Starting Lineups:
Minnesota Twins Kansas City Royals
1. Dozier 2b Merrifield 2b
2. Kepler rf Moustakas 3b
3. Sano 3b Cain cf
4. Mauer 1b Hosmer 1b
5. Vargas dh Perez c
6. Castro c Gordon lf
7. Polanco ss Bonifacio rf
8. E. Rosario lf Moss dh
9. Buxton cf Escobar ss
Hughes p Hammel p
TWINS 1ST: Dozier was called out on strikes; Kepler singled to
center; Kepler stole second; Sano struck out; Mauer grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Merrifield flied to right; Moustakas popped to
second; Cain flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0,
Royals 0.
TWINS 2ND: Vargas flied to left; Castro was called out on
strikes; Polanco singled to right; Hammel threw a wild pitch
[Polanco to second]; E. Rosario struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Hosmer singled to center; Perez doubled to center
[Hosmer scored]; Gordon singled to center [Perez to third];
Bonifacio struck out; Moss singled to left [Perez scored, Gordon
to second]; Escobar flied to center; Merrifield flied to center;
2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 2.
TWINS 3RD: Buxton walked; Dozier flied to left; Buxton stole
second; Kepler walked; Sano homered to left [Buxton scored,
Kepler scored]; Mauer walked; Vargas singled to left [Mauer to
second]; Castro was called out on strikes; Polanco flied to
center; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 2.
ROYALS 3RD: Moustakas grounded out (shortstop to first); Cain
lined to right; Hosmer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins
3, Royals 2.
TWINS 4TH: E. Rosario singled to center; On a bunt Buxton
singled to pitcher [E. Rosario to second]; Dozier reached on a
fielder's choice [E. Rosario to third, Buxton to second]; MINOR
REPLACED HAMMEL (PITCHING); Kepler forced Dozier (second to
shortstop) [E. Rosario scored, Buxton to third]; Sano singled to
left [Buxton scored, Kepler to second]; Mauer grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Sano out at second];
2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Royals 2.
ROYALS 4TH: Perez singled to right; Gordon was called out on
strikes; Bonifacio singled to center [Perez to second]; Moss
flied to right; Escobar forced Bonifacio (shortstop to second);
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 5, Royals 2.
TWINS 5TH: Vargas popped to third; Castro singled to center;
Polanco forced Castro (pitcher to second to shortstop); E.
Rosario struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Royals 2.
ROYALS 5TH: Merrifield flied to right; Moustakas grounded out
(first unassisted); Cain homered to left; Hosmer struck out; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Royals 3.
TWINS 6TH: Buxton popped to third; Dozier doubled to right;
Kepler popped to shortstop; MOYLAN REPLACED MINOR (PITCHING);
Sano singled to right [Dozier scored]; STRAHM REPLACED MOYLAN
(PITCHING); Mauer was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Twins 6, Royals 3.
ROYALS 6TH: Perez doubled to center; Gordon popped to second;
Bonifacio grounded out (third to first); Moss singled to right
[Perez to third]; Escobar singled to left [Perez scored, Moss to
second]; PRESSLY REPLACED HUGHES (PITCHING); Merrifield flied to
center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 4.
TWINS 7TH: Vargas grounded out (third to first); Castro struck
out; Polanco flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 6,
Royals 4.
ROYALS 7TH: ROGERS REPLACED PRESSLY (PITCHING); Moustakas
grounded out (first unassisted); Cain lined to center; Hosmer
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 6,
Royals 4.
TWINS 8TH: ALEXANDER REPLACED STRAHM (PITCHING); E. Rosario
grounded out (shortstop to first); Buxton grounded out
(shortstop to first); Dozier singled to pitcher; Kepler walked
[Dozier to second]; Sano struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 6, Royals 4.
ROYALS 8TH: BELISLE REPLACED ROGERS (PITCHING); Perez flied to
center; Gordon flied to center; Bonifacio grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 4.
TWINS 9TH: HERRERA REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Mauer flied to
left; Vargas singled to center; D. SANTANA RAN FOR VARGAS; D.
Santana stole second; Castro grounded out (second to first) [D.
Santana to third]; Polanco singled to third [D. Santana scored,
Polanco to second (error by Moustakas)]; E. Rosario struck out;
1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 7, Royals 4.
ROYALS 9TH: D. SANTANA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); KINTZLER
REPLACED BELISLE (PITCHING); Moss flied to left; Escobar
grounded out (second to first); Merrifield homered to left;
Moustakas singled to pitcher; Cain was called out on strikes; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 7, Royals 5.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Twins 7 13 0 10
Royals 5 12 1 7
