Kansas City Royals vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - October 02, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Oct 2, 2009

Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

Minnesota leads 1-0 (as of 10/2)

Game 1: Friday, October 2
Kansas City	7	Final
Minnesota	10	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, October 3
Kansas City	4	Final
Minnesota	5	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, October 4
Kansas City	4	Final
Minnesota	13	Final
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Royals 7

(65-95, 32-47 away)

Twins 10

(84-76, 46-33 home)

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8:10 PM ET, October 2, 2009

Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	0	7	14	0
MIN	5	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	-	10	12	2

W: J. Manship (1-1)

L: L. DiNardo (0-3)

S: J. Nathan (46)

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
W Bloomquist LF	2	0	1	0	0	0	10	.266	.310	.358
a-J Anderson PH-CF	3	0	1	1	0	2	11	.240	.276	.304
M Maier CF-LF	5	0	2	3	0	2	29	.249	.339	.339
B Butler 1B	5	0	1	0	0	2	16	.305	.366	.498
B Pena DH	5	0	1	0	0	0	13	.270	.316	.442
A Callaspo 2B	5	1	2	0	0	1	21	.299	.355	.452
M Teahen RF	4	1	1	0	1	0	17	.271	.326	.407
M Olivo C	5	1	1	0	0	2	21	.248	.291	.488
A Gordon 3B	4	3	2	0	1	1	23	.229	.326	.344
Y Betancourt SS	2	0	1	1	0	1	10	.245	.274	.351
L Hernandez PR-SS	1	1	1	2	0	0	5	.191	.236	.191
Totals	41	7	14	7	2	11	176
a-struck out swinging for W Bloomquist in the 5th
BATTING 2B: A Gordon (6, J Manship) RBI: Y Betancourt (49), M Maier 3 (31), L Hernandez 2 (4), J Anderson (24) 2-out RBI: M Maier, L Hernandez 2, J Anderson GIDP: B Pena Royals RISP: 6-14 (A Gordon 0-2, Y Betancourt 1-1, M Maier 2-3, M Olivo 0-1, J Anderson 1-2, B Pena 0-2, L Hernandez 1-1, B Butler 1-2) Team LOB: 10
BASERUNNING SB: W Bloomquist (25, 2nd base off J Manship/J Mauer)
FIELDING DP: 1 (A Gordon).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
L DiNardo (L, 0-3)	1.0	7	7	7	2	0	1	46-25	10.12
V Marte	2.0	4	3	3	3	2	1	45-23	8.25
C Rosa	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	44-31	3.37
J Bale	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	10-7	5.72
Y Yabuta	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17-12	13.50
Totals	8.0	12	10	10	5	5	2	162-98
PITCHING L DiNardo pitched to 3 batters in the 2nd; V Marte pitched to 4 batters in the 4th First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: L DiNardo 4/12; V Marte 8/13; C Rosa 6/9; J Bale 2/3; Y Yabuta 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: L DiNardo 9-0-6-10; V Marte 9-3-3-8; C Rosa 10-2-12-7; J Bale 3-1-1-2; Y Yabuta 2-0-7-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: L DiNardo 1-2; V Marte 3-1; C Rosa 4-3; J Bale 0-1; Y Yabuta 1-2 Game Scores: L DiNardo 9

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF-RF	5	1	1	0	0	0	10	.314	.393	.420
O Cabrera SS	5	2	3	0	0	0	21	.281	.314	.381
J Mauer C	4	1	1	0	1	2	27	.366	.442	.591
J Kubel RF	5	2	2	2	0	2	23	.297	.367	.522
C Gomez CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.286	.337
M Cuddyer 1B	1	2	0	1	3	0	19	.277	.342	.513
D Young LF	4	2	2	5	0	0	9	.281	.304	.409
B Harris DH	4	0	1	1	0	0	16	.262	.307	.363
M Tolbert 3B	3	0	2	1	0	0	15	.230	.301	.305
N Punto 2B	3	0	0	0	1	1	22	.231	.337	.289
Totals	34	10	12	10	5	5	162
BATTING 2B: D Span (16, L DiNardo); B Harris (22, V Marte) 3B: M Tolbert (1, J Bale) HR: D Young (10, 1st inning off L DiNardo 3 on, 1 Out); J Kubel (25, 4th inning off V Marte 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: J Kubel 2 (96), D Young 5 (55), M Cuddyer (91), B Harris (37), M Tolbert (17) SF: M Tolbert Twins RISP: 4-12 (B Harris 1-2, O Cabrera 1-1, J Mauer 0-1, J Kubel 1-2, D Span 0-2, D Young 1-2, N Punto 0-2) Team LOB: 6
FIELDING E: O Cabrera 2 (25, throw, ground ball) DP: 1 (N Punto-O Cabrera-M Cuddyer). PB: J Mauer.

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Manship (W, 1-1)	5.1	8	4	3	1	4	0	95-63	5.68
J Crain	0.1	1	1	1	1	1	0	14-7	4.74
R Mahay	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	9-8	4.32
B Keppel	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	21-16	4.96
J Mijares	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	15-9	2.04
M Guerrier (H, 33)	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	7-5	2.26
J Nathan (S, 46)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	15-11	2.18
Totals	9.0	14	7	6	2	11	0	176-119
PITCHING B Keppel pitched to 2 batters in the 8th HBP: L Hernandez (By J Mijares) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Manship 19/24; J Crain 2/3; R Mahay 1/2; B Keppel 4/6; J Mijares 1/3; M Guerrier 1/2; J Nathan 4/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Manship 20-9-16-18; J Crain 3-2-1-1; R Mahay 1-1-5-1; B Keppel 4-1-6-5; J Mijares 4-0-4-1; M Guerrier 1-1-2-1; J Nathan 3-4-3-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Manship 10-2; J Crain 0-0; R Mahay 0-0; B Keppel 2-0; J Mijares 0-0; M Guerrier 0-1; J Nathan 0-1 Game Scores: J Manship 41

Scoring Summary

			KC	MIN
	1st	J Kubel singled to right, O Cabrera scored, J Mauer to second.	0	1
	1st	D Young homered to left, J Mauer, J Kubel and M Cuddyer scored.	0	5
	2nd	M Cuddyer walked, D Span scored, O Cabrera to third, J Mauer to second.	0	6
	2nd	D Young grounded into fielder's choice to third, O Cabrera scored, M Cuddyer out at second, J Mauer to third.	0	7
	4th	J Kubel homered to right center.	0	8
	4th	B Harris doubled to deep right, M Cuddyer scored, D Young to third.	0	9
	4th	M Tolbert hit sacrifice fly to center, D Young scored.	0	10
	5th	Y Betancourt singled to center, A Gordon scored.	1	10
	5th	M Maier singled to center, L Hernandez scored.	2	10
	6th	L Hernandez singled to left, A Callaspo and M Teahen scored, A Gordon to second.	4	10
	6th	J Anderson singled to left, A Gordon scored, L Hernandez to second.	5	10
	8th	M Maier singled to center, M Olivo and A Gordon scored, L Hernandez to second.	7	10
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Game Notes

ROYALS SHORTSTOP YUNIESKY BETANCOURT LEFT THE GAME IN THE TOP OF THE FIFTH INNING WITH A LEFT FOOT INJURY.

Game Information

Stadium	Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	40,223 (101.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:15
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Tim Timmons, First Base - Mark Wegner, Second Base - Rick Reed, Third Base - Jeff Kellogg