Boxscore: Kansas City vs. Minnesota - October 3, 2009

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Saturday, October 3, 2009:

Twins 5, Royals 4

Royals(65-96)

Kansas City at Minnesota linescore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
kc (65-96)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	4	7	0
min (85-76)	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1		5	8	0
Gameday Wrap

Twins(85-76)

Kansas City	AB	R	H	RBI	SO	LOB	AVG
Bloomquist, LF	4	0	1	0	1	0	.266
Maier, CF	4	0	0	0	1	1	.246
Butler, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.303
Jacobs, DH	4	1	2	1	1	0	.228
Callaspo, 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	.298
Teahen, RF	3	0	0	0	1	0	.270
Olivo, C	3	1	1	0	1	2	.249
Gordon, 3B	3	1	1	2	1	2	.231
Hernandez, L, SS	2	0	0	0	1	0	.186
a-Pena, B, PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	.274
1-Hulett, PR-SS	0	1	0	0	0	0	.059
Totals	32	4	7	3	7	5	.259

a-Singled for Hernandez, L in the 8th.
1-Ran for Pena, B in the 8th.

Minnesota	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Span, CF-RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.312
Cabrera, O, SS	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	.282
Mauer, C	3	1	1	1	1	0	2	.366
Kubel, RF	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	.296
Gomez, CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228
Cuddyer, 1B	3	2	1	1	0	1	1	.277
Young, D, LF	4	0	2	3	0	0	0	.283
Morales, J, DH	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	.325
Tolbert, 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.226
Punto, 2B	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	.230
Totals	30	5	8	5	2	5	9	.274

BATTING
2B: Olivo (15, Blackburn).
HR: Jacobs (19, 7th inning off Blackburn, 0 on, 1 out), Gordon (5, 8th inning off Mijares, Jo, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Bloomquist; Jacobs 5; Callaspo; Olivo 2; Gordon 4; Pena, B.
RBI: Jacobs (61), Gordon 2 (21).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Gordon 2.
SAC: Teahen.
GIDP: Maier.
Team RISP: 1-for-4.
Team LOB: 2.

BATTING
2B: Kubel (35, Greinke), Young, D (16, Greinke).
HR: Cuddyer (31, 8th inning off Hughes, D, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Cabrera, O 2; Mauer; Kubel 2; Cuddyer 4; Young, D 3; Morales, J.
RBI: Mauer (96), Young, D 3 (58), Cuddyer (92).
2-out RBI: Mauer; Young, D 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Tolbert.
SAC: Span.
Team RISP: 3-for-5.
Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING
CS: Young, D (5, 2nd base by Greinke/Olivo).

FIELDING
DP: (Punto-Cabrera, O-Cuddyer).

Kansas City	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Greinke	6.0	6	4	4	2	5	0	2.16
Colon	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.83
Hughes, D(L, 0-2)	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	4.61
Cruz, J	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.72
Totals	8.0	8	5	5	2	5	1	4.77

Minnesota	IP	H	R	ER	SO	HR	ERA
Blackburn	7.0	4	2	2	5	1	4.03
Mijares, Jo	0.0	2	2	2	0	1	2.34
Rauch(BS, 3)(W, 7-3)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	3.65
Nathan(S, 47)	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	2.15
Totals	9.0	7	4	4	7	2	4.51

Blackburn pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
Mijares, Jo pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.

HBP: Cuddyer (by Greinke).
Pitches-strikes: Greinke 96-63, Colon 12-7, Hughes, D 11-6, Cruz, J 5-3, Blackburn 88-60, Mijares, Jo 4-3, Rauch 7-6, Nathan 15-10.
Groundouts-flyouts: Greinke 6-4, Colon 0-2, Hughes, D 1-1, Cruz, J 1-1, Blackburn 9-4, Mijares, Jo 0-0, Rauch 1-1, Nathan 0-0.
Batters faced: Greinke 26, Colon 3, Hughes, D 3, Cruz, J 2, Blackburn 25, Mijares, Jo 2, Rauch 3, Nathan 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Hughes, D 1-0, Mijares, Jo 1-1, Rauch 1-1.
Umpires: HP: Mark Wegner. 1B: Rick Reed. 2B: Jeff Kellogg. 3B: Tim Timmons.
Weather: 68 degrees, dome.
Wind: Indoors.
T: 2:34.
Att: 48,644.
Compiled by MLB Advanced Media

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