Kansas City 5, Minnesota 1
Preview - Box Score - Recap

(6-6)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Minnesota 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Kansas City 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 X 5 7 1
WP: B. Bannister (3-0)
LP: F. Liriano (0-1)
(7-5)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 1st: Minnesota
- J. Morneau singled to left, B. Harris scored
Bot 1st: Kansas City
- B. Butler singled to right center, J. Gathright scored
Bot 2nd: Kansas City
- M. Olivo doubled to deep right center, A. Gordon scored
Bot 4th: Kansas City
- T. Pena Jr. hit sacrifice fly to center, A. Gordon scored
- E. German singled to left, J. Buck scored, J. Gathright to second
Bot 8th: Kansas City
- A. Gordon homered to deep right
 Minnesota
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
C. Gomez cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .269
B. Harris 2b 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333
J. Kubel dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .263
J. Morneau 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 .225
D. Young lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .244
M. Lamb 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .176
M. Redmond c 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
D. Span rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
A. Everett ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .130
    M. Tolbert ph-ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .435
 Totals 29 1 3 1 1 3 8  
 Batting
RBI - J Morneau (9).
2-out RBI - J Morneau.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Morneau 2.
GIDP - D Young, M Redmond.
Team LOB - 3.
 Fielding
DP - 1 (A Everett-B Harris-J Morneau).
 Kansas City
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
J. Gathright cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .239
E. German 2b 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 .143
M. Teahen lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .286
B. Butler 1b 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 .386
    R. Gload pr-1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
J. Guillen rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .122
A. Gordon 3b 3 3 2 1 1 0 1 .333
M. Olivo dh 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 .167
J. Buck c 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 .206
T. Pena Jr. ss 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 .033
 Totals 28 5 7 5 6 4 15  
 Batting
2B - M Olivo (2, F Liriano); A Gordon (4, F Liriano).
HR - A Gordon (3, 8th inning off J Rincon 0 on, 0 Out).
S - E German.
SF - T Pena.
RBI - B Butler (4), M Olivo (3), T Pena (3), E German (1), A Gordon (7).
2-out RBI - B Butler, E German.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Buck 1, J Gathright 1, M Teahen 1.
GIDP - J Guillen.
Team LOB - 7.
 Base Running
SB - A Gordon (1, 3rd base off F Liriano/M Redmond).
 
 Fielding
E - J Guillen (1, fly ball).
DP - 2 (T Pena-B Butler, T Pena-E German-B Butler).
 Minnesota
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
F. Liriano (L, 0-1) 4.2 6 4 4 5 4 0 7.71
B. Bass 2.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.27
J. Rincon 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 6.75
 Kansas City
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
B. Bannister (W, 3-0) 9.0 3 1 0 1 3 0 0.86
HBP - B Harris (by B Bannister).
Pitches-strikes - F Liriano 90-51; B Bass 17-10; J Rincon 8-6; B Bannister 112-72.
Ground balls-fly balls - F Liriano 5-5; B Bass 7-0; J Rincon 0-3; B Bannister 15-9.
Batters faced - F Liriano 25; B Bass 7; J Rincon 4; B Bannister 31.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Derryl Cousins. 1B--Angel Hernandez. 2B--Eric Cooper. 3B--Marty Foster.
Time: 2:10.
Attendance: 13,886.
Weather: 37 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 15 mph, left to right.

Updated on Sunday, Apr 13, 2008 4:28 pm ET

  
 Top Batters
 Minnesota
J. Morneau Justin Morneau
1-4
1 RBI
 Kansas City
A. Gordon Alex Gordon
2-3, 1 HR
1 RBI