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Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins

2014-08-18 · Night game · Target Field · Att: 25559 · 71°F, cloudy · Wind 4 mph to CF · 3:09

Kansas City Royals defeated Minnesota Twins 6–4. Kansas City Royals put up 3 in the 5th. Jason Vargas earned the win and Greg Holland picked up the save. Erik Kratz went 2-for-2 with 2 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	1	6	13
MIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	7

W: Jason Vargas L: Trevor May SV: Greg Holland

Umpires — HP: Chris Segal · 1B: Dan Iassogna · 2B: David Rackley · 3B: Fieldin Culbreth · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nori Aoki	4	0	0	0	0	0
Omar Infante	4	1	0	0	1	1
Salvador Perez	3	0	2	2	0	0
Billy Butler	4	0	2	1	1	0
Alex Gordon	4	0	2	0	1	1
Josh Willingham	5	1	3	0	0	1
Mike Moustakas	5	0	1	0	0	0
Alcides Escobar	3	1	0	0	1	0
Jarrod Dyson	3	1	1	1	1	0
Erik Kratz	2	2	2	2	0	0
Lorenzo Cain	1	0	0	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Danny Santana	4	0	1	0	0	1
Brian Dozier	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Mauer	4	0	1	0	0	1
Kennys Vargas	4	1	1	0	0	0
Oswaldo Arcia	4	2	2	1	0	1
Trevor Plouffe	4	1	1	3	0	1
Chris Parmelee	4	0	1	0	0	0
Eric Fryer	3	0	0	0	0	0
Eduardo Escobar	2	0	0	0	1	0
Kurt Suzuki	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jason Vargas	7.0	4	1	3
Wade Davis	1.0	0	0	1
Aaron Crow	0.1	3	0	0
Greg Holland	0.2	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Trevor May	4.2	7	4	1
Anthony Swarzak	3.1	4	0	2
Ryan Pressly	1.0	2	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Nori Aoki: 63/G6
Omar Infante: 63/G6-
Salvador Perez: S56/G56
Billy Butler: W.1-2
Alex Gordon: K

Bot 1

Danny Santana: S7/L56+
Brian Dozier: 53/G56.1-2
Joe Mauer: SB3
Joe Mauer: K
Kennys Vargas: 4/F4MD-

Top 2

Josh Willingham: S6/G56+
Mike Moustakas: S8/L8LS.1X3(85)
Alcides Escobar: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 2

Oswaldo Arcia: 63/G6M
Trevor Plouffe: K
Chris Parmelee: S7/G56-
Eric Fryer: 63/G6S-

Top 3

Jarrod Dyson: 3/G34S-
Nori Aoki: 53/BG
Omar Infante: 53/G56S+

Bot 3

Eduardo Escobar: 8/F78XD+
Danny Santana: 7/F78D+
Brian Dozier: 6/F6D

Top 4

Salvador Perez: 53/G5
Billy Butler: 3/P3F
Alex Gordon: D7/L78M
Josh Willingham: 8/F8RD+

Bot 4

Joe Mauer: 8/F78M
Kennys Vargas: 63/G56
Oswaldo Arcia: K

Top 5

Mike Moustakas: 8/F8LXD+
Alcides Escobar: W
Jarrod Dyson: W.1-2
Nori Aoki: 43/G4S-.2-3;1-2
Omar Infante: W
Salvador Perez: S8/L8LS-.3-H;2-H;1-2
Billy Butler: S8/L8LM.2-H;1-2
Alex Gordon: S9/L9S+.2-3;1-2
Josh Willingham: K

Bot 5

Trevor Plouffe: 8/F8LS
Chris Parmelee: 43/G4
Eric Fryer: 9/L9S

Top 6

Mike Moustakas: 8/F8LXD+
Alcides Escobar: 53/G56S
Jarrod Dyson: 43/G4S-

Bot 6

Eduardo Escobar: W
Danny Santana: 64(1)/FO/G6S-
Brian Dozier: 54(1)/FO/G56S-
Joe Mauer: S8/L78M.1-2
Kennys Vargas: 6!3/G56

Top 7

Nori Aoki: 63/G6
Omar Infante: K
Erik Kratz: HR/F7LD+
Billy Butler: S9/G34+
Alex Gordon: 8/L8LM

Bot 7

Oswaldo Arcia: HR/F9D+
Trevor Plouffe: 9/F89D+
Chris Parmelee: 4/F4
Eric Fryer: 6!3/L6+

Top 8

Josh Willingham: S9/L9S
Mike Moustakas: 5/P5F
Alcides Escobar: 3/G34S-.1-2
Jarrod Dyson: S9/L9M.2-H
Lorenzo Cain: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 8

Eduardo Escobar: 9/L89D+
Danny Santana: K
Brian Dozier: 43/G4MD+

Top 9

Omar Infante: 63/G6S-
Erik Kratz: HR/F8RXD+
Billy Butler: 6/F4MD-
Alex Gordon: W
Josh Willingham: S8/L8LS-.1-2
Mike Moustakas: 43/L34+

Bot 9

Joe Mauer: 7/F7LM
Kennys Vargas: S7/G56+
Oswaldo Arcia: S5/G56-.1-2
Trevor Plouffe: HR/F7D+.2-H;1-H
Chris Parmelee: 43/G34
Kurt Suzuki: 3/F3-

Notes & reviews

Twins manager Gardenhire ejected by HP umpire Segal for arguing that Mauer's foul tip actually hit the ground before being caught
City Royals catcher Salvador Perez left the game due to an injured knee

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