Starting Lineups:
Kansas City Royals Minnesota Twins
1. Escobar ss Buxton cf
2. Zobrist 2b Robinson lf
3. Hosmer 1b Kepler rf
4. K. Morales dh Sano dh
5. Moustakas 3b Vargas 1b
6. Perez c Nunez 3b
7. Gordon lf Escobar 2b
8. Rios rf Fryer c
9. Dyson cf D. Santana ss
Cueto p Nolasco p
ROYALS 1ST: Escobar grounded out (third to first); Zobrist
grounded out (second to first); Hosmer walked; K. Morales struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0.
TWINS 1ST: Buxton flied to right; Robinson singled to center;
Kepler forced Robinson (first to shortstop); Sano walked [Kepler
to second]; Vargas grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Moustakas walked; Perez singled to left [Moustakas
to second]; Gordon doubled to right [Moustakas scored, Perez to
third]; Rios doubled to right [Perez scored, Gordon scored];
Dyson popped to shortstop; Escobar lined to left; Zobrist
grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3,
Twins 0.
TWINS 2ND: Nunez singled to third; Escobar grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Nunez out at
second]; Fryer walked; D. Santana popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Hosmer grounded out (first to pitcher); K. Morales
walked; Moustakas struck out; Perez homered to left-center [K.
Morales scored]; DUENSING REPLACED NOLASCO (PITCHING); Gordon
grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals
5, Twins 0.
TWINS 3RD: Buxton struck out; Robinson grounded out (third to
first); Kepler singled to right; Sano singled to right [Kepler
to second]; when Alex Rios was ruled to have caught Miguel
Sano's line drive, Twins manager Paul Molitor challenged the
ruling; the call was overturned by replay; Vargas grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 5, Twins 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Rios grounded out (third to first); Dyson grounded
out (second to first); Escobar singled to left; Zobrist forced
Escobar (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5,
Twins 0.
TWINS 4TH: Nunez walked; Escobar flied to right; Fryer singled
to center [Nunez to second]; D. Santana singled to right [Nunez
scored, Fryer to third]; Buxton walked [D. Santana to second];
Robinson was called out on strikes; Kepler was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 5, Twins 1.
ROYALS 5TH: Hosmer grounded out (pitcher to first); GOMES BATTED
FOR K. MORALES; Gomes flied to right; Moustakas singled to
center; Perez flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5,
Twins 1.
TWINS 5TH: GOMES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Sano flied to
right; Vargas was called out on strikes; Nunez grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Twins 1.
ROYALS 6TH: GRAHAM REPLACED DUENSING (PITCHING); Gordon walked;
Rios struck out; Dyson singled to catcher [Gordon to second];
Escobar forced Dyson (pitcher to second to shortstop) [Gordon to
third]; Escobar stole second; Zobrist grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 5, Twins 1.
TWINS 6TH: BUTERA REPLACED PEREZ (PLAYING C ); VOLQUEZ REPLACED
CUETO (PITCHING); Escobar walked; Fryer walked [Escobar to
second]; D. Santana struck out; Buxton was called out on
strikes; Robinson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. Royals 5, Twins 1.
ROYALS 7TH: Hosmer grounded out (shortstop to first); Gomes
singled to shortstop; COLON BATTED FOR MOUSTAKAS; Colon singled
to right [Gomes to second]; Graham threw a wild pitch [Gomes to
third, Colon to second]; Butera walked; O'ROURKE REPLACED GRAHAM
(PITCHING); Gordon struck out; Rios struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB. Royals 5, Twins 1.
TWINS 7TH: CUTHBERT REPLACED HOSMER (PLAYING 1B); COLON STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); ORLANDO REPLACED GORDON (PLAYING LF);
Kepler popped to third; Sano was called out on strikes; Vargas
flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Twins 1.
ROYALS 8TH: Dyson walked; PENA BATTED FOR ESCOBAR; Pena singled
to center [Dyson to third]; Zobrist out on a sacrifice fly to
left [Dyson scored, Pena to second]; Cuthbert grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Pena to third]; Gomes flied to center; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Twins 1.
TWINS 8TH: PENA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); CUTHBERT CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); COLON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS);
BUTERA CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); F. MORALES REPLACED
VOLQUEZ (PITCHING); Nunez grounded out (second to first);
Escobar singled to left; Fryer forced Escobar (shortstop to
second); D. Santana flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 6, Twins 1.
ROYALS 9TH: ACHTER REPLACED O'ROURKE (PITCHING); Colon walked;
Butera flied to left; Orlando flied to center; Rios lined to
third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Twins 1.
TWINS 9TH: HOCHEVAR REPLACED F. MORALES (PITCHING); Buxton
reached on an error by Zobrist [Buxton to second]; Robinson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Kepler grounded out (second
to first) [Buxton to third]; Sano flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
1 LOB. Royals 6, Twins 1.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Royals 6 10 1 11
Twins 1 7 0 12
