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 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| David DeJesus | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Mark Grudzielanek | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Ross Gload | 1B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 |
| Mike Sweeney | DH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Alex Gordon | 3B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Shane Costa | RF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| John Buck | C | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Joey Gathright | LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Tony Francisco Pena | SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Totals | 42 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - David DeJesus (0), Shane Costa (0), Tony Francisco Pena (0) | |||||||||
| HR - Alex Gordon 2 (0), John Buck (0) | |||||||||
| TB - David DeJesus 2, Mark Grudzielanek, Ross Gload 2, Mike Sweeney, Alex Gordon 8, Shane Costa 4, John Buck 6, Joey Gathright, Tony Francisco Pena 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - David DeJesus 2 (0), Ross Gload (0), Alex Gordon 2 (0), John Buck 2 (0), Joey Gathright (0) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Ross Gload (0), John Buck 2 (0) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ross Gload 3 (0), Mike Sweeney (0), John Buck (0) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Joey Gathright (0) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Brian Bannister (W 0-0) | 8.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Joakim Soria | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| HBP - Michael Cuddyer (by Bannister) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Brian Bannister 101-67, Joakim Soria 12-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Brian Bannister 12-10, Joakim Soria 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Brian Bannister 28, Joakim Soria 3 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jason Tyner | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Jason Bartlett | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Torii Hunter | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Justin Morneau | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Michael Cuddyer | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Mike Redmond | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Garrett Jones | 1B | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Luis Rodriguez | 3B-2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Nick Punto | 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Brian Buscher | PH-3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Totals | 29 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Jason Bartlett, Mike Redmond, Garrett Jones 3, Nick Punto | |||||||||
| RBI - Luis Rodriguez (0) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jason Tyner (0), Luis Rodriguez (0) | |||||||||
| SF - Luis Rodriguez (0) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Jason Tyner (0), Luis Rodriguez (0) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Jason Bartlett (0, 2nd by Bannister/Buck) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Julio DePaula (0) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Boof Bonser (L 0-0) | 1.2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Julio DePaula | 3.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Carmen Cali | 2.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pat Neshek | 1.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
| IBB - Mark Grudzielanek (by Cali) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Boof Bonser 43-27, Julio DePaula 46-27, Carmen Cali 45-26, Pat Neshek 24-17 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Boof Bonser 3-2, Julio DePaula 6-3, Carmen Cali 2-4, Pat Neshek 3-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Boof Bonser 12, Julio DePaula 13, Carmen Cali 12, Pat Neshek 7 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Julio DePaula 1-0, Pat Neshek 2-0 | ||||||||