BATTING - 2B: DeJesus (29,off Bonser); Costa (5,off De Paula); Pena (21,off Cali).
HR: Gordon 2 (14,2nd inning off Bonser 0 on 0 out,3rd inning off De Paula 0
on 0 out); Buck (17,9th inning off Neshek 1 on 2 out).
GDP: Gathright (2,off De Paula).
IBB: Grudzielanek (1,by Cali).
Team LOB: 9.
Starting Lineups:
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1. DeJesus cf Tyner lf
2. Grudzielanek 2b Bartlett ss
3. Gload 1b Hunter cf
4. Sweeney dh Morneau dh
5. Gordon 3b Cuddyer rf
6. Costa rf Redmond c
7. Buck c Jones 1b
8. Gathright lf Rodriguez 3b
9. Pena ss Punto 2b
Bannister p Bonser p
ROYALS 1ST: DeJesus grounded out (second to first); Grudzielanek
grounded out (shortstop to first); Gload singled to left;
Sweeney popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Twins
0.
TWINS 1ST: Tyner grounded out (second to first); Bartlett
singled to left; Bartlett was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Hunter grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Gordon homered to right; Costa singled to left; Buck
singled to left [Costa to second]; Gathright singled to left
[Costa scored, Buck to second]; Pena grounded out (second to
first) [Buck to third, Gathright to second]; DeJesus doubled to
right [Buck scored, Gathright scored]; Grudzielanek flied to
right [DeJesus to third]; Gload singled to right [DeJesus
scored]; DE PAULA REPLACED BONSER (PITCHING); Gload safe on a
pick-off error by De Paula [Gload to third]; Sweeney flied to
left; 5 R, 6 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Twins 0.
TWINS 2ND: Morneau grounded out (second to first); Cuddyer was
hit by a pitch; Redmond flied to center; Jones singled to right
[Cuddyer to third]; Rodriguez flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Royals 5, Twins 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Gordon homered to right; Costa grounded out (first
to pitcher); Buck singled to left; Gathright grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Buck out at second];
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Twins 0.
TWINS 3RD: On a bunt Punto singled to third; Tyner grounded into
a double play (shortstop to first) [Punto out at second];
Bartlett flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Twins
0.
ROYALS 4TH: Pena grounded out (third to first); DeJesus flied to
right; Grudzielanek singled to shortstop; Gload grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Twins 0.
TWINS 4TH: Hunter flied to center; Morneau flied to left;
Cuddyer popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Twins
0.
ROYALS 5TH: Sweeney flied to left; Gordon struck out; Costa
doubled to right; Buck grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Twins 0.
TWINS 5TH: Redmond grounded out (shortstop to first); Jones
singled to pitcher; Rodriguez grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Jones out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Twins 0.
ROYALS 6TH: CALI REPLACED DE PAULA (PITCHING); Gathright struck
out; Pena doubled to left; DeJesus popped to second;
Grudzielanek was walked intentionally; Gload lined to third; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 6, Twins 0.
TWINS 6TH: Punto struck out; Tyner flied to left; Bartlett flied
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Twins 0.
ROYALS 7TH: Sweeney singled to center; Gordon flied to center;
Costa flied to left; Buck grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Twins 0.
TWINS 7TH: Hunter grounded out (third to first); Morneau popped
to first; Cuddyer grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Twins 0.
ROYALS 8TH: Gathright grounded out (second to first); Pena
singled to first; DeJesus walked [Pena to second]; NESHEK
REPLACED CALI (PITCHING); Grudzielanek grounded out (third to
first) [Pena to third, DeJesus to second]; Gload grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 6, Twins 0.
TWINS 8TH: Redmond singled to center; Jones singled to center
[Redmond to third]; Rodriguez out on a sacrifice fly to left
[Redmond scored]; BUSCHER BATTED FOR PUNTO; Buscher grounded out
(first unassisted) [Jones to second]; Tyner grounded out (second
to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Twins 1.
ROYALS 9TH: RODRIGUEZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); BUSCHER
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Sweeney flied to center; Gordon
flied to right; Costa singled to center; Buck homered to
left-center [Costa scored]; Gathright grounded out (shortstop to
first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Twins 1.
TWINS 9TH: SORIA REPLACED BANNISTER (PITCHING); Bartlett flied
to left; Hunter was called out on strikes; Morneau grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Twins 1.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Royals 8 16 0 9
Twins 1 6 1 3
