Final
Minnesota leads 2-0 (as of 9/10)
| Game 1: Tuesday, September 9 | ||
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| Kansas City | 2 | Final |
| Minnesota | 7 | |
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| Game 2: Wednesday, September 10 | ||
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| Kansas City | 1 | Final |
| Minnesota | 7 | |
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| Game 3: Thursday, September 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City | 3 | Final in 10 |
| Minnesota | 2 | |
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8:10 PM ET, September 10, 2008
Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Kansas City - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Kevin Slowey pitching for Minnesota | KC | MIN |
| M Aviles singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| A Callaspo singled to right, M Aviles to third. | 0 | 0 |
| D DeJesus hit sacrifice fly to center, M Aviles scored. | 1 | 0 |
| J Guillen grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, A Callaspo out at second. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Kyle Davies pitching for Kansas City | KC | MIN |
| D Span flied out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| A Casilla singled to center. | 1 | 0 |
| J Mauer fouled out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| J Morneau flied out to right. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Kevin Slowey pitching for Minnesota | KC | MIN |
| M Teahen doubled to deep left. | 1 | 0 |
| R Gload grounded out to second, M Teahen to third. | 1 | 0 |
| J Buck grounded out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| E German flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Kyle Davies pitching for Kansas City | KC | MIN |
| J Kubel singled to center. | 1 | 0 |
| D Young flied out to right. | 1 | 0 |
| B Buscher walked, J Kubel to second. | 1 | 0 |
| N Punto grounded into fielder's choice to first, B Buscher out at second, J Kubel to third. | 1 | 0 |
| C Gomez singled to center, J Kubel scored, N Punto to third. | 1 | 1 |
| C Gomez stole second. | 1 | 1 |
| D Span struck out looking. | 1 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Kevin Slowey pitching for Minnesota | KC | MIN |
| J Smith flied out to center. | 1 | 1 |
| M Aviles grounded out to third. | 1 | 1 |
| A Callaspo grounded out to second. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Kyle Davies pitching for Kansas City | KC | MIN |
| A Casilla singled to center. | 1 | 1 |
| J Mauer reached on infield single to shortstop, A Casilla to second. | 1 | 1 |
| J Morneau popped out to second. | 1 | 1 |
| J Kubel hit a ground rule double to deep left center, A Casilla scored, J Mauer to third. | 1 | 2 |
| D Young grounded out to shortstop, J Mauer scored, J Kubel to third. | 1 | 3 |
| B Buscher struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Kevin Slowey pitching for Minnesota | KC | MIN |
| D DeJesus grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 3 |
| J Guillen flied out to left. | 1 | 3 |
| M Teahen lined out to first. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Kyle Davies pitching for Kansas City | KC | MIN |
| N Punto lined out to first. | 1 | 3 |
| C Gomez grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 3 |
| D Span grounded out to second. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Kevin Slowey pitching for Minnesota | KC | MIN |
| R Gload doubled to right. | 1 | 3 |
| J Buck struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| E German grounded out to second, R Gload to third. | 1 | 3 |
| J Smith grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Kyle Davies pitching for Kansas City | KC | MIN |
| A Casilla flied out to center. | 1 | 3 |
| J Mauer grounded out to second. | 1 | 3 |
| J Morneau struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Kevin Slowey pitching for Minnesota | KC | MIN |
| M Aviles flied out to center. | 1 | 3 |
| A Callaspo flied out to center. | 1 | 3 |
| D DeJesus flied out to center. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Kyle Davies pitching for Kansas City | KC | MIN |
| J Kubel grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 3 |
| D Young singled to right. | 1 | 3 |
| B Buscher grounded out to first, D Young to second. | 1 | 3 |
| N Punto singled to left, D Young scored. | 1 | 4 |
| L Nunez relieved K Davies. | 1 | 4 |
| N Punto caught stealing second, pitcher to first to second. | 1 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Kevin Slowey pitching for Minnesota | KC | MIN |
| J Guillen struck out swinging. | 1 | 4 |
| M Teahen walked. | 1 | 4 |
| R Gload flied out to left. | 1 | 4 |
| J Buck flied out to right. | 1 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Juan Carlos Oviedo pitching for Kansas City | KC | MIN |
| C Gomez singled to center. | 1 | 4 |
| D Span walked, C Gomez to second. | 1 | 4 |
| A Casilla reached on bunt single to pitcher, C Gomez to third, D Span to third, C Gomez and D Span scored, A Casilla to third on throwing error by pitcher L Nunez. | 1 | 6 |
| J Gobble relieved L Nunez. | 1 | 6 |
| J Mauer grounded out to first. | 1 | 6 |
| J Morneau flied out to left. | 1 | 6 |
| J Kubel singled to center, A Casilla scored. | 1 | 7 |
| D Young singled to center, J Kubel to second. | 1 | 7 |
| R Tejeda relieved J Gobble. | 1 | 7 |
| B Buscher flied out to center. | 1 | 7 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Boof Bonser pitching for Minnesota | KC | MIN |
| B Bonser relieved K Slowey. | 1 | 7 |
| E German struck out swinging. | 1 | 7 |
| K Ka'aihue hit for J Smith. | 1 | 7 |
| K Ka'aihue struck out swinging. | 1 | 7 |
| M Aviles grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Robinson Tejeda pitching for Kansas City | KC | MIN |
| M Aviles at third base. | 1 | 7 |
| T Pena at shortstop. | 1 | 7 |
| N Punto struck out swinging. | 1 | 7 |
| C Gomez popped out to shortstop. | 1 | 7 |
| D Span struck out swinging. | 1 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Craig Breslow pitching for Minnesota | KC | MIN |
| C Breslow relieved B Bonser. | 1 | 7 |
| A Callaspo flied out to center. | 1 | 7 |
| D DeJesus grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 7 |
| J Guillen singled to center. | 1 | 7 |
| M Teahen singled to left, J Guillen to third. | 1 | 7 |
| M Teahen to second on fielder's indifference. | 1 | 7 |
| R Gload popped out to shortstop. | 1 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||