Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Minnesota 5,
Kansas City 4
When: 4:10 PM ET, Saturday, October 3, 2009
Where: Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Mark Wegner, 1B - Rick Reed, 2B - Jeff Kellogg, 3B - Tim Timmons
Attendance: 48644
Where: Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Mark Wegner, 1B - Rick Reed, 2B - Jeff Kellogg, 3B - Tim Timmons
Attendance: 48644
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | X | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Willie Bloomquist | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .266 |
| Mitch Maier | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .246 |
| Billy Butler | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .303 |
| Mike Jacobs | DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .228 |
| Alberto Jose Callaspo | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .298 |
| Mark Teahen | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .270 |
| Miguel Olivo | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .249 |
| Alex Gordon | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .231 |
| Luis Hernandez | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .186 |
| Brayan Pena | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .274 |
| Tug Hulett | PR-SS | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .059 |
| Totals | 32 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Miguel Olivo (15) | |||||||||
| HR - Mike Jacobs (19), Alex Gordon (5) | |||||||||
| TB - Willie Bloomquist, Mike Jacobs 5, Alberto Jose Callaspo, Miguel Olivo 2, Alex Gordon 4, Brayan Pena | |||||||||
| RBI - Mike Jacobs (61), Alex Gordon 2 (21) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alex Gordon 2 (22) | |||||||||
| S - Mark Teahen (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Mitch Maier (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 2 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Zack Greinke | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2.16 |
| Roman Colon | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.83 |
| Dusty Hughes (L 0-2) | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.61 |
| Juan Cruz | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.72 |
| HBP - Michael Cuddyer (by Greinke) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Zack Greinke 96-63, Roman Colon 12-7, Dusty Hughes 11-6, Juan Cruz 5-3 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Zack Greinke 6-6, Roman Colon 0-2, Dusty Hughes 1-1, Juan Cruz 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Zack Greinke 26, Roman Colon 3, Dusty Hughes 3, Juan Cruz 2 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Dusty Hughes 1-0 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Denard Span | CF-RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .312 |
| Orlando Cabrera | SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .282 |
| Joe Mauer | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .366 |
| Jason Kubel | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .296 |
| Carlos Gomez | CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .228 |
| Michael Cuddyer | 1B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .277 |
| Delmon Young | LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .283 |
| Jose Morales | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .325 |
| Matt Tolbert | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .226 |
| Nick Punto | 2B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .230 |
| Totals | 30 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jason Kubel (35), Delmon Young (16) | |||||||||
| HR - Michael Cuddyer (31) | |||||||||
| TB - Orlando Cabrera 2, Joe Mauer, Jason Kubel 2, Michael Cuddyer 4, Delmon Young 3, Jose Morales | |||||||||
| RBI - Joe Mauer (96), Michael Cuddyer (92), Delmon Young 3 (58) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Joe Mauer (37), Delmon Young 3 (21) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Matt Tolbert (21) | |||||||||
| S - Denard Span (11) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Delmon Young (5, 2nd by Greinke/Olivo) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Nick Blackburn | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4.03 |
| Jose Mijares | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.34 |
| Jon Rauch (W 5-1; BS 2) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.84 |
| Joe Nathan (SV 47) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.15 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Nick Blackburn 88-60, Jose Mijares 4-3, Jon Rauch 7-6, Joe Nathan 15-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Nick Blackburn 9-7, Jose Mijares 0-0, Jon Rauch 2-1, Joe Nathan 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Nick Blackburn 25, Jose Mijares 2, Jon Rauch 3, Joe Nathan 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Jose Mijares 1-1, Jon Rauch 1-1 | ||||||||