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Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

2012-07-22 · Day game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 23252 · 98°F, sunny · Wind 8 mph to RF · 2:47

Minnesota Twins defeated Kansas City Royals 7–5. Minnesota Twins put up 4 in the 3rd. Samuel Deduno earned the win. Ryan Doumit went 3-for-4 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Samuel Deduno L: Jeremy Guthrie SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Eric Cooper · 1B: Marty Foster · 2B: D.J. Reyburn · 3B: Jeff Kellogg · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Denard Span	5	0	1	1	0	2
Ben Revere	3	1	1	0	1	1
Joe Mauer	2	1	0	0	2	0
Josh Willingham	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ryan Doumit	4	3	3	4	0	1
Brian Dozier	4	0	1	2	0	0
Alexi Casilla	4	0	0	0	0	2
Drew Butera	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jamey Carroll	3	2	2	0	1	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Alex Gordon	4	0	1	1	0	1
Alcides Escobar	3	0	0	0	1	0
Mike Moustakas	3	2	1	0	2	2
Billy Butler	4	1	2	2	0	0
Lorenzo Cain	3	0	0	1	0	0
Salvador Perez	4	0	1	0	0	2
Jeff Francoeur	4	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Hosmer	4	1	2	0	0	1
Chris Getz	4	0	2	0	0	0
Yuniesky Betancourt	1	1	1	1	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sam Deduno	6.1	6	3	4
Tyler Robertson	0.2	1	0	0
Anthony Swarzak	1.0	1	0	1
Glen Perkins	1.0	2	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jeremy Guthrie	5.0	4	3	4
Tim Collins	2.0	4	0	2
Louis Coleman	2.0	0	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Denard Span: 3/G3
Ben Revere: K
Joe Mauer: W
Josh Willingham: 53/G5+

Bot 1

Alex Gordon: 43/G4
Alcides Escobar: W
Mike Moustakas: K+CS2(26)/DP

Top 2

Ryan Doumit: HR/F9D+
Brian Dozier: 7/L7LD+
Alexi Casilla: K
Drew Butera: 7/F7S

Bot 2

Billy Butler: 53/G56
Lorenzo Cain: 53/G56+
Salvador Perez: S8/L8RS
Jeff Francoeur: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 3

Jamey Carroll: S7/L6D-
Denard Span: K
Ben Revere: W.1-2
Joe Mauer: W.2-3;1-2
Josh Willingham: 6/IF/P5D
Ryan Doumit: S7/G56+.3-H;2-H;1-3;B-2(THH)
Brian Dozier: D7/F7D+.3-H;2-H
Alexi Casilla: 31/G3

Bot 3

Eric Hosmer: K
Chris Getz: 3/G3
Alex Gordon: S8/G4+
Alcides Escobar: 6!/L56+

Top 4

Drew Butera: 53/G56
Jamey Carroll: 7/F7LM
Denard Span: 3/G34

Bot 4

Mike Moustakas: W
Billy Butler: S9/L9S.1-3
Lorenzo Cain: 8/SF/L8LM.3-H
Salvador Perez: K
Jeff Francoeur: 7/F78D+

Top 5

Ben Revere: 3/G3
Joe Mauer: 43/G34+
Josh Willingham: K

Bot 5

Eric Hosmer: 9/F89S
Chris Getz: S5/G56
Alex Gordon: K
Alcides Escobar: SB2
Alcides Escobar: 31/G34S

Top 6

Ryan Doumit: HR/F7LD+
Brian Dozier: 8/F8LXD+
Alexi Casilla: K
Drew Butera: K

Bot 6

Mike Moustakas: W
Billy Butler: 9/L9M+
Lorenzo Cain: 8/L8RM
Salvador Perez: 43/G4S-

Top 7

Jamey Carroll: S8/F8LS
Denard Span: D9/L9D+.1-H;BX3(9465)
Ben Revere: S8/L6D+
Joe Mauer: 64(1)3/GDP/G6M

Bot 7

Jeff Francoeur: 53/G56
Eric Hosmer: S8/G4M-
Chris Getz: S9/L34+.1-2
Alex Gordon: 7/F7LSF
Alcides Escobar: 64(1)/FO/G6+

Top 8

Josh Willingham: 7/F78M
Ryan Doumit: K
Brian Dozier: 7/F78M

Bot 8

Mike Moustakas: D9/F89XD+
Billy Butler: HR/F7LD+.2-H
Lorenzo Cain: 43/G4S
Salvador Perez: K
Jeff Francoeur: 53/G56-

Top 9

Alexi Casilla: 9/F9LD+
Drew Butera: K
Jamey Carroll: W
Denard Span: K

Bot 9

Eric Hosmer: D8/F8LXD+
Chris Getz: 43/G4.2-3
Alex Gordon: 7/SF/F78S.3-H
Yuniesky Betancourt: HR/F7LD+
Mike Moustakas: K

Notes & reviews

2bman Getz and Royals manager Yost argued the call with 2B umpire Reyburn
SS Escobar and Royals manager Yost ejected by 2B umpire for continuing to argue call on Escobar in 7th

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