Twins 5, 
Royals 4
| Kansas City Royals | |||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP |
| W Bloomquist LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .266 | .309 |
| M Maier CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .246 | .335 |
| B Butler 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .303 | .364 |
| M Jacobs DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .228 | .298 |
| A Callaspo 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .298 | .354 |
| M Teahen RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .270 | .324 |
| M Olivo C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .249 | .292 |
| A Gordon 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .231 | .326 |
| L Hernandez SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .186 | .230 |
a-B Pena PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .274 | .320 |
T Hulett PR-SS | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .111 |
| Totals | 32 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 114 | ||
| a-singled to center for L Hernandez in the 8th | |||||||||
| BATTING 2B: M Olivo (15, N Blackburn) HR: M Jacobs (19, 7th inning off N Blackburn 0 on, 1 Out); A Gordon (5, 8th inning off J Mijares 1 on, 0 Out) RBI: M Jacobs (61), A Gordon 2 (21) S: M Teahen GIDP: M Maier Royals RISP: 1-4 (A Gordon 1-2, M Maier 0-1, M Olivo 0-1) Team LOB: 2 | |||||||||
| Kansas City Royals | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| Z Greinke | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 96-63 | 2.16 |
| R Colon | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12-7 | 4.83 |
| D Hughes (L, 0-2) | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11-6 | 4.61 |
| J Cruz | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-3 | 5.72 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 124-79 | |
| PITCHING HBP: M Cuddyer (By Z Greinke) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: Z Greinke 17/26; R Colon 2/3; D Hughes 1/3; J Cruz 1/2 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: Z Greinke 19-9-17-18; R Colon 2-1-1-3; D Hughes 2-0-1-3; J Cruz 0-1-0-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Z Greinke 6-6; R Colon 0-2; D Hughes 1-1; J Cruz 1-1 Game Scores: Z Greinke 47 | |||||||||
| Minnesota Twins | |||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP |
| D Span CF-RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .312 | .391 |
| O Cabrera SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .282 | .315 |
| J Mauer C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | .366 | .442 |
| J Kubel RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .296 | .367 |
C Gomez CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .228 | .286 |
| M Cuddyer 1B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .277 | .343 |
| D Young LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .283 | .306 |
| J Morales DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .325 | .391 |
| M Tolbert 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .226 | .297 |
| N Punto 2B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | .230 | .337 |
| Totals | 30 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 124 | ||
| BATTING 2B: J Kubel (35, Z Greinke); D Young (16, Z Greinke) HR: M Cuddyer (31, 8th inning off D Hughes 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: J Mauer (96), D Young 3 (58), M Cuddyer (92) S: D Span 2-out RBI: J Mauer, D Young 3 Twins RISP: 3-5 (O Cabrera 0-1, M Tolbert 0-1, J Mauer 1-1, J Morales 1-1, D Young 1-1) Team LOB: 5 | |||||||||
| BASERUNNING CS: D Young (5, 2nd base by Z Greinke/M Olivo) | |||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (N Punto-O Cabrera-M Cuddyer). | |||||||||
| Minnesota Twins | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| N Blackburn | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 88-60 | 4.03 |
| J Mijares | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4-3 | 2.34 |
| J Rauch (W, 5-1; B, 2) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7-6 | 1.84 |
| J Nathan (S, 47) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15-10 | 2.15 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 114-79 | |
| PITCHING N Blackburn pitched to 1 batter in the 8th; J Mijares pitched to 2 batters in the 8th First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: N Blackburn 18/25; J Mijares 1/2; J Rauch 3/3; J Nathan 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: N Blackburn 21-5-14-20; J Mijares 0-1-0-2; J Rauch 1-0-2-3; J Nathan 2-3-4-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: N Blackburn 9-7; J Mijares 0-0; J Rauch 2-1; J Nathan 0-1 Game Scores: N Blackburn 66 | |||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| KAN | MIN | |||
 | 6th | J Mauer singled to right, N Punto scored. | 0 | 1 |
| 6th | D Young doubled to deep right center, J Mauer, J Kubel and M Cuddyer scored. | 0 | 4 |
 | 7th | M Jacobs homered to right. | 1 | 4 |
| 8th | A Gordon homered to right, M Olivo scored. | 3 | 4 |
| 8th | M Maier grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, T Hulett scored, W Bloomquist out at second. | 4 | 4 |
| 8th | M Cuddyer homered to left. | 4 | 5 |
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| Game Information | |
| Stadium | Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, MN |
| Attendance | 48,644 (104.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:34 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Mark Wegner, First Base - Rick Reed, Second Base - Jeff Kellogg, Third Base - Tim Timmons |
MLB Scores
Saturday, October 3rd
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