Crossing The Bridge | Minnesota Twins

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Games 4-6
@ Oriole Park at Camden Yards
@ Baltimore Orioles

April 5, 3:05 ET
Game 1

Cole De Vries 0-0 0.00 ERA vs. Jason Hammel 0-0 0.00 ERA

April 6, 7:05 ET
Game 2

Brian Duensing 0-0 0.00 ERA vs. Dylan Bundy 0-0 0.00 ERA

April 7, 1:35 ET
Game 3

Vance Worley 1-0 2.70 ERA vs. Miguel Gonzalez 1-0 0.00 ERA

Players to Watch

Chris Davis - Manny Machado - JJ Hardy
.385 2 HR 7 RBI - .385 2 RBI - .462 1 HR 4 RBI

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Morneau's Bat Leads to Win

Justin Morneau's big day gets De Vries a win.
By Aaron Ferguson
Baltimore, MD
Justin Morneau stole the show during the Orioles' home opener on Friday night. Morneau went 5-5 with three home runs and seven runs batted in. Morneau now has 6 home runs in his first 4 games and 13 runs batted in to begin the young season. Morneau's power fueled the Minnesota lineup on their way to five team home runs. Parmelee and Doumit both hit solo home runs on the evening as well.



The Twins weren't the only ones with pop in their bats tonight. Adam Jones hit a two-run home run in the first inning and Matt Wieters added a solo shot to right field in the sixth inning. Surprisingly, both teams were done scoring after six innings of the 12-5 affair.



A bright spot on this Twins pitching staff has to be the relievers. Just one run has been allowed through the first four games by the relievers. Through eight and two-thirds innings, the Twins bullpen has allowed just six base runners to reach against them.

Brian Duensing will go on the mound tomorrow for the Twins against Baltimore's Dylan Bundy.

Minnesota Twins at Baltimore Orioles
Apr 5, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota (3-0)	4	1	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	12	17	0
Baltimore (3-0)	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	5	11	0
W: Cole De Vries (1-0) L: Jason Hammel (0-1)

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
SS Jamey Carroll	4	1	1	0	0	0	.278
CF Aaron Hicks	5	2	2	1	0	0	.316
C Joe Mauer	5	2	2	1	0	0	.421
1B Justin Morneau	5	3	5	7	0	0	.625
LF Josh Willingham	5	1	3	1	0	1	.437
DH Ryan Doumit	5	1	1	1	0	0	.313
3B Trevor Plouffe	5	0	0	0	0	2	.375
RF Chris Parmelee	4	1	1	1	0	0	.300
2B Brian Dozier	4	1	2	0	0	0	267
TOTALS	42	12	17	12	0	3
BATTING 2B: Dozier (1) HR: Morneau (4,5,6), Doumit (1), Parmelee (1), Willingham (3) RBI: Morneau (7,8,9,10,11,12,13), Mauer (4), Willingham (3), Hicks (2), Parmelee (2), Doumit (1) SAC: Carroll GIDP: Doumit
BASERUNNING SB: Hicks (4)

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Cole De Vries (W, 1-0)	6.0	8	5	5	2	4	7.50
Michael Tonkin (H, 1)	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0.00
Josh Roenicke	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00

Baltimore Orioles
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
DH Alexei Casilla	5	0	2	0	0	0	.222
RF Nick Markakis	4	0	0	0	0	0	.176
1B Chris Davis	4	1	1	0	0	0	.353
CF Adam Jones	3	2	2	2	1	0	.250
3B Manny Machado	4	1	3	0	0	1	.471
LF Nolan Reimold	3	0	1	2	0	0	.200
C Matt Wieters	4	1	2	1	0	1	.412
SS JJ Hardy	4	0	0	0	0	2	.353
2B Brian Roberts	3	0	0	0	1	1	.467
TOTALS	34	5	11	5	2	5
BATTING 3B: Machado (1), Casilla (1) HR: Jones (1), Wieters (1) RBI: Jones (2,3), Reimold (2,3), Wieters (2) HBP: Markakis SF: Reimold GIDP: Hardy, Casilla

