SCORECARD
Scorecard: Twins 3, Kansas City 1
FIRST INNING
Twins: With Edinson Volquez pitching, Danny Santana reached on an infield single. Torii Hunter walked, Santana advanced to second. Joe Mauer singled to right, loading the bases. Brian Dozier hit sacrifice fly to center, scoring Santana.
Twins 1, Kansas City 0
FOURTH INNING
Kansas City: Mike Moustakas singled to left off Twins starter Kyle Gibson. Lorenzo Cain lined out to right. Eric Hosmer grounded out to first, Moustakas went to second. Kendrys Morales was hit by a pitch. Alex Gordon singled to right, scoring Moustakas.
Twins: Trevor Plouffe hit a two-out single to center. Oswaldo Arcia hit a two-run homer to right.
Twins 3, Kansas City 1
Kansas CityABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Escobar ss403000.412
Moustakas 3b412001.379
Cain cf401001.387
Hosmer 1b400000.257
Morales dh300001.375
Gordon lf402101.150
Perez c400000.364
Infante 2b401000.188
Dyson rf300001.250
Totals3419105
twinsABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Santana ss411002.214
Hunter rf301010.154
Mauer 1b401000.286
Dozier 2b200101.226
Vargas dh300001.208
Plouffe 3b311000.154
Arcia lf311200.200
Robinson lf000000.100
Suzuki c300001.143
Schafer cf300002.182
Totals2835317
Kansas City000 100 000—191
Twins100 200 00x—350
E—Moustakas (1). LOB—Kansas City 7, Minnesota 3. HR—Arcia (1), off Volquez. RBI—A.Gordon (3), Dozier (3), Arcia 2 (2). CS—J.Schafer (2). SF—Dozier. DP—Twins 2.
KANSAS CITYIPHRERBBSONPERA
Volquez L, 1-17 2/3533171062.30
Morales1/30000030.00
TWINSIPHRERBBSONPERA
Gibson W, 1-16 2/3911031096.10
Duensing H, 11/30000012.70
Fien H, 1100001140.00
Perkins S, 1-1100001103.00
Inherited runners-scored—F.Morales 1-0, Duensing 2-0. HBP—by Gibson (K.Morales). Umpires—Home, Mike Estabrook; First, Dana DeMuth; Second, Joe West; Third, Paul Nauert. T—2:25. A—21,362 (39,021).
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