FIELDING - DP: 1. L. Hughes-Casilla-Cuddyer.
E: Young (3).
BATTING - 2B: Span (9,off Duffy); Butera (5,off Collins).
3B: Span (3,off Duffy).
HR: Cuddyer (6,3rd inning off Duffy 0 on 1 out).
SF: Butera (1,off Wood).
Team LOB: 7.
BASERUNNING - SB: Casilla 2 (7,2nd base off Duffy/Pena,2nd base off Wood/Pena).
CS: Valencia (3,Home by Duffy/Pena); Casilla (3,2nd base by Teaford/Pena).
Starting Lineups:
Minnesota Twins Kansas City Royals
1. Span cf Gordon lf
2. Casilla ss Cabrera cf
3. Morneau dh Hosmer 1b
4. Cuddyer 1b Francoeur rf
5. Valencia 3b Butler dh
6. Young lf Betemit 3b
7. Revere rf Pena c
8. L. Hughes 2b Getz 2b
9. Butera c Escobar ss
Pavano p Duffy p
TWINS 1ST: Span struck out; Casilla singled to second; Morneau
flied to left; Casilla stole second; Cuddyer walked; Valencia
forced Cuddyer (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Gordon lined to right; Cabrera singled to right;
Hosmer struck out; Francoeur grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0.
TWINS 2ND: Young struck out; Revere singled to shortstop; Duffy
balked [Revere to second]; L. Hughes grounded out (pitcher to
first); Butera walked; Span doubled to center [Revere scored,
Butera scored]; Casilla flied to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 2, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Butler singled to right; Betemit forced Butler
(second to shortstop); Pena flied to center; Getz popped to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 0.
TWINS 3RD: Morneau popped to first; Cuddyer homered to center;
Valencia singled to center; Young singled to right [Valencia to
second]; Revere forced Young (first to shortstop) [Valencia to
third]; Valencia was picked off and caught stealing home
(pitcher to first to shortstop to catcher); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Twins 3, Royals 0.
ROYALS 3RD: On a bunt Escobar grounded out (pitcher to first);
Gordon walked; Cabrera forced Gordon (first to shortstop);
Hosmer doubled [Cabrera to third]; Eric Hosmer's fly got
wedged in the padding at the top of the wall; a fan had reached
out but did not touch the ball; once it was stuck, the fan
pulled it out of the padding and held it up; it was ruled a dead
ball and a double; when the Royals asked about the call, crew
chief Mike Winters watched the replay and upheld the call;
Francoeur grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 3, Royals 0.
TWINS 4TH: L. Hughes flied to right; Butera flied to right; Span
tripled to left [Span out at home (left to shortstop to
catcher)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Butler singled to left [Butler to second (error by
Young)]; Betemit singled to left [Butler to third]; Pena singled
to pitcher [Butler scored, Betemit to second]; Getz out on a
sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Betemit to third, Pena to
second]; Escobar reached on a fielder's choice [Betemit out at
home (shortstop to catcher)]; Gordon singled to right [Pena
scored, Escobar to third]; Cabrera struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2
LOB. Twins 3, Royals 2.
TWINS 5TH: Casilla grounded out (shortstop to first); Morneau
was called out on strikes; Cuddyer walked; Valencia forced
Cuddyer (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3,
Royals 2.
ROYALS 5TH: Hosmer singled to left; Francoeur grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Hosmer out at
second]; Butler struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3,
Royals 2.
TWINS 6TH: COLLINS REPLACED DUFFY (PITCHING); Young was called
out on strikes; Revere grounded out (shortstop to first); L.
Hughes singled to shortstop; Butera doubled to left [L. Hughes
scored]; Span flied to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4,
Royals 2.
ROYALS 6TH: Betemit struck out; Pena flied to center; Getz
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins
4, Royals 2.
TWINS 7TH: Casilla walked; Morneau flied to left; WOOD REPLACED
COLLINS (PITCHING); Cuddyer was called out on strikes while
Casilla stole second; Valencia popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 2.
ROYALS 7TH: Escobar grounded out (shortstop to first); Gordon
grounded out (pitcher to first); Cabrera lined to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 2.
TWINS 8TH: Young singled to left; Revere singled to left [Young
to second]; Wood threw a wild pitch [Young to third, Revere to
second]; L. Hughes struck out; Butera sacrifice flied into a
double play to center [Young scored, Revere out at third (center
to first to third)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Royals 2.
ROYALS 8TH: Hosmer lined to first; Francoeur popped to second;
Butler singled to center; Betemit popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Royals 2.
TWINS 9TH: TEAFORD REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); Span grounded out
(shortstop to first); Casilla walked; Casilla was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Morneau grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Royals 2.
ROYALS 9TH: Pena flied to center; Getz grounded out (first
unassisted); Escobar popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 5, Royals 2.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Twins 5 11 1 7
Royals 2 9 0 7
