Kansas City Royals vs. Minnesota Twins

Royals Batting

Doubles: Cain (17, Pelfrey)

Runs Batted In: Cain 2 (36), K. Morales (52)

Ground Into Double Play: Cain; Moustakas

Team Left On Base: 8

Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 2-7 (Gordon 0-1, Pérez 1-1, Rios 0-1, K. Morales 0-2, Hosmer 0-1, Cain 1-1)

Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Rios 1; K. Morales 2

Royals Pitching

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Blanton 15-23; Finnegan 4-6; Herrera 1-2; F. Morales 2-4; Frasor 2-4

Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Blanton 11-8-14-19; Finnegan 6-3-0-4; Herrera 2-1-1-1; F. Morales 3-0-7-2; Frasor 0-3-5-3

Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Blanton 7-3; Finnegan 0-2; Herrera 0-1; F. Morales 2-0; Frasor 1-1

Game Scores: J Blanton 37

Royals Fielding

Double Plays: 2 (Escobar-Hosmer, Escobar-Infante-Hosmer)

Twins Batting

Doubles: Santana (8, Blanton); Plouffe (19, Blanton); Mauer (15, Frasor)

Triples: Plouffe (3, Blanton)

Home Runs: Mauer (5, 1st inning off Blanton 1 on, 0 Out)

Runs Batted In: Mauer 2 (41), Hicks (4), Plouffe (43), Hunter (45)

2-out Runs Batted In: Plouffe

Sacrifice Flies: Hunter

Ground Into Double Play: Sanó

Team Left On Base: 7

Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 1-9 (Rosario 0-2, Mauer 0-1, Dozier 0-1, Sanó 1-1, Herrmann 0-1, Hunter 0-2, Hicks 0-1)

Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Rosario 1; Herrmann 2; Hunter 2

Twins Pitching

Pitcher Notes: Pelfrey pitched to 4 batters in the 5th;Pressly pitched to 1 batter in the 7th

Wild Pitches: Pelfrey

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Pelfrey 10-21; Duensing 0-3; Pressly 4-4; Thompson 1-1; Boyer 1-2; Fien 2-4; Perkins 3-3

Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Pelfrey 14-4-14-14; Duensing 0-0-2-3; Pressly 5-1-2-3; Thompson 2-0-0-1; Boyer 2-0-0-1; Fien 0-1-6-4; Perkins 3-4-3-1

Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Pelfrey 6-3; Duensing 2-1; Pressly 1-1; Thompson 2-0; Boyer 1-0; Fien 1-2; Perkins 0-1

Game Scores: M Pelfrey 36

Twins Fielding

Double Plays: 2 (Santana-Dozier-Mauer, Dozier-Santana-Mauer)