Kansas City Royals vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - August 11, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 11, 2009

Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

Kansas City leads 1-0 (as of 8/11)

Game 1: Tuesday, August 11
Kansas City	14	Final
Minnesota	6	Final
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Game 2: Wednesday, August 12
Kansas City	1	Final
Minnesota	7	Final
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Game 3: Thursday, August 13
Kansas City	5	Final
Minnesota	4	Final
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Royals 14

(44-68, 19-32 away)

Twins 6

(54-58, 31-24 home)

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8:10 PM ET, August 11, 2009

Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	4	2	2	1	0	3	0	2	0	14	18	1
MIN	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	6	12	1

W: K. Davies (4-8)

L: N. Blackburn (8-7)

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D DeJesus LF	4	1	3	1	2	0	24	.266	.335	.412
J Anderson RF	5	1	0	1	1	1	20	.234	.273	.299
B Butler 1B	6	1	1	1	0	1	25	.300	.355	.481
M Jacobs DH	6	1	3	1	0	0	22	.236	.309	.432
A Callaspo 2B	4	3	2	0	2	0	22	.306	.357	.451
M Olivo C	5	3	3	3	1	2	26	.246	.279	.486
A Gordon 3B	6	1	2	2	0	3	17	.220	.326	.317
Y Betancourt SS	4	2	2	2	1	0	25	.239	.267	.337
M Maier CF	3	1	2	2	1	0	18	.244	.323	.341
Totals	43	14	18	13	8	7	199
BATTING 2B: A Gordon 2 (2, B Keppel, N Blackburn) 3B: M Olivo (4, N Blackburn); Y Betancourt (4, B Keppel) HR: M Olivo (16, 3rd inning off B Duensing 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: B Butler (58), M Olivo 3 (42), A Gordon 2 (10), M Jacobs (39), D DeJesus (54), Y Betancourt 2 (30), M Maier 2 (16), J Anderson (18) SF: M Maier 2-out RBI: M Olivo 2, A Gordon, M Jacobs, M Maier, J Anderson GIDP: B Butler Royals RISP: 9-19 (A Gordon 1-3, Y Betancourt 2-4, M Maier 1-2, M Olivo 2-2, J Anderson 0-2, M Jacobs 1-1, D DeJesus 1-1, B Butler 1-4) Team LOB: 11
BASERUNNING SB: J Anderson (15, 2nd base off N Blackburn/J Mauer)
FIELDING E: B Butler (7, catch)

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
K Davies (W, 4-8)	5.0	5	1	1	3	6	0	105-61	6.11
R Mahay	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	33-20	4.15
D Waechter	0.1	3	3	3	2	0	0	24-14	8.44
B Chen	1.2	1	1	1	0	1	1	15-11	5.28
Totals	9.0	12	6	6	5	7	2	177-106
PITCHING WP: K Davies; D Waechter First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: K Davies 13/23; R Mahay 6/10; D Waechter 3/6; B Chen 4/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: K Davies 17-10-22-12; R Mahay 4-1-5-10; D Waechter 3-2-5-4; B Chen 1-1-5-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: K Davies 1-8; R Mahay 4-2; D Waechter 0-1; B Chen 1-3 Game Scores: K Davies 56

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF	4	0	1	2	1	2	29	.297	.381	.391
O Cabrera SS	4	1	1	1	0	1	16	.286	.322	.383
J Mauer C	4	0	3	0	0	0	17	.369	.437	.613
M Redmond C	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	.264	.331	.309
J Morneau 1B	2	0	0	0	2	0	19	.300	.386	.567
N Punto 3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	.206	.309	.251
J Kubel DH	5	0	2	0	0	0	20	.305	.376	.545
M Cuddyer RF	5	0	0	0	0	1	20	.274	.346	.512
D Young LF	5	2	2	1	0	0	11	.265	.288	.361
B Harris 3B-1B	5	2	3	1	0	1	13	.266	.305	.378
A Casilla 2B	4	1	0	0	1	1	22	.172	.266	.219
Totals	39	6	12	5	5	7	177
BATTING 2B: D Span (8, D Waechter) HR: D Young (5, 6th inning off R Mahay 0 on, 1 Out); B Harris (6, 9th inning off B Chen 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: D Young (31), D Span 2 (42), O Cabrera (47), B Harris (29) SF: O Cabrera 2-out RBI: B Harris Twins RISP: 1-8 (O Cabrera 0-1, J Kubel 0-3, D Span 1-2, M Cuddyer 0-1, N Punto 0-1) Team LOB: 12
FIELDING E: B Harris (8, catch) DP: 2 (O Cabrera-A Casilla-J Morneau, D Young-J Mauer). Outfield Assist: D Young (A Callaspo at Home).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
N Blackburn (L, 8-7)	1.2	6	6	4	2	0	0	45-24	3.99
B Duensing	1.2	5	3	3	3	2	1	59-34	5.01
B Keppel	2.2	4	3	3	0	3	0	40-26	5.16
J Crain	1.2	2	2	2	2	1	0	31-16	7.07
J Mijares	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	24-14	2.50
Totals	9.0	18	14	12	8	7	1	199-114
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: N Blackburn 7/13; B Duensing 6/13; B Keppel 7/11; J Crain 5/9; J Mijares 3/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: N Blackburn 6-1-6-11; B Duensing 6-3-17-8; B Keppel 4-5-9-8; J Crain 4-3-3-6; J Mijares 3-4-4-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: N Blackburn 3-2; B Duensing 2-1; B Keppel 1-3; J Crain 2-2; J Mijares 1-2 Game Scores: N Blackburn 21

Scoring Summary

			KC	MIN
	1st	B Butler singled to right center, J Anderson scored.	1	0
	1st	M Olivo tripled to right, B Butler and A Callaspo scored.	3	0
	1st	A Gordon hit a ground rule double to deep left, M Olivo scored.	4	0
	1st	O Cabrera scored, J Mauer to second on wild pitch by K Davies.	4	1
	2nd	B Butler grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, M Maier scored, J Anderson out at second, D DeJesus to third.	5	1
	2nd	M Jacobs singled to center, D DeJesus scored.	6	1
	3rd	M Olivo homered to left.	7	1
	3rd	D DeJesus singled to center, Y Betancourt scored, M Maier to second.	8	1
	4th	Y Betancourt singled to left, M Jacobs scored, A Callaspo to third, M Olivo to second.	9	1
	6th	A Gordon doubled to deep right center, A Callaspo scored.	10	1
	6th	Y Betancourt tripled to deep left center, A Gordon scored.	11	1
	6th	M Maier hit sacrifice fly to center, Y Betancourt scored.	12	1
	6th	D Young homered to center.	12	2
	8th	M Maier singled to right, A Callaspo scored, M Olivo to third.	13	2
	8th	J Anderson walked, M Olivo scored, M Maier to third, D DeJesus to second.	14	2
	8th	D Span doubled to deep right, D Young and B Harris scored, A Casilla to third.	14	4
	8th	O Cabrera hit sacrifice fly to center, A Casilla scored.	14	5
	9th	B Harris homered to left center.	14	6
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Game Notes

TWINS SHORTSTOP ORLANDO CABRERA SINGLED IN THE FIRST INNING TO EXTEND HIS HITTING STREAK TO 20 GAMES

Game Information

Stadium	Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	32,121 (81.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:36
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Jeff Nelson, First Base - James Hoye, Second Base - Bill Welke, Third Base - Jim Reynolds