Kansas City Royals vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - October 03, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Oct 3, 2009

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Minnesota leads 2-0 (as of 10/3)

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 4

(65-96, 32-48 away)

Twins 5

(85-76, 47-33 home)

Alerts

4:10 PM ET, October 3, 2009

Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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

W: J. Rauch (5-1)

L: D. Hughes (0-2)

S: J. Nathan (47)

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
W Bloomquist LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	12	.266	.309	.357
M Maier CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	13	.246	.335	.335
B Butler 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	16	.303	.364	.495
M Jacobs DH	4	1	2	1	0	1	21	.228	.298	.403
A Callaspo 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	11	.298	.354	.450
M Teahen RF	3	0	0	0	0	1	12	.270	.324	.405
M Olivo C	3	1	1	0	0	1	6	.249	.292	.490
A Gordon 3B	3	1	1	2	0	1	13	.231	.326	.363
L Hernandez SS	2	0	0	0	0	1	9	.186	.230	.186
a-B Pena PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.274	.320	.445
T Hulett PR-SS	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.059	.111	.059
Totals	32	4	7	3	0	7	114
a-singled to center for L Hernandez in the 8th
BATTING 2B: M Olivo (15, N Blackburn) HR: M Jacobs (19, 7th inning off N Blackburn 0 on, 1 Out); A Gordon (5, 8th inning off J Mijares 1 on, 0 Out) RBI: M Jacobs (61), A Gordon 2 (21) S: M Teahen GIDP: M Maier Royals RISP: 1-4 (A Gordon 1-2, M Maier 0-1, M Olivo 0-1) Team LOB: 2

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
Z Greinke	6.0	6	4	4	2	5	0	96-63	2.16
R Colon	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	12-7	4.83
D Hughes (L, 0-2)	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	11-6	4.61
J Cruz	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5-3	5.72
Totals	8.0	8	5	5	2	5	1	124-79
PITCHING HBP: M Cuddyer (By Z Greinke) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: Z Greinke 17/26; R Colon 2/3; D Hughes 1/3; J Cruz 1/2 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: Z Greinke 19-9-17-18; R Colon 2-1-1-3; D Hughes 2-0-1-3; J Cruz 0-1-0-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Z Greinke 6-6; R Colon 0-2; D Hughes 1-1; J Cruz 1-1 Game Scores: Z Greinke 47

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF-RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	.312	.391	.418
O Cabrera SS	4	0	2	0	0	0	16	.282	.315	.381
J Mauer C	3	1	1	1	1	0	15	.366	.442	.589
J Kubel RF	4	1	1	0	0	1	21	.296	.367	.522
C Gomez CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.286	.337
M Cuddyer 1B	3	2	1	1	0	1	14	.277	.343	.517
D Young LF	4	0	2	3	0	0	10	.283	.306	.413
J Morales DH	4	0	1	0	0	2	15	.325	.391	.377
M Tolbert 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	8	.226	.297	.300
N Punto 2B	2	1	0	0	1	1	16	.230	.337	.287
Totals	30	5	8	5	2	5	124
BATTING 2B: J Kubel (35, Z Greinke); D Young (16, Z Greinke) HR: M Cuddyer (31, 8th inning off D Hughes 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: J Mauer (96), D Young 3 (58), M Cuddyer (92) S: D Span 2-out RBI: J Mauer, D Young 3 Twins RISP: 3-5 (O Cabrera 0-1, M Tolbert 0-1, J Mauer 1-1, J Morales 1-1, D Young 1-1) Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING CS: D Young (5, 2nd base by Z Greinke/M Olivo)
FIELDING DP: 1 (N Punto-O Cabrera-M Cuddyer).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
N Blackburn	7.0	4	2	2	0	5	1	88-60	4.03
J Mijares	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	4-3	2.34
J Rauch (W, 5-1; B, 2)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7-6	1.84
J Nathan (S, 47)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	15-10	2.15
Totals	9.0	7	4	4	0	7	2	114-79
PITCHING N Blackburn pitched to 1 batter in the 8th; J Mijares pitched to 2 batters in the 8th First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: N Blackburn 18/25; J Mijares 1/2; J Rauch 3/3; J Nathan 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: N Blackburn 21-5-14-20; J Mijares 0-1-0-2; J Rauch 1-0-2-3; J Nathan 2-3-4-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: N Blackburn 9-7; J Mijares 0-0; J Rauch 2-1; J Nathan 0-1 Game Scores: N Blackburn 66

Scoring Summary

			KC	MIN
	6th	J Mauer singled to right, N Punto scored.	0	1
	6th	D Young doubled to deep right center, J Mauer, J Kubel and M Cuddyer scored.	0	4
	7th	M Jacobs homered to right.	1	4
	8th	A Gordon homered to right, M Olivo scored.	3	4
	8th	M Maier grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, T Hulett scored, W Bloomquist out at second.	4	4
	8th	M Cuddyer homered to left.	4	5
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Game Information

Stadium	Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	48,644 (123.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:34
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Mark Wegner, First Base - Rick Reed, Second Base - Jeff Kellogg, Third Base - Tim Timmons