Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

39-55, 20-25 Away

Final

40-53, 17-29 Home


MIN
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	8	2
1	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	-	7	16	0

TwinsTop 1st
- L. Mendoza pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- Pitch
  1
  Strike Looking
  2
  Ball
  3
  Strike Looking
  4
  Strike Swinging
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 1st
- S. Diamond pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- A Escobar safe at first on error by second baseman A Casilla, A Gordon to second.
  0
  0
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error
TwinsTop 2nd
- L. Mendoza pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 2nd
- S. Diamond pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 3rd
- L. Mendoza pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 3rd
- S. Diamond pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 4th
- L. Mendoza pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 4th
- S. Diamond pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 5th
- L. Mendoza pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 5th
- S. Diamond pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- M Moustakas safe at first on error by first baseman C Parmelee, A Escobar scored, L Cain to third, S Perez to second.
  2
  4
- 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Error
TwinsTop 6th
- L. Mendoza pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 6th
- S. Diamond pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 7th
- L. Mendoza pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 7th
- J. Gray pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- J Dyson ran for L Cain.
  3
  5
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 8th
- J. Mijares pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- J Dyson in center field.
  3
  5
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 8th
- B. Duensing pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- D Mastroianni in right field.
  3
  5
- B Revere in center field.
  3
  5
- C Getz ran for Y Betancourt.
  3
  6
- C Getz to third on wild pitch by B Duensing.
  3
  6
- 2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 9th
- A. Crow pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- C Getz at second base.
  3
  7
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors

Twins
2
Royals
1

Game 1

21/7

Twins
3
Royals
7

Game 2

22/7

Twins
7
Royals
5

Game 3

22/7

Kauffman Stadium

12:10 AM, 22 July 2012

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 26,747

Game Time:3:02

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Jeff Kellogg
First Base Umpire - Eric Cooper
Second Base Umpire - Marty Foster
Third Base Umpire - D.J. Reyburn

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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Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

L. Mendoza4-6

S. Diamond8-4

A. Crow2

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Pitch
1 Strike Looking
2 Ball
3 Strike Looking
4 Strike Swinging