Kansas City Royals vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - October 04, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Oct 4, 2009

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Minnesota won 3-0

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

(65-97, 32-49 away)

Twins 13

(86-76, 48-33 home)

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2:10 PM ET, October 4, 2009

Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	4	12	0
MIN	4	0	3	0	1	1	1	3	-	13	11	0

W: C. Pavano (14-12)

L: L. Hochevar (7-13)

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
W Bloomquist LF	5	0	1	0	0	2	14	.265	.308	.355
M Maier CF	4	0	0	0	0	2	17	.243	.333	.331
B Butler 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	18	.301	.362	.492
a-B Pena PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.273	.318	.442
M Jacobs DH	5	1	1	0	0	0	15	.228	.297	.401
A Callaspo 2B	3	2	2	1	1	0	17	.300	.356	.457
T Hulett 2B	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	.111	.158	.111
M Teahen RF	5	0	2	1	0	1	17	.271	.325	.408
J Buck C	4	0	2	1	0	0	16	.247	.299	.484
A Gordon 3B	4	1	1	1	0	1	11	.232	.324	.378
L Hernandez SS	3	0	2	0	1	1	16	.205	.256	.219
Totals	39	4	12	4	2	9	146
a-grounded to shortstop for B Butler in the 9th
BATTING 2B: M Teahen 2 (34, C Pavano 2); L Hernandez (1, C Pavano); A Callaspo (41, C Pavano) 3B: A Callaspo (8, C Pavano) HR: A Gordon (6, 6th inning off C Pavano 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: M Teahen (50), A Callaspo (73), J Buck (36), A Gordon (22) 2-out RBI: A Gordon Royals RISP: 2-14 (M Maier 0-2, A Gordon 0-2, W Bloomquist 0-2, L Hernandez 0-1, J Buck 1-3, M Teahen 1-2, B Butler 0-2) Team LOB: 11

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
L Hochevar (L, 7-13)	3.0	4	7	7	3	2	3	58-35	6.55
A Lerew	2.2	2	2	2	3	2	1	57-31	4.05
D Hughes	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3-2	5.14
Y Yabuta	2.0	4	3	3	1	0	1	44-29	13.50
Totals	8.0	11	13	13	7	4	5	162-97
PITCHING D Hughes pitched to 1 batter in the 7th First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: L Hochevar 9/16; A Lerew 5/13; D Hughes 1/2; Y Yabuta 9/11 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: L Hochevar 7-5-12-11; A Lerew 8-5-10-8; D Hughes 0-0-0-2; Y Yabuta 6-5-9-9 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: L Hochevar 4-3; A Lerew 3-3; D Hughes 1-0; Y Yabuta 1-5 Game Scores: L Hochevar 22

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF-RF	3	3	1	0	2	0	24	.312	.393	.417
O Cabrera SS	5	2	3	2	0	1	23	.285	.318	.386
B Buscher 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.360	.316
J Mauer C	3	2	0	0	2	0	17	.364	.442	.586
J Kubel RF	4	2	3	6	0	0	8	.300	.369	.535
C Gomez PR-CF	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.227	.285	.335
M Cuddyer 1B	5	1	1	2	0	0	17	.276	.342	.520
D Young LF	5	2	2	2	0	1	16	.285	.307	.428
J Morales DH	3	0	0	0	1	1	25	.316	.386	.368
M Tolbert 3B-SS	3	0	1	1	1	1	16	.228	.301	.306
N Punto 2B	3	0	0	0	1	0	15	.228	.336	.285
Totals	35	13	11	13	7	4	162
BATTING 2B: O Cabrera 2 (36, Y Yabuta, A Lerew); M Tolbert (7, Y Yabuta) HR: J Kubel 2 (27, 1st inning off L Hochevar 2 on, 1 Out; 3rd inning off L Hochevar 2 on, 0 Out); D Young 2 (12, 1st inning off L Hochevar 0 on, 2 Out; 5th inning off A Lerew 0 on, 2 Out); M Cuddyer (32, 8th inning off Y Yabuta 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: J Kubel 6 (102), D Young 2 (60), O Cabrera 2 (75), M Tolbert (18), M Cuddyer 2 (94) 2-out RBI: D Young 2, O Cabrera, M Tolbert, M Cuddyer 2 Twins RISP: 4-12 (M Tolbert 1-1, O Cabrera 0-2, C Gomez 0-1, J Mauer 0-3, J Kubel 2-2, D Span 0-1, M Cuddyer 1-1, N Punto 0-1) Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING SB: D Span (23, 2nd base off L Hochevar/J Buck); C Gomez (14, 2nd base off Y Yabuta/J Buck)

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
C Pavano (W, 14-12)	5.2	8	4	4	1	7	1	93-65	5.10
B Keppel	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6-5	4.96
R Mahay	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5-2	4.32
J Rauch (H, 5)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4-3	1.80
B Duensing	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11-8	3.64
J Crain	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	14-10	4.65
F Liriano	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13-10	5.80
Totals	9.0	12	4	4	2	9	1	146-103
PITCHING B Keppel pitched to 2 batters in the 6th; R Mahay pitched to 1 batter in the 6th HBP: M Maier (By R Mahay) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: C Pavano 19/26; B Keppel 2/2; R Mahay 1/1; J Rauch 1/1; B Duensing 2/3; J Crain 5/5; F Liriano 2/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: C Pavano 15-13-19-18; B Keppel 1-0-2-2; R Mahay 1-0-1-0; J Rauch 2-0-1-0; B Duensing 0-1-4-3; J Crain 1-4-2-3; F Liriano 4-1-1-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Pavano 5-5; B Keppel 0-0; R Mahay 0-0; J Rauch 0-0; B Duensing 1-2; J Crain 0-2; F Liriano 2-1 Game Scores: C Pavano 43

Scoring Summary

			KC	MIN
	1st	J Kubel homered to right, D Span and J Mauer scored.	0	3
	1st	D Young homered to left center.	0	4
	3rd	J Kubel homered to left, O Cabrera and J Mauer scored.	0	7
	4th	M Teahen doubled to deep right, A Callaspo scored.	1	7
	5th	D Young homered to left.	1	8
	6th	A Callaspo tripled to deep right center, M Jacobs scored.	2	8
	6th	J Buck grounded out to shortstop, A Callaspo scored.	3	8
	6th	A Gordon homered to right.	4	8
	6th	O Cabrera doubled to deep left, D Span scored.	4	9
	7th	M Tolbert doubled to deep right, C Gomez scored, J Morales to third.	4	10
	8th	O Cabrera doubled to deep left, D Span scored.	4	11
	8th	M Cuddyer homered to left, O Cabrera scored.	4	13
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Game Notes

TWINS SHORTSTOP ORLANDO CABRERA SINGLED IN THE THIRD INNING TO EXTEND HIS HITTING STREAK TO 15 GAMES.

Game Information

Stadium	Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	51,155 (129.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:08
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Rick Reed, First Base - Jeff Kellogg, Second Base - Tim Timmons, Third Base - Mark Wegner