Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 7,
Kansas City 1
When: 2:10 PM ET, Saturday, April 12, 2014
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 50°
Umpires: Home - Jeff Nelson, 1B - Lazaro Diaz, 2B - Mark Carlson, 3B - Scott Barry
Attendance: 23963
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 50°
Umpires: Home - Jeff Nelson, 1B - Lazaro Diaz, 2B - Mark Carlson, 3B - Scott Barry
Attendance: 23963
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Minnesota | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 7 | 6 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Norichika Aoki | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .270 |
| Omar Infante | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .300 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .243 |
| Billy Butler | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .171 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .306 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .375 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .091 |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .290 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .212 |
| Totals | 33 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Alex Gordon 2 (4), Salvador Perez (5), Lorenzo Cain (1), Alcides Escobar (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Alex Gordon 4, Salvador Perez 2, Lorenzo Cain 2, Alcides Escobar 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Lorenzo Cain (4) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Lorenzo Cain (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Norichika Aoki (5), Eric Hosmer (4), Mike Moustakas 2 (8) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - James Shields (1), Mike Moustakas (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| James Shields (L 0-2) | 5.2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2.37 |
| Danny Duffy | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - James Shields 115-69, Danny Duffy 45-26 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - James Shields 5-5, Danny Duffy 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - James Shields 28, Danny Duffy 7 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Danny Duffy 1-0 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .182 |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .267 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .349 |
| Chris Colabello | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .286 |
| Darin Mastroianni | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jason Kubel | LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .405 |
| Josmil Pinto | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .217 |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .290 |
| Aaron Hicks | CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .189 |
| Pedro Florimon | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .071 |
| Totals | 32 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Brian Dozier (4), Joe Mauer (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Brian Dozier 4, Joe Mauer 5, Jason Kubel, Josmil Pinto, Aaron Hicks | |||||||||
| RBI - Brian Dozier 2 (6), Joe Mauer 3 (4), Aaron Hicks (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Josmil Pinto (5) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Ricky Nolasco (W 1-1) | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5.50 |
| Michael Tonkin | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Ricky Nolasco 106-58, Michael Tonkin 11-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ricky Nolasco 12-4, Michael Tonkin 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Ricky Nolasco 30, Michael Tonkin 4 | ||||||||