Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 8, Minnesota 1
When: 2:10 PM ET, Sunday, September 2, 2007
Where: Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Jim Joyce, 1B - Jeff Nelson, 2B - Jim Wolf, 3B - Tim Tschida
Attendance: 26454
Where: Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Jim Joyce, 1B - Jeff Nelson, 2B - Jim Wolf, 3B - Tim Tschida
Attendance: 26454
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | X | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Team Records
| Team | W/L | Home | Away | Streak |
| Kansas City | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | W1 |
| Minnesota | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | L1 |
Recap Quick Hits
- With this loss, the Minnesota Twins have a 0-0 record at home this season. The Kansas City Royals have a 0-0 record on the road.
- Minnesota has a streak of 1 straight up loss. The Twins have won 0 of their last 10 games.
- Kansas City has a streak of 1 straight up win. The Royals have won 0 of their last 10 games.
- Brian Bannister pitched 8.0 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 0.00. Boof Bonser took the loss for Minnesota.
- Alex Gordon (2), John Buck hit homeruns for Kansas City.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Kansas City | Minnesota | |
| Brian Bannister | Player | Boof Bonser |
| Win | W/L | Loss |
| 8.0 | IP | 1.2 |
| 1 | Strikeouts | 0 |
| 6 | Hits | 7 |
| 1.12 | ERA | 27.00 |
Hitting
| Kansas City | Minnesota | |
| John Buck | Player | Garrett Jones |
| 3 | Hits | 3 |
| 2 | RBI | 0 |
| 1 | HR | 0 |
| 6 | TB | 3 |
| .600 | Avg | 1.000 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| Kansas City | 16 | 3 | 28 | .381 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 6 | 0 | 6 | .207 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |