KC 34 vs. MIN 34

BOXSCORE: 2011 Kansas City Royals At 2011 Minnesota Twins            6/4/2011
 
  Royals             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.Gordon LF         6  1  1  0 .250     D.Span CF           3  1  0  0 .219  
  M.Cabrera CF        5  1  2  1 .288     B.Revere LF         2  1  1  0 .241  
  B.Butler DH         4  1  0  0 .243   A-R.Tosoni PR,LF      1  0  0  0 .000  
  E.Hosmer 1B         5  2  2  0 .261     M.Cuddyer 1B        4  1  2  1 .304  
  J.Francoeur RF      5  3  4  3 .333     D.Valencia 3B       4  1  1  3 .270  
  M.Moustakas 3B      5  0  2  3 .291     J.Kubel RF          3  0  1  1 .310  
  S.Perez C           3  1  1  1 .288     T.Plouffe DH        4  0  0  0 .254  
  C.Getz 2B           4  0  2  0 .319     L.Hughes 2B         2  0  0  0 .313  
  A.Escobar SS        5  0  2  1 .184   B-C.Parmelee PH       1  0  0  0 .250  
                                          A.Casilla SS        3  0  0  0 .280  
                                          D.Butera C          3  1  1  0 .091  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      42  9 16  9                 Totals      30  5  6  5
 
A-Pinch Ran For Revere In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Hughes In 9th Inning
 
INJURY: Ben Revere INJURED (for 1 more game) in 5th inning
 
Royals.......... 3 0 4  1 0 1  0 0 0  -  9 16  0
Twins........... 0 0 0  3 2 0  0 0 0  -  5  6  2
 
Royals (17-17)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Francis WIN(2-2)        6       6   5   5   3   2   1 121   4.26
E.Teaford                 2       0   0   0   1   2   0  26   2.08
G.Holland                 0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   5.74
S.O'Sullivan              0 2/3   0   0   0   1   0   0   6   0.00
Totals                    9       6   5   5   5   4   1
 
Twins (16-18)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
N.Blackburn LOSS(2-2)     2 1/3  10   7   7   1   1   0  69   4.75
J.Hoey                    1 1/3   2   1   1   1   0   0  26   4.50
A.Burnett                 2 2/3   3   1   1   2   3   0  35   3.38
P.Dumatrait               2 2/3   1   0   0   0   2   0  29   5.50
Totals                    9      16   9   9   4   6   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 37,350 DATE-  TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- Kerwin Danley, Doug Eddings, Paul Nauert, Dana Demuth
T- 3:09
LEFT ON BASE- Royals:10  Twins: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Royals: 2  Twins: 1
ERRORS- J.Kubel, N.Blackburn
DOUBLES- J.Francoeur(9th), M.Moustakas(6th), B.Revere(4th), M.Cuddyer-2(9th),
         J.Kubel(8th)
HOME RUNS- D.Valencia(7th)
RBIs- M.Cabrera(18th), J.Francoeur-3(21st), M.Moustakas-3(18th), S.Perez(11th),
      A.Escobar(13th), M.Cuddyer(14th), D.Valencia-3(24th), J.Kubel(22nd)
STOLEN BASES- E.Hosmer(1st), J.Francoeur(6th)
WALKS- B.Butler, S.Perez-2, C.Getz, D.Span, J.Kubel, L.Hughes, A.Casilla,
       D.Butera
HIT BY PITCH- B.Revere
STRIKE OUTS- A.Gordon, E.Hosmer, J.Francoeur, M.Moustakas, C.Getz, A.Escobar,
             D.Span, M.Cuddyer, J.Kubel, T.Plouffe
GIDP- B.Butler, R.Tosoni, D.Butera
WILD PITCHES- A.Burnett-2
2-out RBI- M.Moustakas-2, J.Kubel
RLISP 2-out- S.Perez, D.Valencia, M.Cabrera, C.Getz, A.Escobar-2
 
Jeff Francoeur had 4 hits and 3 RBI at Target Field where the Kansas City
Royals beat the Minnesota Twins by the score of 9 to 5.
 
Minnesota found themselves trailing quickly as the Kansas City bats came
through in the first inning when they tallied 3 runs on 4 hits.  Minnesota
was out-hit by Kansas City, 16 hits to 6.  
 
Jeff Francis(2-2) picked up the victory, allowing 5 runs in 6 innings. Nick
Blackburn(2-2) was the losing pitcher.  He was not very effective,
surrendering 7 runs in 2 and 1/3 innings.