MIN 21 vs. KC 16

BOXSCORE: 2012 Minnesota Twins At 2012 Kansas City Royals           5/19/2012
 
  Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG     Royals             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Span CF           4  0  2  1 .326     A.Gordon LF         5  3  3  2 .313  
  B.Revere RF         5  2  2  2 .308     A.Escobar SS        2  0  0  1 .203  
  J.Mauer C           4  0  1  0 .381     E.Hosmer 1B         4  3  2  4 .208  
  J.Willingham LF     2  0  0  2 .227     B.Butler DH         3  0  1  0 .281  
  J.Morneau 1B        5  1  2  0 .235   A-B.Pena PR,DH        0  0  0  0 .214  
  R.Doumit DH         4  1  0  0 .141     S.Perez C           4  1  1  1 .370  
  T.Plouffe 3B,2B     5  1  1  1 .175     M.Moustakas 3B      4  0  0  0 .175  
  B.Dozier SS         3  2  1  3 .276     J.Francoeur RF      4  1  2  0 .212  
  J.Carroll 2B        3  1  2  0 .284     J.Dyson CF          3  1  1  0 .256  
B-C.Parmelee PH       0  0  0  0 .333     C.Getz 2B           4  1  2  1 .351  
C-D.Valencia PR,3B    0  1  0  01.000                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  9 11  9                 Totals      33 10 12  9
 
A-Pinch Ran For Butler In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Carroll In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Parmelee In 8th Inning
 
INJURY: Billy Butler INJURED (for 0 more games) in 7th inning
INJURY: Chris Parmelee INJURED (for 0 more games) in 8th inning
 
Twins........... 1 0 2  0 0 3  0 3 0  -  9 11  1
Royals.......... 3 0 1  4 0 2  0 0    - 10 12  1
 
Twins (6-15)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
N.Blackburn LOSS(1-3)     5      10   9   9   1   2   3  94   9.75
J.Burton                  2       1   1   1   1   0   0  37   2.70
A.Burnett                 1       1   0   0   1   0   0  18   2.63
Totals                    8      12  10  10   3   2   3
 
Royals (5-11)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
L.Mendoza WIN(2-2)        5 1/3   8   6   6   2   0   1  97   9.33
J.Broxton HOLD(1st)       1 2/3   2   2   2   2   3   1  40   3.60
K.Herrera                 0       1   1   1   0   0   0   9   4.76
A.Crow HOLD(1st)          1 2/3   0   0   0   0   2   0  14   2.20
G.Holland SAVE(1st)       0 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   3   1.13
Totals                    9      11   9   9   4   6   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 28,931 DATE-  TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- C.B. Bucknor, Dale Scott, Bill Miller, Dan Iassogna
T- 3:09
LEFT ON BASE- Twins: 7  Royals: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 1  Royals: 0
ERRORS- T.Plouffe, L.Mendoza
DOUBLES- D.Span(9th), J.Morneau(7th), A.Gordon(5th), J.Francoeur(3rd)
TRIPLES- B.Revere(2nd), A.Gordon(3rd)
HOME RUNS- T.Plouffe(3rd), B.Dozier(2nd), E.Hosmer-2(4th), S.Perez(2nd)
RBIs- D.Span(12th), B.Revere-2(12th), J.Willingham-2(12th), T.Plouffe(4th),
      B.Dozier-3(12th), A.Gordon-2(8th), A.Escobar(4th), E.Hosmer-4(7th),
      S.Perez(8th), C.Getz(6th)
STOLEN BASES- E.Hosmer(1st), J.Dyson-2(3rd), C.Getz(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Span, A.Escobar
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Willingham-2, A.Escobar
WALKS- J.Mauer, J.Willingham, R.Doumit, B.Dozier, A.Escobar, E.Hosmer, J.Dyson
HIT BY PITCH- C.Parmelee, B.Butler
STRIKE OUTS- B.Revere, J.Mauer-2, J.Willingham, J.Morneau, T.Plouffe, B.Butler,
             J.Dyson
2-out RBI- S.Perez, E.Hosmer-2
RLISP 2-out- A.Gordon, R.Doumit-2, M.Moustakas, J.Willingham, E.Hosmer
TEAM RISP- Twins: 3 for 8  Royals: 5 for 14
 
Eric Hosmer smashed 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI as the Kansas City Royals topped
the Minnesota Twins by a score of 10 to 9 at Kauffman Stadium.
 
Hosmer enjoyed a big day at the plate.  He blasted a two-run home run in the
1st inning and lifted one out of the park for a two run home run in the 4th
inning.  Minnesota went down without a fight in the 9th.  
 
The win was credited to Luis Mendoza(2-2) who went 5 and 1/3 innings allowing
6 runs. Greg Holland recorded his 1st save.  Nick Blackburn(1-3) took the
loss.  He surrended 3 homeruns in his 5 innings.