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Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins

2013-08-29 · Day game · Target Field · Att: 28012 · 87°F, cloudy · Wind 11 mph from RF · 2:39

Kansas City Royals defeated Minnesota Twins 3–1. Kansas City Royals put up 3 in the 2nd. Bruce Chen earned the win and Greg Holland picked up the save. Brian Dozier went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bruce Chen L: Samuel Deduno SV: Greg Holland

Umpires — HP: Alan Porter · 1B: Greg Gibson · 2B: Jerry Layne · 3B: Hunter Wendelstedt · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Alex Gordon	4	0	1	1	0	1
Emilio Bonifacio	4	0	0	0	0	1
Eric Hosmer	4	0	1	0	0	2
Billy Butler	3	1	0	0	1	1
Justin Maxwell	3	1	1	0	0	2
George Kottaras	3	0	0	0	0	0
Alcides Escobar	4	0	1	1	0	1
Chris Getz	2	1	1	1	1	1
Jarrod Dyson	3	0	0	0	0	0
Salvador Perez	1	0	1	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brian Dozier	4	1	2	1	0	0
Pedro Florimon	4	0	0	0	0	1
Justin Morneau	4	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Willingham	2	0	0	0	2	0
Ryan Doumit	4	0	1	0	0	1
Trevor Plouffe	3	0	1	0	0	2
Chris Colabello	3	0	0	0	0	2
Wilkin Ramirez	1	0	1	0	0	0
Clete Thomas	3	0	0	0	0	1
Chris Herrmann	2	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bruce Chen	5.2	5	1	3
Kelvin Herrera	1.1	0	0	1
Will Smith	1.0	0	0	2
Greg Holland	1.0	0	1	2

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sam Deduno	3.0	4	1	4
Ryan Pressly	3.0	1	1	0
Caleb Thielbar	2.0	0	0	2
Glen Perkins	1.0	1	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Alex Gordon: K
Emilio Bonifacio: 7/F78D+
Eric Hosmer: K

Bot 1

Brian Dozier: 6/F56-
Pedro Florimon: 8/F8LM
Justin Morneau: 43/G34

Top 2

Billy Butler: W
Justin Maxwell: HP.1-2
George Kottaras: 3/G34S.2-3;1-2
Alcides Escobar: S4/G34.3-H;2-3
Chris Getz: S7/G6.3-H;1-2
Jarrod Dyson: SB3;SB2
Jarrod Dyson: FC4/G4S.3XH(45)
Alex Gordon: S7/L78S.2-H;1-2
Emilio Bonifacio: SB3
Emilio Bonifacio: K

Bot 2

Josh Willingham: 5/L5+
Ryan Doumit: 9/F9S
Trevor Plouffe: D7/L7LS
Chris Colabello: K

Top 3

Eric Hosmer: S8/G6M
Billy Butler: 53/G5S-.1-2
Justin Maxwell: K
George Kottaras: 8/F8LXD+

Bot 3

Wilkin Ramirez: S9/L89M+
Clete Thomas: 46(1)3/GDP/G4+
Brian Dozier: S8/L8RS-
Pedro Florimon: 9/F9D

Top 4

Alcides Escobar: 13/G13
Chris Getz: W
Jarrod Dyson: 16(1)3/GDP/G13+

Bot 4

Justin Morneau: 43/G4-
Josh Willingham: W
Ryan Doumit: S7/L7D+.1-3;BX2(74)
Trevor Plouffe: K

Top 5

Alex Gordon: 3/L3
Emilio Bonifacio: 63/G6
Eric Hosmer: 31/G34

Bot 5

Chris Colabello: K
Chris Herrmann: 13/G34S-
Clete Thomas: 43/G4

Top 6

Billy Butler: 31/G34S-
Justin Maxwell: S9/L34
George Kottaras: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 6

Brian Dozier: HR/F7D+
Pedro Florimon: 8/F8RD
Justin Morneau: 3/G3
Josh Willingham: 3/L34

Top 7

Alcides Escobar: 43/G4
Chris Getz: K
Jarrod Dyson: 3/G34S

Bot 7

Ryan Doumit: 7/F7D
Trevor Plouffe: K
Chris Colabello: 63/G6

Top 8

Alex Gordon: 6/F6D-
Emilio Bonifacio: 53/G56S
Eric Hosmer: K

Bot 8

Chris Herrmann: K
Clete Thomas: K
Brian Dozier: 8/L8LM

Top 9

Billy Butler: K
Justin Maxwell: K
Salvador Perez: S9/L9S
Alcides Escobar: K

Bot 9

Pedro Florimon: K
Justin Morneau: 63/G6M
Josh Willingham: W
Ryan Doumit: K

Notes & reviews

Justin Maxwell slammed his bat down after being hit; he was escorted to 1B by catcher Ryan Doumit and 1B umpire Greg Gibson; Twins Manager Ron Gardenhire argued with and was ejected by HP umpire Alan Porter; both teams had been warned the previous day
Twins pitcher Samuel Deduno left the game due to an injured shoulder
Twins right fielder Wilkin Ramirez left the game due to an injured leg

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