Boxscore: Kansas City 7, Twins 2

SCORECARD

FIRST INNING

Kansas City: With Kyle Gibson pitching, Alcides Escobar reached on an infield single. Mike Moustakas walked, Escobar advanced to second. Lorenzo Cain struck out. Eric Hosmer singled to right, scoring Escobar and advancing Moustakas to second. Kendrys Morales lined out to right. Alex Gordon hit a three-run homer to right.

Kansas City 4, Twins 0

THIRD INNING

Twins: Aaron Hicks singled to center off Kansas City starter Edinson Volquez. Jorge Polanco singled to center, Hicks advanced to second. Brian Dozier reached on a fielder's choice to short, Hicks went to third and Polanco was out at second. Joe Mauer struck out. Trevor Plouffe singled to center, scoring Hicks.

Kansas City 4, Twins 1

Kansas City: Escobar hit a one-out single to center. Moustakas was safe at first on Polanco's fielding error, Escobar advanced to second and scored on Torii Hunter's throwing error.

Kansas City 5, Twins 1

SEVENTH INNING

Kansas City: Salvador Perez singled to center off reliever J.R. Graham. Omar Infante was safe at first on Mauer's throwing error, Perez went to second. Escobar fouled out to first. Moustakas singled to left, scoring Perez and advancing Infanted to third. Lorenzo Cain reached on a fielder's choice to first, scoring Infante.

Kansas City 7, Twins 1

Twins: Plouffe homered to left-center off reliever Luke Hochevar.

Kansas City 7, Twins 2

Kansas CityABRHBIBBSOAvg.

A.Escobar ss522000.265

Moustakas 3b411110.318

Hosmer 1b411100.300

Morales dh400000.287

Gordon lf311312.257

Rios rf400002.220

Perez c412000.286

Totals3678627

TWINSABRHBIBBSOAvg.

Dozier 2b300010.261

Mauer 1b401002.260

Plouffe 3b412201.250

Herrmann rf000000.174

Suzuki c400000.228

Vargas dh402002.250

Robinson lf400000.227

Hicks cf411001.256

Totals3327238

Kansas City400 010 200—781

Twins001 000 010—273

E—Moustakas (5), Hunter (3), Mauer (3), Polanco (1). LOB—Kansas City 4, Twins 7. HR—Gordon (7), off Gibson; Plouffe (9), off Hochevar. RBI—Moustakas (20), Cain (24), Hosmer (36), Gordon 3 (28), Plouffe 2 (32). DP—Kansas City 2, Twins 1.

KANSAS CITYIPHRERBBSONPERA

Hochevar111102205.63

Frasor100000110.49

TWINSIPHRERBBSONPERA

Gibson L, 4-46554261173.24

Graham332001442.63