Twins 7, 
Royals 1
| W: | F. Liriano (5-11) |
| L: | B. Bannister (7-9) |
| Kansas City Royals | |||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP |
| D DeJesus LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .266 | .334 |
| W Bloomquist 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .257 | .303 |
| B Butler DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .298 | .352 |
| M Olivo C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .243 | .276 |
| A Callaspo 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .307 | .359 |
| M Teahen 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .280 | .336 |
| M Maier CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .240 | .317 |
| Y Betancourt SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .237 | .264 |
| J Anderson RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .235 | .274 |
| Totals | 31 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 125 | ||
| BATTING HR: W Bloomquist (4, 1st inning off F Liriano 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: W Bloomquist (22) Team LOB: 4 | |||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (W Bloomquist-Y Betancourt-M Teahen). | |||||||||
| Kansas City Royals | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| B Bannister (L, 7-9) | 6.0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 94-57 | 4.26 |
| J Bale | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11-7 | 6.46 |
| J Wright | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24-12 | 4.94 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 129-76 | |
| PITCHING WP: J Wright HBP: C Gomez (By J Wright) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Bannister 12/27; J Bale 3/3; J Wright 2/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Bannister 16-6-12-23; J Bale 4-0-1-2; J Wright 2-4-3-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Bannister 10-5; J Bale 1-1; J Wright 1-1 Game Scores: B Bannister 28 | |||||||||
| Minnesota Twins | |||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP |
| D Span CF-LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .297 | .380 |
| O Cabrera SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .286 | .321 |
| J Mauer C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .368 | .435 |
| J Morneau 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | .300 | .387 |
| J Kubel DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .305 | .375 |
| M Cuddyer RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .273 | .345 |
| J Crede 3B | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | .239 | .298 |
| D Young LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .266 | .289 |
C Gomez PR-CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .238 | .298 |
| N Punto 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .202 | .305 |
| Totals | 32 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 129 | ||
| BATTING 2B: D Young (7, B Bannister); O Cabrera (28, B Bannister) HR: J Crede (15, 1st inning off B Bannister 2 on, 2 Out) RBI: J Kubel (63), M Cuddyer (57), J Crede 3 (44), D Span (43), O Cabrera (48) SF: D Span 2-out RBI: J Kubel, M Cuddyer, J Crede 3, O Cabrera GIDP: N Punto Twins RISP: 4-8 (O Cabrera 1-1, J Mauer 0-2, J Kubel 1-1, J Crede 1-1, M Cuddyer 1-1, N Punto 0-2) Team LOB: 5 | |||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: D Span (18, 2nd base off B Bannister/M Olivo) | |||||||||
| FIELDING E: O Cabrera (16, catch) | |||||||||
| Minnesota Twins | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| F Liriano (W, 5-11) | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 91-59 | 5.39 |
| M Guerrier | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18-14 | 2.24 |
| J Nathan | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16-12 | 1.65 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 125-85 | |
| PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: F Liriano 15/25; M Guerrier 3/4; J Nathan 3/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: F Liriano 16-11-17-15; M Guerrier 5-0-6-3; J Nathan 6-2-4-0 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: F Liriano 5-8; M Guerrier 1-1; J Nathan 0-0 Game Scores: F Liriano 74 | |||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| KAN | MIN | |||
 | 1st | W Bloomquist homered to left. | 1 | 0 |
 | 1st | J Kubel singled to center, J Mauer scored, J Morneau to second. | 1 | 1 |
| 1st | M Cuddyer singled to right, J Morneau scored, J Kubel to second. | 1 | 2 |
| 1st | J Crede homered to left, J Kubel and M Cuddyer scored. | 1 | 5 |
| 4th | D Span hit sacrifice fly to left, J Crede scored. | 1 | 6 |
| 4th | O Cabrera doubled to right, D Young scored. | 1 | 7 |
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| Game Notes |
| TWINS SHORTSTOP ORLANDO CABRERA EXTENDED HIS HITTING STREAK TO 21 GAMES WITH A DOUBLE IN THE FOURTH INNING. |
| Game Information | |
| Stadium | Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, MN |
| Attendance | 30,105 (64.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:18 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - James Hoye, First Base - Bill Welke, Second Base - Jim Reynolds, Third Base - Jeff Nelson |
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