Minnesota 3, Kansas City 1
When: 4:10 PM ET, Saturday, September 1, 2012
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature:
77°
Umpires:
Home -
Lazaro Diaz, 1B -
Mark Ripperger, 2B -
Paul Schrieber, 3B -
Mike Everitt
Attendance:
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Twins 3, Royals 1 (Game 1): Justin Morneau drove in two runs and Jamey Carroll finished with three hits as visiting Minnesota won the opener of a doubleheader at Kansas City.
The Twins won for just the fourth time in their past 17 games. Cole De Vries (4-5) allowed one run on seven hits in 6 2/3 innings, with no walks and three strikeouts.
Morneau doubled to right in the first inning, driving home Josh Willingham to give Minnesota a 1-0 lead. Morneau came through again in the fifth, bringing home Pedro Florimon with a sacrifice fly to give the Twins a 2-0 lead.
Later in the fifth, Ryan Doumit singled to right to score Darin Mastroianni and push the Twins’ advantage to 3-0.
Kansas City scored in the seventh as Johnny Giavotella singled to drive in Mike Moustakas. With the tying runs on base, however, Alex Burnett relieved De Vries and induced a groundout from Lorenzo Cain to end the inning.
Minnesota's Glen Perkins pitched the ninth for his ninth save.
Will Smith (4-7) took the loss for Kansas City, giving up three runs on nine hits in six innings with two walks and four strikeouts.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The first pitch was delayed 31 minutes by rain. … Chris Parmelee finished with two hits for Minnesota. … The loss snapped Kansas City’s three-game winning streak. … Friday’s series opener was rained out, resulting in the doubleheader.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Minnesota |
|
Kansas City |
|
Cole De Vries
|
Player |
Will Smith
|
|
Win |
W/L |
Loss |
|
6.2 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
3 |
Strikeouts |
4 |
|
7 |
Hits |
9 |
|
1.35 |
ERA |
4.50 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Minnesota
|
10 |
0 |
12 |
.303 |
16 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
| Kansas City
|
7 |
0 |
7 |
.212 |
14 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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