Starting Lineups:
Minnesota Twins Kansas City Royals
1. Buxton cf Merrifield 2b
2. Garver c Lopez ss
3. Donaldson 3b Perez dh
4. Sano dh Benintendi lf
5. Rooker lf C. Santana 1b
6. Arraez 2b Dozier rf
7. Astudillo 1b Mondesi 3b
8. Simmons ss Taylor cf
9. Cave rf Gallagher c
Jax p Bubic p
TWINS 1ST: Buxton lined to right; Garver was called out on
strikes; Donaldson homered to left; Sano struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Merrifield flied to center; Lopez flied to left;
Perez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0.
TWINS 2ND: Rooker struck out; Arraez singled to right; Astudillo
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Arraez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Benintendi flied to center; C. Santana lined to
right; Dozier grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0.
TWINS 3RD: Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first); Cave
singled to center; Buxton struck out; Garver struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Mondesi flied to left; Taylor struck out; Gallagher
singled to left; Merrifield flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0.
TWINS 4TH: Donaldson grounded out (shortstop to first); Sano
doubled to left; Rooker reached on an error by Lopez [Sano to
third, Rooker to first]; Arraez out on a sacrifice fly to left
[Sano scored (unearned), Rooker to second]; Astudillo lined to
right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Lopez walked; Perez flied to right; Lopez was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Benintendi walked; C.
Santana flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 0.
TWINS 5TH: Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first); Cave
grounded out (first unassisted); Buxton doubled to left; Garver
singled to center [Buxton scored]; Donaldson grounded out (third
to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 0.
ROYALS 5TH: Dozier struck out; Mondesi grounded out (first
unassisted); Taylor popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 3, Royals 0.
TWINS 6TH: Sano popped to catcher in foul territory; Rooker
flied to center; Arraez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 0.
ROYALS 6TH: THIELBAR REPLACED JAX (PITCHING); Gallagher doubled
to left; Merrifield flied to left [Gallagher to third]; Lopez
grounded out (first unassisted); Perez flied to right; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 0.
TWINS 7TH: Astudillo grounded out (third to first); Simmons
lined to second; Cave singled to center; TAPIA REPLACED BUBIC
(PITCHING); Buxton lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins
3, Royals 0.
ROYALS 7TH: KEPLER REPLACED ROOKER (PLAYING RF); CAVE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Benintendi was hit by a pitch; C.
Santana lined to second; DUFFEY REPLACED THIELBAR (PITCHING);
Dozier grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Benintendi out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3,
Royals 0.
TWINS 8TH: Garver flied to right; Donaldson walked; Sano singled
to left [Donaldson to second]; SPEIER REPLACED TAPIA (PITCHING);
Kepler lined to left; Arraez singled to right [Donaldson scored,
Sano to third]; Astudillo lined to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 4, Royals 0.
ROYALS 8TH: Mondesi flied to center; Taylor grounded out (third
to first); Gallagher was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Twins 4, Royals 0.
TWINS 9TH: ZIMMER REPLACED SPEIER (PITCHING); Simmons flied to
left; Cave was called out on strikes; Buxton struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 0.
ROYALS 9TH: COLOME REPLACED DUFFEY (PITCHING); Merrifield
doubled to left; Lopez lined to left; Perez reached on a
fielder's choice that turned into a double play [Merrifield out
at second (shortstop to second), Perez out at first (second to
first)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 0.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Twins 4 9 0 6
Royals 0 3 1 3
