Final
Minnesota won 3-0
| Game 1: Friday, August 21 | ||
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| Minnesota | 5 | Final in 10 |
| Kansas City | 4 | |
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| Game 2: Saturday, August 22 | ||
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| Minnesota | 8 | Final |
| Kansas City | 7 | |
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| Game 3: Sunday, August 23 | ||
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| Minnesota | 10 | Final |
| Kansas City | 3 | |
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2:10 PM ET, August 23, 2009
Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
W: C. Pavano (11-9)
L: B. Bannister (7-10)
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Minnesota - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Bannister pitching for Kansas City | MIN | KC |
| D Span struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| O Cabrera flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| J Mauer grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Carl Pavano pitching for Minnesota | MIN | KC |
| D DeJesus reached on infield single to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| B Pena flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| B Butler singled to right, D DeJesus to third. | 0 | 0 |
| M Jacobs popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| A Callaspo grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Brian Bannister pitching for Kansas City | MIN | KC |
| J Kubel lined out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| M Cuddyer grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| B Harris walked. | 0 | 0 |
| B Harris to second on wild pitch by B Bannister. | 0 | 0 |
| D Young struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Carl Pavano pitching for Minnesota | MIN | KC |
| M Teahen flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| M Maier grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Y Betancourt singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| J Anderson grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Brian Bannister pitching for Kansas City | MIN | KC |
| C Gomez singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| A Casilla flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| D Span singled to right, C Gomez to third. | 0 | 0 |
| O Cabrera safe at first on error by third baseman M Teahen, C Gomez scored, D Span to second. | 1 | 0 |
| J Mauer flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| J Kubel grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Carl Pavano pitching for Minnesota | MIN | KC |
| D DeJesus grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| B Pena flied out to right. | 1 | 0 |
| B Butler grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Brian Bannister pitching for Kansas City | MIN | KC |
| M Cuddyer singled to center. | 1 | 0 |
| B Harris flied out to right. | 1 | 0 |
| D Young grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, M Cuddyer out at second. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Carl Pavano pitching for Minnesota | MIN | KC |
| M Jacobs struck out looking. | 1 | 0 |
| A Callaspo grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| M Teahen lined out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Brian Bannister pitching for Kansas City | MIN | KC |
| C Gomez popped out to catcher. | 1 | 0 |
| A Casilla grounded out to first. | 1 | 0 |
| D Span fouled out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Carl Pavano pitching for Minnesota | MIN | KC |
| M Maier flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Y Betancourt fouled out to first. | 1 | 0 |
| J Anderson struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Brian Bannister pitching for Kansas City | MIN | KC |
| O Cabrera flied out to right. | 1 | 0 |
| J Mauer lined out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| J Kubel lined out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Carl Pavano pitching for Minnesota | MIN | KC |
| D DeJesus doubled to deep center. | 1 | 0 |
| B Pena bunt grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 0 |
| B Butler grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| M Jacobs singled to center, D DeJesus scored. | 1 | 1 |
| A Callaspo grounded out to second. | 1 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Brian Bannister pitching for Kansas City | MIN | KC |
| M Cuddyer homered to left. | 2 | 1 |
| B Harris doubled to left. | 2 | 1 |
| D Young singled to left, B Harris scored. | 3 | 1 |
| K Farnsworth relieved B Bannister. | 3 | 1 |
| C Gomez reached on infield single to shortstop, D Young to second. | 3 | 1 |
| A Casilla reached on bunt single to third, D Young to third, C Gomez to second. | 3 | 1 |
| D Span tripled to right, D Young, C Gomez and A Casilla scored. | 6 | 1 |
| O Cabrera hit sacrifice fly to left, D Span scored. | 7 | 1 |
| J Mauer singled to right center. | 7 | 1 |
| J Kubel struck out swinging. | 7 | 1 |
| M Cuddyer homered to left, J Mauer scored. | 9 | 1 |
| B Harris flied out to right. | 9 | 1 |
| 8 Runs, 8 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Carl Pavano pitching for Minnesota | MIN | KC |
| M Teahen singled to right center. | 9 | 1 |
| M Maier singled to right, M Teahen to second. | 9 | 1 |
| Y Betancourt flied out to right. | 9 | 1 |
| J Anderson singled to left, M Teahen to third, M Maier to second. | 9 | 1 |
| D DeJesus hit sacrifice fly to right, M Teahen scored. | 9 | 2 |
| B Pena popped out to third. | 9 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Bruce Chen pitching for Kansas City | MIN | KC |
| B Chen relieved K Farnsworth. | 9 | 2 |
| D Young flied out to right. | 9 | 2 |
| C Gomez grounded out to third. | 9 | 2 |
| A Casilla grounded out to shortstop. | 9 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Jeff Manship pitching for Minnesota | MIN | KC |
| J Manship relieved C Pavano. | 9 | 2 |
| B Butler reached on infield single to shortstop. | 9 | 2 |
| M Jacobs doubled to deep right center, B Butler scored. | 9 | 3 |
| A Callaspo flied out to center. | 9 | 3 |
| M Teahen grounded out to first, M Jacobs to third. | 9 | 3 |
| M Maier flied out to left. | 9 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Bruce Chen pitching for Kansas City | MIN | KC |
| D Span struck out looking. | 9 | 3 |
| O Cabrera doubled to right. | 9 | 3 |
| J Mauer singled to left, O Cabrera scored. | 10 | 3 |
| J Kubel singled to right, J Mauer to second. | 10 | 3 |
| M Cuddyer flied out to right. | 10 | 3 |
| B Harris grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J Kubel out at second. | 10 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Bobby Keppel pitching for Minnesota | MIN | KC |
| B Keppel relieved J Manship. | 10 | 3 |
| Y Betancourt grounded out to shortstop. | 10 | 3 |
| J Anderson grounded out to shortstop. | 10 | 3 |
| D DeJesus grounded out to second. | 10 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||