Kansas City Royals vs. Minnesota Twins: game summary

Summary

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City RoyalsKC	2	0	2	5	0	1	0	1	0	11	12	1
Minnesota TwinsMIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	5	2

Decisions

• WinnerDanny Duffy
• LoserMatt Shoemaker

Scoring plays

1. Top 1Salvador Perez doubles (7) on a line drive to left fielder Luis Arraez, deflected by center fielder Byron Buxton. Carlos Santana scores. Salvador Perez to 3rd.1-0
2. Top 1Jorge Soler out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Luis Arraez. Salvador Perez scores.2-0
3. Top 3Salvador Perez homers (6) on a fly ball to center field. Carlos Santana scores.4-0
4. Top 4Ryan O'Hearn homers (2) on a fly ball to center field.5-0
5. Top 4Whit Merrifield doubles (5) on a ground ball to center fielder Byron Buxton, deflected by second baseman Jorge Polanco. Andrew Benintendi scores. Michael A. Taylor scores. Nicky Lopez scores. Whit Merrifield to 3rd. Whit Merrifield advances to 3rd, on a throwing error by center fielder Byron Buxton.8-0
6. Top 4Carlos Santana grounds out to first baseman Alex Kirilloff. Whit Merrifield scores.9-0
7. Top 6Andrew Benintendi homers (2) on a fly ball to right field.10-0
8. Bot 7Alex Kirilloff homers (3) on a fly ball to center field.10-1
9. Top 8Andrew Benintendi homers (3) on a fly ball to left center field.11-1
10. Bot 8Nelson Cruz homers (8) on a fly ball to left center field. Willians Astudillo scores.11-3

Box score

Game info

Ballpark

Target Field

Attendance

9,993

Duration

2 h 59

Weather

78 °F, Partly Cloudy · wind 10 mph, Out To LF

Umpires

Tom Hallion (Home plate) · Phil Cuzzi (First base) · Cory Blaser (Second base) · Erich Bacchus (Third base)