Wednesday, September 12th, 2012 7:10PM CST
On Wednesday night, the Kansas City Royals secured a 10-5 win against the Minnesota Twins, powered by a three-hit, three-RBI performance from Billy Butler and four crucial scoreless innings of relief from the Royals' bullpen following a difficult outing by starter Luke Hochevar.
Date: Wednesday, September 12th, 2012
Time: 7:10PM CST
Stadium: Target Field
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 28,139
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIN |
1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
KC |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |

Doubles: R Doumit (30, L Hochevar)
Triples: D Span (4, L Hochevar)
Runs Batted In: J Willingham (103), R Doumit (67), J Carroll 3 (38)
2-out Runs Batted In: J Carroll 2
Sacrifice Flies: J Carroll
Sacrifice Hit: P Florimon
Team Left On Base: 8
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 2-8 (A Casilla 0-1, J Willingham 1-1, P Florimon 0-1, D Span 0-1, B Revere 0-2, J Carroll 1-1, J Morneau 0-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: P Florimon 1; A Casilla 1; B Revere 1; J Morneau 1

Pitcher Notes: P Walters pitched to 6 batters in the 5th;B Duensing pitched to 2 batters in the 8th;T Robertson pitched to 1 batter in the 8th
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: P Walters 15-22; A Swarzak 4-10; B Duensing 3-5; C Fien 1-1; T Robertson 1-1; K Waldrop 2-4; L Perdomo 1-3
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: P Walters 14-7-9-15; A Swarzak 6-1-3-9; B Duensing 1-0-1-4; C Fien 0-0-9-2; T Robertson 0-1-1-1; K Waldrop 3-3-2-3; L Perdomo 1-2-6-1
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: P Walters 4-5; A Swarzak 2-5; B Duensing 1-1; C Fien 0-0; T Robertson 0-0; K Waldrop 0-1; L Perdomo 0-1
Game Scores: P Walters 25

Double Plays: 1 (K Waldrop-J Morneau)
Errors: R Doumit 3 (5, bobble, fly ball, throw)

Home Runs: S Perez (10, 4th inning off P Walters 0 on, 1 Out)
Runs Batted In: S Perez 2 (33), A Escobar (48), A Gordon 2 (65), B Butler 3 (91), L Cain (31)
2-out Runs Batted In: L Cain
Team Left On Base: 9
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 8-16 (A Gordon 1-3, D Lough 1-2, S Perez 1-2, M Moustakas 0-1, A Escobar 2-2, E Hosmer 0-1, L Cain 1-3, B Butler 2-2)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: A Gordon 1; E Hosmer 1; L Cain 1

Hit By Pitch: A Escobar (By P Walters); M Moustakas (By K Waldrop)
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: L Hochevar 15-25; T Collins 1-7; K Herrera 3-4; F Bueno 3-4
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: L Hochevar 23-10-16-17; T Collins 6-1-3-5; K Herrera 4-2-4-3; F Bueno 5-1-2-3
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: L Hochevar 7-4; T Collins 2-3; K Herrera 1-1; F Bueno 2-0
Game Scores: L Hochevar 35
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