Thursday, April 16th, 2015 12:10PM CST
The Minnesota Twins defeated the Kansas City Royals by a score of eight to five, clinching the series thanks to a strong offensive performance.
Date: Thursday, April 16th, 2015
Time: 12:10PM CST
Stadium: Target Field
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 17,449
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIN |
0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - |
KC |
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

Doubles: Hunter (1, Vargas); Robinson (1, Madson)
Home Runs: Vargas (1, 2nd inning off Vargas 1 on, 0 Out); Suzuki (1, 8th inning off Young 1 on, 0 Out)
Runs Batted In: Vargas 2 (3), Mauer 3 (4), Suzuki 2 (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Mauer
Ground Into Double Play: Vargas
Team Left On Base: 8
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 5-12 (Mauer 1-2, Santana 0-1, Dozier 0-1, Vargas 0-2, Plouffe 0-1, Suzuki 1-2, Escobar 1-1, Hunter 2-2)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Suzuki 2

Wild Pitches: Milone; Perkins
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Milone 16-27; Stauffer 0-1; Thompson 2-4; Fien 3-4; Duensing 2-4; Perkins 2-2
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Milone 12-10-16-21; Stauffer 0-0-0-1; Thompson 3-3-1-3; Fien 5-0-1-4; Duensing 2-0-1-4; Perkins 0-0-2-2
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Milone 7-6; Stauffer 1-0; Thompson 0-3; Fien 2-2; Duensing 0-1; Perkins 2-0
Game Scores: T Milone 42

Errors: Plouffe (1, ground ball); Santana (2, throw)

Doubles: Pérez (2, Milone); Moustakas (2, Duensing); Cain (4, Duensing)
Home Runs: Cain (2, 1st inning off Milone 1 on, 1 Out)
Runs Batted In: Cain 3 (11), Pérez (10), Hosmer (8)
2-out Runs Batted In: Pérez
Sacrifice Hit: Dyson
Team Left On Base: 10
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 4-15 (Moustakas 0-2, Pérez 1-3, Orlando 1-3, Colón 0-1, Escobar 0-1, K. Morales 0-2, Hosmer 1-2, Cain 1-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Moustakas 2; Pérez 1; Orlando 2; Colón 1

Pitcher Notes: Vargas pitched to 4 batters in the 4th;Young pitched to 2 batters in the 8th
Wild Pitches: Young
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Vargas 16-21; Frasor 2-2; Young 9-12; Madson 5-5
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Vargas 9-6-9-19; Frasor 0-1-2-2; Young 7-4-8-11; Madson 2-4-6-4
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Vargas 3-5; Frasor 2-1; Young 2-7; Madson 0-2
Game Scores: J Vargas 21

Double Plays: 1 (Frasor-Pérez-Hosmer)
Errors: Moustakas (2, throw)

Stolen Bases: Cain (2, 2nd base off Milone/Suzuki)
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