SCORECARD

FIRST INNING

Twins: With Royals starter Jeremy Guthrie pitching, Brian Dozier singled to left. Kurt Suzuki doubled to center, moving Dozier to third. Kennys Vargas grounded out to short, scoring Dozier and moving Suzuki to third. Oswaldo Arcia singled to second, scoring Suzuki.

Kansas City: With Twins starter Tommy Milone pitching, Nori Aoki singled to short. Alcides Escobar reached first on a fielder's choice to the pitcher, Aoki out at second. Escobar stole second. Alex Gordon singled to right, scoring Escobar. Billy Butler walked, moving Gordon to second. Salvador Perez singled to left, scoring Gordon. Twins 2, Royals 2

FOURTH INNING

Twins: Chris Parmelee doubled to center. Eduardo Nunez grounded out to short, moving Parmelee to third. Jordan Schafer singled to right, scoring Parmelee. Schafer stole second. Danny Santana walked. Dozier singled to left, scoring Schafer.

Royals: Josh Willingham walked. Lorenzo Cain reached first on a fielder's choice, Willingham out at second. Mike Moustakas lined out to the pitcher. Cain stole second. Christian Colon singled to right, scoring Cain. Twins 4, Royals 3

FIFTH INNING

Kansas City: Escobar tripled to right. Gordon grounded out to the pitcher. Butler singled to center, scoring Escobar. Twins 4, Royals 4

SIXTH INNING

Twins: Parmelee walked. Nunez sacrificed Parmelee to second. Schafer doubled to right, scoring Parmelee. Twins 5, Royals 4

SEVENTH INNING

Kansas City: With Twins reliever Ryan Pressly pitching, Gordon homered to right-center. Twins 5, Royals 5

TENTH INNING

Twins: With Royals reliever Bruce Chen pitching, Arcia tripled to left-center. Trevor Plouffe was intentionally walked. Joe Mauer walked. Nunez singled to center, scoring Arcia and moving Plouffe to third and Mauer to second. Schafer singled to left, scoring Plouffe and Mauer and moving Nunez to second. Santana popped out to first. Dozier doubled to right, scoring Schafer and Nunez. Suzuki doubled to left, scoring Dozier. Twins 11, Royals 5

TWINSABRHBIBBSOAvg.

Santana cf501010.317

Dozier 2b523311.240

Suzuki c613100.293

Vargas dh600102.312

Arcia rf512101.228

Plouffe 3b410011.249

Parmelee 1b321010.245

Mauer ph-1b010010.273

Nunez ss411101.253

Schafer lf523401.328

Totals4311141157

Kansas CityABRHBIBBSOAvg.

Aoki rf301010.264

Dyson cf200000.289

A.Escobar ss521000.273

Gordon lf522200.282

Butler 1b302120.278

Perez c502100.266

Willingham dh400011.217

Cain cf-rf412010.300

Moustakas 3b501000.208

Colon 2b501101.308

Totals41512552

Twins200 201 000 6—11140

Kansas City200 110 100 0—5121

E—A.Escobar (13). LOB—Twins 8, Kansas City 11. 2B—Dozier (30), Suzuki 2 (26), Parmelee (9), Schafer (5). 3B—Arcia (3), A.Escobar (5). HR—Gordon (17), off Pressly. RBI—Dozier 3 (61), Suzuki (52), Vargas (24), Arcia (42), Nunez (19), Schafer 4 (9), Gordon 2 (61), Butler (57), Perez (58), Colon (4). SB—Schafer (10), A.Escobar (26), Cain 2 (23). CS—Dozier (7). S—Nunez. DP—Twins 1.

TWINSIPHRERBBSONPERA

Milone5â…“94420884.21

Presslyâ…”11120212.60

Burton100011264.19

Fien100000123.38

Duensingâ…“0000023.21

Swarzak W, 3-1â…”1000093.95

Perkins110001152.72

KANSAS CITYIPHRERBBSONPERA

Guthrie6955251034.43

Buenoâ…”00000144.03

Frasorâ…“0000032.97

Herrera100001101.45

Holland100010151.72

Chen L, 2-4156621367.45

Inherited runners-scored—Pressly 1-0, Burton 1-0, Frasor 1-0. IBB—off Chen (Plouffe). WP—Perkins. Umpires—Home, Ed Hickox; First, Lance Barrett; Second, Dana DeMuth; Third, Ron Kulpa. T—3:50. A—17,219 (37,903).