BATTING - HR: Cruz 3 (30,1st inning off Duffy 1 on 1 out,2nd inning off Duffy 0 on 2
out,6th inning off J. Lopez 1 on 2 out); Cron (19,2nd inning off Duffy
0 on 1 out); Polanco (17,2nd inning off Duffy 2 on 2 out).
Team LOB: 3.
PITCHING
Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFPDuffy L(5-6) 4.2 8 9 8 2 5 4 24
J. Lopez 3.1 4 2 2 0 2 1 14
Totals 8 12 11 10 2 7 5 38
Inherited Runners - Scored: J. Lopez 1-1.
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Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFPGibson W(11-4) 6.2 4 3 2 2 6 1 27
Harper 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Stashak 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 7
Totals 9 5 3 2 2 8 1 35
Starting Lineups:
Kansas City Royals Minnesota Twins
1. Merrifield 2b Garver c
2. Gordon lf Polanco ss
3. Dozier 3b Cruz dh
4. Soler dh Gonzalez rf
5. Cuthbert 1b Sano 3b
6. N. Lopez ss Kepler cf
7. Starling rf Cron 1b
8. Viloria c Schoop 2b
9. Hamilton cf Arraez lf
Duffy p Gibson p
ROYALS 1ST: Merrifield grounded out (third to first); Gordon
grounded out (shortstop to first); Dozier struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0.
TWINS 1ST: Garver flied to right; Polanco walked; Cruz homered
to right [Polanco scored]; Gonzalez popped to second; Sano
struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 2.
ROYALS 2ND: Soler homered to left; Cuthbert grounded out (third
to first); N. Lopez reached on an error by Schoop; Starling
grounded out (third to first) [N. Lopez to second]; Viloria
singled to left [N. Lopez scored (unearned)]; Hamilton grounded
out (first unassisted); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2,
Twins 2.
TWINS 2ND: Kepler struck out; Cron homered to center; Schoop
singled to second; Arraez flied to left; Garver walked [Schoop
to second]; Polanco homered to left [Schoop scored, Garver
scored]; Cruz homered to left; Gonzalez popped to shortstop; 5
R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 7.
ROYALS 3RD: Merrifield grounded out (shortstop to first); Gordon
grounded out (shortstop to first); Dozier lined to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 7.
TWINS 3RD: Sano struck out; Kepler flied to center; Cron
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2,
Twins 7.
ROYALS 4TH: Soler struck out; Cuthbert grounded out (third to
first); N. Lopez flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2,
Twins 7.
TWINS 4TH: Schoop grounded out (pitcher to second to first);
Arraez singled to center; Garver flied to center; Polanco struck
out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 7.
ROYALS 5TH: Starling grounded out (third to first); Viloria
struck out; Hamilton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 7.
TWINS 5TH: Cruz struck out; Gonzalez singled to center; Sano
flied to center; Gonzalez safe on a pick-off error by Duffy
[Gonzalez to second]; Kepler singled to right [Gonzalez scored,
Kepler to second (error by Starling)]; J. LOPEZ REPLACED DUFFY
(PITCHING); Cron singled to center [Kepler scored (unearned)];
Schoop popped to first; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2,
Twins 9.
ROYALS 6TH: Merrifield struck out; Gordon grounded out (first
unassisted); Dozier was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Royals 2, Twins 9.
TWINS 6TH: Arraez singled to center; Garver struck out; Polanco
lined to left; Cruz homered to right [Arraez scored]; Gonzalez
flied to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 11.
ROYALS 7TH: Soler walked; Cuthbert singled to left [Soler to
second]; N. Lopez singled to center [Soler to third, Cuthbert to
second]; Starling struck out; Viloria forced N. Lopez (shortstop
to second) [Soler scored, Cuthbert to third]; Hamilton walked
[Viloria to second]; HARPER REPLACED GIBSON (PITCHING);
Merrifield flied to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 3, Twins
11.
TWINS 7TH: ARTEAGA REPLACED MERRIFIELD (PLAYING SS); O'HEARN
REPLACED GORDON (PLAYING 1B); DOZIER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
RF); CUTHBERT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); N. LOPEZ CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); STARLING CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
Sano struck out; Kepler grounded out (first unassisted); Cron
singled to pitcher; Schoop grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 11.
ROYALS 8TH: ADRIANZA REPLACED SANO (PLAYING 3B); CAVE REPLACED
KEPLER (PLAYING CF); STASHAK REPLACED HARPER (PITCHING); O'Hearn
popped to third; Dozier flied to left; Soler singled to left;
Cuthbert flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Twins
11.
TWINS 8TH: Arraez grounded out (second to first); Garver flied
to center; Polanco grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 11.
ROYALS 9TH: N. Lopez flied to right; Starling struck out;
Viloria was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals
3, Twins 11.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Royals 3 5 2 5
Twins 11 12 1 3
