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Royals
@ Twins
Target Field
September 26, 2011
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Kansas City Royals, played on September 26, 2011 at Target Field.
Game Summary
Date | September 26, 2011 |
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Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 26, 2011 |
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Day of Week | Mon |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Felipe Paulino |
Home Starting Pitcher | Kevin Slowey |
Ballpark | Target Field |
City | Minneapolis |
State | MN |
Attendance | 34,847 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 46 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Eric Cooper 1B: Mark Carlson 2B: Jeff Kellogg 3B: Tim Timmons |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jarrod Dyson | Center Fielder |
Melky Cabrera | Left Fielder |
Billy Butler | DH |
Eric Hosmer | First Baseman |
Salvador Perez | Catcher |
Mike Moustakas | Third Baseman |
Lorenzo Cain | Right Fielder |
Johnny Giavotella | Second Baseman |
Alcides Escobar | Shortstop |
Ned Yost | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
Name | Position |
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Ben Revere | Center Fielder |
Brian Dinkelman | Left Fielder |
Michael Cuddyer | Right Fielder |
Chris Parmelee | First Baseman |
Danny Valencia | Third Baseman |
Trevor Plouffe | Shortstop |
Rene Tosoni | DH |
Luke Hughes | Second Baseman |
Drew Butera | Catcher |
Ron Gardenhire | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Royals
@ Twins
Target Field
September 26, 2011
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Dyson vs. Slowey
Dyson strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Cabrera vs. Slowey
Cabrera hits a ball on the ground towards short. Plouffe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Butler vs. Slowey
Butler hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Cabrera moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Hosmer vs. Slowey
Hosmer hits a fly ball into right field. Cuddyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cabrera tags and scores. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Slowey
Perez hits a fly ball into center field. Revere settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Revere vs. Paulino
Revere hits a ball on the ground towards third. Moustakas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Dinkelman vs. Paulino
Dinkelman hits a fly ball into center field. Dyson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Cuddyer vs. Paulino
Cuddyer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Paulino fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Parmelee vs. Paulino
Parmelee strikes out. Perez drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Parmelee out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Moustakas vs. Slowey
Moustakas strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cain vs. Slowey
Cain hits a popup, foul, towards first. Parmelee settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Giavotella vs. Slowey
Giavotella hits a popup towards short. Plouffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Valencia vs. Paulino
Valencia strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Plouffe vs. Paulino
Plouffe strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Tosoni vs. Paulino
Tosoni hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Giavotella scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Escobar vs. Slowey
Escobar hits a fly ball into left field. Dinkelman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Dyson vs. Slowey
Dyson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Plouffe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Cabrera vs. Slowey
There goes Dyson. The throw from Butera and he is safe. Dyson steals second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Cabrera vs. Slowey
Cabrera hits a line drive towards first. Parmelee reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Butler vs. Slowey
Butler hits a fly ball into right field. Cuddyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hughes vs. Paulino
Hughes hits a popup beyond short. Escobar can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Butera vs. Paulino
Butera strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Revere vs. Paulino
Revere hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Giavotella fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dinkelman vs. Paulino
Paulino fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Paulino. Revere moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dinkelman vs. Paulino
Dinkelman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Giavotella scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hosmer vs. Slowey
Hosmer hits a fly ball into center field. Revere settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Slowey
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Plouffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Moustakas vs. Slowey
Moustakas hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Revere. Moustakas reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Cain vs. Slowey
Cain hits a line drive towards first. Parmelee reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cuddyer vs. Paulino
Cuddyer strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Parmelee vs. Paulino
Parmelee takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Valencia vs. Paulino
Valencia hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Parmelee moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Plouffe vs. Paulino
Plouffe strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Tosoni vs. Paulino
Tosoni hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Parmelee scores. Valencia moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Hughes vs. Paulino
Hughes strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Giavotella vs. Slowey
Giavotella hits a fly ball into left field. Dinkelman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Escobar vs. Slowey
Escobar hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Dyson vs. Slowey
Dyson strikes out. There goes Escobar. The throw from Butera to Plouffe, and Escobar is out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Butera vs. Paulino
Butera takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Revere vs. Paulino
Revere hits a popup towards short. Escobar settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Dinkelman vs. Paulino
Dinkelman strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Cuddyer vs. Paulino
Cuddyer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Parmelee vs. Paulino
Parmelee hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Cain. Parmelee reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Valencia vs. Paulino
Valencia hits a popup towards first. Hosmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Cabrera vs. Slowey
Cabrera hits a ball on the ground towards short. Plouffe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Butler vs. Slowey
Mitch Maier pinch runs for Melky Cabrera.
