Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins

6-15, 6-5 Away

Final

6-15, 3-8 Home


KC
MIN

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	9	2
4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	-	7	11	0

J. Marquis2-0

6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 1 K, 0 BB

B. Chen0-3

2.2 IP, 6 H, 6 ER, 1 K, 2 BB

RoyalsTop 1st
- J. Marquis pitching for MIN
  KC
  MIN
- Pitch
  1
  Ball
  2
  Ball
  3
  Strike Looking
  4
  Ground Out
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsBottom 1st
- B. Chen pitching for KC
  KC
  MIN
- T Plouffe grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, R Doumit safe at second on throwing error by shortstop A Escobar.
  0
  4
- 4 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Error
RoyalsTop 2nd
- J. Marquis pitching for MIN
  KC
  MIN
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TwinsBottom 2nd
- B. Chen pitching for KC
  KC
  MIN
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 3rd
- J. Marquis pitching for MIN
  KC
  MIN
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsBottom 3rd
- B. Chen pitching for KC
  KC
  MIN
- KC
  MIN
- 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 4th
- J. Marquis pitching for MIN
  KC
  MIN
- 2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsBottom 4th
- N. Adcock pitching for KC
  KC
  MIN
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 5th
- J. Marquis pitching for MIN
  KC
  MIN
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsBottom 5th
- N. Adcock pitching for KC
  KC
  MIN
- T Plouffe safe at first on error by third baseman M Moustakas, J Willingham to third, D Valencia to second.
  3
  6
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error
RoyalsTop 6th
- J. Marquis pitching for MIN
  KC
  MIN
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TwinsBottom 6th
- N. Adcock pitching for KC
  KC
  MIN
- D Span caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop.
  3
  6
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 7th
- J. Burton pitching for MIN
  KC
  MIN
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsBottom 7th
- N. Adcock pitching for KC
  KC
  MIN
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 8th
- G. Perkins pitching for MIN
  KC
  MIN
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TwinsBottom 8th
- N. Adcock pitching for KC
  KC
  MIN
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 9th
- M. Capps pitching for MIN
  KC
  MIN
- C Thomas in right field.
  3
  7
- J Francoeur to second on wild pitch by M Capps.
  3
  7
- A Escobar stole second.
  4
  7
- Y Betancourt hit for C Getz.
  4
  7
- J Dyson stole second.
  4
  7
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors

Royals
7
Twins
6

Game 1

28/4

Royals
-
Twins
-

Game 2

28/4

Royals
4
Twins
7

Game 2

29/4

Target Field

7:10 PM, 29 April 2012

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Attendance: 34,201

Game Time:3:02

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Larry Vanover
First Base Umpire - Brian Gorman
Second Base Umpire - Tony Randazzo
Third Base Umpire - Todd Tichenor

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	88	74	.543	-	W2
Detroit	87	75	.537	1	L1
Kansas City	82	80	.506	6	W2
Minnesota	70	92	.432	18	L1
Chicago	60	102	.370	28	W1

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Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins

J. Marquis2-0

B. Chen0-3

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Pitch
1 Ball
2 Ball
3 Strike Looking
4 Ground Out