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Retrosheet Boxscore: Minnesota Twins 5, Kansas City Royals 4

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Minnesota Twins 5, Kansas City Royals 4

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Game Played on Saturday, October 3, 2009 (D) at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

KC  A    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  3  0  -   4  7  0
MIN A    0  0  0    0  0  4    0  1  x  -   5  8  0
BATTING
Kansas City Royals           AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Bloomquist lf                 4   0   1   0       0   1       2   0
Maier cf                      4   0   0   0       0   1       5   0
Butler 1b                     4   0   0   0       0   0       7   1
Jacobs dh                     4   1   2   1       0   1       0   0
Callaspo 2b                   4   0   1   0       0   0       1   2
Teahen rf                     3   0   0   0       0   1       1   0
Olivo c                       3   1   1   0       0   1       5   1
Gordon 3b                     3   1   1   2       0   1       0   2
Hernandez ss                  2   0   0   0       0   1       2   0
  B. Pena ph                  1   0   1   0       0   0       0   0
  Hulett pr,ss                0   1   0   0       0   0       0   0
Greinke p                     0   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
  Colon p                     0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Hughes p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
  Cruz p                      0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       32   4   7   3       0   7      24   7
BATTING - 
2B: Olivo (15,off Blackburn).
HR: Jacobs (19,7th inning off Blackburn 0 on 1 out); Gordon (5,8th inning off
Mijares 1 on 0 out).
SH: Teahen (2,off Blackburn).
GDP: Maier (6,off Rauch).
Team LOB: 2.
Minnesota Twins              AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Span cf,rf                    3   0   0   0       0   0       3   0
Cabrera ss                    4   0   2   0       0   0       3   3
Mauer c                       3   1   1   1       1   0       7   0
Kubel rf                      4   1   1   0       0   1       3   0
  Gomez cf                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Cuddyer 1b                    3   2   1   1       0   1       8   1
Young lf                      4   0   2   3       0   0       0   0
Morales dh                    4   0   1   0       0   2       0   0
Tolbert 3b                    3   0   0   0       0   0       0   2
Punto 2b                      2   1   0   0       1   1       1   4
Blackburn p                   0   0   0   0       0   0       2   0
  Mijares p                   0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Rauch p                     0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Nathan p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       30   5   8   5       2   5      27  10
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Punto-Cabrera-Cuddyer.
BATTING - 
2B: Kubel (35,off Greinke); Young (16,off Greinke).
HR: Cuddyer (31,8th inning off Hughes 0 on 1 out).
SH: Span (11,off Greinke).
HBP: Cuddyer (6,by Greinke).
Team LOB: 5.
BASERUNNING - 
CS: Young (5,2nd base by Greinke/Olivo).
PITCHING
Kansas City Royals           IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Greinke                       6     6   4   4   2   5   0  26
Colon                         0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3
Hughes L(0-2)                 0.2   1   1   1   0   0   1   3
Cruz                          0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2
Totals                        8     8   5   5   2   5   1  34
HBP: Greinke (4,Cuddyer).
Inherited Runners - Scored: Hughes 1-0.
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Minnesota Twins              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Blackburn                     7     4   2   2   0   5   1  25
Mijares                       0     2   2   2   0   0   1   2
Rauch W(5-1)                  1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3
Nathan SV(47)                 1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3
Totals                        9     7   4   4   0   7   2  33
Blackburn faced 1 batter in the 8th inning
Mijares faced 2 batters in the 8th inning
Inherited Runners - Scored: Mijares 1-1; Rauch 1-1.
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Umpires: HP - Mark Wegner, 1B - Rick Reed, 2B - Jeff Kellogg, 3B - Tim Timmons
Official Scorer: Stew Thornley
Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 48644
Starting Lineups:

   Kansas City Royals            Minnesota Twins          
1. Bloomquist          lf        Span                cf
2. Maier               cf        Cabrera             ss
3. Butler              1b        Mauer               c
4. Jacobs              dh        Kubel               rf
5. Callaspo            2b        Cuddyer             1b
6. Teahen              rf        Young               lf
7. Olivo               c         Morales             dh
8. Gordon              3b        Tolbert             3b
9. Hernandez           ss        Punto               2b
   Greinke             p         Blackburn           p

ROYALS 1ST: Bloomquist flied to right; Maier grounded out
(second to first); Butler flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Royals 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Span flied to center; Cabrera grounded out (first
unassisted); Mauer walked; Kubel flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Jacobs grounded out (first to pitcher); Callaspo
flied to center; Teahen grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Cuddyer lined to second; Young grounded out (first
unassisted); Morales was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Olivo struck out; Gordon was called out on strikes;
Hernandez grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Tolbert grounded out (second to first); Punto was
called out on strikes; Span flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Bloomquist was called out on strikes; Maier popped
to shortstop; Butler grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Cabrera singled to center; Mauer flied to left; Kubel
was called out on strikes; Cuddyer struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Jacobs singled to right; Callaspo singled to right
[Jacobs to second]; Teahen out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
first) [Jacobs to third, Callaspo to second]; Olivo grounded out
(third to first); Gordon popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Royals 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Young singled to center; Morales struck out; Young
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Tolbert
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Twins 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Hernandez struck out; Bloomquist grounded out
(shortstop to first); Maier struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Royals 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: Punto walked; Span out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to first) [Punto to second]; Cabrera grounded out (third to
first) [Punto to third]; Mauer singled to right [Punto scored];
Kubel doubled [Mauer to third]; Cuddyer was hit by a pitch;
Young doubled to right [Mauer scored, Kubel scored, Cuddyer
scored]; Morales singled to shortstop [Young to third]; Tolbert
lined to shortstop; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 4.

ROYALS 7TH: Butler grounded out (shortstop to first); Jacobs
homered to right; Callaspo flied to right; Teahen popped to
shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 4.

TWINS 7TH: COLON REPLACED GREINKE (PITCHING); Punto flied to
center; Span flied to center; Cabrera singled to center; HUGHES
REPLACED COLON (PITCHING); Mauer flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 4.

ROYALS 8TH: Olivo doubled; MIJARES REPLACED BLACKBURN
(PITCHING); Gordon homered to right [Olivo scored]; B. PENA
BATTED FOR HERNANDEZ; B. Pena singled to center; RAUCH REPLACED
MIJARES (PITCHING); HULETT RAN FOR B. PENA; Bloomquist singled
to center [Hulett to third]; Maier grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Hulett scored (no RBI),
Bloomquist out at second]; Butler flied to right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 4, Twins 4.

TWINS 8TH: HULETT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Kubel grounded
out (first to pitcher); Cuddyer homered to left; CRUZ REPLACED
HUGHES (PITCHING); Young grounded out (second to first); Morales
flied to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Twins 5.

ROYALS 9TH: SPAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); GOMEZ REPLACED
KUBEL (PLAYING CF); NATHAN REPLACED RAUCH (PITCHING); Jacobs
struck out; Callaspo lined to right; Teahen struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Twins 5.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Royals           4   7   0    2
 Twins            5   8   0    5
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