Kansas City Royals vs. Minnesota Twins

Royals Batting

Doubles: J Maxwell (1, P Hughes); A Escobar (5, P Hughes)

Home Runs: A Escobar (1, 7th inning off P Hughes 1 on, 0 Out)

Runs Batted In: O Infante (9), A Escobar 2 (7)

Ground Into Double Play: S Perez

Team Left On Base: 8

Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 1-4 (S Perez 0-1, O Infante 1-1, N Aoki 0-2)

Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: N Aoki 2

Royals Pitching

Pitcher Notes: Y Ventura pitched to 2 batters in the 5th

Wild Pitches: Y Ventura

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Y Ventura 13-22; L Coleman 2-3; J Marks 9-13; M Mariot 4-8

Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Y Ventura 15-11-18-12; L Coleman 3-2-0-2; J Marks 12-1-15-7; M Mariot 6-1-5-5

Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Y Ventura 4-2; L Coleman 0-1; J Marks 0-4; M Mariot 3-1

Game Scores: Y Ventura 36

Royals Fielding

Double Plays: 2 (S Perez-M Moustakas, A Escobar-O Infante-E Hosmer)

Errors: Y Ventura (2, throw)

Twins Batting

Doubles: T Plouffe 2 (7, J Marks, Y Ventura); K Suzuki (3, J Marks)

Triples: T Plouffe (1, Y Ventura)

Home Runs: J Pinto (4, 5th inning off L Coleman 0 on, 2 Out)

Runs Batted In: T Plouffe 2 (13), E Escobar (2), C Colabello (20), J Pinto (8), J Kubel (11), K Suzuki 2 (14)

2-out Runs Batted In: E Escobar, J Pinto

Ground Into Double Play: B Dozier

Team Left On Base: 11

Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 6-14 (J Mauer 0-2, J Kubel 1-2, B Dozier 1-2, C Colabello 1-3, T Plouffe 1-1, K Suzuki 1-2, E Escobar 1-2)

Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: J Mauer 3; K Suzuki 1

Twins Pitching

Pitcher Notes: P Hughes pitched to 2 batters in the 7th

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: P Hughes 23-27; B Duensing 2-5; C Fien 2-2; G Perkins 4-4

Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: P Hughes 21-6-19-23; B Duensing 2-1-3-3; C Fien 1-1-3-1; G Perkins 2-1-4-2

Ground Balls-Fly Balls: P Hughes 7-8; B Duensing 1-3; C Fien 0-1; G Perkins 0-1

Game Scores: P Hughes 44

Twins Fielding

Double Plays: 1 (B Dozier-E Escobar-J Mauer)

Twins Baserunning

Caught Stealing: C Colabello (2, 2nd base by L Coleman/S Perez)