Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 10,
Kansas City 3
When: 8:10 PM ET, Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 60°
Umpires: Home - Sam Holbrook, 1B - Mike Muchlinski, 2B - Brian Knight, 3B - Gerry Davis
Attendance: 38816
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 60°
Umpires: Home - Sam Holbrook, 1B - Mike Muchlinski, 2B - Brian Knight, 3B - Gerry Davis
Attendance: 38816
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Gregor Blanco | CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .244 |
| Mike Aviles | 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .289 |
| Billy Butler | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .313 |
| Kila Ka'aihue | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .190 |
| Wilson Betemit | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .299 |
| Josh Fields | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .385 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .230 |
| Jarrod Dyson | PH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Brayan Pena | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .234 |
| Lucas May | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Jai Miller | RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .280 |
| Yuniesky Betancourt | SS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .264 |
| Totals | 36 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jai Miller (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Josh Fields (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Gregor Blanco, Mike Aviles, Josh Fields 5, Brayan Pena, Jai Miller 3, Yuniesky Betancourt 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Gregor Blanco (7), Josh Fields (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Gregor Blanco (2), Josh Fields (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Gregor Blanco (12), Mike Aviles 4 (22), Josh Fields (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Brian Bannister (L 7-12) | 2.2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.32 |
| Greg Holland | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.42 |
| Luke Hochevar | 3.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5.11 |
| Jesse Chavez | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.64 |
| WP - Brian Bannister | ||||||||
| HBP - Jim Thome (by Hochevar) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Brian Bannister 55-33, Greg Holland 2-1, Luke Hochevar 53-33, Jesse Chavez 30-20 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Brian Bannister 5-3, Greg Holland 1-0, Luke Hochevar 1-5, Jesse Chavez 1-3 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Brian Bannister 18, Greg Holland 1, Luke Hochevar 16, Jesse Chavez 7 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Greg Holland 1-0 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Denard Span | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .267 |
| Ben Revere | PH-CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Orlando Hudson | 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .284 |
| Joe Mauer | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .325 |
| Jose Morales | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 |
| Jason Kubel | RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .259 |
| Michael Cuddyer | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .275 |
| Jim Thome | DH | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .278 |
| Trevor Plouffe | PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .129 |
| Delmon Young | LF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .303 |
| J.J. Hardy | SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .262 |
| Matt Tolbert | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .238 |
| Totals | 36 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Delmon Young 2 (40) | |||||||||
| 3B - Matt Tolbert (3) | |||||||||
| HR - Jim Thome (22) | |||||||||
| TB - Denard Span, Orlando Hudson 2, Joe Mauer 2, Jason Kubel, Michael Cuddyer, Jim Thome 4, Delmon Young 5, J.J. Hardy, Matt Tolbert 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Jason Kubel (84), Jim Thome (52), Delmon Young 4 (97), J.J. Hardy 3 (34), Matt Tolbert (15) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jason Kubel (40), Delmon Young 4 (42), J.J. Hardy 2 (14), Matt Tolbert (10) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Denard Span (53), Jason Kubel 2 (60), J.J. Hardy 2 (36), Matt Tolbert (6) | |||||||||
| SF - J.J. Hardy (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Denard Span (21, 2nd off Bannister/Pena) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Francisco Liriano (W 13-7) | 7.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3.24 |
| Glen Perkins | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8.18 |
| Pat Neshek | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 |
| WP - Francisco Liriano | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Francisco Liriano 95-61, Glen Perkins 16-14, Pat Neshek 25-13 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Francisco Liriano 11-5, Glen Perkins 1-0, Pat Neshek 0-3 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Francisco Liriano 28, Glen Perkins 4, Pat Neshek 6 | ||||||||