Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 8,
Minnesota 1
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, September 26, 2008
Where: Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Angel Hernandez, 1B - Marty Foster, 2B - Derryl Cousins, 3B - Eric Cooper
Attendance: 30674
Where: Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Angel Hernandez, 1B - Marty Foster, 2B - Derryl Cousins, 3B - Eric Cooper
Attendance: 30674
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Mike Aviles | SS-2B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .323 |
| Alberto Jose Callaspo | 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .314 |
| Tony Francisco Pena | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .169 |
| Jose Guillen | RF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .264 |
| Joey Gathright | CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .254 |
| Ryan Shealy | 1B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .299 |
| Mark Teahen | LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .256 |
| Billy Butler | DH | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .274 |
| Alex Gordon | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .261 |
| Jason Smith | 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .192 |
| Miguel Olivo | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .255 |
| Mitch Maier | CF-RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .294 |
| Totals | 39 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Mike Aviles (26), Mark Teahen (31), Alex Gordon (35) | |||||||||
| HR - Mike Aviles (10), Billy Butler (11) | |||||||||
| TB - Mike Aviles 6, Alberto Jose Callaspo, Tony Francisco Pena, Jose Guillen 2, Ryan Shealy, Mark Teahen 3, Billy Butler 6, Alex Gordon 2, Miguel Olivo 2, Mitch Maier | |||||||||
| RBI - Mike Aviles (50), Jose Guillen (97), Ryan Shealy 2 (18), Billy Butler 2 (55), Alex Gordon (59), Miguel Olivo (41) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Alex Gordon (19) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Miguel Olivo (41), Mitch Maier 2 (14) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Jose Guillen (23), Billy Butler (23), Mitch Maier (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Mitch Maier (2, 2nd by Liriano/Mauer) | |||||||||
| PO - Mitch Maier (1st by Liriano) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Kyle Davies (W 9-7) | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4.06 |
| Leo Nunez | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.02 |
| Jimmy Gobble | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8.90 |
| Yasuhiko Yabuta | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.78 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Kyle Davies 101-64, Leo Nunez 23-15, Jimmy Gobble 10-8, Yasuhiko Yabuta 11-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kyle Davies 6-3, Leo Nunez 2-0, Jimmy Gobble 0-1, Yasuhiko Yabuta 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Kyle Davies 22, Leo Nunez 5, Jimmy Gobble 3, Yasuhiko Yabuta 3 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Denard Span | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .299 |
| Alexi Casilla | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .283 |
| Joe Mauer | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .331 |
| Justin Morneau | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .304 |
| Jason Kubel | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .274 |
| Delmon Young | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .294 |
| Brian Buscher | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .294 |
| Brendan Harris | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .267 |
| Nick Punto | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .279 |
| Carlos Gomez | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .261 |
| Totals | 31 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 3B - Denard Span (7) | |||||||||
| TB - Denard Span 3, Joe Mauer 2, Jason Kubel, Delmon Young, Brendan Harris | |||||||||
| RBI - Alexi Casilla (50) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Carlos Gomez 3 (47) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Brian Buscher (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Francisco Liriano (L 6-4) | 4.1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3.91 |
| Phillip Humber | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4.63 |
| Eddie Guardado | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.15 |
| Bobby Korecky | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.58 |
| WP - Francisco Liriano (2) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Francisco Liriano 85-59, Phillip Humber 43-27, Eddie Guardado 3-3, Bobby Korecky 18-13 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Francisco Liriano 1-6, Phillip Humber 3-0, Eddie Guardado 2-0, Bobby Korecky 6-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Francisco Liriano 24, Phillip Humber 11, Eddie Guardado 1, Bobby Korecky 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Eddie Guardado 2-0 | ||||||||