Major League Baseball
Minnesota Twins
6
Kansas City Royals
2
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| KC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Tommy Milone pitched seven effective innings and Eduardo Escobar reached base four times and drove in three runs as the Minnesota Twins beat the struggling Kansas City Royals 6-2 on Monday night.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 10: foul
Pitch 8: foul
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pérez hit sacrifice fly to center, K. Morales scored.
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Escobar singled to left, Plouffe and Hunter scored.
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Mauer hit sacrifice fly to center, Escobar scored.
Pitch 8: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Suzuki scored, Escobar to second on wild pitch by Ventura.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Escobar singled to center, Hunter scored, Suzuki to third.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
End of the 9th
Pérez grounded out to second.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
Pérez batting
Moustakas struck out swinging.
Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
Pitch 1: ball 1
Moustakas batting
Gordon struck out looking.
Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
Gordon batting
Gordon hit for Gomes.
Jepsen relieved May.
Buxton in center field.
Hicks in right field.
Bottom of the 9th inning
Middle of the 9th
Suzuki grounded out to third.
Pitch 1: in play
Suzuki batting
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MIN wins series 2-1
Ben Zobrist2B18
Lorenzo CainCF6
Eric Hosmer1B51
Kendrys MoralesDH36
Jonny GomesRF31
Mike Moustakas3B18
Salvador PerezC13
Paulo OrlandoLF16
Alcides EscobarSS3
Alex GordonPH4
Aaron HicksRF12
Brian Dozier2B15
Joe Mauer1B7
Miguel SanoDH22
Trevor Plouffe3B80
Eddie RosarioLF9
Torii HunterRF48
Kurt SuzukiC24
Eduardo EscobarSS3
Danny SantanaDH22
Byron BuxtonCF25
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