Kansas City Royals vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - April 29, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Apr 29, 2012

Final

Series: Game 2 of 2

Series tied 1-1 (as of 4/29)

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 4

(6-15, 6-5 away)

Twins 7

(6-15, 3-8 home)

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2:10 PM ET, April 29, 2012

Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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

W: J. Marquis (2-0)

L: B. Chen (0-3)

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
C Getz 2B	3	0	0	0	1	0	14	.308	.341	.436
a-Y Betancourt PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.283	.340	.413
A Gordon LF	4	1	1	0	0	0	13	.232	.337	.427
B Butler DH	4	0	3	0	0	0	20	.329	.367	.576
E Hosmer 1B	4	1	0	1	0	0	19	.188	.274	.388
J Francoeur RF	3	1	1	0	1	0	10	.229	.273	.301
M Moustakas 3B	3	1	2	2	0	0	19	.315	.375	.534
B Pena C	3	0	0	0	1	1	15	.282	.317	.410
A Escobar SS	4	0	1	1	0	1	13	.295	.329	.449
J Dyson CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	19	.235	.263	.294
Totals	33	4	9	4	3	2	147
a-lined out to left for C Getz in the 9th
BATTING 2B: A Gordon (4, J Marquis) HR: M Moustakas (3, 2nd inning off J Marquis 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: M Moustakas 2 (12), E Hosmer (13), A Escobar (7) 2-out RBI: M Moustakas, A Escobar GIDP: E Hosmer, A Escobar Royals RISP: 5-10 (M Moustakas 1-1, Y Betancourt 0-1, B Pena 0-1, A Escobar 1-2, J Dyson 1-1, E Hosmer 0-2, B Butler 2-2) Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING SB: A Escobar (5, 2nd base off M Capps/J Mauer); J Dyson (1, 2nd base off M Capps/J Mauer)
FIELDING E: A Escobar (2, throw); M Moustakas (2, ground ball) DP: 1 (C Getz-E Hosmer).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B Chen (L, 0-3)	2.2	6	6	6	2	1	0	62-37	4.23
N Adcock	5.1	5	1	1	3	3	0	93-52	1.69
Totals	8.0	11	7	7	5	4	0	155-89
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Chen 10/17; N Adcock 12/23 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Chen 11-3-9-14; N Adcock 17-5-13-17 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Chen 2-5; N Adcock 6-6 Game Scores: B Chen 21

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF	4	1	1	0	1	0	15	.337	.387	.430
J Carroll SS	3	1	1	0	2	0	27	.225	.333	.263
J Mauer C	4	1	1	1	1	0	24	.325	.419	.438
J Willingham LF	5	2	3	2	0	0	20	.353	.457	.706
J Morneau 1B	4	1	1	0	0	2	15	.236	.321	.472
D Valencia 3B	4	1	3	2	0	1	16	.239	.247	.380
R Doumit DH	3	0	1	2	0	0	11	.246	.250	.344
T Plouffe RF	3	0	0	0	1	1	18	.138	.306	.276
C Thomas RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.217	.364
A Casilla 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	9	.268	.293	.321
Totals	34	7	11	7	5	4	155
BATTING 2B: J Willingham (7, B Chen); J Morneau (5, N Adcock); R Doumit (3, N Adcock) 3B: J Willingham (1, B Chen); D Valencia (1, B Chen) RBI: J Mauer (13), J Willingham 2 (15), D Valencia 2 (9), R Doumit 2 (12) SF: R Doumit 2-out RBI: R Doumit GIDP: J Mauer Twins RISP: 5-14 (A Casilla 0-2, J Willingham 1-2, R Doumit 1-2, J Mauer 1-1, J Morneau 0-2, D Valencia 2-3, T Plouffe 0-2) Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING CS: D Span (2, 2nd base by N Adcock/B Pena)
FIELDING DP: 2 (A Casilla-J Carroll-J Morneau, D Valencia-A Casilla-J Morneau). Outfield Assist: D Span (J Francoeur at 3rd base).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Marquis (W, 2-0)	6.0	6	3	3	0	1	1	80-49	6.23
J Burton (H, 4)	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14-9	3.00
G Perkins	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	23-13	6.48
M Capps	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	30-18	5.63
Totals	9.0	9	4	4	3	2	1	147-89
PITCHING WP: M Capps HBP: M Moustakas (By J Burton) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Marquis 10/22; J Burton 3/4; G Perkins 1/5; M Capps 5/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Marquis 17-2-9-21; J Burton 3-0-4-2; G Perkins 4-1-4-4; M Capps 9-0-5-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Marquis 11-5; J Burton 3-0; G Perkins 2-1; M Capps 0-2 Game Scores: J Marquis 49

Scoring Summary

			KC	MIN
	1st	J Mauer reached on infield single to first, D Span scored, J Carroll to second.	0	1
	1st	J Willingham tripled to deep right center, J Carroll and J Mauer scored.	0	3
	1st	D Valencia singled to left, J Willingham scored.	0	4
	2nd	M Moustakas homered to right (407 feet).	1	4
	3rd	D Valencia tripled to left center, J Willingham scored.	1	5
	3rd	R Doumit hit sacrifice fly to center, D Valencia scored.	1	6
	4th	E Hosmer grounded into fielder's choice to second, A Gordon scored, B Butler out at second.	2	6
	4th	M Moustakas singled to center, E Hosmer scored, J Francoeur thrown out at third.	3	6
	7th	R Doumit doubled to deep right center, J Morneau scored.	3	7
	9th	A Escobar singled to right, J Francoeur scored.	4	7
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Game Information

Stadium	Target Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	34,201 (86.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:02
Weather	55 degrees, cloudy
Wind	17 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Larry Vanover, First Base - Brian Gorman, Second Base - Tony Randazzo, Third Base - Todd Tichenor