SCORECARD

THIRD inning

Kansas City: Alcides Escobar hit a one-out double to left off Twins starter Ricky Nolasco. Norichika Aoki reached on an infield single, Escobar advanced to third. Omar Infante reached on an infield single, Escobar scored and Aoki advanced to second. Eric Hosmer singled to right, scoring Aoki.

Kansas City 2, Twins 0

Fifth inning

Kansas City: Escobar hit a one-out single to left. Aoki grounded out to second, Escobar advanced to second. Infante singled to right, scoring Escobar.

Kansas City 3, Twins 0

sixth inning

Kansas City: Billy Butler hit a one-out single to right. Mike Moustakas hit a two-run homer to right.

Kansas City 5, Twins 0

TWINSABRHBIBBSOAvg.

Mastroianni lf400002.000

Dozier 2b401001.210

Mauer 1b401000.277

Colabello rf401000.350

Plouffe 3b400000.288

Pinto dh302010.243

Suzuki c401001.256

Hicks cf301001.189

Florimon ss201000.132

Kubel ph100000.333

E.Escobar ss000000.214

Totals3308015

Kansas CityABRHBIBBSOAvg.

Aoki rf411001.264

Infante 2b402200.275

Hosmer 1b402100.298

Perez c400000.278

Gordon lf401000.268

Butler dh311011.170

Paredes pr-dh000000—

Moustakas 3b411200.140

Maxwell cf400002.000

A.Escobar ss323000.294

Totals34511514

Twins000 000 000—080

Kansas City002 012 00x—5110

LOB—Twins 7, Kansas City 6. 2B—Gordon (5), A.Escobar (4). HR—Moustakas (2), off Nolasco. RBI—Infante 2 (7), Hosmer (5), Moustakas 2 (5). DP—Kansas City 1.

TWINSIPHRERBBSONPERA

Nolasco L, 1-25 2/31155031086.08

Tonkin1/30000022.70

Burton1000001112.00

Duensing100011130.00

KANSAS CITYIPHRERBBSONPERA

Vargas W, 2-07700141131.24

Crow100001120.00

Coleman110000153.86

Inherited runners-scored—Tonkin 1-0. Umpires—Home, David Rackley; First, Bill Welke; Second, Brian Gorman; Third, Jim Wolf. T—2:39. A—21,192 (37,903).