Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 4,
Kansas City 3
When: 8:10 PM ET, Thursday, September 13, 2012
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 73°
Umpires: Home - Mike Estabrook, 1B - Larry Vanover, 2B - Jerry Layne, 3B - Dan Bellino
Attendance: 28669
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 73°
Umpires: Home - Mike Estabrook, 1B - Larry Vanover, 2B - Jerry Layne, 3B - Dan Bellino
Attendance: 28669
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | X | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| David Lough | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .296 |
| Jeff Francoeur | PH-RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .233 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .297 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .292 |
| Billy Butler | DH | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .311 |
| Tony Abreu | PH-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .318 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .318 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .250 |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .266 |
| Brayan Pena | 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .247 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B-RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .243 |
| Johnny Giavotella | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .241 |
| Totals | 37 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Alex Gordon (47), Billy Butler (25), Lorenzo Cain (9) | |||||||||
| 3B - David Lough (1) | |||||||||
| TB - David Lough 3, Alcides Escobar, Alex Gordon 2, Billy Butler 3, Salvador Perez, Mike Moustakas, Lorenzo Cain 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Billy Butler (92), Salvador Perez 2 (35) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Billy Butler (35), Salvador Perez 2 (16) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - David Lough 2 (3), Salvador Perez (21), Mike Moustakas (50), Lorenzo Cain (30) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Johnny Giavotella (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Lorenzo Cain (10, 3rd off Robertson/Butera) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Luis Mendoza | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4.50 |
| Aaron Crow (H 17) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.41 |
| Kelvin Herrera (H 17) | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.47 |
| Greg Holland (BS 3) | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2.98 |
| Francisley Bueno (L 1-1) | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 |
| HBP - Drew Butera (by Herrera) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Luis Mendoza 96-56, Aaron Crow 10-8, Kelvin Herrera 18-9, Greg Holland 24-16, Francisley Bueno 5-4 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Luis Mendoza 8-1, Aaron Crow 1-0, Kelvin Herrera 1-0, Greg Holland 0-0, Francisley Bueno 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Luis Mendoza 21, Aaron Crow 3, Kelvin Herrera 5, Greg Holland 6, Francisley Bueno 2 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Greg Holland 3-1 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Denard Span | CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .289 |
| Ben Revere | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .299 |
| Josh Willingham | DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .261 |
| Justin Morneau | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .279 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .237 |
| Darin Mastroianni | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .256 |
| Eduardo Escobar | 2B-SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .213 |
| Drew Butera | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .214 |
| Pedro Florimon | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .238 |
| Chris Parmelee | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Alexi Casilla | PR-2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| Totals | 32 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Denard Span (33), Alexi Casilla (14) | |||||||||
| HR - Josh Willingham (34), Trevor Plouffe (21) | |||||||||
| TB - Denard Span 2, Josh Willingham 4, Justin Morneau, Trevor Plouffe 5, Chris Parmelee, Alexi Casilla 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Denard Span (36), Josh Willingham 2 (105), Trevor Plouffe (48) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Josh Willingham 2 (42) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Justin Morneau 2 (58) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Darin Mastroianni (4), Pedro Florimon (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Liam Hendriks | 5.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6.14 |
| Tyler Robertson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5.73 |
| Casey Fien | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.59 |
| Jared Burton | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.15 |
| Glen Perkins (W 3-1) | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.45 |
| IBB - Salvador Perez (by Perkins) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Liam Hendriks 98-64, Tyler Robertson 24-13, Casey Fien 9-7, Jared Burton 12-7, Glen Perkins 36-24 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Liam Hendriks 7-2, Tyler Robertson 1-0, Casey Fien 0-2, Jared Burton 0-0, Glen Perkins 3-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Liam Hendriks 23, Tyler Robertson 5, Casey Fien 3, Jared Burton 3, Glen Perkins 8 | ||||||||