Minnesota 4, Kansas City 3
When: 8:10 PM ET, Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature:
65°
Umpires:
Home -
Alfonso Marquez, 1B -
Ed Hickox, 2B -
Ed Rapuano, 3B -
Brian O'Nora
Attendance:
38154
By SportsDirect Inc.
Danny Valencia hit a walk-off RBI single in the 10th inning and the Minnesota Twins snapped a two-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday.
Luke Hughes drove in a pair of runs, Michael Cuddyer snapped out of a season-long slump by going 4-for-4 and Joe Mauer added a sacrifice fly for Minnesota (4-6), which registered a season-high 13 hits. The Twins entered the night with the second-worst batting average in baseball (.214).
Wilson Betemit, Mike Aviles and Melky Cabrera each drove in a run for Kansas City (6-4), which has lost 14 of the last 19 meetings between the teams.
The Twins' bullpen threw four perfect innings before Delmon Young sparked the winning rally with a one-out single off Robinson Tejada (0-1). Cuddyer drew a four-pitch walk and Jason Kubel’s single to right field loaded the bases for Valencia, who scored pinch-runner Jason Repko with a single to right field.
Valencia’s hit made a winner out of Dusty Hughes (1-0), who was claimed off waivers from Kansas City in the off-season.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Kansas City |
|
Minnesota |
|
Jeff Francis
|
Player |
Brian Duensing
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
7.0 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
5 |
Strikeouts |
2 |
|
8 |
Hits |
8 |
|
3.86 |
ERA |
3.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Kansas City
|
8 |
0 |
9 |
.216 |
15 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Minnesota
|
13 |
0 |
14 |
.333 |
18 |
7 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
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