Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
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 |
Team Records
| Team | W/L | Home | Away | Streak |
| Kansas City | 65-96 | 33-48 | 32-48 | L2 |
| Minnesota | 85-76 | 47-33 | 38-43 | W3 |
Recap Quick Hits
- With this win, the Minnesota Twins have a 47-33 record at home this season. The Kansas City Royals have a 32-48 record on the road.
- Minnesota has a streak of 3 straight up wins. The Twins have won 7 of their last 10 games.
- Kansas City has a streak of 2 straight up losses. The Royals have won 2 of their last 10 games.
- Jon Rauch pitched 1.0 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 1.84. Joe Nathan closed out the game to get the save and has 47 saves for the season. Dusty Hughes took the loss for Kansas City.
- Michael Cuddyer had the only homerun for Minnesota. Mike Jacobs, Alex Gordon hit homeruns for Kansas City.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Kansas City | Minnesota | |
| Zack Greinke | Player | Nick Blackburn |
| No Decision | W/L | No Decision |
| 6.0 | IP | 7.0 |
| 5 | Strikeouts | 5 |
| 6 | Hits | 4 |
| 6.00 | ERA | 2.57 |
Hitting
| Kansas City | Minnesota | |
| Mike Jacobs | Player | Orlando Cabrera |
| 2 | Hits | 2 |
| 1 | RBI | 0 |
| 1 | HR | 0 |
| 5 | TB | 2 |
| .500 | Avg | .500 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| Kansas City | 7 | 2 | 14 | .219 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 8 | 1 | 13 | .267 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |