Kansas City Royals vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - September 27, 2011 - ESPN

Scores for Sep 27, 2011

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Series tied 1-1 (as of 9/27)

Game 1: Monday, September 26
Kansas City	7	Final
Minnesota	3	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, September 27
Kansas City	4	Final
Minnesota	7	Final
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Game 3: Wednesday, September 28
Kansas City	0	Final
Minnesota	1	Final
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Royals 4

(71-90, 31-49 away)

Twins 7

(62-99, 32-48 home)

Alerts

8:10 PM ET, September 27, 2011

Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	14	1
MIN	0	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	-	7	11	3

W: A. Swarzak (4-7)

L: S. O'Sullivan (2-6)

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Dyson CF	4	0	0	1	0	2	18	.175	.292	.200
J Giavotella 2B	5	1	3	0	0	1	23	.253	.279	.385
B Butler DH	5	1	2	1	0	0	21	.292	.362	.460
E Hosmer 1B	5	0	1	0	0	2	15	.294	.336	.467
S Perez C	4	1	2	1	0	0	10	.338	.368	.483
M Moustakas 3B	4	0	2	0	0	0	12	.260	.306	.358
L Cain RF	4	0	1	1	0	1	10	.316	.350	.368
M Maier LF	4	0	1	0	0	3	19	.239	.355	.348
A Escobar SS	3	1	2	0	0	0	12	.255	.291	.345
Totals	38	4	14	4	0	9	140
BATTING 2B: J Giavotella 2 (9, A Swarzak 2); M Moustakas (18, A Swarzak); B Butler (43, A Swarzak); A Escobar (21, J Nathan) 3B: J Giavotella (4, J Nathan) RBI: L Cain (1), S Perez (21), J Dyson (3), B Butler (95) SF: J Dyson 2-out RBI: B Butler Royals RISP: 3-12 (S Perez 0-1, M Moustakas 0-1, J Dyson 0-1, E Hosmer 1-1, J Giavotella 0-2, L Cain 1-2, B Butler 1-4) Team LOB: 9
FIELDING E: S O'Sullivan (1, bunt) DP: 1 (E Hosmer-A Escobar). Outfield Assist: M Maier (B Revere at Home).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
S O'Sullivan (L, 2-6)	5.0	9	6	6	0	1	1	68-44	7.25
V Mazzaro	3.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	42-28	8.26
Totals	8.0	11	7	7	0	1	2	110-72
PITCHING S O'Sullivan pitched to 3 batters in the 6th WP: S O'Sullivan 2 First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: S O'Sullivan 11/23; V Mazzaro 9/11 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: S O'Sullivan 12-6-4-22; V Mazzaro 5-5-8-10 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S O'Sullivan 4-9; V Mazzaro 4-5 Game Scores: S O'Sullivan 26

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF	4	1	1	1	0	0	11	.261	.326	.353
B Revere LF	4	0	1	1	0	0	14	.267	.311	.310
D Valencia 3B	4	1	2	0	0	0	13	.246	.295	.384
C Parmelee 1B	4	2	2	1	0	0	19	.351	.429	.581
T Plouffe SS	4	1	3	0	0	0	10	.238	.307	.395
R Tosoni DH	4	1	1	4	0	0	12	.202	.276	.345
J Benson RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	18	.224	.257	.343
M Tolbert 2B	3	1	1	0	0	0	8	.198	.252	.266
R Rivera C	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	.144	.211	.202
Totals	34	7	11	7	0	1	110
BATTING 3B: D Span (5, S O'Sullivan); B Revere (5, S O'Sullivan) HR: C Parmelee (4, 2nd inning off S O'Sullivan 0 on, 0 Out); R Tosoni (5, 6th inning off V Mazzaro 3 on, 0 Out) RBI: C Parmelee (14), D Span (16), B Revere (30), R Tosoni 4 (22) 2-out RBI: D Span, B Revere GIDP: R Tosoni Twins RISP: 3-4 (R Tosoni 1-2, B Revere 1-1, T Plouffe 1-1) Team LOB: 3
FIELDING E: R Rivera (3, throw); T Plouffe (12, throw); J Benson (2, throw) DP: 1 (M Tolbert).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
A Swarzak (W, 4-7)	6.1	10	2	2	0	6	0	98-69	4.32
M Capps	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	9-7	4.25
G Perkins	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8-7	2.48
J Nathan	1.0	3	2	2	0	2	0	25-17	4.84
Totals	9.0	14	4	4	0	9	0	140-100
PITCHING HBP: A Escobar (By A Swarzak) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: A Swarzak 18/28; M Capps 1/2; G Perkins 4/4; J Nathan 3/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: A Swarzak 18-11-20-20; M Capps 2-2-2-1; G Perkins 2-0-1-4; J Nathan 7-3-3-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: A Swarzak 5-6; M Capps 0-1; G Perkins 0-3; J Nathan 0-1 Game Scores: A Swarzak 51

Scoring Summary

			KC	MIN
	2nd	L Cain reached on infield single to third, S Perez scored, M Moustakas out at home.	1	0
	2nd	C Parmelee homered to right center (422 feet).	1	1
	5th	D Span tripled to deep right, M Tolbert scored.	1	2
	5th	B Revere tripled to deep left, D Span scored, B Revere out stretching at home.	1	3
	6th	S Perez grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, B Butler scored, E Hosmer out at second, S Perez to second on throwing error by shortstop T Plouffe.	2	3
	6th	R Tosoni homered to right (383 feet), D Valencia, C Parmelee and T Plouffe scored.	2	7
	9th	J Dyson hit sacrifice fly to left, A Escobar scored.	3	7
	9th	B Butler singled to left, J Giavotella scored.	4	7
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Game Information

Stadium	Target Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	34,228 (86.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:28
Weather	66 degrees, cloudy
Wind	1 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Mark Carlson, First Base - Jeff Kellogg, Second Base - Tim Timmons, Third Base - Eric Cooper