Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 8,
Kansas City 3
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, April 23, 2010
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 74°
Umpires: Home - Scott Barry, 1B - Gerry Davis, 2B - Brian Knight, 3B - Greg Gibson
Attendance: 16605
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 74°
Umpires: Home - Scott Barry, 1B - Gerry Davis, 2B - Brian Knight, 3B - Greg Gibson
Attendance: 16605
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | X | R | H | E |
| Minnesota | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Denard Span | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .258 |
| Orlando Hudson | 2B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .281 |
| Joe Mauer | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .333 |
| Justin Morneau | 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .356 |
| Michael Cuddyer | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .324 |
| Jason Kubel | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .185 |
| Jim Thome | DH | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .241 |
| Alexi Casilla | PR-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| J.J. Hardy | SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .226 |
| Brendan Harris | 3B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .172 |
| Totals | 38 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Joe Mauer (6), Michael Cuddyer (3), Jim Thome (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Jim Thome (3), J.J. Hardy (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Denard Span, Orlando Hudson 3, Joe Mauer 2, Justin Morneau, Michael Cuddyer 2, Jason Kubel, Jim Thome 6, J.J. Hardy 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Justin Morneau (11), Michael Cuddyer 2 (15), Jim Thome 3 (8), J.J. Hardy (8) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Justin Morneau (2), Michael Cuddyer (5) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Michael Cuddyer 2 (12), Jason Kubel (8), Jim Thome 2 (7), Brendan Harris (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Denard Span (5, 2nd off Meche/Kendall), Orlando Hudson (1, 2nd off Meche/Kendall), Michael Cuddyer (2, 2nd off Tejeda/Kendall) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Carl Pavano (W 3-1) | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4.24 |
| Matt Guerrier | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.96 |
| Brian Duensing | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.16 |
| HBP - David DeJesus (by Guerrier) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Carl Pavano 104-70, Matt Guerrier 20-9, Brian Duensing 12-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Carl Pavano 9-6, Matt Guerrier 1-1, Brian Duensing 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Carl Pavano 24, Matt Guerrier 6, Brian Duensing 4 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| David DeJesus | RF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .277 |
| Scott Podsednik | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .415 |
| Billy Butler | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .281 |
| Jose Guillen | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .354 |
| Alberto Jose Callaspo | 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .302 |
| Rick Ankiel | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .207 |
| Jason Kendall | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Alex Gordon | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .231 |
| Yuniesky Betancourt | SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .310 |
| Totals | 32 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Yuniesky Betancourt (2) | |||||||||
| HR - David DeJesus (2) | |||||||||
| TB - David DeJesus 5, Alberto Jose Callaspo 2, Alex Gordon, Yuniesky Betancourt 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - David DeJesus 2 (8), Scott Podsednik (7) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - David DeJesus (5) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Billy Butler (7) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Rick Ankiel (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Alberto Jose Callaspo (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Gil Meche (L 0-2) | 3.1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11.37 |
| Brad Thompson | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 |
| Dusty Hughes | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.43 |
| Kyle Farnsworth | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.76 |
| Robinson Tejeda | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11.74 |
| WP - Gil Meche | ||||||||
| IBB - Justin Morneau (by Thompson) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Gil Meche 84-43, Brad Thompson 27-15, Dusty Hughes 24-15, Kyle Farnsworth 19-11, Robinson Tejeda 26-14 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Gil Meche 7-1, Brad Thompson 3-2, Dusty Hughes 1-4, Kyle Farnsworth 2-0, Robinson Tejeda 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Gil Meche 19, Brad Thompson 8, Dusty Hughes 7, Kyle Farnsworth 5, Robinson Tejeda 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Brad Thompson 2-1 | ||||||||