Major League Baseball
Kansas City Royals
4
Minnesota Twins
3
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| MIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Luis Mendoza allowed one run over a career-high eight innings, Salvador Perez homered, and the Kansas City Royals won their fourth straight, hanging on to beat the Minnesota Twins 4-3 on Friday night.
Pitch 1: in play
J Willingham grounded out to shortstop, B Revere scored.
J Mauer doubled to left, D Span scored, B Revere to third.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
E Hosmer reached on infield single to second, Y Betancourt scored, B Butler to third, J Francoeur to second.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 9: foul
Pitch 8: foul
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Y Betancourt doubled to left center, A Escobar scored, A Gordon to third.
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: in play
R Doumit singled to left center, T Plouffe scored.
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
End of the 9th
T Plouffe fouled out to third.
Pitch 1: in play
T Plouffe batting
J Morneau flied out to center, J Mauer to third.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: ball 1
J Morneau batting
J Willingham grounded out to shortstop, B Revere scored.
Pitch 1: in play
J Willingham batting
J Mauer doubled to left, D Span scored, B Revere to third.
Pitch 6: in play
Pitch 5: ball 3
Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
J Mauer batting
B Revere reached on infield single to first, D Span to second.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
B Revere batting
D Span walked.
Pitch 5: ball 4
Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 3: ball 3
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
Showing the last 40 of 566 events.
Denard SpanCF4
Ben RevereRF25
Joe MauerC7
Josh WillinghamLF7
Justin Morneau1B44
Trevor Plouffe3B80
Ryan DoumitDH4
Brian DozierSS15
Jamey Carroll2B1
Alex GordonLF4
Yuniesky Betancourt2B3
Mike Moustakas3B18
Billy ButlerDH36
Jeff FrancoeurRF5
Eric Hosmer1B51
Salvador PerezC13
Jason BourgeoisCF4
Alcides EscobarSS3
Jarrod DysonCF1
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