Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals

2008 Season - April 12, 2008

Minnesota Twins
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R H E
MIN (9-3) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0   3 5 0
KC (4-7) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 X   4 11 0

W: Jake Woods (1-0)  |  L: Homer Bailey (0-1)  |  S: Mariano Rivera (2)

 Kansas City Royals

Minnesota Twins
BATTERS TPA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SF SH HBP IBB AVG
Brandon Phillips - SS 440 339 05 010 01 01 01 03 11 14 15 01 00 00 00 00 .256
Aaron Rowand - CF 438 436 010 010 04 01 02 05 02 23 00 00 00 00 00 00 .278
Alex Rodriguez - 3B 453 349 115 120 07 02 15 111 14 07 03 03 00 00 00 11 .408
Prince Fielder - DH 447 444 07 012 03 00 03 09 03 26 00 00 00 00 00 00 .273
Eric Byrnes - LF 448 347 114 118 04 03 02 09 11 13 29 00 00 00 00 00 .383
Bobby Abreu - RF 447 440 111 218 04 01 05 018 05 05 15 12 02 00 00 01 .450
Kenji Johjima - C 435 431 06 18 02 00 02 15 04 26 00 00 00 00 00 01 .258
Jarrod Saltalamacchia - 1B 437 434 06 012 02 00 01 06 02 27 00 00 01 00 00 00 .353
Dustin Pedroia - 2B 325 222 03 04 00 00 01 15 02 01 11 00 00 00 11 00 .182
Totals 35 31 3 5 0 0 1 3 3 10 5 1 0 0 1 1 .161

FIELDERS TC PO A E F%
Brandon Phillips - SS 032 014 016 02 .938
Aaron Rowand - CF 418 316 11 01 .944
Alex Rodriguez - 3B 443 219 223 01 .977
Eric Byrnes - LF 537 537 00 00 1.000
Bobby Abreu - RF 227 225 02 00 1.000
Kenji Johjima - C 231 230 01 00 1.000
Jarrod Saltalamacchia - 1B 1043 1041 02 00 1.000
Dustin Pedroia - 2B 030 019 011 00 1.000
Tim Lincecum - P 34 01 33 00 1.000
Homer Bailey - P 06 05 00 00 1.000
Totals 30 24 6 0 1.000

PITCHERS IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP IBB TBF PC ERA
Tim Lincecum 6.217.0 626 011 011 02 01 17 01 00 2578 51 5.82
Homer Bailey (L, 0-1) (BS, 1) 1.111.2 521 411 411 12 00 06 00 00 955 16 8.49
Totals 8.0 11 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 34 67 4.50


Kansas City Royals
BATTERS TPA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SF SH HBP IBB AVG
Shane Victorino - LF 448 448 18 116 02 13 01 02 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 .333
Mark Kotsay - CF 443 439 14 39 11 00 00 13 01 07 01 00 02 01 00 00 .231
Esteban German - 2B 445 443 010 214 11 01 03 010 02 06 01 01 00 00 00 00 .326
Mike Sweeney - DH 444 443 14 113 15 00 03 17 01 07 00 00 00 00 00 00 .302
Corey Hart - RF 443 442 15 212 04 00 13 29 01 07 00 00 00 00 00 00 .286
Brandon Inge - 3B 442 440 02 19 02 00 00 02 01 07 00 01 00 00 01 00 .225
Jason LaRue - C 442 440 02 08 01 00 01 02 02 07 00 00 00 00 00 00 .200
J.J. Hardy - SS 235 232 02 02 00 00 01 01 02 15 00 00 00 00 01 00 .062
   Tony Graffanino - PH 11 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .000
Ryan Freel - 1B 336 335 02 19 02 00 00 02 01 03 13 00 00 00 00 00 .257
Totals 34 34 4 11 3 1 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .324

FIELDERS TC PO A E F%
Shane Victorino - LF 419 419 00 00 1.000
Mark Kotsay - CF 016 015 01 00 1.000
Esteban German - 2B 550 324 225 01 .980
Corey Hart - RF 117 116 01 00 1.000
Brandon Inge - 3B 242 022 219 01 .976
Jason LaRue - C 1184 1076 18 00 1.000
J.J. Hardy - SS 236 213 023 00 1.000
Ryan Freel - 1B 693 585 18 00 1.000
Randy Johnson - P 25 23 01 01 .800
Jake Woods - P 02 01 00 00 1.000
Mariano Rivera - P 04 02 01 00 1.000
Totals 33 27 6 0 1.000

