Minnesota Twins vs. Kansas City Royals - Box Score - August 23, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 23, 2009

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Minnesota won 3-0

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 10

(61-63, 28-36 away)

Royals 3

(47-76, 25-39 home)

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2:10 PM ET, August 23, 2009

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	1	10	14	0
KC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	10	1

W: C. Pavano (11-9)

L: B. Bannister (7-10)

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span RF	5	1	2	3	0	2	18	.303	.389	.398
O Cabrera SS	4	1	1	2	0	0	19	.282	.314	.377
J Mauer C	5	1	2	1	0	0	24	.378	.449	.635
J Kubel DH	5	0	1	0	0	1	22	.306	.374	.531
M Cuddyer 1B	5	2	3	3	0	0	19	.276	.343	.518
B Harris 3B	4	1	1	0	1	0	19	.264	.307	.372
D Young LF	4	1	1	1	0	1	21	.256	.281	.381
C Gomez CF	4	2	2	0	0	0	6	.243	.300	.363
A Casilla 2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	15	.195	.277	.242
Totals	40	10	14	10	1	4	163
BATTING 2B: B Harris (17, B Bannister); O Cabrera (29, B Chen) 3B: D Span (7, K Farnsworth) HR: M Cuddyer 2 (22, 7th inning off B Bannister 0 on, 0 Out; 7th inning off K Farnsworth 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: O Cabrera 2 (53), M Cuddyer 3 (63), D Young (41), D Span 3 (50), J Mauer (78) SF: O Cabrera 2-out RBI: M Cuddyer 2 GIDP: D Young Twins RISP: 4-10 (A Casilla 1-1, B Harris 0-1, O Cabrera 0-1, J Mauer 1-2, J Kubel 0-1, D Span 1-1, D Young 1-2, M Cuddyer 0-1) Team LOB: 5

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
C Pavano (W, 11-9)	7.0	8	2	2	0	2	0	108-75	5.20
J Manship	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	26-16	5.06
B Keppel	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9-6	5.40
Totals	9.0	10	3	3	0	2	0	143-97
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: C Pavano 22/29; J Manship 3/5; B Keppel 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: C Pavano 25-4-20-26; J Manship 6-1-4-5; B Keppel 3-0-0-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Pavano 9-10; J Manship 1-2; B Keppel 3-0 Game Scores: C Pavano 55

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D DeJesus LF	4	1	2	1	0	0	20	.270	.342	.431
B Pena C	4	0	0	0	0	0	15	.305	.336	.486
B Butler 1B	4	1	2	0	0	0	16	.300	.352	.486
M Jacobs DH	4	0	2	2	0	1	16	.235	.307	.427
A Callaspo 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	20	.296	.349	.427
M Teahen 3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	16	.281	.336	.428
M Maier CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	15	.246	.329	.338
Y Betancourt SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	12	.231	.262	.336
J Anderson RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	13	.240	.275	.298
Totals	36	3	10	3	0	2	143
BATTING 2B: D DeJesus (24, C Pavano); M Jacobs (13, J Manship) RBI: M Jacobs 2 (46), D DeJesus (59) SF: D DeJesus 2-out RBI: M Jacobs Royals RISP: 2-11 (Y Betancourt 0-1, M Maier 0-1, A Callaspo 0-2, J Anderson 1-1, M Jacobs 1-2, B Pena 0-2, M Teahen 0-1, B Butler 0-1) Team LOB: 7
FIELDING E: M Teahen (10, ground ball) DP: 1 (Y Betancourt-A Callaspo-B Butler).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B Bannister (L, 7-10)	6.0	6	4	4	1	2	1	102-64	4.50
K Farnsworth	1.0	5	5	5	0	1	1	29-16	5.88
B Chen	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	32-21	5.04
Totals	9.0	14	10	10	1	4	2	163-101
PITCHING B Bannister pitched to 3 batters in the 7th WP: B Bannister First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Bannister 15/25; K Farnsworth 7/8; B Chen 5/9 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Bannister 19-5-19-21; K Farnsworth 2-4-3-7; B Chen 4-2-7-8 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Bannister 6-10; K Farnsworth 0-2; B Chen 3-2 Game Scores: B Bannister 45

Scoring Summary

			MIN	KC
	3rd	O Cabrera safe at first on error by third baseman M Teahen, C Gomez scored, D Span to second.	1	0
	6th	M Jacobs singled to center, D DeJesus scored.	1	1
	7th	M Cuddyer homered to left.	2	1
	7th	D Young singled to left, B Harris scored.	3	1
	7th	D Span tripled to right, D Young, C Gomez and A Casilla scored.	6	1
	7th	O Cabrera hit sacrifice fly to left, D Span scored.	7	1
	7th	M Cuddyer homered to left, J Mauer scored.	9	1
	7th	D DeJesus hit sacrifice fly to right, M Teahen scored.	9	2
	8th	M Jacobs doubled to deep right center, B Butler scored.	9	3
	9th	J Mauer singled to left, O Cabrera scored.	10	3
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Game Information

Stadium	Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO
Attendance	18,680 (49.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:55
Weather	76 degrees, sunny
Wind	3 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Bruce Dreckman, First Base - C.B. Bucknor, Second Base - Mike Everitt, Third Base - Gerry Davis