Minnesota Twins vs. Kansas City Royals - Box Score - September 02, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Sep 2, 2012

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Minnesota won 2-1

Game 1: Friday, August 31
Minnesota		Postponed
Kansas City		Postponed
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Game 1: Saturday, September 1
Minnesota	3	Final
Kansas City	1	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, September 1
Minnesota	8	Final
Kansas City	7	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, September 2
Minnesota	4	Final
Kansas City	6	Final
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Twins 4

(55-79, 30-39 away)

Royals 6

(60-73, 30-35 home)

Alerts

2:10 PM ET, September 2, 2012

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

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

W: T. Collins (5-2)

L: E. Vasquez (0-1)

S: G. Holland (10)

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
B Revere CF	5	0	1	0	0	1	26	.301	.337	.358
J Carroll 3B	4	1	2	0	0	0	14	.255	.336	.297
J Mauer 1B	4	0	3	0	0	1	15	.316	.409	.442
J Morneau DH	4	1	1	1	0	1	16	.275	.329	.465
R Doumit C	4	1	0	0	0	1	11	.281	.328	.457
C Parmelee RF	4	1	2	1	0	2	17	.234	.305	.398
M Carson LF	3	0	0	0	1	1	19	.286	.310	.321
A Casilla 2B	4	0	2	2	0	1	18	.219	.261	.294
P Florimon SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	14	.259	.344	.370
a-T Plouffe PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.236	.306	.458
Totals	36	4	11	4	1	10	156
a-struck out swinging for P Florimon in the 9th
BATTING 2B: J Mauer (27, L Mendoza) HR: C Parmelee (4, 2nd inning off L Mendoza 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: J Morneau (67), C Parmelee (10), A Casilla 2 (27) 2-out RBI: A Casilla 2 Twins RISP: 1-6 (A Casilla 1-1, P Florimon 0-1, R Doumit 0-2, C Parmelee 0-1, J Morneau 0-1) Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING CS: J Carroll (4, 2nd base by L Mendoza/S Perez) Picked Off: A Casilla (1st base by L Mendoza)
FIELDING Outfield Assist: C Parmelee (T Abreu at 2nd base).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
E Vasquez (L, 0-1)	5.2	7	5	5	3	2	0	79-52	7.94
T Robertson	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	17-12	5.68
A Burnett	0.2	3	1	1	1	2	0	20-12	2.97
B Duensing	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	7-5	5.23
Totals	8.0	11	6	6	4	5	0	123-81
PITCHING IBB: E Hosmer (By A Burnett) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: E Vasquez 16/26; T Robertson 3/4; A Burnett 4/6; B Duensing 0/2 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: E Vasquez 18-8-5-21; T Robertson 3-1-4-4; A Burnett 3-2-4-3; B Duensing 0-3-1-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: E Vasquez 3-11; T Robertson 1-2; A Burnett 0-0; B Duensing 1-0 Game Scores: E Vasquez 34

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Lough RF	5	1	2	0	0	0	13	.400	.400	.500
A Escobar SS	5	0	0	0	0	1	17	.293	.333	.390
A Gordon LF	3	0	0	0	1	0	14	.297	.368	.447
B Butler DH	4	0	1	1	0	2	14	.309	.375	.505
S Perez C	3	2	1	0	1	0	15	.310	.333	.497
M Moustakas 3B	4	1	2	0	0	0	10	.254	.308	.442
L Cain CF	3	1	1	1	1	0	14	.249	.303	.376
E Hosmer 1B	2	1	1	1	1	1	10	.242	.312	.370
T Abreu 2B	4	0	3	3	0	1	16	.344	.344	.406
Totals	33	6	11	6	4	5	123
BATTING 2B: D Lough (1, E Vasquez); E Hosmer (20, E Vasquez); L Cain (6, A Burnett) RBI: E Hosmer (55), T Abreu 3 (7), B Butler (85), L Cain (25) SF: E Hosmer 2-out RBI: B Butler, T Abreu Royals RISP: 4-11 (A Gordon 0-1, S Perez 0-1, T Abreu 2-3, D Lough 0-1, A Escobar 0-3, B Butler 1-1, L Cain 1-1) Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING SB: M Moustakas (4, 3rd base off E Vasquez/R Doumit); L Cain (7, 2nd base off E Vasquez/R Doumit)
FIELDING DP: 1 (S Perez-A Escobar).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
L Mendoza	5.0	7	2	2	0	3	1	84-49	4.48
T Collins (W, 5-2; B, 3)	1.0	3	2	2	1	2	0	32-19	3.29
F Bueno (H, 1)	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	16-13	1.80
A Crow (H, 16)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6-5	3.48
G Holland (S, 10)	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	18-13	2.78
Totals	9.0	11	4	4	1	10	1	156-99
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: L Mendoza 11/20; T Collins 6/7; F Bueno 5/6; A Crow 0/1; G Holland 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: L Mendoza 17-6-9-17; T Collins 7-6-2-4; F Bueno 5-1-2-5; A Crow 2-1-2-0; G Holland 4-4-5-0 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: L Mendoza 7-3; T Collins 1-0; F Bueno 2-2; A Crow 0-0; G Holland 0-0 Game Scores: L Mendoza 48

Scoring Summary

			MIN	KC
	1st	J Morneau grounded out to second, J Carroll scored, J Mauer to third.	1	0
	2nd	C Parmelee homered to left center (406 feet).	2	0
	2nd	E Hosmer hit sacrifice fly to left, S Perez scored.	2	1
	2nd	T Abreu singled to right, M Moustakas and L Cain scored, T Abreu thrown out at second attempting to advance on play.	2	3
	5th	B Butler singled to center, D Lough scored, A Escobar to second.	2	4
	6th	A Casilla singled to center, J Morneau and R Doumit scored, M Carson to third.	4	4
	6th	T Abreu singled to center, E Hosmer scored.	4	5
	8th	L Cain doubled to left, S Perez scored, M Moustakas to third.	4	6
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Game Information

Stadium	Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO
Attendance	23,641 (62.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:55
Weather	86 degrees, sunny
Wind	7 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Paul Schrieber, First Base - Mike Everitt, Second Base - Laz Diaz, Third Base - Tim Welke