Major League Baseball
Kansas City Royals
1
Minnesota Twins
3
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Samuel Deduno pitched seven sharp innings and one of Justin Morneau's two doubles drove in Minnesota's first run, sending the Twins to a 3-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday night.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: in play
P Florimon hit sacrifice fly to left, T Plouffe scored.
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 8: foul
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
S Perez homered to left (416 feet).
O Arcia singled to right center, J Willingham scored, J Morneau to third.
J Morneau doubled to left, C Thomas scored, J Willingham to third.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Middle of the 9th
M Tejada grounded out to third.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
M Tejada batting
M Tejada hit for E Johnson.
L Cain doubled to deep right, J Francoeur to third.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
Pitch 1: ball 1
L Cain batting
L Cain hit for D Lough.
M Moustakas struck out swinging.
Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
M Moustakas batting
S Perez lined out to third.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
S Perez batting
J Francoeur ran for B Butler.
B Butler walked.
Pitch 6: ball 4
Showing the last 40 of 521 events.
Clete ThomasCF24
Joe MauerC7
Josh WillinghamDH7
Justin Morneau1B44
Oswaldo ArciaLF34
Trevor Plouffe3B80
Chris Mathhew ParmeleeRF89
Brian Dozier2B15
Pedro FlorimonSS18
Alex GordonLF4
Alcides EscobarSS3
Eric Hosmer1B51
Billy ButlerDH36
Salvador PerezC13
Mike Moustakas3B18
David LoughRF3
Elliot Johnson2B
Jarrod DysonCF1
Jeff FrancoeurPR5
Lorenzo CainPH6
Miguel TejadaPH24
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