Kansas City Royals vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - April 27, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Apr 27, 2012

Final

Series: Game 1 of 2

Kansas City leads 1-0 (as of 4/27)

Game 1: Friday, April 27
Kansas City	7	Final
Minnesota	6	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, April 28
Kansas City		Postponed
Minnesota		Postponed
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Game 2: Sunday, April 29
Kansas City	4	Final
Minnesota	7	Final
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Royals 7

(6-14, 6-4 away)

Twins 6

(5-15, 2-8 home)

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8:10 PM ET, April 27, 2012

Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	7	10	0
MIN	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	6	12	1

W: J. Mijares (1-1)

L: B. Duensing (0-2)

S: J. Broxton (3)

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Dyson CF	5	1	1	0	0	0	15	.231	.267	.308
A Gordon LF	3	3	2	2	2	0	18	.231	.341	.423
B Butler DH	5	1	2	3	0	0	12	.309	.349	.568
E Hosmer 1B	5	0	0	0	0	0	16	.198	.286	.407
J Francoeur RF	5	1	1	0	0	0	13	.225	.262	.300
M Moustakas 3B	4	1	1	1	0	0	13	.300	.355	.486
Y Betancourt 2B	3	0	0	0	1	0	16	.289	.347	.422
B Pena C	4	0	1	0	0	0	14	.306	.324	.444
A Escobar SS	4	0	2	1	0	0	12	.297	.333	.459
Totals	38	7	10	7	3	0	129
BATTING 2B: A Escobar (7, C Pavano); J Francoeur (4, B Duensing) HR: A Gordon (4, 1st inning off C Pavano 1 on, 0 Out); B Butler (5, 3rd inning off C Pavano 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: A Gordon 2 (10), B Butler 3 (16), M Moustakas (10), A Escobar (6) 2-out RBI: B Butler, A Escobar Royals RISP: 4-8 (M Moustakas 1-1, A Gordon 0-1, B Pena 0-1, A Escobar 1-1, J Dyson 1-2, B Butler 1-2) Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING SB: A Gordon (1, 2nd base off C Pavano/R Doumit)
FIELDING DP: 3 (M Moustakas-Y Betancourt-E Hosmer, E Teaford-A Escobar-E Hosmer, J Francoeur-E Hosmer). Outfield Assist: J Francoeur (J Mauer at 1st base).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
E Teaford	4.0	8	4	4	2	1	1	75-46	5.73
T Hottovy	2.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	33-21	3.86
J Mijares (W, 1-1)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	20-14	2.70
L Coleman (H, 1)	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	10-5	5.40
K Herrera (H, 2)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9-6	4.50
J Broxton (S, 3)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12-8	2.35
Totals	9.0	12	6	6	4	5	1	159-100
PITCHING HBP: J Mauer (By J Mijares) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: E Teaford 10/19; T Hottovy 5/9; J Mijares 3/4; L Coleman 1/3; K Herrera 1/2; J Broxton 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: E Teaford 15-5-10-16; T Hottovy 8-3-4-6; J Mijares 7-1-3-3; L Coleman 2-0-1-2; K Herrera 1-2-1-2; J Broxton 5-1-1-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: E Teaford 5-5; T Hottovy 2-2; J Mijares 0-2; L Coleman 1-0; K Herrera 2-0; J Broxton 1-0 Game Scores: E Teaford 29

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF	4	1	2	1	1	1	23	.341	.386	.439
J Carroll SS	5	0	1	0	0	0	15	.221	.318	.260
J Mauer DH	4	1	2	1	0	2	26	.329	.420	.447
J Morneau 1B	5	0	1	1	0	1	24	.235	.325	.471
R Doumit C	4	1	1	0	0	1	16	.241	.250	.328
D Valencia 3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	12	.209	.217	.328
T Plouffe RF	2	2	1	1	2	0	20	.154	.313	.308
B Revere LF	2	0	1	0	1	0	11	.278	.316	.333
A Casilla 2B	4	0	2	2	0	0	12	.288	.315	.346
Totals	34	6	12	6	4	5	159
BATTING 2B: J Mauer (4, E Teaford); R Doumit (2, T Hottovy); A Casilla (3, T Hottovy); D Valencia (5, L Coleman) 3B: J Mauer (1, E Teaford) HR: T Plouffe (1, 2nd inning off E Teaford 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: J Mauer (12), J Morneau (9), T Plouffe (2), D Span (4), A Casilla 2 (3) S: B Revere 2-out RBI: D Span, A Casilla GIDP: R Doumit, A Casilla Twins RISP: 3-15 (A Casilla 1-3, R Doumit 0-2, D Span 1-3, J Carroll 0-1, J Morneau 1-3, D Valencia 0-2, T Plouffe 0-1) Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING CS: D Span (1, 2nd base by E Teaford/B Pena)
FIELDING E: J Morneau (1, ground ball)

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
C Pavano	6.1	6	5	4	1	0	2	83-55	4.91
B Duensing (L, 0-2)	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	21-10	4.15
J Gray	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	16-9	1.86
M Maloney	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4-3	7.84
A Burnett	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5-4	0.77
Totals	9.0	10	7	6	3	0	2	129-81
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: C Pavano 15/27; B Duensing 1/6; J Gray 1/3; M Maloney 1/2; A Burnett 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: C Pavano 18-1-10-26; B Duensing 2-1-2-5; J Gray 3-0-4-2; M Maloney 1-0-0-2; A Burnett 0-1-1-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Pavano 6-13; B Duensing 2-1; J Gray 0-1; M Maloney 0-1; A Burnett 1-2 Game Scores: C Pavano 42

Scoring Summary

			KC	MIN
	1st	A Gordon homered to right (396 feet), J Dyson scored.	2	0
	1st	J Mauer tripled to right, D Span scored.	2	1
	1st	J Morneau singled to center, J Mauer scored.	2	2
	2nd	T Plouffe homered to left (391 feet).	2	3
	3rd	B Butler homered to left (394 feet), A Gordon scored.	4	3
	4th	D Span singled to left, T Plouffe scored.	4	4
	5th	B Butler singled to center, A Gordon scored.	5	4
	6th	A Casilla doubled to deep left, R Doumit scored, B Revere to third.	5	5
	8th	M Moustakas singled to center, J Francoeur scored.	6	5
	8th	A Escobar singled to left, M Moustakas scored, Y Betancourt to second.	7	5
	8th	A Casilla grounded out to second, D Valencia scored, T Plouffe to third.	7	6
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Game Information

Stadium	Target Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	33,315 (84.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:00
Weather	53 degrees, cloudy
Wind	21 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Todd Tichenor, First Base - Brian Gorman, Second Base - Larry Vanover, Third Base - Tony Randazzo