Kansas City Royals vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - July 01, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Jul 1, 2012

Final

Series: Game 4 of 4

Minnesota won 3-1

Game 1: Friday, June 29
Kansas City	4	Final
Minnesota	3	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, June 30
Kansas City	2	Final
Minnesota	7	Final
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Game 3: Saturday, June 30
Kansas City	1	Final
Minnesota	5	Final
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Game 4: Sunday, July 1
Kansas City	8	Final
Minnesota	10	Final
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Royals 8

(35-42, 21-19 away)

Twins 10

(33-45, 17-25 home)

Alerts

2:10 PM ET, July 1, 2012

Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	3	8	13	1
MIN	0	1	0	0	0	5	1	3	-	10	9	2

W: J. Gray (4-0)

L: B. Chen (7-7)

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Gordon LF	4	0	1	0	2	0	23	.273	.367	.418
A Escobar SS	3	0	0	0	2	1	17	.310	.353	.417
B Butler DH	4	1	1	0	1	2	30	.297	.365	.512
J Francoeur RF	5	0	1	0	0	1	25	.256	.293	.387
Y Betancourt 3B	4	1	1	0	1	0	20	.250	.288	.434
E Hosmer 1B	4	2	3	0	0	0	17	.233	.300	.384
B Pena C	4	2	2	2	0	1	13	.267	.290	.351
J Bourgeois CF	3	1	0	1	0	1	9	.240	.321	.280
a-J Dyson PH-CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.246	.310	.293
b-S Perez PH	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	.360	.360	.720
I Falu 2B	5	0	3	4	0	2	21	.321	.333	.434
Totals	38	8	13	7	6	8	180
a-flied out to left for J Bourgeois in the 8th b-doubled to deep right for J Dyson in the 9th
BATTING 2B: I Falu (4, J Gray); A Gordon (25, J Burton); S Perez (3, G Perkins) RBI: B Pena 2 (15), J Bourgeois (1), I Falu 4 (5) SF: B Pena 2-out RBI: B Pena, I Falu 2 GIDP: A Gordon Royals RISP: 5-11 (J Bourgeois 0-2, I Falu 2-2, B Pena 2-2, A Escobar 0-1, E Hosmer 1-1, B Butler 0-3) Team LOB: 11
BASERUNNING SB: E Hosmer (8, 2nd base off F Liriano/D Butera) CS: J Francoeur (4, 2nd base by T Robertson/D Butera)
FIELDING E: J Bourgeois (1, throw)

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B Chen (L, 7-7)	5.2	6	6	6	1	5	3	95-66	4.83
K Herrera	0.2	0	1	1	1	0	0	10-5	3.07
J Mijares	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	11-8	1.74
A Crow	1.0	2	3	3	1	2	1	20-11	3.34
Totals	8.0	9	10	10	3	7	4	136-90
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Chen 14/24; K Herrera 1/3; J Mijares 1/3; A Crow 3/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Chen 19-5-24-18; K Herrera 1-0-2-2; J Mijares 2-1-2-3; A Crow 5-3-0-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Chen 8-4; K Herrera 1-1; J Mijares 1-1; A Crow 0-1 Game Scores: B Chen 37

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF	3	0	1	2	0	1	19	.275	.344	.390
J Carroll 2B	3	1	0	0	1	0	21	.248	.331	.291
J Mauer DH	4	1	1	0	0	1	15	.324	.414	.445
J Willingham LF	4	1	1	3	0	1	13	.268	.379	.539
J Morneau 1B	4	1	1	0	0	2	18	.239	.307	.442
T Plouffe 3B	4	2	2	2	0	1	12	.250	.329	.570
D Mastroianni RF	3	1	1	0	1	0	13	.220	.313	.322
D Butera C	4	1	1	3	0	1	12	.241	.302	.379
B Dozier SS	3	2	1	0	1	0	13	.231	.260	.333
Totals	32	10	9	10	3	7	136
BATTING 2B: J Morneau (14, A Crow) 3B: B Dozier (1, B Chen) HR: T Plouffe 2 (18, 2nd inning off B Chen 0 on, 2 Out; 6th inning off B Chen 0 on, 2 Out); J Willingham (17, 6th inning off B Chen 2 on, 1 Out); D Butera (1, 8th inning off A Crow 2 on, 2 Out) RBI: T Plouffe 2 (31), D Span 2 (22), J Willingham 3 (55), D Butera 3 (4) S: D Span 2-out RBI: T Plouffe 2, D Butera 3 Twins RISP: 3-6 (J Willingham 1-1, D Butera 1-1, J Mauer 0-1, D Span 1-1, J Carroll 0-1, T Plouffe 0-1) Team LOB: 2
BASERUNNING SB: B Dozier (4, 2nd base off J Mijares/B Pena); D Span (9, 3rd base off J Mijares/B Pena)
FIELDING E: J Morneau (2, ground ball); D Mastroianni (2, catch) DP: 1 (B Dozier-J Carroll-J Morneau).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
F Liriano	5.1	5	5	4	4	6	0	107-63	5.40
J Gray (W, 4-0)	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	19-10	4.32
T Robertson (H, 1)	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	7-4	6.75
J Burton (H, 12)	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	29-17	2.73
G Perkins	1.0	4	3	3	0	0	0	18-14	3.48
Totals	9.0	13	8	7	6	8	0	180-108
PITCHING WP: F Liriano HBP: E Hosmer (By F Liriano) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: F Liriano 14/26; J Gray 3/6; T Robertson 1/2; J Burton 2/5; G Perkins 5/7 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: F Liriano 16-13-19-15; J Gray 1-0-4-5; T Robertson 1-1-0-2; J Burton 2-4-9-2; G Perkins 2-1-4-7 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: F Liriano 5-5; J Gray 2-1; T Robertson 0-1; J Burton 0-1; G Perkins 1-2 Game Scores: F Liriano 42

Scoring Summary

			KC	MIN
	2nd	T Plouffe homered to left (369 feet).	0	1
	4th	B Pena hit sacrifice fly to center, B Butler scored, Y Betancourt to third.	1	1
	6th	J Bourgeois reaches on force attempt, fielding error by first baseman J Morneau. Y Betancourt scores. E Hosmer scores. B Pena to 3rd. J Bourgeois to 2nd. Missed catch error by right fielder D Mastroianni.	3	1
	6th	I Falu doubled to right, B Pena and J Bourgeois scored.	5	1
	6th	D Span sacrificed to pitcher, B Dozier scored.	5	2
	6th	J Willingham homered to center (414 feet), J Carroll and J Mauer scored.	5	5
	6th	T Plouffe homered to left (370 feet).	5	6
	7th	D Span singled to center, B Dozier scored, D Span to second on throwing error by center fielder J Bourgeois.	5	7
	8th	D Butera homered to left (351 feet), J Morneau and D Mastroianni scored.	5	10
	9th	B Pena singled to center, E Hosmer scored.	6	10
	9th	I Falu singled to right center, B Pena and S Perez scored.	8	10
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Game Information

Stadium	Target Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	37,819 (95.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:05
Weather	91 degrees, sunny
Wind	13 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Paul Emmel, First Base - Scott Barry, Second Base - Jerry Meals, Third Base - Gary Darling