Attendance: 18,745
Duration: 3:12
Weather: 81 degrees, Clear
Wind: SSW 11 MPH
Umpires: HP: Scheurwater. 1B: Cederstrom. 2B: May. 3B: Blaser
Section 133, Row E, Seat 7 – halfway down the first base line, 5 rows
behind the home team dugout; not a “premium” seat, and a bargain at $50.00 (all
seats were significantly cheaper than for the Friday game)
Game notes – Heath Fillmyer turned in a great outing for KC, giving up
a 2-run homer to Jake Cave in the 2nd but allowing only 2 more
baserunners through the 7th inning … Twins “opener” Gabriel Moya and
Stephen Gonsalves held the Royals without a hit through the first 5 innings …
the home team did waste a great scoring chance in the 4th after the
first two batters walked and advanced on a wild pitch … Kansas City did get a
run without benefit of a hit an inning later, when Whit Merrifield walked with
2 outs and scored all the way from first on an error by Minnesota shortstop
Jorge Polanco … the Royals finally broke out in the 6th, when a
Hunter Dozier double and back-to-back homers by Salvador Perez and Jorge
Bonifacio sent Alan Busenitz to an early shower without retiring a batter,
after which the home team tacked on one more run … Fillmyer departed in the 8th
with 1 down and runners on the corners … Brian Flynn allowed 2 straight singles
to score a run and leave the bases loaded, after which Brandon Maurer allowed a
sac fly before Jerry Vasto recorded the final out … Merrifield manufactured an
insurance run in the bottom of the frame, as he drew a walk, advanced to 3rd
on a stolen base / overthrow of 2nd, and scored on a grounder
despite the drawn-in infield … KC closer Wily Peralta pitched a clean top of
the 9th, fanning pinch-hitter Joe Mauer to end the game
Other – the main and auxiliary video screens were good at providing
batter statistics and pitch speed/type/counts, but they didn’t have (or I
couldn’t find) a place to post scoring decisions or inform the fans about pitchers
warming up in the bullpen … got a good grilled chicken sandwich for $8.00 and a
generous bag of popcorn for $5.25 … shortly after parking I realized I had left
my phone in the car and took at least 10 minutes to find it (the car, not the
phone) … having made careful notes, I had no trouble locating my vehicle after
the game, but getting out of the stadium complex was a free-for-all, and I then
sat for 20 minutes without moving on I-70, due to an accident on a stretch that
was down to a single lane because of road work
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