Minnesota 8, Kansas City 2

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(62-45)	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Minnesota 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 11 0 Kansas City 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 2 WP: B. Radke (10-8) LP: J. de la Rosa (1-1)	(38-70)

Scoring Summary

Top 1st: Minnesota

- J. Morneau singled to right center, L. Castillo scored, J. Mauer to third

- T. Hunter doubled to left, J. Mauer scored, J. Morneau to third

Top 2nd: Minnesota

- J. Tyner scored, L. Castillo to second on wild pitch

- J. Morneau singled to center, N. Punto and J. Mauer scored, M. Cuddyer to second, M. Cuddyer scored, J. Morneau to second on shortstop A. Blanco's fielding error

Top 3rd: Minnesota

- J. Rabe scored on passed ball

Bot 4th: Kansas City

- S. Costa hit sacrifice fly to left, M. Grudzielanek scored

Top 7th: Minnesota

- J. Rabe homered to deep left

Bot 8th: Kansas City

- D. DeJesus singled to left center, J. Gathright scored

Minnesota
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
L. Castillo 2b	5	1	2	0	1	1	2	.277
N. Punto 3b	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	.316
J. Mauer c	2	2	1	0	3	0	0	.366
M. Cuddyer rf	3	1	1	0	1	0	3	.265
J. Morneau 1b	5	0	2	3	0	0	3	.320
T. Hunter dh	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	.274
J. Rabe lf	5	2	2	1	0	0	5	.414
J. Tyner cf	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	.304
J. Bartlett ss	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	.347
Totals	35	8	11	5	8	3	18

Batting 2B - T Hunter (13, J De La Rosa). HR - J Rabe (3, 7th inning off L Nunez 0 on, 1 Out). S - N Punto. RBI - J Morneau 3 (91), T Hunter (55), J Rabe (7). 2-out RBI - J Morneau 3, T Hunter. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - N Punto 1, J Morneau 1, T Hunter 1, J Rabe 2. GIDP - L Castillo 2, J Rabe. Team LOB - 11.

Kansas City
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
D. DeJesus lf	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	.300
M. Grudzielanek 2b	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	.287
M. Teahen 3b	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.285
R. Sanders dh	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.244
S. Costa rf	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	.261
R. Shealy 1b	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.300
J. Buck c	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.238
A. Blanco ss	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.219
J. Gathright cf	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.206
Totals	30	2	4	2	1	6	7

Batting 2B - J Gathright (9, B Radke). SF - S Costa. RBI - S Costa (18), D DeJesus (33). 2-out RBI - D DeJesus. Team LOB - 3.

Fielding E - A Blanco 2 (3, catch, throw). DP - 3 (T Wellemeyer-A Blanco-R Shealy, M Teahen-M Grudzielanek-R Shealy, A Blanco-M Grudzielanek-R Shealy).

Minnesota
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
B. Radke (W, 10-8)	8.0	4	2	2	1	6	0	4.75
J. Nathan	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57
Kansas City
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
J. de la Rosa (L, 1-1)	1.1	4	6	5	4	0	0	8.59
T. Wellemeyer	4.2	3	1	0	3	1	0	3.65
L. Nunez	3.0	4	1	1	1	2	1	3.18

WP - J De La Rosa, T Wellemeyer.

HBP - M Cuddyer (by L Nunez); T Hunter (by L Nunez).

Pitches-strikes - B Radke 96-67; J Nathan 13-10; J De La Rosa 54-27; T Wellemeyer 65-36; L Nunez 52-33.

Ground balls-fly balls - B Radke 7-11; J Nathan 2-1; J De La Rosa 1-3; T Wellemeyer 9-4; L Nunez 6-1.

Batters faced - B Radke 29; J Nathan 3; J De La Rosa 12; T Wellemeyer 20; L Nunez 14.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Eric Cooper. 1B--Gerry Davis. 2B--Brian Knight. 3B--Bill Miller. Time: 2:42. Attendance: 12,022. Weather: 86 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 2 mph, swirling.

Game Notes

KANSAS CITY'S MARK GRUDZIELANEK EXTENDED HIS HITTING STREAK TO 10 GAMES WITH A SINGLE IN THE FOURTH INNING.

Updated on Thursday, Aug 3, 2006 11:21 pm ET