*** Official Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins Game Thread (8/16) ***

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Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC (67-55)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	1
MIN (55-66)	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	X	4	6	1

Loss, (9-9) Yordano Ventura 6⅔IP 3R 3ER 6BB 4K
Francisley Bueno ⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Aaron Crow 1IP 1R 1ER 0BB 1K 1HR

VS.



Win, (13-8) Phil Hughes 7⅓IP 1R 1ER 0BB 6K
Hold, (23) Casey Fien ⅔IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Save, (31) Glen Perkins 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K

Home Runs

KC

none

MIN

Kurt Suzuki, (3) - Bottom 8th solo shot to left

Other Relevant Games

Final: BAL 0, CLE 6
Final: SEA 2, DET 4
Final: OAK 3, ATL 4
Final: LAA 5, TEX 4

Starting Lineups

KC

1. Norichika Aoki, RF
2. Omar Infante, 2B
3. Salvador Perez, C
4. Billy Butler, 1B
5. Alex Gordon, LF
6. Lorenzo Cain, CF
7. Raul Ibanez, DH
7. Josh Willingham, ph/DH
8. Mike Moustakas, 3B
9. Alcides Escobar, SS

MIN

1. Danny Santana, SS/CF
2. Brian Dozier 2B
3. Joe Mauer 1B
4. Kennys Vargas DH
5. Oswaldo Arcia RF
6. Trevor Plouffe 3B
7. Kurt Suzuki C
8. Chris Parmelee LF
8. Eduardo Escobar, pr/SS
9. Jordan Schafer CF/LF