Kansas City Royals vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - September 12, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Sep 12, 2012

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Kansas City leads 2-0 (as of 9/12)

Game 1: Tuesday, September 11
Kansas City	9	Final
Minnesota	1	Final
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Game 2: Wednesday, September 12
Kansas City	10	Final
Minnesota	5	Final
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Game 3: Thursday, September 13
Kansas City	3	Final in 10
Minnesota	4	Final in 10
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Royals 10

(65-77, 34-39 away)

Twins 5

(59-84, 28-43 home)

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8:10 PM ET, September 12, 2012

Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	4	0	10	14	0
MIN	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	8	3

W: L. Hochevar (8-13)

L: P. Walters (2-4)

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Lough RF	6	1	2	0	0	1	17	.304	.320	.348
A Escobar SS	4	2	2	1	0	1	23	.298	.339	.399
A Gordon LF	5	2	1	2	0	0	16	.292	.360	.447
B Butler DH	5	0	3	3	0	0	16	.310	.374	.498
S Perez C	5	1	2	2	0	0	15	.319	.343	.515
M Moustakas 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	17	.250	.305	.429
L Cain CF	5	0	1	1	0	1	15	.265	.313	.416
E Hosmer 1B	3	2	1	0	2	1	24	.244	.315	.380
J Giavotella 2B	5	2	1	0	0	1	20	.248	.289	.312
Totals	42	10	14	9	2	6	163
BATTING HR: S Perez (10, 4th inning off P Walters 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: S Perez 2 (33), A Escobar (48), A Gordon 2 (65), B Butler 3 (91), L Cain (31) 2-out RBI: L Cain Royals RISP: 8-16 (A Gordon 1-3, D Lough 1-2, S Perez 1-2, M Moustakas 0-1, A Escobar 2-2, E Hosmer 0-1, L Cain 1-3, B Butler 2-2) Team LOB: 9

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
L Hochevar (W, 8-13)	5.0	6	5	5	4	4	0	110-66	5.46
T Collins (H, 9)	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	28-15	3.09
K Herrera	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	20-13	2.37
F Bueno	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	15-11	1.50
Totals	9.0	8	5	5	5	7	0	173-105
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: L Hochevar 15/25; T Collins 1/7; K Herrera 3/4; F Bueno 3/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: L Hochevar 23-10-16-17; T Collins 6-1-3-5; K Herrera 4-2-4-3; F Bueno 5-1-2-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: L Hochevar 7-4; T Collins 2-3; K Herrera 1-1; F Bueno 2-0 Game Scores: L Hochevar 35

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF	5	2	3	0	0	1	21	.290	.352	.400
B Revere RF	5	0	0	0	0	0	14	.301	.337	.353
J Willingham DH	4	1	1	1	1	1	22	.260	.368	.529
J Morneau 1B	3	1	0	0	2	2	27	.278	.340	.470
R Doumit LF	3	1	1	1	1	0	15	.282	.327	.465
J Carroll 3B	3	0	1	3	0	0	21	.259	.338	.305
A Casilla 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	16	.219	.262	.291
D Butera C	3	0	1	0	1	2	20	.219	.279	.302
P Florimon SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	17	.244	.303	.354
Totals	33	5	8	5	5	7	173
BATTING 2B: R Doumit (30, L Hochevar) 3B: D Span (4, L Hochevar) RBI: J Willingham (103), R Doumit (67), J Carroll 3 (38) S: P Florimon SF: J Carroll 2-out RBI: J Carroll 2 Twins RISP: 2-8 (A Casilla 0-1, J Willingham 1-1, P Florimon 0-1, D Span 0-1, B Revere 0-2, J Carroll 1-1, J Morneau 0-1) Team LOB: 8
FIELDING E: R Doumit 3 (5, bobble, fly ball, throw) DP: 1 (K Waldrop-J Morneau).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
P Walters (L, 2-4)	4.0	7	6	6	2	3	1	72-45	6.70
A Swarzak	2.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	30-19	4.93
B Duensing	0.2	2	2	1	0	0	0	12-8	5.09
C Fien	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	12-9	1.65
T Robertson	0.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4-3	6.00
K Waldrop	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	17-11	2.51
L Perdomo	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	16-10	4.66
Totals	9.0	14	10	9	2	6	1	163-105
PITCHING P Walters pitched to 6 batters in the 5th; B Duensing pitched to 2 batters in the 8th; T Robertson pitched to 1 batter in the 8th HBP: A Escobar (By P Walters); M Moustakas (By K Waldrop) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: P Walters 15/22; A Swarzak 4/10; B Duensing 3/5; C Fien 1/1; T Robertson 1/1; K Waldrop 2/4; L Perdomo 1/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: P Walters 14-7-9-15; A Swarzak 6-1-3-9; B Duensing 1-0-1-4; C Fien 0-0-9-2; T Robertson 0-1-1-1; K Waldrop 3-3-2-3; L Perdomo 1-2-6-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: P Walters 4-5; A Swarzak 2-5; B Duensing 1-1; C Fien 0-0; T Robertson 0-0; K Waldrop 0-1; L Perdomo 0-1 Game Scores: P Walters 25

Scoring Summary

			KC	MIN
	1st	J Willingham singled to left center, D Span scored.	0	1
	3rd	R Doumit walked, D Span scored, J Willingham to third, J Morneau to second.	0	2
	3rd	J Carroll hit sacrifice fly to center, J Willingham scored.	0	3
	4th	S Perez homered to left center (398 feet).	1	3
	5th	A Escobar singled to right, E Hosmer scored, J Giavotella to third, D Lough to second.	2	3
	5th	A Gordon singled to left center, J Giavotella scored, D Lough to third, A Escobar to second.	3	3
	5th	B Butler singled to deep left, D Lough and A Escobar scored, A Gordon to third.	5	3
	5th	L Cain singled to right, A Gordon scored, B Butler to second.	6	3
	5th	J Carroll singled to center, J Morneau and R Doumit scored.	6	5
	8th	A Escobar singled to left, E Hosmer to third, J Giavotella to second, E Hosmer scored, J Giavotella to third, A Escobar to second on error by left fielder R Doumit.	7	5
	8th	A Gordon reaches on fielder's choice to second, J Giavotella scores, A Escobar to third.	8	5
	8th	B Butler singled to left, A Escobar scored, A Gordon to second.	9	5
	8th	S Perez singled to deep left, A Gordon scored, B Butler to third.	10	5
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Game Notes

ROYALS CATCHER SALVADOR PEREZ HOMERED IN THE TOP OF THE FOURTH INNING TO EXTEND HIS HITTING STREAK TO 16 GAMES.

Game Information

Stadium	Target Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	28,139 (71.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:25
Weather	58 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	5 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Dan Bellino, First Base - Mike Estabrook, Second Base - Larry Vanover, Third Base - Jerry Layne