Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Minnesota 5,
Kansas City 4
When: 2:10 PM ET, Monday, September 6, 2010
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 69°
Umpires: Home - Gerry Davis, 1B - Sam Holbrook, 2B - Mike Muchlinski, 3B - Brian Knight
Attendance: 40228
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 69°
Umpires: Home - Gerry Davis, 1B - Sam Holbrook, 2B - Mike Muchlinski, 3B - Brian Knight
Attendance: 40228
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 9 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Gregor Blanco | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .246 |
| Mitch Maier | RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .255 |
| Billy Butler | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .313 |
| Kila Ka'aihue | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .196 |
| Wilson Betemit | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .305 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .234 |
| Brayan Pena | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .231 |
| Chris Getz | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .235 |
| Yuniesky Betancourt | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .262 |
| Totals | 35 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Alex Gordon (7), Brayan Pena (6), Chris Getz (9) | |||||||||
| TB - Gregor Blanco, Mitch Maier, Billy Butler, Kila Ka'aihue, Alex Gordon 3, Brayan Pena 3, Chris Getz 2, Yuniesky Betancourt | |||||||||
| RBI - Brayan Pena 2 (10), Chris Getz (17), Yuniesky Betancourt (68) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Chris Getz (6) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Mitch Maier 2 (35), Wilson Betemit (21), Yuniesky Betancourt (44) | |||||||||
| S - Chris Getz (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Alex Gordon (4, 2nd by Crain/Mauer) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Alex Gordon (7) | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Gregor Blanco (Span at Home) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Sean O'Sullivan (L 2-5) | 4.2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5.83 |
| Dusty Hughes | 3.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.22 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Sean O'Sullivan 97-48, Dusty Hughes 45-29 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Sean O'Sullivan 6-3, Dusty Hughes 5-3 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Sean O'Sullivan 26, Dusty Hughes 12 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Dusty Hughes 2-0 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Denard Span | CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .267 |
| Orlando Hudson | 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .283 |
| Joe Mauer | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .324 |
| Jason Kubel | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .260 |
| Jason Repko | RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .206 |
| Michael Cuddyer | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .275 |
| Jim Thome | DH | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .275 |
| Delmon Young | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .300 |
| J.J. Hardy | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .261 |
| Matt Tolbert | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .233 |
| Totals | 31 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jim Thome (16), Delmon Young (38) | |||||||||
| HR - Jason Kubel (19), Jim Thome (21) | |||||||||
| TB - Denard Span, Orlando Hudson, Joe Mauer 2, Jason Kubel 4, Michael Cuddyer, Jim Thome 6, Delmon Young 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Jason Kubel 2 (83), Jim Thome 2 (51), Matt Tolbert (14) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jim Thome (18) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Denard Span 4 (52), Michael Cuddyer (66) | |||||||||
| SF - Matt Tolbert (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Kevin Slowey | 4.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.39 |
| Jeff Manship (W 2-0) | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.92 |
| Randy Flores | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Matt Guerrier (H 22) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.52 |
| Jesse Crain (H 18) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.72 |
| Matt Capps (SV 10) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Kevin Slowey 77-46, Jeff Manship 34-23, Randy Flores 5-3, Matt Guerrier 8-5, Jesse Crain 12-5, Matt Capps 8-5 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kevin Slowey 2-6, Jeff Manship 3-1, Randy Flores 0-0, Matt Guerrier 0-3, Jesse Crain 0-1, Matt Capps 2-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Kevin Slowey 20, Jeff Manship 8, Randy Flores 1, Matt Guerrier 3, Jesse Crain 3, Matt Capps 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Matt Guerrier 1-0 | ||||||||