MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
MINNESOTA TWINS AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS
05/02/2112
 
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
MINNESOTA TWINS AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS
GAME ID: 920 - MONDAY, MAY 2ND , 2112 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Minnesota Twins (13-12) 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 6 11 0
Kansas City Royals (12-13) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 7 0
Twins Upend Royals, 6-3
Minnesota Twins starter Andres Rubio found his groove in his team's 6-3 win over the Kansas City Royals. Rubio, now 1-0, was the winner. In 7.1 innings, he gave up 6 hits, while striking out 3, walking 0, and allowing 3 runs. The defeat makes Kansas City 12-13.

Minnesota used a clutch at-bat from Vince Aristondo to capture the win. The first baseman hammered a 3-run home run in the top of the sixth inning to put the Twins ahead, 4-3. It was his lone hit in 4 at-bats, but it was a humdinger.

"Today was a lot of fun," said Aristondo.
MINNESOTA BATTING LINESCORE KANSAS CITY BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
C. Perez CF 5 2 2 1 0 2 2 .226 3 12
N. Carpenter 2B 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 .287 3 7
B. Hinson LF 4 0 2 1 0 1 1 .211 1 11
B. McBride 3B 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 .241 7 12
K. Easter RF 5 1 2 0 0 0 5 .229 0 3
J. Duren DH 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 .229 4 12
V. Aristondo 1B 4 1 1 3 0 2 2 .227 1 7
B. Carson SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .268 1 3
B. Duncan C 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 .200 3 8
Totals 36 6 11 6 4 10 16      
BATTING
Doubles: B. Hinson (7, 9th Inning off J. Castillo, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: V. Aristondo (1, 6th Inning off D. Roden, 2 on, 2 outs) , C. Perez (3, 7th Inning off B. Day, 0 on, 0 outs) , B. Duncan (3, 7th Inning off D. Roden, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: C. Perez 5 , B. Hinson 3 , B. McBride , K. Easter 2 , V. Aristondo 4 , B. Carson , B. Duncan 5
2-out RBI: V. Aristondo
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: C. Perez , K. Easter 2 , B. Duncan
GIDP: K. Easter
Sac Fly: B. Hinson
Team LOB: 8

BASERUNNING
SB: C. Perez 2 (8) , N. Carpenter (3)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
M. Gutierrez DH 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 .259 0 4
A. Alvarez 3B 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 .341 4 15
   a-R. Avila PH, LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .286 1 4
F. Andino 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .354 4 20
A. Baeza 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .241 1 14
A. Ventura LF, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247 3 13
   b-J. McElwain PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .160 0 1
A. Morgan RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .279 1 9
S. Gass C 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .162 2 2
R. Wilson CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .212 3 8
K. Diaz SS 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 .447 1 9
Totals 33 3 7 3 0 6 10      
a - R. Avila pinch hit for A. Alvarez in the 8th
b - J. McElwain pinch hit for A. Ventura in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: A. Alvarez (5, 1st Inning off A. Rubio, 0 on, 1 out) , A. Morgan 2 (7, 2nd Inning off A. Rubio, 0 on, 1 out; 9th Inning off R. Aranda, 0 on, 2 outs) , K. Diaz (2, 5th Inning off A. Rubio, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: A. Alvarez 2 , A. Morgan 4 , S. Gass , K. Diaz 4
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Baeza , S. Gass , R. Wilson
Sac Fly: A. Alvarez
Team LOB: 4

BASERUNNING
SB: K. Diaz (10)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Andino-Diaz-Baeza)
MINNESOTA PITCHING LINESCORE KANSAS CITY PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
A. Rubio W (1-0) 7.1 6 3 3 0 3 0 100 3.68   
R. Aranda H (2) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 24 1.12   
M. Campbell SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 6.75   
PITCHING
Game Score: A. Rubio 57
Batters Faced: A. Rubio 28, R. Aranda 5, M. Campbell 1
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Rubio 8-11, R. Aranda 1-1, M. Campbell 0-0
Pitches - Strikes: A. Rubio 100-66, R. Aranda 24-16, M. Campbell 5-4
Inherited Runners - Scored: R. Aranda 1-0 , M. Campbell 1-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Bowling 5.2 6 2 2 0 6 0 92 5.01   
D. Roden L (0-2), BS (1) 0.1 2 3 3 1 0 2 13 13.50   
B. Day 1.0 1 1 1 3 1 1 28 4.20   
J. Castillo 2.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 24 4.30   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Bowling 55
Batters Faced: S. Bowling 23, D. Roden 4, B. Day 6, J. Castillo 8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Bowling 5-6, D. Roden 0-1, B. Day 1-0, J. Castillo 0-3
Pitches - Strikes: S. Bowling 92-57, D. Roden 13-7, B. Day 28-15, J. Castillo 24-17
Inherited Runners - Scored: D. Roden 1-1 , J. Castillo 1-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Andres Rubio
Ballpark: Kauffman Stadium
Weather: Clear skies (54 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 11 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM CT
Time: 3:25
Attendance: 32288
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