Kansas City Royals vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - April 18, 2010 - ESPN

Scores for Apr 18, 2010

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Minnesota won 2-1

Game 1: Friday, April 16
Kansas City	3	Final
Minnesota	10	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, April 17
Kansas City	5	Final
Minnesota	6	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, April 18
Kansas City	10	Final
Minnesota	5	Final
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Royals 10

(5-7, 3-3 away)

Twins 5

(9-4, 4-2 home)

Alerts

2:10 PM ET, April 18, 2010

Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	3	10	16	2
MIN	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	8	0

W: L. Hochevar (2-0)

L: C. Pavano (2-1)

S: J. Soria (3)

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D DeJesus RF	4	1	1	0	0	1	11	.300	.340	.500
S Podsednik LF	5	1	3	2	0	0	18	.457	.528	.478
M Maier LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.222	.000
B Butler 1B	5	1	3	1	0	1	20	.319	.358	.447
J Guillen DH	5	1	3	1	0	1	17	.367	.404	.755
W Bloomquist PR-DH	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.067	.133
R Ankiel CF	4	1	0	0	1	3	20	.279	.333	.558
A Callaspo 2B	5	2	3	6	0	1	22	.292	.320	.500
J Kendall C	5	0	1	0	0	0	16	.348	.388	.413
A Gordon 3B	4	1	1	0	0	1	22	.250	.400	.250
Y Betancourt SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	15	.318	.348	.477
Totals	41	10	16	10	1	9	161
BATTING 2B: B Butler 2 (3, C Pavano, A Burnett); D DeJesus (5, C Pavano) HR: A Callaspo 2 (3, 3rd inning off C Pavano 2 on, 2 Out; 9th inning off J Crain 2 on, 2 Out) RBI: S Podsednik 2 (6), B Butler (10), J Guillen (10), A Callaspo 6 (10) S: D DeJesus 2-out RBI: A Callaspo 6 Royals RISP: 6-13 (A Gordon 0-1, A Callaspo 2-3, S Podsednik 2-2, J Kendall 0-1, R Ankiel 0-3, J Guillen 1-2, B Butler 1-1) Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING SB: S Podsednik (7, 2nd base off C Pavano/J Mauer); J Kendall (1, 2nd base off C Pavano/J Mauer); J Guillen (1, 3rd base off R Mahay/J Mauer); W Bloomquist (2, 2nd base off J Crain/J Mauer)
FIELDING E: A Gordon (1, throw); Y Betancourt (1, catch) DP: 2 (A Callaspo-Y Betancourt-B Butler, A Callaspo-B Butler).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
L Hochevar (W, 2-0)	6.0	6	3	2	5	4	0	104-53	2.89
D Hughes	0.1	0	2	1	2	0	0	11-3	9.64
J Rupe (H, 1)	1.1	2	0	0	1	1	0	29-17	0.00
J Soria (S, 3)	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	18-11	1.80
Totals	9.0	8	5	3	8	7	0	162-84
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: L Hochevar 11/28; D Hughes 1/3; J Rupe 4/8; J Soria 1/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: L Hochevar 16-8-10-19; D Hughes 1-0-1-1; J Rupe 1-3-7-6; J Soria 3-4-3-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: L Hochevar 6-7; D Hughes 0-1; J Rupe 2-1; J Soria 1-1 Game Scores: L Hochevar 49

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF	5	1	2	0	0	1	22	.245	.377	.327
O Hudson 2B	2	2	0	0	3	0	28	.269	.356	.404
J Mauer C	4	1	3	0	1	0	16	.378	.473	.556
J Morneau 1B	3	1	0	1	2	3	22	.319	.467	.511
M Cuddyer RF	3	0	1	1	1	1	15	.340	.373	.491
J Kubel DH	5	0	1	2	0	0	17	.225	.354	.400
D Young LF	5	0	0	1	0	1	11	.257	.282	.486
J Hardy SS	3	0	0	0	1	0	14	.250	.291	.385
B Harris 3B	3	0	1	0	0	0	10	.222	.391	.389
a-J Thome PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	.227	.346	.545
A Casilla 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Totals	34	5	8	5	8	7	162
a-struck out swinging for B Harris in the 7th
BATTING 2B: D Span (4, L Hochevar) RBI: J Morneau (8), M Cuddyer (10), J Kubel 2 (8), D Young (9) SF: M Cuddyer 2-out RBI: J Kubel GIDP: D Span Twins RISP: 3-10 (J Thome 0-1, J Mauer 1-1, J Kubel 1-3, M Cuddyer 1-1, D Young 0-3, J Morneau 0-1) Team LOB: 11
FIELDING Outfield Assist: M Cuddyer (B Butler at 3rd base).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
C Pavano (L, 2-1)	3.1	11	7	7	0	2	1	79-55	4.96
A Burnett	2.2	2	0	0	0	4	0	38-22	0.00
R Mahay	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	28-19	0.00
J Crain	1.0	2	3	3	1	0	1	16-8	10.80
Totals	9.0	16	10	10	1	9	2	161-104
PITCHING WP: R Mahay First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: C Pavano 13/20; A Burnett 3/10; R Mahay 6/7; J Crain 2/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: C Pavano 13-4-20-18; A Burnett 6-4-6-6; R Mahay 8-3-4-4; J Crain 0-1-2-5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Pavano 4-3; A Burnett 2-2; R Mahay 3-0; J Crain 1-2 Game Scores: C Pavano 12

Scoring Summary

			KC	MIN
	1st	J Morneau walked, D Span scored, O Hudson to third, J Mauer to second.	0	1
	1st	M Cuddyer hit sacrifice fly to right, O Hudson scored.	0	2
	3rd	S Podsednik reached on infield single to second, A Gordon scored, Y Betancourt to third.	1	2
	3rd	B Butler singled to left, Y Betancourt scored, S Podsednik to third.	2	2
	3rd	J Guillen singled to center, S Podsednik scored, B Butler to third.	3	2
	3rd	A Callaspo homered to right (361 feet), B Butler and J Guillen scored.	6	2
	3rd	J Kubel reached on infield single to second, J Mauer scored, M Cuddyer to third.	6	3
	4th	S Podsednik singled to right, D DeJesus scored.	7	3
	7th	J Kubel grounded into fielder's choice to first, O Hudson scored, J Morneau to third, M Cuddyer safe at second on error by shortstop Y Betancourt.	7	4
	7th	D Young grounded out to first, J Morneau scored, M Cuddyer to third, J Kubel to second.	7	5
	9th	A Callaspo homered to right (373 feet), W Bloomquist and R Ankiel scored.	10	5
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Game Information

Stadium	Target Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	38,544 (97.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:10
Weather	64 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	4 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Chad Fairchild, First Base - Mike Reilly, Second Base - Eric Cooper, Third Base - Bill Miller