8:10 PM ET, September 29, 2005
Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
W: D. Carrasco (6-8)
L: T. Bowyer (0-1)
Final in 10
Series tied 2-2 (as of 9/29)
| Game 1: Monday, September 26 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City | 5 | Final |
| Minnesota | 0 | |
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| Game 2: Tuesday, September 27 | ||
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| Kansas City | 1 | Final |
| Minnesota | 3 | |
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| Game 3: Wednesday, September 28 | ||
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| Kansas City | 3 | Final |
| Minnesota | 6 | |
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| Game 4: Thursday, September 29 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City | 10 | Final in 10 |
| Minnesota | 6 | |
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8:10 PM ET, September 29, 2005
Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
W: D. Carrasco (6-8)
L: T. Bowyer (0-1)
| Kansas City Royals | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| A Guiel CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .289 | ||
| T Long RF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .280 | ||
| M Sweeney DH | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .298 | ||
| M Stairs 1B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .270 | ||
| E Brown LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .288 | ||
| M Teahen 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .244 | ||
| A Berroa SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .271 | ||
| J Buck C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .241 | ||
| A Blanco 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .203 | ||
| Totals | 38 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||
| BATTING 2B: M Sweeney (39, J Mays) HR: M Teahen (7, 6th inning off T Bowyer 0 on, 0 Out); J Buck (12, 6th inning off T Bowyer 0 on, 1 Out); M Sweeney (21, 6th inning off T Bowyer 2 on, 2 Out) RBI: M Stairs (65), A Berroa 2 (55), M Sweeney 5 (83), M Teahen (54), J Buck (46) 2-out RBI: A Berroa 2, M Sweeney 3 Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: M Teahen 1, J Buck 1, E Brown 1 Team LOB: 5 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: A Berroa (23, throw); E Brown (12, throw) | ||||||||||
| Kansas City Royals | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| M Wood | 4.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 77-46 | 4.46 | |
| D Carrasco (W, 6-8) | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25-14 | 4.79 | |
| J Gobble (H, 4) | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23-15 | 5.64 | |
| J Affeldt | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23-11 | 5.36 | |
| M MacDougal | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15-9 | 3.37 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 163-95 | ||
| PITCHING Batters faced: M Wood 22; D Carrasco 6; J Gobble 7; J Affeldt 5; M MacDougal 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: M Wood 5-7; D Carrasco 2-0; J Gobble 1-3; J Affeldt 2-0; M MacDougal 1-1 Game Scores: M Wood 22 | ||||||||||
| Minnesota Twins | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| N Punto 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .241 | ||
| L Rodriguez 3B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .264 | ||
| J Mauer C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .298 | ||
| J Jones DH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .250 | ||
| L Ford CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .260 | ||
| J Morneau 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .234 | ||
| M Cuddyer RF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .263 | ||
| J Tyner LF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .306 | ||
| a-B Abernathy PH-LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .239 | ||
| J Bartlett SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .242 | ||
| Totals | 39 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | |||
| a-struck out looking for J Tyner in the 7th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: L Rodriguez 2 (10, M Wood 2); N Punto (18, J Affeldt) HR: N Punto (4, 3rd inning off M Wood 1 on, 0 Out); L Rodriguez (2, 4th inning off M Wood 2 on, 2 Out) RBI: N Punto 2 (26), L Ford (53), L Rodriguez 3 (18) 2-out RBI: L Ford, L Rodriguez 3 Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: J Mauer 1, J Jones 3, B Abernathy 1, J Morneau 1 Team LOB: 10 | ||||||||||
| Minnesota Twins | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| J Mays | 5.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 91-55 | 5.65 | |
| T Bowyer (L, 0-1; B, 1) | 1.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 37-21 | 5.59 | |
| M Guerrier | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 41-27 | 3.49 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 169-103 | ||
| PITCHING Batters faced: J Mays 23; T Bowyer 8; M Guerrier 11 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Mays 5-6; T Bowyer 1-0; M Guerrier 4-2 Game Scores: J Mays 38 | ||||||||||
| KC | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | M Stairs singled to left, T Long scored, M Sweeney to second. | 1 | 0 | |
| 1st | A Berroa singled to center, M Sweeney and M Stairs scored, E Brown to third. | 3 | 0 | |
| 2nd | M Sweeney doubled to deep right center, A Blanco and A Guiel scored. | 5 | 0 | |
| 3rd | N Punto homered to right, J Bartlett scored. | 5 | 2 | |
| 3rd | L Ford singled to left, L Rodriguez scored, L Ford to second on throwing error by left fielder E Brown. | 5 | 3 | |
| 4th | L Rodriguez homered to right, J Tyner and N Punto scored. | 5 | 6 | |
| 6th | M Teahen homered to center. | 6 | 6 | |
| 6th | J Buck homered to center. | 6 | 6 | |
| 6th | M Sweeney homered to left, A Blanco and T Long scored. | 9 | 6 | |
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| Stadium | Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, MN |
| Attendance | 14,638 (37.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:59 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Joe West, First Base - Mark Carlson, Second Base - Brian Gorman, Third Base - Mike Dimuro |
