Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

55-79, 30-39 Away

Final

60-73, 30-35 Home


MIN
KC

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

TwinsTop 1st
- L. Mendoza pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- Pitch
  1
  Strike Looking
  2
  Ball
  3
  Ball
  4
  Ball
  5
  Strike Looking
  6
  Ground Out
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 1st
- E. Vásquez pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 2nd
- L. Mendoza pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 2nd
- E. Vásquez pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- M Moustakas stole third.
  2
  1
- L Cain stole second.
  2
  1
- 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 3rd
- L. Mendoza pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 3rd
- E. Vásquez pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 4th
- L. Mendoza pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 4th
- E. Vásquez pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 5th
- L. Mendoza pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- A Casilla picked off first.
  2
  3
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 5th
- E. Vásquez pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 6th
- T. Collins pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 6th
- E. Vásquez pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 7th
- F. Bueno pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 7th
- T. Robertson pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 8th
- F. Bueno pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 8th
- A. Burnett pitching for MIN
  MIN
  KC
- 1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsTop 9th
- G. Holland pitching for KC
  MIN
  KC
- T Plouffe hit for P Florimon.
  4
  6
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors

Twins
-
Royals
-

Game 1

31/8

Twins
3
Royals
1

Game 1

1/9

Twins
8
Royals
7

Game 2

2/9

Twins
4
Royals
6

Game 3

2/9

Kauffman Stadium

7:10 PM, 2 September 2012

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 23,641

Game Time:2:55

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Paul Schrieber
First Base Umpire - Mike Everitt
Second Base Umpire - Laz Diaz
Third Base Umpire - Tim Welke

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

T. Collins5-2

E. Vásquez0-1

G. Holland10

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Pitch
1 Strike Looking
2 Ball
3 Ball
4 Ball
5 Strike Looking
6 Ground Out