MIN 19 vs. KC 23

BOXSCORE: 2011 Minnesota Twins At 2011 Kansas City Royals           5/21/2011
 
  Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG     Royals             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Mauer C           4  1  1  0 .344     A.Gordon LF         6  0  1  1 .260  
  A.Casilla 2B        4  0  0  0 .308     M.Cabrera CF        5  2  3  0 .284  
  M.Cuddyer RF        4  0  2  0 .297     B.Butler DH         4  3  2  1 .240  
  J.Morneau 1B        3  0  2  1 .291     E.Hosmer 1B         6  3  3  0 .216  
  J.Kubel DH          4  0  1  0 .282     J.Francoeur RF      4  1  2  3 .352  
  D.Span CF           4  0  0  0 .208     M.Moustakas 3B      6  2  4  5 .310  
  T.Plouffe SS        4  0  1  0 .269     B.Pena C            3  3  2  2 .270  
  D.Valencia 3B       3  0  0  0 .294   A-S.Perez PR,C        0  0  0  0 .333  
  J.Repko LF          3  0  0  0 .133     J.Giavotella 2B     5  2  3  1 .462  
                                          A.Escobar SS        3  1  1  3 .179  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  1  7  1                 Totals      42 17 21 16
 
A-Pinch Ran For Pena In 7th Inning
 
INJURY: Brayan Pena INJURED (for 0 more games) in 7th inning
 
Twins........... 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  7  1
Royals.......... 6 0 3  0 0 3  2 3    - 17 21  0
 
Twins (9-10)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
B.Duensing LOSS(0-3)      0 2/3   4   4   4   0   1   0  21   7.71
P.Dumatrait               0       2   2   2   1   0   0  11  12.71
J.Mijares                 6 2/3  15  11  11   6   5   0 183  12.79
G.Perkins                 0 2/3   0   0   0   1   0   0  10   7.15
Totals                    8      21  17  17   8   6   0
 
Royals (15-8)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
L.Hochevar WIN(3-0)       8       7   1   1   2   5   0 123   2.25
A.Crow                    1       0   0   0   0   0   0  10   3.09
Totals                    9       7   1   1   2   5   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 34,503 DATE-  TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- Mike Dimuro, Andy Fletcher, Tim Welke, Jim Reynolds
T- 3:31
LEFT ON BASE- Twins: 7  Royals:12
DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 2  Royals: 1
ERRORS- T.Plouffe
DOUBLES- J.Mauer(9th), M.Cabrera(3rd), E.Hosmer(5th), J.Francoeur(5th),
         M.Moustakas-2(5th), J.Giavotella-2(3rd), A.Escobar(2nd)
RBIs- J.Morneau(5th), A.Gordon(15th), B.Butler(10th), J.Francoeur-3(17th),
      M.Moustakas-5(12th), B.Pena-2(6th), J.Giavotella(1st), A.Escobar-3(10th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Giavotella(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- A.Escobar
WALKS- J.Morneau, D.Valencia, M.Cabrera, B.Butler-2, J.Francoeur, B.Pena,
       S.Perez, J.Giavotella, A.Escobar
HIT BY PITCH- J.Francoeur, B.Pena
STRIKE OUTS- J.Mauer, A.Casilla, J.Kubel, J.Repko-2, A.Gordon-2, E.Hosmer-2,
             J.Francoeur, J.Giavotella
GIDP- D.Span
BALKS- L.Hochevar
2-out RBI- J.Francoeur, M.Moustakas-2, J.Giavotella, A.Escobar-2
RLISP 2-out- D.Span, A.Gordon-2, M.Moustakas-3, J.Repko-2, T.Plouffe,
             A.Escobar-2
 
Third baseman Mike Moustakas had 4 hits and 5 RBI at Kauffman Stadium as the
Kansas City Royals belted the Minnesota Twins by the count of 17 to
1.
 
Moustakas had a good day at the plate.  He ripped a base-hit scoring two
baserunners in the 1st inning, doubled in the 6th inning, doubled bringing in
a run in the 7th inning and laced a single bringing home two baserunners in
the 8th inning.  Kansas City bats were hot in the 1st inning with 6 runs on 6
hits.  Minnesota was out-hit by Kansas City, 21 hits to 7.  
 
Luke Hochevar(3-0) allowed 1 run in 8 innings, and picked up the victory.
Brian Duensing(0-3) ended up with the loss.  He surrendered 4 runs and 4 hits
in 2/3 of an inning.