Minnesota Twins vs. Kansas City Royals - Box Score - August 21, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 21, 2009

Final in 10

Series: Game 1 of 3

Minnesota leads 1-0 (as of 8/21)

Game 1: Friday, August 21
Minnesota	5	Final in 10
Kansas City	4	Final in 10
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Game 2: Saturday, August 22
Minnesota	8	Final
Kansas City	7	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, August 23
Minnesota	10	Final
Kansas City	3	Final
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Twins 5

(59-63, 26-36 away)

Royals 4

(47-74, 25-37 home)

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8:10 PM ET, August 21, 2009

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
MIN	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	5	9	1
KC	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	12	2

W: J. Nathan (2-1)

L: J. Soria (3-1)

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span RF	5	1	2	2	0	0	17	.305	.391	.397
O Cabrera SS	5	0	1	1	0	2	18	.281	.314	.376
J Mauer C	3	0	1	0	2	0	25	.378	.448	.641
J Kubel DH	5	0	1	0	0	1	14	.306	.376	.535
M Cuddyer 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	16	.270	.338	.494
J Crede 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	15	.229	.293	.421
D Young LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	11	.261	.287	.390
C Gomez CF	4	2	2	0	0	1	21	.239	.298	.363
A Casilla 2B	3	2	2	1	0	0	13	.187	.273	.236
Totals	37	5	9	4	2	6	150
BATTING 2B: A Casilla (5, L Hochevar) 3B: D Span (6, L Hochevar); O Cabrera (2, J Soria) RBI: A Casilla (13), D Span 2 (47), O Cabrera (51) S: A Casilla 2-out RBI: O Cabrera GIDP: M Cuddyer Twins RISP: 3-6 (A Casilla 1-1, O Cabrera 0-1, J Kubel 0-2, D Span 2-2) Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING SB: C Gomez (11, 2nd base off L Hochevar/M Olivo)
FIELDING E: M Cuddyer (6, throw) DP: 1 (O Cabrera-A Casilla).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
N Blackburn	7.0	7	3	3	2	6	2	106-68	4.27
M Guerrier (H, 24)	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	10-7	2.28
J Mijares (H, 17)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3-2	2.14
J Nathan (W, 2-1; B, 4)	2.0	4	1	1	0	1	1	53-36	1.66
Totals	10.0	12	4	4	2	8	3	172-113
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: N Blackburn 17/29; M Guerrier 3/3; J Mijares 0/0; J Nathan 5/10 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: N Blackburn 25-4-19-20; M Guerrier 3-1-1-2; J Mijares 0-2-0-0; J Nathan 6-7-14-9 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: N Blackburn 8-6; M Guerrier 0-1; J Mijares 0-0; J Nathan 2-3 Game Scores: N Blackburn 55

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D DeJesus LF	4	1	1	1	1	0	18	.264	.337	.420
M Maier CF	5	1	1	0	0	2	17	.246	.329	.342
B Butler 1B	5	1	2	1	0	2	21	.300	.353	.489
M Jacobs DH	3	0	1	0	1	0	14	.231	.304	.423
W Bloomquist PR-DH-RF	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	.260	.302	.358
A Callaspo 2B	5	0	2	0	0	1	22	.296	.347	.429
M Teahen 3B	5	0	0	0	0	0	25	.277	.332	.424
M Olivo C	4	0	1	0	0	2	13	.238	.269	.462
J Anderson RF	3	0	1	0	0	0	16	.236	.273	.296
a-B Pena PH	1	1	1	1	0	0	7	.327	.358	.520
J Soria P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Y Betancourt SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	15	.234	.266	.342
Totals	40	4	12	3	2	8	172
a-homered to right for J Anderson in the 9th
BATTING 2B: Y Betancourt (14, J Nathan) HR: B Butler (15, 1st inning off N Blackburn 0 on, 2 Out); D Dejesus (10, 3rd inning off N Blackburn 0 on, 0 Out); B Pena (4, 9th inning off J Nathan 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: B Butler (65), D DeJesus (56), B Pena (11) 2-out RBI: B Butler, B Pena Royals RISP: 0-7 (Y Betancourt 0-1, A Callaspo 0-1, M Jacobs 0-1, D DeJesus 0-2, M Teahen 0-2) Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING Picked Off: W Bloomquist (1st base by J Mijares)
FIELDING E: M Olivo (7, throw); J Anderson (3, bobble) DP: 1 (M Teahen-A Callaspo-B Butler).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
L Hochevar	7.0	5	3	3	0	3	0	94-64	5.60
K Farnsworth	0.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	23-13	4.32
J Bale	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4-3	5.96
J Wright	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11-6	4.60
J Soria (L, 3-1)	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	18-11	2.33
Totals	10.0	9	5	5	2	6	0	150-97
PITCHING WP: L Hochevar IBB: J Mauer 2 (By K Farnsworth; J Soria) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: L Hochevar 13/25; K Farnsworth 2/5; J Bale 1/1; J Wright 0/3; J Soria 5/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: L Hochevar 18-10-16-20; K Farnsworth 2-2-6-3; J Bale 1-0-1-1; J Wright 1-1-2-2; J Soria 4-3-0-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: L Hochevar 12-6; K Farnsworth 1-0; J Bale 1-0; J Wright 1-1; J Soria 1-1 Game Scores: L Hochevar 58

Scoring Summary

			MIN	KC
	1st	B Butler homered to center.	0	1
	3rd	D DeJesus homered to right.	0	2
	3rd	M Jacobs grounded out to third, M Maier scored on throwing error by first baseman M Cuddyer.	0	3
	6th	A Casilla doubled to right, C Gomez scored.	1	3
	6th	D Span tripled to deep right, A Casilla scored, D Span scored on error by right fielder J Anderson.	3	3
	8th	D Span singled to center, C Gomez scored, D Span to second advancing on throw.	4	3
	9th	B Pena homered to right.	4	4
	10th	O Cabrera tripled to deep right, A Casilla scored.	5	4
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Game Information

Stadium	Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO
Attendance	22,283 (58.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:11
Weather	72 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	11 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Mike Everitt, First Base - Gerry Davis, Second Base - Bruce Dreckman, Third Base - C.B. Bucknor