Baltimore Orioles
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Jason Hammel (L, 0-1)	2.0	8	8	8	0	1	36.00
Freddy Garcia	4.0	7	4	4	0	1	9.00
Darren O'Day	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0.00

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Hicks's Offense Fuels Twins

Aaron Hicks led the Twins to a 11-10 win over the Orioles.
By Aaron Ferguson
Baltimore, MD
Aaron Hicks couldn't have gotten his first home run at a better time. It was the second of the second inning to give the Twins a 4-0 lead. In the third inning, Hicks would hit a two-run home run to give the Twins a 9-0 lead over the Orioles.

Most would agree that the game would be over at this point, the way things have been going. However, Brian Duensing struggled to get through the fifth inning and qualify for the win. Duensing gave up 6 earned runs on 11 hits through 5 innings of work. Minnesota improves to 5-0 with each starting pitcher getting a win in the rotation.

Minnesota came roaring back against Glen Perkins by picking up two runs to narrow the three-run lead to just one. Perkins was able to slam the door by getting Manny Machado to fly out to left field to end the contest.



Many fans, analysts and writers didn't expect this hot start from the Twins. You almost have to believe that it's not real and that the offense is going to fade soon. After the sixth inning, the Twins only managed four hits and couldn't get two runs in in the ninth with runners at second and third.

Gardenhire will throw Vance Worley on the bump against the Orioles' Miguel Gonzalez for the final game of this trip to Baltimore. The Orioles outscored the Twins 4-0 after the fifth inning.

Minnesota Twins at Baltimore Orioles
Apr 6, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota (4-0)	2	5	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	11	18	0
Baltimore (3-1)	0	0	4	1	1	2	0	0	2	10	19	1
W: Brian Duensing (1-0) L: Dylan Bundy (0-1) S: Glen Perkins (2)

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
DH Aaron Hicks	5	3	3	4	0	0	.375
CF Darin Mastroianni	5	2	2	0	0	0	.333
C Ryan Doumit	5	1	2	3	0	0	.333
LF Josh Willingham	5	1	3	1	0	1	.476
3B Trevor Plouffe	5	0	1	0	0	0	.333
1B Chris Colabello	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1B Justin Morneau
RF Chris Parmelee	5	1	3	0	0	0	.400
2B Brian Dozier	5	2	3	2	0	0	.350
SS Pedro Florimon	5	1	1	0	0	0	.200
SS Jamey Carroll
TOTALS	45	11	18	10	0	1
BATTING 2B: Dozier (2,3), Parmelee (2), Plouffe (2) HR: Hicks (1,2), Willingham (4), Dozier (1), Doumit (2) RBI: Hicks (3,4,5,6), Doumit (2,3,4), Dozier (3,4), Willingham (4)
BASERUNNING SB: Hicks (5), Florimon (1)

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Brian Duensing (W, 1-0)	5.0	13	6	6	0	5	10.80
Jared Burton (H, 2)	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	13.50
Caleb Thielbar (H, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0.00
Anthony Swarzak (H, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	4.50
Glen Perkins (S, 2)	1.0	4	2	2	0	0	9.00
PITCHING WP: Duensing (1)

Baltimore Orioles
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
3B Manny Machado	6	2	3	1	0	0	.478
RF Nick Markakis	5	1	1	0	0	2	.182
1B Chris Davis	5	0	1	1	0	1	.318
CF Adam Jones	4	3	2	0	1	2	.300
C Matt Wieters	5	1	4	5	0	0	.500
SS JJ Hardy	5	1	2	1	0	2	.364
2B Brian Roberts	4	0	2	1	0	1	.474
LF Nate McLouth	4	1	1	0	0	1	.250
PH Alexei Casilla	1	0	1	0	0	0	.300
DH Danny Valencia	5	1	2	1	0	0	.250
PR Jonathon Schoop
TOTALS	44	10	19	10	1	9
BATTING 2B: Markakis (2), Machado (4), Wieters (1), Davis (1) HR: Wieters (2) RBI: Wieters (3,4,5,6,7), Davis (8), Hardy (5), Roberts (4), Machado (3), Valencia (3) SF: Roberts GIDP: Markakis, Machado
FIELDING E: Bundy (1)

Baltimore Orioles
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Dylan Bundy (L, 0-1)	1.2	9	7	7	0	0	37.80
Zach Britton	3.1	5	4	4	0	0	10.80
Scott Feldman	4.0	4	0	0	0	1	0.00

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Perkins Blows Save, Twins Fall

Glen Perkins blows a great outing by Kevin Correia in the 9th.
By Aaron Ferguson
Baltimore, MD
Vance Worley retired the first four batters he faced. Unfortunately, those would be the only four hitters he would face as he exited the game with shoulder tightness. Following the game, we learned that Worley could miss his next start because of the tightness. Kevin Correia came in and pitched a gem, only allowing three total runs (two earned) over six and one-third innings.

Aaron Hicks hit another two-run home run. The blast by Hicks was his third of the young season. Things got chippy early in the third inning as Justin Morneau got hit in the head by Miguel Gonzalez. It looked unintentional, as Gonzalez was having control problems throughout his start. Gardenhire commented, "It wasn't intentional, the ball was a little wet and he lost control of it." Morneau will be day-to-day with migraines.

Minnesota's opportunities were limited in today's game once Gonzalez exited. Baltimore's bullpen allowed just four hits in five innings yesterday. Following the game, we caught up with Joe Mauer, "It was a tough way to lose today, especially after Correia came in cold and pitched great." Mauer summed it up best as Glen Perkins would face JJ Hardy with two runners on and two outs. Perkins was ahead in the count when Hardy hit a pitch that was off the plate into the stand to give the Orioles a walk-off win. "It was outside and up, above his eyes," Mauer said afterwards.

The Twins will continue their road trip as they head to Kansas City for three games before returning to Target Field on Friday.

Minnesota Twins at Baltimore Orioles
Apr 7, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota (5-0)	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	11	1
Baltimore (3-2)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	6	11	0
W: Troy Patton (1-0) L: Glen Perkins (0-1)

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
SS Jamey Carroll	4	1	2	0	1	0	.318
CF Aaron Hicks	5	1	1	2	0	0	.345
C Joe Mauer	5	0	1	0	0	1	.375
1B Justin Morneau	1	0	0	0	0	0	.588
PR/1B Chris Colabello	2	0	1	0	0	0	.143
DH Ryan Doumit	4	1	1	0	0	0	.320
RF Chris Parmelee	2	0	1	0	0	1	.412
LF Darin Mastroianni	4	0	2	1	0	0	.385
2B Brian Dozier	3	0	0	0	0	1	.304
TOTALS	34	4	11	4	1	4
BATTING 2B: Doumit (1) HR: Hicks (3) RBI: Hicks (7,8), Plouffe (6), Mastroianni (3) HBP: Morneau, Dozier SAC: Parmelee, Dozier GIDP: Dozier
BASERUNNING CS: Mastroianni (1)
FIELDING E: Hicks (1) PB: Mauer (1)

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Vance Worley	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	2.25
Kevin Correia	6.1	8	3	2	0	1	2.84
Anthony Swarzak (H, 3)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	3.86
Glen Perkins (BS, 1) (L, 0-1)	0.2	3	3	3	0	0	16.88

Baltimore Orioles
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
DH Alexi Casilla	4	0	0	0	0	1	.214
RF Nick Markakis	4	1	2	2	0	0	.231
1B Chris Davis	4	0	0	0	0	0	.269
CF Adam Jones	4	0	1	0	0	0	.292
3B Manny Machado	4	1	3	0	0	0	.519
LF Nolan Reimold	4	0	1	0	0	1	.211
PR Nate McLouth	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250
C Matt Wieters	3	1	1	0	0	0	.480
PH Danny Valenia	1	0	0	0	0	0	.231
SS JJ Hardy	4	1	2	3	0	0	.385
2B Jonathon Schoop	3	1	1	1	0	0	.333
TOTALS	35	6	11	6	0	2
BATTING 2B: Hardy (1), Wieters (2) HR: Markakis (1), Hardy (2) RBI: Hardy (6,7,8), Markakis (2,3), Schoop (1)
BASERUNNING CS: Jones (1), Machado (1)

Baltimore Orioles
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Miguel Gonzalez	4.0	7	4	4	1	1	2.77
Steve Johnson	3.0	3	0	0	0	1	0.00
Troy Patton (W, 1-0)	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0.00
PITCHING WP: Patton (1), Johnson (1)

[KHarmo88]

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Wow, Perkins had a ROUGH outing!!

Great job so far.... keep up the good work!!

[beamerball811]

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Wow, Perkins had a ROUGH outing!!

Great job so far.... keep up the good work!!

5 (earned) runs on 7 hits in his last two outings isn't very good. Hardy just stuck his bat out and made good contact on a pitcher's pitch, can't really fault that. Thank you!

[royals19]

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Man, good thing Worley isn't gonna be out for long... Things could get real hairy up there if you lose him.

[beamerball811]

Re: Crossing The Bridge | Minnesota Twins

Man, good thing Worley isn't gonna be out for long... Things could get real hairy up there if you lose him.

Oh, I know! I was contemplating what to do if Worley and Morneau were to go to the DL. I was getting worried haha. Thanks for checking in.

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Games 7-9
5-1 vs. 4-2
@ Kauffman Stadium

April 8th, 4:10 CT
Game 1

Mike Pelfrey 1-0 2.70 ERA vs. Ervin Santana 0-0 0.00 ERA

April 9th, 7:10 CT
Game 2

Scott Diamond 1-0 3.38 ERA vs. Luke Hochevar 0-0 4.76 ERA

April 10th, 7:10 CT
Game 3

Cole De Vries 1-0 7.50 ERA vs. Felipe Paulino 0-1 5.40 ERA

Players to Watch

Alex Gordon .360 AVG 1 HR 1 RBI - Eric Hosmer .353 AVG 3 HR 5 RBI - Billy Butler .250 AVG 1 HR 3 RBI

Series Notes
-Justin Morneau leads the league in home runs (6) and runs batted in (13.) However, Morneau is day-to-day with migraines.
-Aaron Hicks is hitting .345 with 3 home runs and 8 runs batted in. He also leads the majors in stolen bases with 5.
-Kansas City's Ervin Santana threw 8 shutout innings in his first start against the White Sox
-Kansas City's Greg Holland leads the league in saves with 4.
-Kansas City will be opening up Kauffman Stadium in game one of the series.

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Twins Outlast Royals in Series Opener

Minnesota's bullpen earns their way to the win against the Royals.
By Aaron Ferguson
Kansas City, MO
Ervin Santana pitched well through his first four innings of work. He limited the Twins to three base runners in that amount of time. Mike Pelfrey would run into some trouble in the second inning, where he'd allow two runs. Pelfrey's pitch count was high all game as he would leave the game after throwing 92 pitches in 5 innings of work.

Santana could only record one out in the fifth inning after being pulled by Royals' manager, Ned Yost. Santana allowed five runs, three of which were earned in the fifth inning. Santana allowed six total base runners in the inning and committed an error on a muffed catch from Billy Butler to prolong the inning.

Pelfrey left the game with a 5-3 lead, but the story was all about the bullpen. Casey Fien was pushed to the test in the sixth inning, but he allowed allowed one run in the inning. He'd come back out in the seventh and get two strikeouts before turning the ball over to Michael Tonkin. Tonkin would go two full innings of work and turn the ball over to Glen Perkins. Perkins had pitched in the previous two games, so he came in to get the last out and earn a save. It took Perkins just one pitch to get Salvador Perez to ground out to close the game out.

Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals
Apr 8, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota (5-1)	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5	11	2
Kansas City (4-2)	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	11	1
W: Mike Pelfrey (2-0) L: Ervin Santana (0-1) S: Glen Perkins (3)

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
3B Jamey Carroll	5	0	3	1	0	0	.370
CF Aaron Hicks	5	1	1	1	0	0	.324
C Joe Mauer	5	1	2	1	0	0	.379
1B Chris Colabello	4	0	1	1	0	0	.182
LF Josh Willingham	3	0	0	1	0	0	.417
RF Ryan Doumit	3	0	1	0	1	0	.321
DH Chris Parmelee	4	1	0	0	0	0	.333
2B Brian Dozier	4	1	1	0	0	0	.296
SS Pedro Florimon	4	1	2	0	0	0	.333
TOTALS	37	5	11	5	1	0
BATTING 2B: Doumit (2) RBI: Hicks (9), Mauer (5), Willingham (5), Colabello (1), Carroll (1) SF: Willingham
BASERUNNING SB: Hicks (6)
FIELDING E: Carroll (1), Hicks (2)

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Mike Pelfrey (W, 2-0)	5.0	9	3	2	1	3	3.09
Casey Fien (H, 1)	1.2	2	1	1	1	4	3.38
Michael Tonkin (H, 2)	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
Glen Perkins (S, 3)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	15.00
TOTALS	9.0	11	4	3	2	8

Kansas City Royals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
RF Jerrod Dyson	4	1	1	1	1	0	.185
SS Alcides Escobar	4	0	0	1	0	1	.208
1B Billy Butler	5	1	3	1	0	1	.310
LF Alex Gordon	4	0	1	0	1	1	.345
C Salvador Perez	5	0	1	0	0	2	.200
DH Eric Hosmer	3	0	1	0	0	2	.350
3B Mike Moustakas	4	1	3	1	0	0	.429
CF Lorenzo Cain	4	1	1	0	0	0	.091
2B Irving Falu	4	0	0	0	0	1	.182
TOTALS	37	4	11	4	2	8
BATTING 2B: Butler (1) RBI: Butler (4), Escobar (3), Moustakas (3), Dyson (1) HBP: Hosmer SF: Escobar
BASERUNNING SB: Dyson (2)
FIELDING E: Santana (1)

Kansas City Royals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Ervin Santana (L, 0-1)	4.1	8	5	3	1	0	2.19
Bruce Chen	3.2	2	0	0	0	0	0.00
Louis Coleman	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	9.00
TOTALS	9.0	11	5	3	1	0

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I'm still experimenting with the format I want to go with, so please bare with me on that. Hope y'all are enjoying this franchise so far.

[Deuce2223]

Re: Crossing The Bridge | Minnesota Twins

Looking good, you absolutely destroyed the Tigers SP's in the Season opener. The way Morneau is hitting the ball, it looks like he wants a contract extension.

Also good to see Hicks with 3 HR's already. Looks like he is going to be a solid #2 for you. I hope he can for me as well in my M's Franchise.

[beamerball811]

Re: Crossing The Bridge | Minnesota Twins

Looking good, you absolutely destroyed the Tigers SP's in the Season opener. The way Morneau is hitting the ball, it looks like he wants a contract extension.

Also good to see Hicks with 3 HR's already. Looks like he is going to be a solid #2 for you. I hope he can for me as well in my M's Franchise.

Morneau has been crushing the ball, hopefully his migraines don't shake that rhythm. Hicks has also been playing like 4-tool player so far, he could work on his arm strength though. I may move Hicks around a little bit, but for now he's a great #2 guy.

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Twins Plate Nine, Beat Royals Again

Morneau adds insurance runs to ease the bullpen's pressure.
By Aaron Ferguson
Kansas City, Mo

Minnesota's Scott Diamond got into a big jam in the first inning after Pedro Florimon overran a ground ball, but wasn't charged with an error. This would eventually lead to a three-run inning for the Royals and many thought they'd never look back. But credit Diamond, he would finish with 97 pitches through five and one-third innings pitched allowing just the three runs on six hits.

In the meantime, the Twins had a big rally off of Royals' starter, Luke Hochevar. Hochevar gave up a two-run triple to Pedro Florimon that would eventually be the difference by giving the Twins a 5-3 lead. Wade Davis would relieve Hochevar in the fifth inning.

Justin Morneau was back in the lineup for the Twins after missing just one game with migraines. Morneau was hit in the head with a pitch in Baltimore and exited the game following the incident. Morneau's bat was big tonight in hitting his league-leading seventh home run off of Tim Collins. Collins hung a curveball and Morneau rounded the bases while watching it fly out. "It felt good to be back tonight," Morneau said, "the ball just kept carrying out, I originally thought it was a routine fly ball."

Minnesota will have Cole De Vries pitch against Kansas City's Felipe Paulino. Paulino is 0-1 with a 5.40 ERA in his only outing of the season, which came against the Philadelphia Phillies. The Twins will try and sweep their divisional rival before heading back to Minnesota for a six-game homestand.

Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals
Apr 9, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota (6-1)	0	0	0	5	0	0	4	0	0	9	13	0
Kansas City (4-3)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	0
W: Scott Diamond (2-0) L: Luke Hochevar (0-1)

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
SS Jamey Carroll	5	0	0	0	0	1	.313
CF Darin Mastroianni	5	2	4	0	0	0	.500
C Joe Mauer	4	1	2	1	0	0	.394
1B Justin Morneau	4	2	2	3	0	0	.571
LF Josh Willingham	4	1	2	1	0	0	.429
DH Ryan Doumit	4	1	1	2	0	0	.313
3B Trevor Plouffe	4	0	0	0	0	1	.310
RF Chris Parmelee	4	1	1	0	0	0	.320
2B Pedro Florimon	3	1	1	2	1	0	.333
TOTALS	37	9	13	9	1	2
BATTING 2B: Doumit (3) 3B: Florimon (1) HR: Morneau (7) RBI: Morneau (14,15,16), Doumit (5,6), Florimon (1,2), Mauer (6), Willingham (6)
BASERUNNING CS: Mastroianni (2)

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Scott Diamond (W, 2-0)	5.1	6	3	3	2	4	4.05
Jared Burton (H, 3)	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	6.00
Caleb Thielbar	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0.00
TOTALS	9.0	9	3	3	2	6

Kansas City Royals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
RF Jarrod Dyson	5	0	0	0	0	0	.156
2B Chris Getz	5	1	1	0	0	1	.273
1B Billy Butler	4	1	1	0	1	0	.303
LF Alex Gordon	4	1	2	0	0	2	.364
C Salvador Perez	3	0	1	1	1	1	.214
3B Mike Moustakas	3	0	0	1	0	1	.387
DH Eric Hosmer	4	0	1	0	0	0	.333
CF Lornezo Cain	4	0	2	0	0	1	.154
SS Yunel Escobar	4	0	1	0	0	0	.214
TOTALS	36	3	9	2	2	6
BATTING RBI: Perez (4), Moustakas (4) SF: Moustakas
BASERUNNING SB: Cain (2)

Kansas City Royals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Luke Hochevar (L, 0-1)	4.0	9	5	5	0	1	7.45
Wade Davis	2.2	3	3	3	1	0	10.13
Tim Collins	1.1	1	1	1	0	1	3.86
Aaron Crow	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
PITCHING WP: Hochevar (1)

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Re: Crossing The Bridge | Minnesota Twins

Doumit's Double Key to Victory

Ryan Doumit's RBI double in the eighth gave the Twins a 5-4 lead.
By Aaron Ferguson
Kansas City, MO

Minnesota jumped out on fireballer, Felipe Paulino, by scoring a run in the top half of the first. This early lead fueled Cole De Vries to a strong couple innings. Even when De Vries ran into trouble in the third, he finished strong with a strikeout. With the game knotted up at 1, the Royals exploded for 3 runs in the fourth to give them a 4-1 lead. However, a change of events happened when Felipe Paulino walked Parmelee, gave up a single to Dozier and walked Carroll to give the Twins bases loaded with nobody out. Minnesota would strike for 3 runs to tie the game up at 4.

Cole De Vries pitched a very quick sixth inning after escaping the fifth without allowing a run. Michael Tonkin was ready to come in from the bullpen in the sixth, but had to wait until the seventh because of De Vries' great sixth inning. Tonkin, pitching on short rest, came in and got four outs in a strong performance. Ryan Doumit stepped up to the plate in the top of the eighth with Josh Willingham on first and delivered a double to deep, right-center field off of Bruce Chen to give the Twins a 5-4 lead.

Josh Roenicke came entered the game with one out in the eighth inning. Roenicke would end up preserving the lead by getting four outs. Manager, Ron Gardenhire, would turn the ball over to Glen Perkins for the last out. Perkins, pitching for a fourth consecutive day, struck out Kansas City's Billy Butler to seal the three-game sweep over the Royals.

After this six-game road trip, the Royals return home with an 8-1 record. The Twins hold a 3.5 game lead in the American League Central over the Chicago White Sox. Upon returning home, the Twins will have an off day on Thursday before hosting the New York Mets for a weekend series. As the rotation turns over Saturday, the Twins will have their work cut out for them against Matt Harvey and Johan Santana. Following the series with the Mets, the Angels come into town for a three-game set.

Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals
Apr 10, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota (7-1)	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	5	10	0
Kansas City (4-4)	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	13	0
W: Michael Tonkin (1-0) L: Bruce Chen (0-1) S: Glen Perkins (4)

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
SS Jamey Carroll	4	1	1	0	1	0	.306
CF Aaron Hicks	5	0	0	1	0	0	.282
C Joe Mauer	4	0	2	1	0	0	.405
1B Justin Morneau	4	0	1	1	0	0	.520
LF Josh Willingham	4	1	2	1	0	0	.437
DH Ryan Doumit	4	0	3	1	0	0	.361
3B Trevor Plouffe	4	0	0	0	0	2	.273
RF Chris Parmelee	3	1	0	0	1	1	.286
2B Brian Dozier	4	1	1	0	0	0	.290
TOTALS	36	5	10	5	2	3
BATTING 2B: Doumit (4,5), Willingham (1) RBI: Morneau (17), Hicks (10), Mauer (7), Willingham (7), Doumit (7) GIDP: Willingham

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Cole De Vries	6.0	11	4	4	0	5	6.75
Michael Tonkin (W, 1-0)	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
Josh Roenicke (H, 1)	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0.00
Glen Perkins (S, 4)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	13.50
TOTALS	9.0	13	4	4	0	7

Kansas City Royals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
RF Jarrod Dyson	5	2	2	1	0	0	.189
SS Alcides Escobar	5	0	2	1	0	1	.242
1B Billy Butler	5	0	1	0	0	1	.289
LF Alex Gordon	4	0	1	1	0	1	.351
C Salvador Perez	4	0	1	0	0	2	.219
DH Eric Hosmer	4	1	1	0	0	1	.321
CF Lorenzo Cain	4	1	3	1	0	0	.233
2B Irving Falu	4	0	2	0	0	0	.267
PR/2B Chris Getz
3B Miguel Tejada	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000
TOTALS	39	4	13	4	0	7
BATTING 2B: Hosmer (2), Cain (1) RBI: Gordon (2), Escobar (4), Cain (1), Dyson (2) GIDP: Tejada
BASERUNNING SB: Dyson (3,4), Escobar (1)

Kansas City Royals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Felipe Paulino	4.2	8	4	4	2	1	6.52
Bruce Chen (L, 0-1)	2.2	2	1	1	0	0	1.08
Louis Coleman	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	4.91
TOTALS	9.0	10	5	5	2	3