearn1B	1-3	0	0	0	.263
J. BonifacioRF	0-4	0	0	0	.239
B. GoodwinCF	0-4	0	0	0	.225
R. Herrera2B	1-2	0	0	0	.226
C. GallagherC	0-3	0	0	0	.190

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
I. Kennedy	6.0	4	1	3	6	93-63	4.92
K. McCarthy	1.0	1	0	0	0	10-6	3.26
T. Hill	0.2	0	0	0	0	6-4	4.54
B. Maurer	0.1	0	0	0	0	2-2	8.54
J. Hammel	0.2	2	2	0	1	10-8	6.09

MIN

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Total Bases

Runners LOB

Target Field

2:10 PM, September 9, 2018

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Attendance: 20,903

Game Time:2:36

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - John Libka
First Base Umpire - Chad Fairchild
Second Base Umpire - Kerwin Danley
Third Base Umpire - Bruce Dreckman
Left Field Umpire - -
Right Field Umpire - -

Astudillo hits game-ending home run, Twins beat Royals 3-1

Willians Astudillo hit a two-out, two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning that gave the Minnesota Twins a 3-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday.

Sep 9, 2018, 06:42 pm - Associated Press


KC
MIN

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

T. Hildenberger4-3

0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 K, 0 BB

J. Hammel2-13

0.2 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1 K, 0 BB

Scoring Summary

		KC	MIN
2nd	Adrianza singled to right, Grossman scored.	0	1
6th	Mondesi homered to right (392 feet).	1	1
9th	Astudillo homered to left (390 feet), Kepler scored.	1	3

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Royals
6
Twins
10

Game 1

9/7

Royals
4
Twins
1

Game 2

9/8

Royals
1
Twins
3

Game 3

9/9

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	73	65	.529	-	W1
Cleveland	70	68	.507	3	W2
Minnesota	67	72	.482	6.5	W3
Detroit	63	75	.457	10	L3
Kansas City	62	77	.446	11.5	L2

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Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins

Astudillo hits game-ending home run, Twins beat Royals 3-1

T. Hildenberger4-3

J. Hammel2-13

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