Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 9, Kansas City 3
When: 2:10 PM ET, Tuesday, July 4, 2023
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 79°
Umpires: Home - Mark Ripperger, 1B - Phil Cuzzi, 2B - Daniel Bellino, 3B - Shane Livensparger
Attendance: 25033
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 10302030-9101
Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Maikel Garcia DH 4 2 1 0 0 2 0 .297
Bobby Witt Jr. SS 4 1 2 2 0 1 0 .254
Nick Pratto 1B 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 .257
Salvador Perez C 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .250
MJ Melendez LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .209
Kyle Isbel CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .188
Michael Massey 2B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .219
Dairon Blanco RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167
Nicky Lopez 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226
Totals 29 3 5 3 1 9 5  
Batting
HR - Bobby Witt Jr. (13)
TB - Maikel Garcia, Bobby Witt Jr. 5, MJ Melendez, Michael Massey
RBI - Bobby Witt Jr. 2 (45), Nick Pratto (27)
SF - Nick Pratto (3)
GIDP - Salvador Perez (8), Kyle Isbel (2), Dairon Blanco (1)
Team LOB - 1
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Zack Greinke (L 1-9) 5.1 7 6 6 0 3 3 5.44
Nick Wittgren 1.2 3 3 3 2 1 0 6.00
Jonathan Heasley 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.91
HBP - Alex Kirilloff (by Greinke), Kyle Farmer (by Wittgren)
Pitches-Strikes - Zack Greinke 82-51, Nick Wittgren 36-20, Jonathan Heasley 11-9
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Zack Greinke 9-2, Nick Wittgren 1-2, Jonathan Heasley 0-1
Batters Faced - Zack Greinke 24, Nick Wittgren 11, Jonathan Heasley 3
Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Carlos Correa SS 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 .227
Donovan Solano 2B 4 3 3 1 0 0 0 .277
     Joey Gallo LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .190
Byron Buxton DH 4 3 3 1 0 0 2 .216
Alex Kirilloff 1B 3 1 1 2 0 0 2 .278
Max Kepler RF 3 1 2 4 1 1 0 .222
Jose Miranda 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .209
     Kyle Farmer 3B-2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244
Willi Castro LF-3B 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 .249
Christian Vazquez C 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .217
Michael A. Taylor CF 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 .214
Totals 34 9 10 9 2 6 9  
Batting
2B - Donovan Solano 2 (15)
HR - Donovan Solano (4), Byron Buxton (15), Max Kepler (12)
TB - Carlos Correa, Donovan Solano 8, Byron Buxton 6, Alex Kirilloff, Max Kepler 5
RBI - Donovan Solano (20), Byron Buxton (34), Alex Kirilloff 2 (17), Max Kepler 4 (30), Willi Castro (17)
2-Out RBI - Alex Kirilloff 2 (4), Max Kepler 4 (7), Willi Castro (6)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jose Miranda (13), Christian Vazquez 2 (18)
Team LOB - 5
Baserunning
SB - Byron Buxton (8, 2nd off Wittgren/Perez)
Fielding
E - Jose Miranda (5)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Kenta Maeda (W 2-5) 7.0 3 2 1 1 9 1 5.18
Oliver Ortega 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.60
Jorge Lopez 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.14
Pitches-Strikes - Kenta Maeda 87-59, Oliver Ortega 13-8, Jorge Lopez 8-6
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kenta Maeda 5-3, Oliver Ortega 2-0, Jorge Lopez 1-1
Batters Faced - Kenta Maeda 24, Oliver Ortega 3, Jorge Lopez 4