Starting Lineups:
Kansas City Royals Minnesota Twins
1. Merrifield cf Kepler rf
2. N. Lopez 2b Polanco ss
3. Dozier rf Cruz dh
4. Soler dh Rosario lf
5. O'Hearn 1b Gonzalez 3b
6. Franco 3b Arraez 2b
7. Gordon lf Sano 1b
8. Mondesi ss Buxton cf
9. Viloria c Avila c
Singer p Dobnak p
ROYALS 1ST: Merrifield grounded out (third to first); N. Lopez
was called out on strikes; Dozier homered to right; Soler struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 0.
TWINS 1ST: Kepler flied to center; Polanco grounded out (pitcher
to first); Cruz lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1,
Twins 0.
ROYALS 2ND: O'Hearn flied to left; Franco grounded out
(shortstop to first); Gordon homered to right; Mondesi grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 0.
TWINS 2ND: Rosario grounded out (first unassisted); Gonzalez
struck out; Arraez singled to center; Sano walked [Arraez to
second]; Buxton forced Sano (shortstop to second) [Buxton to
first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Viloria grounded out (first unassisted); Merrifield
grounded out (second to first); N. Lopez grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 0.
TWINS 3RD: Avila walked; Singer threw a wild pitch [Avila to
second]; Kepler popped to shortstop; Singer balked [Avila to
third]; Polanco grounded out (first unassisted) [Avila scored];
Cruz singled to center; Rosario grounded out (first unassisted);
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 1.
ROYALS 4TH: Dozier flied to right; Soler struck out; O'Hearn
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals
2, Twins 1.
TWINS 4TH: Gonzalez grounded out (pitcher to first); Arraez
singled to center; Sano was called out on strikes; Buxton flied
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 1.
ROYALS 5TH: Franco grounded out (third to first); Gordon
grounded out (shortstop to first); Mondesi lined to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 1.
TWINS 5TH: Avila walked; Kepler homered to right [Avila scored];
Polanco flied to center; Cruz grounded out (third to first);
Rosario grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, Twins 3.
ROYALS 6TH: Viloria lined to left; Merrifield singled to center;
N. Lopez walked [Merrifield to second]; CLIPPARD REPLACED DOBNAK
(PITCHING); Dozier hit into a double play to left [Merrifield
out at second (left to second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals
2, Twins 3.
TWINS 6TH: Gonzalez grounded out (second to first); Arraez
grounded out (second to first); Sano walked; HOLLAND REPLACED
SINGER (PITCHING); Buxton flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 2, Twins 3.
ROYALS 7TH: MAY REPLACED CLIPPARD (PITCHING); Soler singled to
left; O'Hearn struck out; Franco grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Soler out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 3.
TWINS 7TH: Avila doubled to right; Kepler singled to second
[Avila to third]; VARGAS RAN FOR AVILA; Polanco out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Vargas scored, Kepler to
second]; Cruz was walked intentionally; Rosario struck out;
Gonzalez grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 2, Twins 4.
ROYALS 8TH: GONZALEZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); GARVER
REPLACED SANO (PLAYING C ); VARGAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B);
ROGERS REPLACED MAY (PITCHING); Gordon grounded out (third to
first); Mondesi struck out; MCBROOM BATTED FOR VILORIA; McBroom
singled to center; Merrifield popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 4.
TWINS 8TH: GALLAGHER REPLACED MCBROOM (PLAYING C ); BARLOW
REPLACED HOLLAND (PITCHING); Arraez flied to center; Garver was
called out on strikes; Buxton popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 4.
ROYALS 9TH: ROMO REPLACED ROGERS (PITCHING); N. Lopez struck
out; Dozier struck out; Soler was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 4.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Royals 2 5 0 2
Twins 4 6 0 7
