Ejections: MIN Manager Ron Gardenhire by Ted Barrett [Replay ruling]
Time of Game: 3:14 Attendance: 30686
Starting Lineups:
Minnesota Twins Kansas City Royals
1. Santana cf Aoki rf
2. Fuld rf Infante 2b
3. Dozier 2b Hosmer 1b
4. Willingham lf Perez c
5. Parmelee 1b Gordon lf
6. Plouffe 3b Butler dh
7. Suzuki c Moustakas 3b
8. Nunez dh Cain cf
9. Escobar ss Escobar ss
Gibson p Shields p
TWINS 1ST: Santana was called out on strikes; Fuld walked;
Dozier struck out; Willingham singled to right [Fuld to third];
Parmelee lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Royals
0.
ROYALS 1ST: Aoki grounded out (first unassisted); Infante popped
to catcher; Hosmer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0,
Royals 0.
TWINS 2ND: Plouffe walked; Plouffe stole second [Plouffe to
third (error by Perez)]; Suzuki flied to center; Nunez popped to
shortstop; Escobar flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins
0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Perez struck out; Gordon grounded out (first to
pitcher); Butler grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0.
TWINS 3RD: On a bunt Santana singled to first; Santana safe on a
pick-off error by Shields [Santana to second]; Fuld lined to
pitcher (pitcher to first) [Santana to third]; Dozier walked;
Willingham out on a sacrifice fly to center [Santana scored
(unearned)]; Parmelee flied to left; when Alex Gordon made a
diving catch in LF, Twins manager Ron Gardenhire challenged the
ruling; the call was upheld by replay; Gardenhire argued the
result and was ejected by HP umpire Ted Barrett; 1 R (0 ER),
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Moustakas grounded out (first unassisted); Cain
flied to right; Escobar singled to right; Escobar was picked off
first (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals
0.
TWINS 4TH: Plouffe struck out; Suzuki walked; Nunez grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Suzuki out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 4TH: On a bunt Aoki grounded out (pitcher to first);
Infante popped to shortstop; Hosmer flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0.
TWINS 5TH: Escobar popped to shortstop; Santana doubled to
right; Fuld singled to left [Santana to third]; Dozier doubled
to left [Santana scored, Fuld to third]; Willingham was hit by a
pitch; Parmelee grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Willingham out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 2, Royals 0.
ROYALS 5TH: Perez struck out; Gordon walked; Butler grounded out
(shortstop to second to first) [Gordon to second]; Moustakas
walked; Cain struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Royals
0.
TWINS 6TH: Plouffe struck out; Suzuki grounded out (shortstop to
first); Nunez singled to left; Nunez stole second; when
Eduardo Nunez was called safe at 2B, Royals manager Ned Yost
challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay;
Shields threw a wild pitch [Nunez to third]; Escobar struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 0.
ROYALS 6TH: Escobar struck out; Aoki singled to left; Infante
was called out on strikes; Aoki stole second; Hosmer struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 0.
TWINS 7TH: FRASOR REPLACED SHIELDS (PITCHING); Santana was
called out on strikes; Fuld grounded out (pitcher to first);
Dozier singled to center; Dozier was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 0.
ROYALS 7TH: Perez flied to left; Gordon grounded out (pitcher to
first); Butler grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Twins 2, Royals 0.
TWINS 8TH: CROW REPLACED FRASOR (PITCHING); Willingham grounded
out (second to first); Parmelee flied to center; Plouffe
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins
2, Royals 0.
ROYALS 8TH: FIEN REPLACED GIBSON (PITCHING); Moustakas flied to
center; Cain doubled to left; Escobar struck out; Aoki flied to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 0.
TWINS 9TH: HERRERA REPLACED CROW (PITCHING); Suzuki walked;
Nunez lined to right; Escobar struck out; Santana grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 0.
ROYALS 9TH: PERKINS REPLACED FIEN (PITCHING); Infante doubled to
left; Hosmer singled to left [Infante scored]; Perez lined to
left; Gordon flied to center; DYSON RAN FOR HOSMER; Butler lined
to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 1.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Twins 2 7 0 8
Royals 1 5 2 5