PITCHERS IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP IBB TBF PC ERA
Randy Johnson 7.119.1 521 313 313 13 311 717 11 11 3085 89 6.05
Jake Woods (W, 1-0) 0.21.2 00 00 00 00 03 22 00 00 27 7 0.00
Mariano Rivera (S, 2) 1.02.1 00 00 00 00 00 12 00 00 37 12 0.00
Totals 9.0 5 3 3 1 3 10 1 1 35 108 3.00


P L A Y   B Y   P L A Y
Minnesota - Top of 1
Brandon Phillips struck out.
Aaron Rowand grounded out.
Alex Rodriguez flied out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 8 pitches thrown
Kansas City - Bottom of 1
Shane Victorino flied out.
Mark Kotsay singled.
Esteban German singled.
Mike Sweeney flied out.
Corey Hart flied out.
0 runs, 2 hits, 12 pitches thrown
Minnesota - Top of 2
Prince Fielder struck out.
Eric Byrnes flied out.
Bobby Abreu singled.
Kenji Johjima did not complete plate appearance.
0 runs, 1 hits, 13 pitches thrown
Kansas City - Bottom of 2
Brandon Inge flied out.
Jason LaRue grounded out.
J.J. Hardy flied out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 4 pitches thrown
Minnesota - Top of 3
Kenji Johjima struck out.
Jarrod Saltalamacchia grounded out.
Dustin Pedroia was hit by a pitch.
Brandon Phillips flied out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 9 pitches thrown
Kansas City - Bottom of 3
Ryan Freel singled.
Shane Victorino flied out.
Mark Kotsay doubled.
Esteban German doubled.
Mike Sweeney grounded out.
0 runs, 3 hits, 11 pitches thrown
Minnesota - Top of 4
Aaron Rowand struck out.
Alex Rodriguez flied out.
Prince Fielder grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 8 pitches thrown
Kansas City - Bottom of 4
Corey Hart flied out.
Brandon Inge flied out.
Jason LaRue flied out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 6 pitches thrown
Minnesota - Top of 5
Eric Byrnes was walked.
Bobby Abreu singled.
Kenji Johjima singled.
Jarrod Saltalamacchia struck out.
Dustin Pedroia hit into a fielder's choice.
Brandon Phillips flied out.
2 runs, 2 hits, 22 pitches thrown
Kansas City - Bottom of 5
J.J. Hardy struck out.
Ryan Freel flied out.
Shane Victorino flied out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 8 pitches thrown
Minnesota - Top of 6
Aaron Rowand flied out.
Alex Rodriguez homered.
Prince Fielder flied out.
Eric Byrnes singled.
Bobby Abreu grounded out.
1 runs, 2 hits, 12 pitches thrown
Kansas City - Bottom of 6
Mark Kotsay grounded out.
Esteban German flied out.
Mike Sweeney flied out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 3 pitches thrown
Minnesota - Top of 7
Kenji Johjima struck out.
Jarrod Saltalamacchia flied out.
Dustin Pedroia flied out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 8 pitches thrown
Kansas City - Bottom of 7
Corey Hart singled.
Brandon Inge flied out.
Jason LaRue grounded out.
Tony Graffanino flied out.
0 runs, 1 hits, 10 pitches thrown
Minnesota - Top of 8
Brandon Phillips was walked.
Aaron Rowand struck out.
Alex Rodriguez was intentionally walked.
Prince Fielder struck out.
Eric Byrnes struck out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 16 pitches thrown
Kansas City - Bottom of 8
Ryan Freel flied out.
Shane Victorino tripled.
Mark Kotsay singled.
Esteban German flied out.
Mike Sweeney doubled.
Corey Hart homered.
Brandon Inge singled.
Jason LaRue grounded out.
4 runs, 5 hits, 13 pitches thrown
Minnesota - Top of 9
Bobby Abreu grounded out.
Kenji Johjima flied out.
Jarrod Saltalamacchia struck out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 12 pitches thrown

A.J. Burnett (ATL) has been suspended by the league for 6 games.

1B Casey Blake has been sent down to AAA Rochester in favor of 1B Shelley Duncan.