Twins 13, 
Royals 4
| W: | C. Pavano (14-12) |
| L: | L. Hochevar (7-13) |
| Kansas City Royals | |||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP |
| W Bloomquist LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .265 | .308 |
| M Maier CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .243 | .333 |
| B Butler 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .301 | .362 |
a-B Pena PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .273 | .318 |
| M Jacobs DH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .228 | .297 |
| A Callaspo 2B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | .300 | .356 |
T Hulett 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .111 | .158 |
| M Teahen RF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .271 | .325 |
| J Buck C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .247 | .299 |
| A Gordon 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .232 | .324 |
| L Hernandez SS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | .205 | .256 |
| Totals | 39 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 146 | ||
| a-grounded to shortstop for B Butler in the 9th | |||||||||
| BATTING 2B: M Teahen 2 (34, C Pavano 2); L Hernandez (1, C Pavano); A Callaspo (41, C Pavano) 3B: A Callaspo (8, C Pavano) HR: A Gordon (6, 6th inning off C Pavano 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: M Teahen (50), A Callaspo (73), J Buck (36), A Gordon (22) 2-out RBI: A Gordon Royals RISP: 2-14 (M Maier 0-2, A Gordon 0-2, W Bloomquist 0-2, L Hernandez 0-1, J Buck 1-3, M Teahen 1-2, B Butler 0-2) Team LOB: 11 | |||||||||
| Kansas City Royals | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| L Hochevar (L, 7-13) | 3.0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 58-35 | 6.55 |
| A Lerew | 2.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 57-31 | 4.05 |
| D Hughes | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-2 | 5.14 |
| Y Yabuta | 2.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 44-29 | 13.50 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 162-97 | |
| PITCHING D Hughes pitched to 1 batter in the 7th First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: L Hochevar 9/16; A Lerew 5/13; D Hughes 1/2; Y Yabuta 9/11 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: L Hochevar 7-5-12-11; A Lerew 8-5-10-8; D Hughes 0-0-0-2; Y Yabuta 6-5-9-9 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: L Hochevar 4-3; A Lerew 3-3; D Hughes 1-0; Y Yabuta 1-5 Game Scores: L Hochevar 22 | |||||||||
| Minnesota Twins | |||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP |
| D Span CF-RF | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | .312 | .393 |
| O Cabrera SS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .285 | .318 |
B Buscher 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .360 |
| J Mauer C | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | .364 | .442 |
| J Kubel RF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .300 | .369 |
C Gomez PR-CF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .227 | .285 |
| M Cuddyer 1B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .276 | .342 |
| D Young LF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .285 | .307 |
| J Morales DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | .316 | .386 |
| M Tolbert 3B-SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | .228 | .301 |
| N Punto 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | .228 | .336 |
| Totals | 35 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 162 | ||
| BATTING 2B: O Cabrera 2 (36, Y Yabuta, A Lerew); M Tolbert (7, Y Yabuta) HR: J Kubel 2 (27, 1st inning off L Hochevar 2 on, 1 Out; 3rd inning off L Hochevar 2 on, 0 Out); D Young 2 (12, 1st inning off L Hochevar 0 on, 2 Out; 5th inning off A Lerew 0 on, 2 Out); M Cuddyer (32, 8th inning off Y Yabuta 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: J Kubel 6 (102), D Young 2 (60), O Cabrera 2 (75), M Tolbert (18), M Cuddyer 2 (94) 2-out RBI: D Young 2, O Cabrera, M Tolbert, M Cuddyer 2 Twins RISP: 4-12 (M Tolbert 1-1, O Cabrera 0-2, C Gomez 0-1, J Mauer 0-3, J Kubel 2-2, D Span 0-1, M Cuddyer 1-1, N Punto 0-1) Team LOB: 5 | |||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: D Span (23, 2nd base off L Hochevar/J Buck); C Gomez (14, 2nd base off Y Yabuta/J Buck) | |||||||||
| Minnesota Twins | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| C Pavano (W, 14-12) | 5.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 93-65 | 5.10 |
| B Keppel | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6-5 | 4.96 |
| R Mahay | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-2 | 4.32 |
| J Rauch (H, 5) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-3 | 1.80 |
| B Duensing | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11-8 | 3.64 |
| J Crain | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14-10 | 4.65 |
| F Liriano | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13-10 | 5.80 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 146-103 | |
| PITCHING B Keppel pitched to 2 batters in the 6th; R Mahay pitched to 1 batter in the 6th HBP: M Maier (By R Mahay) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: C Pavano 19/26; B Keppel 2/2; R Mahay 1/1; J Rauch 1/1; B Duensing 2/3; J Crain 5/5; F Liriano 2/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: C Pavano 15-13-19-18; B Keppel 1-0-2-2; R Mahay 1-0-1-0; J Rauch 2-0-1-0; B Duensing 0-1-4-3; J Crain 1-4-2-3; F Liriano 4-1-1-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Pavano 5-5; B Keppel 0-0; R Mahay 0-0; J Rauch 0-0; B Duensing 1-2; J Crain 0-2; F Liriano 2-1 Game Scores: C Pavano 43 | |||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| KAN | MIN | |||
 | 1st | J Kubel homered to right, D Span and J Mauer scored. | 0 | 3 |
| 1st | D Young homered to left center. | 0 | 4 |
| 3rd | J Kubel homered to left, O Cabrera and J Mauer scored. | 0 | 7 |
 | 4th | M Teahen doubled to deep right, A Callaspo scored. | 1 | 7 |
| 5th | D Young homered to left. | 1 | 8 |
| 6th | A Callaspo tripled to deep right center, M Jacobs scored. | 2 | 8 |
| 6th | J Buck grounded out to shortstop, A Callaspo scored. | 3 | 8 |
| 6th | A Gordon homered to right. | 4 | 8 |
| 6th | O Cabrera doubled to deep left, D Span scored. | 4 | 9 |
| 7th | M Tolbert doubled to deep right, C Gomez scored, J Morales to third. | 4 | 10 |
| 8th | O Cabrera doubled to deep left, D Span scored. | 4 | 11 |
| 8th | M Cuddyer homered to left, O Cabrera scored. | 4 | 13 |
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| Game Notes |
| TWINS SHORTSTOP ORLANDO CABRERA SINGLED IN THE THIRD INNING TO EXTEND HIS HITTING STREAK TO 15 GAMES. |
| Game Information | |
| Stadium | Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, MN |
| Attendance | 51,155 (109.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:08 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Rick Reed, First Base - Jeff Kellogg, Second Base - Tim Timmons, Third Base - Mark Wegner |
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