Major League Baseball
Kansas City Royals
4
Minnesota Twins
3
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Alex Gordon hit a two-out triple in the seventh inning and then scored the go-ahead run for Kansas City on an error by Minnesota, and the Royals won their eighth straight game with a 4-3 victory over the Twins on Wednesday night.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 6: foul
T Plouffe doubled to deep left, R Doumit scored.
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 4: foul
B Butler singled to center, E Hosmer scored.
Pitch 9: foul
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
E Hosmer safe at first on error by shortstop P Florimon, A Gordon scored.
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
C Herrmann walked, J Morneau scored, R Doumit to third, T Plouffe to second.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
P Florimon homered to right center (420 feet).
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
B Butler hit sacrifice fly to right, A Gordon scored, E Hosmer tagged out at third.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
End of the 9th
R Doumit struck out swinging.
Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
Pitch 1: ball 1
R Doumit batting
J Morneau struck out swinging.
Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
J Morneau batting
J Mauer reached on infield single to shortstop, J Mauer to second on throwing error by shortstop A Escobar.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
J Mauer batting
J Carroll grounded out to first.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
J Carroll batting
G Holland relieved A Crow.
Bottom of the 9th inning
Middle of the 9th
E Hosmer grounded out to second.
Pitch 1: in play
E Hosmer batting
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KC wins series 3-0
Clete ThomasLF24
Jamey Carroll2B1
Joe MauerC7
Justin Morneau1B44
Ryan DoumitDH4
Trevor Plouffe3B80
Chris HerrmannRF43
Aaron HicksCF12
Pedro FlorimonSS18
Chris ColabelloPH15
Doug BernierSS
Alex GordonLF4
Eric Hosmer1B51
Billy ButlerDH36
Salvador PerezC13
David LoughRF3
Miguel Tejada2B24
Mike Moustakas3B18
Alcides EscobarSS3
Jarrod DysonCF1
Elliot Johnson2B
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