Minnesota Twins vs. Kansas City Royals - Box Score - September 26, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Sep 26, 2009

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Minnesota leads 2-0 (as of 9/26)

Game 1: Friday, September 25
Minnesota	9	Final
Kansas City	4	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, September 26
Minnesota	11	Final
Kansas City	6	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, September 27
Minnesota	1	Final
Kansas City	4	Final
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Twins 11

(81-73, 36-40 away)

Royals 6

(63-92, 32-48 home)

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7:10 PM ET, September 26, 2009

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	4	0	11	13	1
KC	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	6	9	1

W: S. Baker (14-9)

L: L. DiNardo (0-2)

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF-RF	5	1	4	6	0	0	17	.311	.393	.417
O Cabrera SS	5	1	1	1	0	0	23	.273	.309	.374
J Mauer C	4	0	2	2	1	0	30	.371	.445	.605
J Kubel RF	3	1	0	0	1	2	21	.296	.370	.523
C Gomez CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.290	.341
M Cuddyer 1B	4	1	1	0	0	1	20	.277	.338	.523
D Young LF	5	1	0	1	0	2	14	.271	.293	.399
B Harris DH	4	1	2	1	0	1	19	.264	.311	.365
M Tolbert 3B	5	3	3	0	0	1	15	.228	.300	.292
N Punto 2B	1	2	0	0	3	0	18	.230	.337	.288
Totals	36	11	13	11	5	7	177
BATTING 2B: M Tolbert (5, Y Yabuta); J Mauer (28, Y Yabuta) 3B: D Span (10, L DiNardo) RBI: D Young (48), B Harris (36), D Span 6 (66), O Cabrera (68), J Mauer 2 (92) S: N Punto SF: B Harris 2-out RBI: D Span 3 GIDP: O Cabrera Twins RISP: 6-12 (O Cabrera 1-3, J Mauer 1-1, J Kubel 0-1, D Span 3-4, D Young 0-2, M Cuddyer 1-1) Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING Picked Off: D Span (1st base by J Wright)
FIELDING E: O Cabrera (23, throw) DP: 2 (M Cuddyer-O Cabrera, O Cabrera-M Cuddyer).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
S Baker (W, 14-9)	6.1	6	4	4	1	5	2	91-68	4.48
R Mahay	1.2	1	1	1	1	0	0	24-14	4.47
B Keppel	1.0	2	1	0	0	1	0	17-13	4.96
Totals	9.0	9	6	5	2	6	2	132-95
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: S Baker 19/24; R Mahay 3/7; B Keppel 4/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: S Baker 17-10-24-17; R Mahay 4-1-3-6; B Keppel 2-2-5-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S Baker 6-7; R Mahay 3-2; B Keppel 1-1 Game Scores: S Baker 49

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
W Bloomquist RF	4	0	1	0	0	2	20	.265	.310	.358
M Maier LF	2	1	1	0	2	0	20	.255	.343	.350
B Butler 1B	4	0	1	1	0	1	16	.305	.363	.503
M Jacobs DH	4	1	1	0	0	1	11	.229	.301	.401
A Callaspo 2B	4	2	2	2	0	1	14	.302	.356	.456
B Pena C	4	2	2	1	0	0	13	.275	.321	.463
A Gordon 3B	4	0	1	1	0	1	14	.224	.320	.340
Y Betancourt SS	4	0	0	1	0	0	7	.241	.271	.342
J Anderson CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	17	.239	.277	.306
Totals	34	6	9	6	2	6	132
BATTING 2B: A Callaspo (38, S Baker); B Butler (50, R Mahay) HR: A Callaspo (11, 2nd inning off S Baker 0 on, 0 Out); B Pena (6, 2nd inning off S Baker 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: A Callaspo 2 (72), B Pena (16), A Gordon (19), B Butler (92), Y Betancourt (45) 2-out RBI: B Butler GIDP: B Butler Royals RISP: 0-6 (Y Betancourt 0-1, A Gordon 0-1, M Jacobs 0-2, B Pena 0-1, B Butler 0-1) Team LOB: 3
FIELDING E: Y Betancourt (17, throw) DP: 1 (A Callaspo-B Butler). Outfield Assist: J Anderson (J Mauer at Home).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
L DiNardo (L, 0-2)	5.0	8	7	3	3	2	0	102-66	7.52
J Wright	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	28-14	4.44
Y Yabuta	0.1	4	4	4	1	1	0	30-17	14.73
K Farnsworth	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	12-6	4.42
V Marte	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5-4	7.20
Totals	9.0	13	11	7	5	7	0	177-107
PITCHING L DiNardo pitched to 2 batters in the 6th WP: Y Yabuta HBP: J Kubel (By L DiNardo); M Cuddyer (By K Farnsworth) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: L DiNardo 16/26; J Wright 3/7; Y Yabuta 3/6; K Farnsworth 2/3; V Marte 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: L DiNardo 19-7-20-20; J Wright 3-3-4-4; Y Yabuta 5-3-5-4; K Farnsworth 2-2-2-0; V Marte 1-0-0-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: L DiNardo 9-3; J Wright 2-1; Y Yabuta 0-0; K Farnsworth 0-0; V Marte 1-2 Game Scores: L DiNardo 30

Scoring Summary

			MIN	KC
	2nd	A Callaspo homered to right.	0	1
	2nd	B Pena homered to right.	0	2
	4th	D Young safe at first on throwing error by shortstop Y Betancourt, J Kubel scored, M Cuddyer to third.	1	2
	4th	B Harris hit sacrifice fly to center, M Cuddyer scored.	2	2
	4th	D Span tripled to deep center, D Young, M Tolbert and N Punto scored.	5	2
	6th	D Span singled to center, B Harris and M Tolbert scored.	7	2
	7th	A Callaspo doubled to deep left center, M Jacobs scored.	7	3
	7th	A Gordon grounded out to third, A Callaspo scored.	7	4
	8th	D Span singled to left, M Tolbert scored, N Punto to third.	8	4
	8th	O Cabrera singled to left, N Punto scored, D Span to second.	9	4
	8th	J Mauer doubled to deep right center, D Span and O Cabrera scored.	11	4
	8th	B Butler doubled to deep right, M Maier scored.	11	5
	9th	Y Betancourt grounded into fielder's choice to third, B Pena scored, A Gordon out at second.	11	6
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Game Notes

TWINS MANAGER RON GARDENHIRE WAS EJECTED BY HOME PLATE UMPIRE ERIC COOPER IN THE BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING FOR ARGUING A WARNING ISSUED TO BOTH TEAMS AFTER AN INSIDE PITCH.

Game Information

Stadium	Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO
Attendance	30,690 (81% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:03
Weather	71 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	4 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Eric Cooper, First Base - Mike Reilly, Second Base - Chuck Meriwether, Third Base - Laz Diaz