Kansas City Royals vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - September 11, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Sep 11, 2012

Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

Kansas City leads 1-0 (as of 9/11)

Game 1: Tuesday, September 11
Kansas City	9	Final
Minnesota	1	Final
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Game 2: Wednesday, September 12
Kansas City	10	Final
Minnesota	5	Final
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Game 3: Thursday, September 13
Kansas City	3	Final in 10
Minnesota	4	Final in 10
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Royals 9

(64-77, 33-39 away)

Twins 1

(59-83, 28-42 home)

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8:10 PM ET, September 11, 2012

Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	9	16	1
MIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	11	1

W: W. Smith (5-7)

L: S. Diamond (11-7)

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
L Cain CF	5	1	3	2	0	0	19	.266	.315	.421
A Escobar SS	5	1	2	2	0	0	16	.296	.336	.398
A Gordon LF	5	1	1	0	0	0	11	.293	.362	.449
B Butler DH	4	0	1	0	1	0	20	.308	.372	.497
S Perez C	4	1	2	1	0	0	17	.317	.342	.504
M Moustakas 3B	4	0	0	0	1	1	17	.250	.304	.430
J Francoeur RF	4	1	1	1	1	0	17	.233	.287	.362
E Hosmer 1B	5	3	3	1	0	0	15	.243	.313	.380
J Giavotella 2B	5	1	3	1	0	1	16	.250	.292	.316
Totals	41	9	16	8	3	2	148
BATTING 2B: L Cain (8, S Diamond); J Giavotella (6, S Diamond); A Escobar (28, S Diamond); E Hosmer (21, L Perdomo) 3B: L Cain (2, S Diamond); A Gordon (5, S Diamond); A Escobar (7, A Burnett) HR: E Hosmer (14, 9th inning off A Burnett 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: J Francoeur (38), L Cain 2 (30), S Perez (31), J Giavotella (12), A Escobar 2 (47), E Hosmer (58) SF: S Perez 2-out RBI: L Cain 2, E Hosmer GIDP: E Hosmer Royals RISP: 4-15 (A Gordon 0-3, M Moustakas 0-1, A Escobar 1-3, J Giavotella 1-2, B Butler 0-2, J Francoeur 1-2, L Cain 1-2) Team LOB: 10
FIELDING E: L Cain (4, bobble) DP: 2 (J Giavotella-A Escobar-E Hosmer, A Escobar-J Giavotella-E Hosmer).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
W Smith (W, 5-7)	7.0	7	0	0	3	7	0	107-68	4.94
A Crow	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	21-11	3.47
L Coleman	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	21-13	4.09
Totals	9.0	11	1	1	4	9	0	149-92
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: W Smith 17/27; A Crow 2/6; L Coleman 3/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: W Smith 22-8-21-17; A Crow 4-3-1-3; L Coleman 6-2-1-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: W Smith 8-4; A Crow 1-1; L Coleman 0-2 Game Scores: W Smith 67

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
B Revere CF	5	0	3	0	0	0	18	.304	.340	.357
J Carroll 2B	4	1	1	0	1	1	24	.258	.339	.305
J Willingham LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	9	.261	.367	.532
J Morneau 1B	3	0	2	0	1	1	19	.280	.339	.473
R Doumit C	4	0	1	1	0	1	15	.282	.326	.463
T Plouffe DH	4	0	0	0	0	2	13	.234	.306	.451
D Mastroianni RF	3	0	2	0	1	1	23	.263	.335	.368
E Escobar 3B	3	0	1	0	1	0	14	.221	.293	.279
P Florimon SS	4	0	0	0	0	2	14	.253	.314	.367
Totals	34	1	11	1	4	9	149
BATTING RBI: R Doumit (66) 2-out RBI: R Doumit GIDP: J Carroll, R Doumit Twins RISP: 1-9 (P Florimon 0-2, J Willingham 0-1, R Doumit 1-2, J Carroll 0-1, T Plouffe 0-2, J Morneau 0-1) Team LOB: 10
BASERUNNING CS: D Mastroianni (3, 3rd base by W Smith/S Perez); J Carroll (5, 2nd base by W Smith/S Perez)
FIELDING E: R Doumit (2, throw) DP: 1 (P Florimon-J Morneau).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
S Diamond (L, 11-7)	6.0	10	4	4	3	2	0	98-63	3.46
L Perdomo	1.0	3	3	3	0	0	0	17-11	5.19
A Burnett	2.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	33-24	3.25
Totals	9.0	16	9	9	3	2	1	148-98
PITCHING L Perdomo pitched to 3 batters in the 8th WP: S Diamond; A Burnett HBP: L Cain (By L Perdomo) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: S Diamond 20/30; L Perdomo 3/7; A Burnett 6/9 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: S Diamond 13-7-18-25; L Perdomo 1-2-2-6; A Burnett 5-2-8-9 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S Diamond 10-6; L Perdomo 2-1; A Burnett 5-1 Game Scores: S Diamond 35

Scoring Summary

			KC	MIN
	2nd	J Francoeur singled to left, S Perez scored.	1	0
	2nd	L Cain tripled to left, J Francoeur and E Hosmer scored.	3	0
	3rd	S Perez hit sacrifice fly to left, A Gordon scored.	4	0
	8th	J Giavotella singled to center, E Hosmer scored.	5	0
	8th	A Escobar tripled to left, J Giavotella and L Cain scored.	7	0
	8th	A Escobar scored on A Burnett's wild pitch.	8	0
	8th	R Doumit singled to center, J Carroll scored, J Morneau to third, R Doumit to second on error by center fielder L Cain.	8	1
	9th	E Hosmer homered to left (355 feet).	9	1
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Game Notes

ROYALS CATCHER SALVADOR PEREZ SINGLED IN THE TOP OF THE SECOND INNING TO EXTEND HIS HITTING STREAK TO 15 GAMES.
TWINS CATCHER JOE MAUER WAS SCRATCHED FROM THE STARTING LINEUP DUE TO BACK SPASMS.

Game Information

Stadium	Target Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	28,993 (73.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:56
Weather	93 degrees, clear
Wind	20 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Jerry Layne, First Base - Dan Bellino, Second Base - Mike Estabrook, Third Base - Larry Vanover