Kansas City Royals vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - August 12, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 12, 2009

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Series tied 1-1 (as of 8/12)

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 1

(44-69, 19-33 away)

Twins 7

(55-58, 32-24 home)

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8:10 PM ET, August 12, 2009

Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0
MIN	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	-	7	10	1

W: F. Liriano (5-11)

L: B. Bannister (7-9)

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D DeJesus LF	4	0	1	0	0	2	14	.266	.334	.411
W Bloomquist 2B	4	1	1	1	0	1	20	.257	.303	.358
B Butler DH	4	0	0	0	0	3	18	.298	.352	.476
M Olivo C	4	0	0	0	0	1	10	.243	.276	.479
A Callaspo 3B	3	0	1	0	1	1	18	.307	.359	.450
M Teahen 1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	9	.280	.336	.422
M Maier CF	3	0	0	0	0	2	13	.240	.317	.335
Y Betancourt SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	10	.237	.264	.333
J Anderson RF	3	0	1	0	0	0	13	.235	.274	.299
Totals	31	1	4	1	1	12	125
BATTING HR: W Bloomquist (4, 1st inning off F Liriano 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: W Bloomquist (22) Team LOB: 4
FIELDING DP: 1 (W Bloomquist-Y Betancourt-M Teahen).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B Bannister (L, 7-9)	6.0	9	7	7	1	3	1	94-57	4.26
J Bale	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11-7	6.46
J Wright	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	24-12	4.94
Totals	8.0	10	7	7	2	5	1	129-76
PITCHING WP: J Wright HBP: C Gomez (By J Wright) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Bannister 12/27; J Bale 3/3; J Wright 2/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Bannister 16-6-12-23; J Bale 4-0-1-2; J Wright 2-4-3-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Bannister 10-5; J Bale 1-1; J Wright 1-1 Game Scores: B Bannister 28

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF-LF	3	0	1	1	0	1	18	.297	.380	.390
O Cabrera SS	4	0	1	1	0	0	10	.286	.321	.384
J Mauer C	4	1	1	0	0	1	16	.368	.435	.608
J Morneau 1B	3	1	1	0	1	0	13	.300	.387	.566
J Kubel DH	4	1	1	1	0	1	18	.305	.375	.541
M Cuddyer RF	4	1	1	1	0	1	16	.273	.345	.509
J Crede 3B	3	2	3	3	1	0	14	.239	.298	.448
D Young LF	3	1	1	0	0	1	7	.266	.289	.365
C Gomez PR-CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.238	.298	.371
N Punto 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	13	.202	.305	.247
Totals	32	7	10	7	2	5	129
BATTING 2B: D Young (7, B Bannister); O Cabrera (28, B Bannister) HR: J Crede (15, 1st inning off B Bannister 2 on, 2 Out) RBI: J Kubel (63), M Cuddyer (57), J Crede 3 (44), D Span (43), O Cabrera (48) SF: D Span 2-out RBI: J Kubel, M Cuddyer, J Crede 3, O Cabrera GIDP: N Punto Twins RISP: 4-8 (O Cabrera 1-1, J Mauer 0-2, J Kubel 1-1, J Crede 1-1, M Cuddyer 1-1, N Punto 0-2) Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING SB: D Span (18, 2nd base off B Bannister/M Olivo)
FIELDING E: O Cabrera (16, catch)

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
F Liriano (W, 5-11)	7.0	3	1	1	1	8	1	91-59	5.39
M Guerrier	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	18-14	2.24
J Nathan	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	16-12	1.65
Totals	9.0	4	1	1	1	12	1	125-85
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: F Liriano 15/25; M Guerrier 3/4; J Nathan 3/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: F Liriano 16-11-17-15; M Guerrier 5-0-6-3; J Nathan 6-2-4-0 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: F Liriano 5-8; M Guerrier 1-1; J Nathan 0-0 Game Scores: F Liriano 74

Scoring Summary

			KC	MIN
	1st	W Bloomquist homered to left.	1	0
	1st	J Kubel singled to center, J Mauer scored, J Morneau to second.	1	1
	1st	M Cuddyer singled to right, J Morneau scored, J Kubel to second.	1	2
	1st	J Crede homered to left, J Kubel and M Cuddyer scored.	1	5
	4th	D Span hit sacrifice fly to left, J Crede scored.	1	6
	4th	O Cabrera doubled to right, D Young scored.	1	7
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Game Notes

TWINS SHORTSTOP ORLANDO CABRERA EXTENDED HIS HITTING STREAK TO 21 GAMES WITH A DOUBLE IN THE FOURTH INNING.

Game Information

Stadium	Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	30,105 (76.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:18
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - James Hoye, First Base - Bill Welke, Second Base - Jim Reynolds, Third Base - Jeff Nelson