Minnesota Twins vs. Kansas City Royals - Box Score - August 09, 2008 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 9, 2008

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Minnesota leads 2-0 (as of 8/9)

Game 1: Friday, August 8
Minnesota	4	Final
Kansas City	1	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, August 9
Minnesota	7	Final
Kansas City	3	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, August 10
Minnesota	4	Final in 12
Kansas City	5	Final in 12
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Twins 7

(65-51, 26-30 away)

Royals 3

(53-64, 27-34 home)

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7:10 PM ET, August 9, 2008

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

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

W: F. Liriano (2-3)

L: Z. Greinke (9-8)

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
D Span RF	5	0	2	2	0	0	3	.322
N Punto 2B	5	0	1	0	0	2	5	.268
J Mauer C	4	0	1	0	1	1	2	.315
J Morneau 1B	4	0	0	1	0	1	2	.308
J Kubel DH	4	2	2	0	1	0	2	.267
D Young LF	4	2	2	2	0	0	1	.290
B Buscher 3B	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	.310
A Everett SS	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	.195
C Gomez CF	2	1	0	0	2	1	2	.256
Totals	35	7	11	6	5	6	18
BATTING 3B: J Kubel (4, Z Greinke) HR: D Young (5, 2nd inning off Z Greinke 1 on, 0 Out) RBI: D Young 2 (46), B Buscher (30), D Span 2 (18), J Morneau (90) SF: J Morneau GIDP: B Buscher Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: J Mauer 1, J Kubel 1, J Morneau 1, N Punto 1 Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING SB: C Gomez (24, 2nd base off Z Greinke/J Buck) CS: N Punto (4, 2nd base by Z Greinke/J Buck) Picked Off: C Gomez (2nd base by Z Greinke)

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
F Liriano (W, 2-3)	5.2	6	3	3	2	5	1	100-64	6.55
B Bonser	2.1	1	0	0	2	3	0	41-27	6.36
D Reyes	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	17-11	2.53
Totals	9.0	8	3	3	4	9	1	158-102
PITCHING Batters faced: F Liriano 25; B Bonser 10; D Reyes 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: F Liriano 3-9; B Bonser 3-1; D Reyes 1-1 Game Scores: F Liriano 48

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
M Aviles SS	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	.343
D DeJesus CF	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	.297
M Maier CF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.306
B Butler 1B	5	0	0	0	0	1	4	.270
J Guillen LF	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	.259
M Olivo DH	4	1	1	1	0	0	3	.261
A Gordon 3B	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	.258
M Teahen RF	4	0	2	2	0	1	1	.248
J Buck C	4	0	0	0	0	2	4	.234
E German 2B	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.219
a-J Smith PH-2B	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Totals	35	3	8	3	4	9	17
a-struck out swinging for E German in the 7th
BATTING 2B: A Gordon (28, F Liriano); J Guillen (32, F Liriano); M Teahen (17, F Liriano) HR: M Olivo (11, 4th inning off F Liriano 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: M Olivo (34), M Teahen 2 (38) 2-out RBI: M Teahen 2 Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: M Olivo 2, E German 1, J Buck 2 Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING SB: M Aviles (4, 3rd base off F Liriano/J Mauer); D DeJesus (10, 2nd base off F Liriano/J Mauer)
FIELDING E: A Gordon (12, ground ball); R Tejeda (2, throw) DP: 1 (M Aviles-E German-B Butler).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
Z Greinke (L, 9-8)	5.0	9	6	5	3	6	1	100-59	4.09
L Nunez	2.0	2	1	0	1	0	0	23-12	2.76
R Tejeda	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	23-14	4.00
Totals	9.0	11	7	5	5	6	1	146-85
PITCHING IBB: J Mauer (By L Nunez) HBP: D Young (By Z Greinke) Batters faced: Z Greinke 26; L Nunez 9; R Tejeda 7 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Z Greinke 4-3; L Nunez 3-3; R Tejeda 5-1 Game Scores: Z Greinke 30

Scoring Summary

			MIN	KC
	2nd	D Young homered to center, J Kubel scored.	2	0
	4th	M Olivo homered to left.	2	1
	6th	B Buscher singled to left, J Kubel scored, D Young to second.	3	1
	6th	C Gomez grounded into fielder's choice to third, D Young scored on error by third baseman A Gordon, B Buscher to third, A Everett to second.	4	1
	6th	D Span singled to left, B Buscher and A Everett scored, C Gomez to third, D Span to second advancing on throw.	6	1
	6th	J Morneau hit sacrifice fly to center, C Gomez scored, D Span to third.	7	1
	6th	M Teahen doubled to deep left center, J Guillen and A Gordon scored.	7	3
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