Kansas City 7, Minnesota 3
When: 8:10 PM ET, Monday, September 26, 2011
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature:
68°
Umpires:
Home -
Eric Cooper, 1B -
Mark Carlson, 2B -
Jeffrey Kellogg, 3B -
Tim Timmons
Attendance:
34847
By SportsDirect Inc.
Rookie Mike Moustakas belted a solo homer to highlight a four-run sixth inning as the Kansas City Royals pushed the Minnesota Twins to the brink of a 100-loss season with a 7-3 road triumph Monday.
Rookie Salvador Perez drove in a pair of runs, and Billy Butler and Alcides Escobar had RBI hits for Kansas City, which has won 11 of its last 14 games.
Conversely, Minnesota (61-99) has dropped 20 of its last 23 and must win its final two contests of the season to avoid its first 100-loss campaign since 1982.
After the Royals scratched for a pair of runs in the sixth, Moustakas deposited an offering from Kevin Slowey (0-8) over the wall in right field for his fifth homer of the season and fourth in 11 games.
The offense proved to be enough for Felipe Paulino (4-10), who allowed three runs on six hits and struck out nine in six innings.
Michael Cuddyer belted a two-run homer, and rookie Rene Tosoni added an RBI single for Minnesota.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Kansas City |
|
Minnesota |
|
Felipe Paulino |
Player |
Kevin Slowey |
|
Win |
W/L |
Loss |
|
6.0 |
IP |
5.2 |
|
9 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
6 |
Hits |
10 |
|
4.50 |
ERA |
7.94 |
Hitting
| Kansas City |
|
Minnesota |
|
Melky Cabrera | Player |
Michael Cuddyer |
|
2 |
Hits |
2 |
|
0 |
RBI |
2 |
|
0 |
HR |
1 |
|
2 |
TB |
5 |
|
.667 |
Avg |
.500 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Kansas City
|
14 |
1 |
19 |
.378 |
15 |
5 |
7 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
| Minnesota
|
6 |
1 |
10 |
.182 |
13 |
11 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |