The Twins appeared to be cruising with rookie right-hander Jose Berrios with a two-run lead and two outs in the fifth, but he ran into trouble and served up the go-ahead three-run blast to Morales. The Royals padded their lead with two runs in the seventh, keyed by a sacrifice fly from Hosmer and an RBI single from Salvador Perez. Kansas City put the game away with a four-run eighth, punctuated by a three-run shot from Hosmer off lefty Pat Dean.
Dozier provided the offense for the Twins, hitting a solo homer in the first against right-hander Ian Kennedy, a two-run blast in the third off Kennedy and a solo shot off reliever Brooks Pounder in the eighth.