Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

76-67, 37-37 Away

Final

79-65, 45-30 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
E. Julien2B	0-4	0	0	0	.219
J. Miranda1B	1-4	0	0	0	.299
T. LarnachLF	1-4	0	0	0	.247
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Larnach doubled to right, Miranda thrown out at home. 4th: Larnach struck out swinging. 7th: Larnach struck out looking. 9th: Larnach flied out to left.
M. WallnerRF	0-2	0	0	0	.260
R. Lewis3B	0-3	0	0	0	.248
W. CastroCF	0-3	0	0	0	.246
R. JeffersDH	0-3	0	0	0	.233
B. LeeSS	0-3	0	0	0	.234
C. VazquezC	3-3	0	0	0	.228

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
S. Woods Richardson	4.1	3	2	3	2	70-44	3.96
C. Sands	1.2	1	0	0	1	30-19	2.98
J. Alcala	1.0	0	0	0	1	11-7	3.18
S. Blewett	1.0	2	0	0	1	19-11	0.84

According to ESPN Analytics

MIN

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Kauffman Stadium

7:10 PM, 8 September 2024

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 26,477

Game Time:2:08

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Shane Livensparger
First Base Umpire - Brian O'Nora
Second Base Umpire - Brennan Miller
Third Base Umpire - Chris Conroy

Wacha tosses 7 innings of 4-hit ball, Royals top Twins 2-0 for sweep of closest AL wild-card pursuer

— Michael Wacha pitched seven innings of four-hit ball, Garrett Hampson and Salvador Perez drove in runs and the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 2-0 on Sunday to complete a series sweep of their closest pursuers in the AL wild-card race.

Sep 8, 2024, 10:16 pm - AP


MIN
KC

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

Scoring Summary

Inning				MIN	KC
		5th	Hampson hit sacrifice fly to left, Melendez scored, Garcia to second, Fermin to third.	0	1
		5th	Perez reached on infield single to third, Fermin scored, Pham to second, Garcia to third.	0	2

Data is currently unavailable.

Twins
0
Royals
5

Game 1

7/9

Twins
2
Royals
4

Game 2

8/9

Twins
0
Royals
2

Game 3

8/9

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	38	34	.528	-	L2
Cleveland	39	35	.527	-	L2
Minnesota	35	40	.467	4.5	W3
Detroit	30	44	.405	9	L2
Kansas City	30	45	.400	9.5	W1

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Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

Win Probability

Game Information

Wacha tosses 7 innings of 4-hit ball, Royals top Twins 2-0 for sweep of closest AL wild-card pursuer

M. Wacha12-7

S. Woods Richardson5-4

L. Erceg11

Scoring Summary

Inning

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