Starting Lineups:
Minnesota Twins Kansas City Royals
1. Dozier 2b Merrifield rf
2. Grossman lf Torres 2b
3. Mauer 1b Cain cf
4. Sano 3b Hosmer 1b
5. Kepler rf Perez c
6. Vargas dh Moustakas 3b
7. Gimenez c Moss dh
8. Polanco ss Escobar ss
9. Buxton cf Gordon lf
Berrios p Farrell p
TWINS 1ST: Dozier flied to center; Grossman struck out; Mauer
singled to center; Sano flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Merrifield grounded out (shortstop to first); Torres
singled to right; Cain forced Torres (third to second); Hosmer
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0,
Royals 0.
TWINS 2ND: Kepler singled to second; Vargas walked [Kepler to
second]; Gimenez struck out; Polanco flied to center; On a bunt
Buxton singled to pitcher [Kepler to third, Vargas to second];
Dozier walked [Kepler scored, Vargas to third, Buxton to
second]; Grossman walked [Vargas scored, Buxton to third, Dozier
to second]; Mauer grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
3 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Perez doubled to center; Moustakas struck out; Moss
was called out on strikes; Escobar singled to center [Perez
scored]; Gordon flied to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2,
Royals 1.
TWINS 3RD: Sano homered to center; Kepler doubled to center;
Vargas popped to third; Gimenez grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Kepler to third]; Polanco singled to second [Kepler
scored]; Buxton singled to left [Polanco to second]; STRAHM
REPLACED FARRELL (PITCHING); Dozier singled to left [Polanco
scored, Buxton to third]; Grossman popped to second; 3 R, 5 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. Twins 5, Royals 1.
ROYALS 3RD: Merrifield flied to center; Torres walked; Cain
popped to first; Hosmer singled to center [Torres to second];
Perez flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 5, Royals 1.
TWINS 4TH: Mauer popped to third; Sano grounded out (second to
first); Kepler was hit by a pitch; Vargas walked [Kepler to
second]; Gimenez walked [Kepler to third, Vargas to second];
ALEXANDER REPLACED STRAHM (PITCHING); Polanco forced Gimenez
(shortstop to second); Royals Matt Strahm left with injured
knee; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Twins 5, Royals 1.
ROYALS 4TH: Moustakas homered to right-center; Moss singled to
left; Escobar homered to left-center [Moss scored]; Gordon
grounded out (shortstop to first); Merrifield singled to second;
Torres grounded out (second to first) [Merrifield to second];
Cain walked; Hosmer struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 5,
Royals 4.
TWINS 5TH: Buxton was called out on strikes; Dozier was called
out on strikes; Grossman walked; Mauer singled to center
[Grossman to second]; Sano grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 5, Royals 4.
ROYALS 5TH: Perez struck out; Moustakas flied to right; Moss
homered to center; Escobar was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Royals 5.
TWINS 6TH: MINOR REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Kepler struck
out; Vargas doubled to right; Gimenez struck out; Polanco
doubled to left [Vargas scored]; Buxton struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 5.
ROYALS 6TH: DUFFEY REPLACED BERRIOS (PITCHING); Gordon flied to
center; Merrifield doubled to center; Torres doubled to left
[Merrifield scored]; Cain singled to center [Torres to third];
Cain stole second; Hosmer grounded out (second to first); Perez
singled to left [Torres scored, Cain scored]; Moustakas flied to
right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 8.
TWINS 7TH: Dozier lined to left; Grossman singled to left; Mauer
struck out; Sano flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 6,
Royals 8.
ROYALS 7TH: PRESSLY REPLACED DUFFEY (PITCHING); Moss singled to
center; Escobar reached on an error by Polanco [Moss to second];
Gordon homered to right-center [Moss scored (unearned), Escobar
scored]; Merrifield struck out; Torres singled to center; Cain
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Torres out at second]; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Twins 6,
Royals 11.
TWINS 8TH: SORIA REPLACED MINOR (PITCHING); Kepler grounded out
(second to first); Vargas struck out; Gimenez struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 11.
ROYALS 8TH: Hosmer singled to left; Perez grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Hosmer out at second];
Moustakas grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 6, Royals 11.
TWINS 9TH: FELIZ REPLACED SORIA (PITCHING); Polanco walked;
Twins challenged, claiming that third pitch hit batter; call was
upheld - ball; Buxton walked [Polanco to second]; Dozier
struck out; Grossman struck out; Mauer grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 11.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Twins 6 12 1 15
Royals 11 17 0 7
