Major League Baseball
Kansas City Royals
6
Minnesota Twins
5
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| MIN | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Josh Willingham returned to Target Field and hit a bases-clearing double in Kansas City's five-run fourth inning, and the surging Royals hung on to beat the Minnesota Twins 6-5 on Friday night.
Pitch 4: foul
C Parmelee grounded out to first, O Arcia scored.
O Arcia doubled to deep right center, K Suzuki scored, O Arcia to third on throwing error by right fielder L Cain.
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 8: foul
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
A Escobar singled to shallow right, A Gordon scored, M Moustakas to third.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (bunted foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
O Arcia grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, T Plouffe scored, K Suzuki out at second.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
A Escobar tripled to deep right center, J Willingham and M Moustakas scored.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
J Willingham doubled to deep left, S Perez, B Butler and A Gordon scored.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
B Dozier grounded out to shortstop, J Schafer scored.
D Santana sacrificed to catcher, E Escobar to third, J Schafer to second, D Santana safe at second on throwing error by pitcher D Duffy. E Escobar scored, J Schafer to third on throwing error by pitcher D Duffy.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
End of the 9th
D Santana struck out swinging.
Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
D Santana batting
C Parmelee grounded out to first, O Arcia scored.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
C Parmelee batting
C Parmelee hit for J Schafer.
E Escobar flied out to left.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
Pitch 1: ball 1
E Escobar batting
O Arcia doubled to deep right center, K Suzuki scored, O Arcia to third on throwing error by right fielder L Cain.
Pitch 6: in play
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
O Arcia batting
K Suzuki walked.
Pitch 4: ball 4
Pitch 3: ball 3
Pitch 2: ball 2
Showing the last 40 of 581 events.
Danny SantanaCF22
Brian Dozier2B15
Joe Mauer1B7
Kennys VargasDH92
Trevor Plouffe3B80
Kurt SuzukiC24
Oswaldo ArciaRF34
Eduardo EscobarSS3
Jordan SchaferLF19
Chris Mathhew ParmeleePH89
Norichika AokiRF11
Omar Rafael Infante2B14
Salvador PerezC13
Billy Butler1B36
Alex GordonLF4
Josh WillinghamDH7
Mike Moustakas3B18
Alcides EscobarSS3
Jarrod DysonCF1
Lorenzo CainRF6
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