Butler hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Dinkelman. Butler reaches second base with a double. Maier goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Hosmer vs. Slowey
Hosmer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Parmelee scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hosmer for the out. Butler moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Perez vs. Slowey
Perez hits a fly ball into center field. Revere settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Butler tags and scores. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Moustakas vs. Slowey
Moustakas hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cain vs. Slowey
Cain hits a ball on the ground towards short. Plouffe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Giavotella vs. Slowey
Giavotella hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cain moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Escobar vs. Hoey
Jim Hoey now pitching.
Escobar hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Cain scores. Giavotella moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Dyson vs. Hoey
There goes Escobar. The throw from Butera and he is safe. Escobar steals second. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Dyson vs. Hoey
Dyson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Plouffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Plouffe vs. Paulino
Mitch Maier now playing left field.
Plouffe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Tosoni vs. Paulino
Tosoni strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Hughes vs. Paulino
Hughes hits a fly ball into left field. Maier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maier vs. Hoey
Maier hits a fly ball into center field. Revere settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Hoey
Butler strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Hosmer vs. Hoey
Hosmer hits a fly ball into center field. Revere settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Butera vs. Collins
Tim Collins now pitching.
Butera hits a popup, foul, towards third. Moustakas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Revere vs. Collins
Revere hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Giavotella scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Benson vs. Collins
Joe Benson pinch hits for Brian Dinkelman.
Benson strikes out. Perez drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Benson out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Hoey
Joe Benson now playing left field.
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hoey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Moustakas vs. Hoey
Moustakas hits a ball on the ground towards first. Parmelee scoops it up and throws to first, with Hoey covering, for the out. Perez moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Cain vs. Hoey
Cain hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Perez moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Giavotella vs. Hoey
Giavotella hits a fly ball into right field. Cuddyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Perez tags and scores. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Escobar vs. Hoey
Escobar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Plouffe fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 6 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cuddyer vs. Herrera
Kelvin Herrera now pitching.
Cuddyer hits a fly ball into right field. Cain settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Parmelee vs. Herrera
Parmelee hits a fly ball into left field. Maier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Valencia vs. Herrera
Valencia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 6 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Dyson vs. Dumatrait
Phil Dumatrait now pitching.
Dyson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Maier vs. Dumatrait
The ball gets by Butera for a passed ball. Dyson moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Maier vs. Dumatrait
Maier strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Butler vs. Dumatrait
Butler is walked intentionally. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 12-
Hosmer vs. Dumatrait
Hosmer hits a popup towards short. Plouffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Perez vs. Dumatrait
There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Perez vs. Dumatrait
Perez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Dyson scores. Butler moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Moustakas vs. Dumatrait
Moustakas hits a ball on the ground towards first. Parmelee scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moustakas for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Royals, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Plouffe vs. Crow
Aaron Crow now pitching.
Plouffe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Moustakas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Tosoni vs. Crow
Tosoni takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Hughes vs. Crow
Hughes strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Tolbert vs. Crow
Matt Tolbert pinch hits for Drew Butera.
Tolbert hits a fly ball into right field. Cain settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/26/2011 -- Kansas City at Minnesota (N) Kansas City AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI Dyson J, cf 4 1 1 0 Revere B, cf 4 0 0 0 Cabrera M, lf 3 1 2 0 Dinkelman B, lf 3 0 0 0 Maier M, pr-lf 2 1 0 0 Benson J, ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Butler B, dh 4 1 2 1 Cuddyer M, rf 4 1 2 2 Hosmer E, 1b 4 0 0 1 Parmelee C, 1b 3 1 1 0 Perez S, c 4 1 2 2 Valencia D, 3b 4 0 1 0 Moustakas M, 3b 5 1 2 1 Plouffe T, ss 4 0 0 0 Cain L, rf 4 1 2 0 Tosoni R, dh 3 0 1 1 Giavotella J, 2b 3 0 1 1 Hughes L, 2b 4 0 1 0 Escobar A, ss 4 0 2 1 Butera D, c 2 1 0 0 Tolbert M, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 37 7 14 7 33 3 6 3 Kansas City 100 004 011 -- 7 Minnesota 000 120 000 -- 3 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Paulino F (W) 6.0 6 3 3 2 9 Collins T 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Herrera K 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Crow A 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO Slowey K (L) 5.2 10 5 5 0 3 Hoey J 2.1 3 1 1 0 1 Dumatrait P 1.0 1 1 1 2 1 E -- Paulino F DP -- Minnesota 1 LOB -- Kansas City 8, Minnesota 6 2B -- Moustakas M, Parmelee C, Butler B HR -- Cuddyer M, Moustakas M SB -- Dyson J 2, Escobar A, Butler B CS -- Escobar A SF -- Hosmer E, Perez S, Giavotella J PB -- Butera D T -- 2:46 A -- 34847
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