Major League Baseball
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Minnesota 7,
Kansas City 2
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, June 4, 2011
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 92°
Umpires: Home - Chris Guccione, 1B - Cory Blaser, 2B - Mike Winters, 3B - Mike Everitt
Attendance: 27861
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 92°
Umpires: Home - Chris Guccione, 1B - Cory Blaser, 2B - Mike Winters, 3B - Mike Everitt
Attendance: 27861
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Ben Revere | CF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .289 |
| Alexi Casilla | SS | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .254 |
| Michael Cuddyer | 1B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .266 |
| Danny Valencia | 3B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .222 |
| Delmon Young | DH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .221 |
| Brian Dinkelman | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| Jason Repko | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .143 |
| Rene Rivera | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .227 |
| Matt Tolbert | 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Totals | 40 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 20 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Alexi Casilla (6), Matt Tolbert 2 (7) | |||||||||
| HR - Michael Cuddyer (7) | |||||||||
| TB - Ben Revere 2, Alexi Casilla 5, Michael Cuddyer 5, Delmon Young, Brian Dinkelman, Rene Rivera, Matt Tolbert 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Ben Revere (2), Alexi Casilla 2 (9), Michael Cuddyer 2 (18), Danny Valencia (27), Delmon Young (12) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Delmon Young (6) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Danny Valencia (21), Jason Repko 3 (5) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Michael Cuddyer (8) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Nick Blackburn (W 5-4) | 5.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.57 |
| Anthony Slama (H 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Phil Dumatrait | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.57 |
| Jim Hoey | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9.53 |
| Alex Burnett (H 2) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.19 |
| Jose Mijares | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.02 |
| WP - Anthony Slama | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Nick Blackburn 80-53, Anthony Slama 23-11, Phil Dumatrait 15-6, Jim Hoey 20-8, Alex Burnett 3-2, Jose Mijares 15-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Nick Blackburn 8-3, Anthony Slama 0-1, Phil Dumatrait 1-0, Jim Hoey 1-0, Alex Burnett 1-0, Jose Mijares 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Nick Blackburn 23, Anthony Slama 4, Phil Dumatrait 3, Jim Hoey 5, Alex Burnett 1, Jose Mijares 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Jim Hoey 1-0, Alex Burnett 2-0 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .291 |
| Melky Cabrera | CF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .302 |
| Jeff Francoeur | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .281 |
| Billy Butler | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .295 |
| Mike Aviles | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .227 |
| Chris Getz | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .242 |
| Matt Treanor | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .212 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .205 |
| Totals | 33 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Alex Gordon 2, Melky Cabrera 2, Eric Hosmer 2, Jeff Francoeur, Alcides Escobar | |||||||||
| RBI - Eric Hosmer (18), Jeff Francoeur (35) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jeff Francoeur 3 (28), Billy Butler 2 (19), Alcides Escobar 2 (31) | |||||||||
| S - Melky Cabrera (3) | |||||||||
| SF - Jeff Francoeur (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Melky Cabrera (6, 2nd off Hoey/Rivera), Mike Aviles (9, 2nd off Slama/Rivera) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Alcides Escobar (4) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Luke Hochevar (L 3-6) | 6.0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.25 |
| Louis Coleman | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.95 |
| Joakim Soria | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.76 |
| Aaron Crow | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1.61 |
| HBP - Brian Dinkelman (by Hochevar) | ||||||||
| IBB - Brian Dinkelman (by Coleman) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Luke Hochevar 99-61, Louis Coleman 19-13, Joakim Soria 17-12, Aaron Crow 16-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Luke Hochevar 10-2, Louis Coleman 0-2, Joakim Soria 4-0, Aaron Crow 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Luke Hochevar 29, Louis Coleman 5, Joakim Soria 4, Aaron Crow 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Louis Coleman 2-1 | ||||||||