Minnesota Twins vs. Kansas City Royals - Box Score - April 23, 2010 - ESPN

Scores for Apr 23, 2010

Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

Minnesota leads 1-0 (as of 4/23)

Game 1: Friday, April 23
Minnesota	8	Final
Kansas City	3	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, April 24
Minnesota	9	Final in 12
Kansas City	7	Final in 12
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Game 3: Sunday, April 25
Minnesota	3	Final
Kansas City	4	Final
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Twins 8

(12-5, 6-2 away)

Royals 3

(6-10, 2-5 home)

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8:10 PM ET, April 23, 2010

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

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

W: C. Pavano (3-1)

L: G. Meche (0-2)

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF	4	1	1	0	1	1	24	.258	.397	.323
O Hudson 2B	4	1	3	0	1	0	16	.281	.387	.391
J Mauer C	5	0	1	0	0	1	24	.333	.426	.491
J Morneau 1B	3	1	1	1	2	0	23	.356	.500	.542
M Cuddyer RF	4	1	1	2	1	0	21	.324	.360	.529
J Kubel LF	4	1	1	0	1	0	18	.185	.323	.315
J Thome DH	5	1	2	3	0	0	15	.241	.353	.621
A Casilla PR-DH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
J Hardy SS	5	1	1	1	0	2	20	.226	.284	.387
B Harris 3B	4	1	0	0	1	0	19	.172	.324	.276
Totals	38	8	11	7	7	4	180
BATTING 2B: M Cuddyer (3, G Meche); J Mauer (6, B Thompson); J Thome (2, R Tejeda) HR: J Thome (3, 5th inning off B Thompson 0 on, 1 Out); J Hardy (3, 8th inning off K Farnsworth 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: J Morneau (11), M Cuddyer 2 (15), J Thome 3 (8), J Hardy (8) 2-out RBI: J Morneau, M Cuddyer Twins RISP: 3-11 (B Harris 0-1, J Thome 1-2, J Mauer 0-1, J Kubel 1-2, J Hardy 0-1, O Hudson 0-1, J Morneau 1-1, M Cuddyer 0-2) Team LOB: 10
BASERUNNING SB: D Span (5, 2nd base off G Meche/J Kendall); O Hudson (1, 2nd base off G Meche/J Kendall); M Cuddyer (2, 2nd base off R Tejeda/J Kendall)
FIELDING DP: 1 (J Morneau-J Hardy-J Morneau).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
C Pavano (W, 3-1)	7.0	4	2	2	0	5	1	104-70	4.24
M Guerrier	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	20-9	0.96
B Duensing	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	12-8	2.16
Totals	9.0	6	3	3	1	7	1	136-87
PITCHING HBP: D DeJesus (By M Guerrier) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: C Pavano 21/24; M Guerrier 3/6; B Duensing 2/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: C Pavano 22-11-19-18; M Guerrier 4-1-1-3; B Duensing 3-1-1-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Pavano 9-7; M Guerrier 1-1; B Duensing 0-2 Game Scores: C Pavano 66

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D DeJesus RF	3	1	2	2	0	0	18	.277	.329	.477
S Podsednik LF	4	0	0	1	0	0	20	.415	.492	.434
B Butler 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	23	.281	.314	.391
J Guillen DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	14	.354	.382	.692
A Callaspo 2B	4	0	2	0	0	0	9	.302	.333	.476
R Ankiel CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	10	.207	.266	.414
J Kendall C	3	1	0	0	1	1	17	.333	.377	.386
A Gordon 3B	3	0	1	0	0	1	15	.231	.333	.462
Y Betancourt SS	3	1	1	0	0	1	10	.310	.333	.448
Totals	32	3	6	3	1	7	136
BATTING 2B: Y Betancourt (2, C Pavano) HR: D Dejesus (2, 6th inning off C Pavano 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: D DeJesus 2 (8), S Podsednik (7) 2-out RBI: D DeJesus GIDP: R Ankiel Royals RISP: 1-4 (Y Betancourt 0-1, S Podsednik 0-1, D DeJesus 1-1, B Butler 0-1) Team LOB: 4
FIELDING E: A Callaspo (1, throw)

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
G Meche (L, 0-2)	3.1	4	4	4	5	2	0	84-43	11.37
B Thompson	1.2	2	1	1	1	0	1	27-15	5.40
D Hughes	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	24-15	6.43
K Farnsworth	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	19-11	4.76
R Tejeda	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	0	26-14	11.74
Totals	9.0	11	8	8	7	4	2	180-98
PITCHING WP: G Meche IBB: J Morneau (By B Thompson) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: G Meche 9/19; B Thompson 4/8; D Hughes 5/7; K Farnsworth 3/5; R Tejeda 3/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: G Meche 13-3-15-12; B Thompson 3-0-5-7; D Hughes 3-3-3-6; K Farnsworth 4-0-2-5; R Tejeda 3-4-3-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: G Meche 7-1; B Thompson 3-2; D Hughes 1-4; K Farnsworth 2-1; R Tejeda 0-2 Game Scores: G Meche 33

Scoring Summary

			MIN	KC
	1st	J Morneau singled to right center, O Hudson scored.	1	0
	1st	M Cuddyer doubled to deep left, J Morneau scored.	2	0
	3rd	M Cuddyer grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, D Span scored, J Morneau out at second, O Hudson to third.	3	0
	3rd	D DeJesus singled to center, Y Betancourt scored.	3	1
	4th	O Hudson grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, D Span out at second, B Harris to third, B Harris scored on throwing error by second baseman A Callaspo.	4	1
	5th	J Thome homered to left (374 feet).	5	1
	6th	D DeJesus inside-the-park home run to deep right.	5	2
	8th	J Hardy homered to left (387 feet).	6	2
	8th	S Podsednik grounded into fielder's choice to second, J Kendall scored, D DeJesus out at second, A Gordon to third.	6	3
	9th	J Thome doubled to deep right, M Cuddyer and J Kubel scored.	8	3
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Game Information

Stadium	Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO
Attendance	16,605 (43.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:53
Weather	74 degrees, clear
Wind	18 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Scott Barry, First Base - Gerry Davis, Second Base - Brian Knight, Third Base - Greg Gibson