Starting Lineups:
Minnesota Twins Kansas City Royals
1. Ford cf DeJesus lf
2. Punto 2b Grudzielanek 2b
3. Redmond c Mientkiewicz 1b
4. Cuddyer rf Brown rf
5. Morneau 1b Stairs dh
6. Hunter dh Teahen 3b
7. Stewart lf Berroa ss
8. Tiffee 3b Buck c
9. Bartlett ss Gathright cf
Bonser p Gobble p
TWINS 1ST: Ford lined to third; Punto flied to center; Redmond
singled to right; Cuddyer walked [Redmond to second]; Morneau
flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: DeJesus walked; Grudzielanek struck out;
Mientkiewicz singled to right [DeJesus to third]; Brown struck
out; Stairs flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0,
Royals 0.
TWINS 2ND: Hunter grounded out (third to first); Stewart struck
out; Tiffee grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Teahen flied to right; Berroa struck out; Buck
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins
0, Royals 0.
TWINS 3RD: Bartlett singled to right; Ford homered to left
[Bartlett scored]; Punto singled to pitcher; Redmond grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Punto out at
second]; Cuddyer flied to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2,
Royals 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Gathright flied to left; DeJesus homered to right;
Grudzielanek doubled to center; Mientkiewicz struck out; Brown
walked; Stairs walked [Grudzielanek to third, Brown to second];
Teahen walked [Grudzielanek scored, Brown to third, Stairs to
second]; Berroa singled to left [Brown scored, Stairs scored,
Teahen out at home (left to second to first to catcher) (error
by Stewart)]; 4 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 4.
TWINS 4TH: Morneau walked; Hunter walked [Morneau to second];
Stewart grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Morneau to third, Hunter out at second]; Tiffee struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 4.
ROYALS 4TH: LOHSE REPLACED BONSER (PITCHING); Buck struck out;
Gathright grounded out (pitcher to first); DeJesus grounded out
(pitcher to second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2,
Royals 4.
TWINS 5TH: Bartlett grounded out (third to first); Ford singled
to second; Punto flied to left; Redmond grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 4.
ROYALS 5TH: Grudzielanek doubled to left; Mientkiewicz flied to
center [Grudzielanek to third]; Brown singled to right
[Grudzielanek scored]; Stairs grounded out (second to first)
[Brown to second]; Teahen struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 2, Royals 5.
TWINS 6TH: PERALTA REPLACED GOBBLE (PITCHING); Cuddyer grounded
out (third to first); Morneau singled to left; Hunter struck
out; Stewart flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2,
Royals 5.
ROYALS 6TH: Berroa popped to second; Buck struck out; Gathright
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 5.
TWINS 7TH: Tiffee struck out; Bartlett flied to right; Ford
flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 5.
ROYALS 7TH: DeJesus singled to center; Grudzielanek grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [DeJesus out
at second]; Mientkiewicz singled to right; Brown lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 5.
TWINS 8TH: DESSENS REPLACED PERALTA (PITCHING); Punto singled to
right; Redmond grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Punto out at second]; Cuddyer was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 5.
ROYALS 8TH: EYRE REPLACED LOHSE (PITCHING); Stairs doubled to
left; Teahen singled to left [Stairs stayed at second]; GERMAN
RAN FOR STAIRS; Berroa out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [German to third, Teahen to second]; Buck singled to
right [German scored, Teahen scored]; Gathright grounded out
(catcher to first) [Buck to second]; DeJesus was walked
intentionally; Grudzielanek grounded out (pitcher to first); 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 7.
TWINS 9TH: GERMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Morneau flied to
left; Hunter singled to center; Stewart flied to right; Tiffee
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2,
Royals 7.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Twins 2 8 1 6
Royals 7 11 0 7