Twins 6, 
Royals 4
| W: | C. Silva (11-13) |
| L: | B. Duckworth (2-4) |
| SV: | J. Nathan (29) |
| Kansas City Royals | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| J Gathright CF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .319 |
| M Grudzielanek 2B-SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .305 |
| M Sweeney DH | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .252 |
| A Gordon 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .247 |
| B Butler 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .300 |
| S Costa RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .210 |
| E Brown LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .245 |
| T Pena SS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .260 |
| a-R Gload PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .298 |
| E German 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 |
| J LaRue C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .140 |
| b-D DeJesus PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .270 |
| J Buck C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .224 |
| Totals | 39 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16 | |
| a-flied out to right for T Pena in the 8th b-grounded to second for J Larue in the 8th | ||||||||
| BATTING 2B: B Butler 2 (19, P Neshek, C Silva); S Costa 2 (4, P Neshek, C Silva); J LaRue (8, C Silva); M Sweeney (11, J Rincon) HR: A Gordon (12, 5th inning off C Silva 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: S Costa 2 (10), T Pena (41), A Gordon (48) 2-out RBI: T Pena, A Gordon Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: J Gathright 2, A Gordon 1, D DeJesus 1, B Butler 1 Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||
| BASERUNNING CS: E Brown (2, 2nd base by C Silva/M Redmond) | ||||||||
| FIELDING E: T Pena (21, throw); J Gathright (2, bobble) DP: 1 (A Gordon-E German-B Butler). | ||||||||
| Kansas City Royals | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| B Duckworth (L, 3-5) | 4.1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 70-44 | 3.79 |
| N Musser | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 28-18 | 4.50 |
| D Riske | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29-13 | 2.31 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 127-75 | |
| PITCHING HBP: J Bartlett (By B Duckworth) Batters faced: B Duckworth 24; N Musser 7; D Riske 7 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Duckworth 4-7; N Musser 0-2; D Riske 4-2 Game Scores: B Duckworth 25 | |||||||||
| Minnesota Twins | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| J Tyner CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .298 |
| J Bartlett SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .278 |
| T Hunter DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .296 |
| J Morneau 1B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .280 |
| M Cuddyer RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .280 |
| J Kubel LF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .262 |
| M Redmond C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .295 |
| L Rodriguez 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .205 |
| N Punto 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .198 |
| Totals | 32 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | |
| BATTING 2B: L Rodriguez (4, B Duckworth); T Hunter (39, B Duckworth); M Redmond (13, N Musser) RBI: L Rodriguez (8), T Hunter (96), J Kubel (52), M Redmond 2 (38) 2-out RBI: L Rodriguez GIDP: J Bartlett Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: J Tyner 1, M Cuddyer 1, N Punto 2 Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||
| FIELDING E: J Bartlett 2 (23, pop up, throw) | ||||||||
| Minnesota Twins | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| C Silva (W, 13-14) | 6.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 102-71 | 4.34 |
| J Rincon (H, 14) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17-12 | 5.69 |
| P Neshek (H, 15) | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15-12 | 2.61 |
| J Nathan (S, 37) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16-11 | 1.70 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 150-106 | |
| PITCHING Batters faced: C Silva 27; J Rincon 4; P Neshek 4; J Nathan 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Silva 9-4; J Rincon 3-0; P Neshek 0-2; J Nathan 2-0 Game Scores: C Silva 48 | |||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| KAN | MIN | |||
 | 2nd | L Rodriguez doubled to right, J Kubel scored, M Redmond to third. | 0 | 1 |
 | 4th | S Costa hit a ground rule double to deep center, B Butler scored. | 1 | 1 |
| 4th | T Pena singled to center, S Costa scored. | 2 | 1 |
| 4th | N Punto singled to left center, L Rodriguez to third, L Rodriguez scored on throwing error by shortstop T Pena. | 2 | 2 |
| 5th | A Gordon homered to center. | 3 | 2 |
| 5th | T Hunter doubled to deep right, J Bartlett scored. | 3 | 3 |
| 5th | J Kubel singled to center, J Morneau scored, M Cuddyer to third. | 3 | 4 |
| 5th | M Redmond doubled to left, M Cuddyer and J Kubel scored. | 3 | 6 |
| 8th | S Costa doubled to deep right center, B Butler scored. | 4 | 6 |
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| Game Information | |
| Stadium | Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, MN |
| Attendance | 21,738 (46.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:44 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Tim Tschida, First Base - Jim Joyce, Second Base - Jeff Nelson, Third Base - Jim Wolf |
MLB Scores
Saturday, September 1st 2007
| Kansas City | 4 | Final |
| Minnesota | 6 |
| Tampa Bay | 6 | Final |
| NY Yankees | 9 |
| Houston | 3 | Final |
| Chi Cubs | 4 |
| Seattle | 1 | Final |
| Toronto | 2 |
| Texas | 7 | Final |
| LA Angels | 6 |
| Detroit | 6 | Final |
| Oakland | 1 |
| NY Mets | 5 | Final |
| Atlanta | 1 |
| Baltimore | 0 | Final |
| Boston | 10 |
| Chi White Sox | 0 | Final |
| Cleveland | 7 |
| Pittsburgh | 3 | Final |
| Milwaukee | 12 |
| San Francisco | 1 | Final |
| Washington | 4 |
| Philadelphia | 6 | Final |
| Florida | 12 |
| Cincinnati | 3 | Final |
| St. Louis | 11 |
| Colorado | 7 | Final |
| Arizona | 13 |
| LA Dodgers | 0 | Final |
| San Diego | 7 |