Boxscore: Minnesota vs. Kansas City - August 9, 2008

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Saturday, August 9, 2008:

Twins 7, Royals 3

Twins(65-51)

Minnesota at Kansas City linescore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
min (65-51)	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	7	11	0
kc (53-64)	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	8	2
Gameday

Royals(53-64)

Minnesota	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Span, RF	5	0	2	2	0	0	3	.322
Punto, 2B	5	0	1	0	0	2	5	.268
Mauer, C	4	0	1	0	1	1	2	.315
Morneau, 1B	4	0	0	1	0	1	2	.308
Kubel, DH	4	2	2	0	1	0	2	.267
Young, D, LF	4	2	2	2	0	0	1	.290
Buscher, 3B	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	.310
Everett, SS	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	.195
Gomez, CF	2	1	0	0	2	1	4	.256
Totals	35	7	11	6	5	6	20	.278

Kansas City	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Aviles, SS	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	.343
DeJesus, CF	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	.297
Maier, CF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.306
Butler, 1B	5	0	0	0	0	1	4	.270
Guillen, J, LF	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	.259
Olivo, DH	4	1	1	1	0	0	3	.261
Gordon, 3B	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	.258
Teahen, RF	4	0	2	2	0	1	1	.248
Buck, J, C	4	0	0	0	0	2	4	.234
German, 2B	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.219
a-Smith, J, PH-2B	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Totals	35	3	8	3	4	9	17	.263

a-Struck out for German in the 7th.

BATTING
3B: Kubel (4, Greinke).
HR: Young, D (5, 2nd inning off Greinke, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Span 2; Punto; Mauer; Kubel 4; Young, D 5; Buscher 2; Everett.
RBI: Young, D 2 (46), Buscher (30), Span 2 (18), Morneau (90).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Morneau; Punto; Kubel; Mauer.
SF: Morneau.
GIDP: Buscher.
Team RISP: 2-for-13.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
SB: Gomez (24, 2nd base off Greinke/Buck, J).
CS: Punto (3, 2nd base by Greinke/Buck, J).
PO: Gomez (2nd base by Greinke).

BATTING
2B: Gordon (28, Liriano), Guillen, J (32, Liriano), Teahen (17, Liriano).
HR: Olivo (11, 4th inning off Liriano, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Aviles 2; Maier; Guillen, J 2; Olivo 4; Gordon 2; Teahen 3.
RBI: Olivo (34), Teahen 2 (38).
2-out RBI: Teahen 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Olivo 2; German; Buck, J 2.
Team RISP: 1-for-10.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
SB: DeJesus (10, 2nd base off Liriano/Mauer), Aviles (4, 3rd base off Liriano/Mauer).

FIELDING
E: Gordon (12, fielding), Tejeda (2, pickoff).
DP: (Aviles-German-Butler).
Pickoffs: Greinke (Gomez at 2nd base).

Minnesota	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Liriano(W, 2-3)	5.2	6	3	3	2	5	1	6.55
Bonser	2.1	1	0	0	2	3	0	6.36
Reyes	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.53
Totals	9.0	8	3	3	4	9	1	4.31

Kansas City	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Greinke(L, 9-8)	5.0	9	6	5	3	6	1	4.09
Oviedo	2.0	2	1	0	1	0	0	2.76
Tejeda	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.00
Totals	9.0	11	7	5	5	6	1	4.60

Greinke pitched to 4 batters in the 6th.

IBB: Mauer (by Oviedo).
HBP: Young, D (by Greinke).
Pitches-strikes: Liriano 100-64, Bonser 41-27, Reyes 17-11, Greinke 100-59, Oviedo 23-12, Tejeda 23-14.
Groundouts-flyouts: Liriano 3-3, Bonser 3-1, Reyes 1-0, Greinke 4-3, Oviedo 3-2, Tejeda 5-1.
Batters faced: Liriano 25, Bonser 10, Reyes 4, Greinke 26, Oviedo 9, Tejeda 7.
Inherited runners-scored: Bonser 1-0, Oviedo 3-3.
Umpires: HP: Alfonso Marquez. 1B: Bob Davidson. 2B: Rob Drake. 3B: Andy Fletcher.
Weather: 75 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 7 mph, R to L.
T: 3:15.
Att: 27,960.
Compiled by MLB Advanced Media

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