Kansas City 11, Minnesota 2
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, April 30, 2011
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature:
72°
Umpires:
Home -
Bill Welke, 1B -
Tim Tschida, 2B -
Jeff Nelson, 3B -
Marty Foster
Attendance:
22099
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Chris Getz tripled and scored the go-ahead run on Mike Aviles’ sacrifice fly in the seventh inning, and the Kansas City Royals scored eight runs with two out in the eighth to post a 11-2 rout of the visiting Minnesota Twins on Saturday.
The left-handed hitting Getz led off the seventh with a slicing line drive that Twins left fielder Rene Tosoni failed to corral with a diving attempt. Getz cruised into third and easily scored on Aviles’ flyball to left field.
Alex Gordon hit a three-run homer in the eighth to help send Minnesota to its fifth straight loss. The Twins (9-17) have the worst record in the American League.
Nate Adcock (1-0) got the victory by pitching a scoreless seventh inning as the Royals (14-13) moved back above .500.
Royals starter Sean O’Sullivan gave up two runs – one earned – and two hits in six innings. O’Sullivan walked seven and struck out three.
Twins starter Brian Duensing (2-1) gave up three runs – two earned – and eight hits in seven innings.
Minnesota had three hits.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Minnesota
|
3 |
0 |
4 |
.100 |
17 |
5 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
| Kansas City
|
13 |
2 |
23 |
.361 |
15 |
6 |
8 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
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