Kansas City 4, Minnesota 2

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(74-86)	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Kansas City 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 12 2 Minnesota 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 WP: G. Meche (14-11) S: J. Soria (42) LP: M. Guerrier (6-9)	(87-73)

Scoring Summary

Bot 3rd: Minnesota

- D. Span scored

- D. Span scored

Top 5th: Kansas City

- B. Butler scored, J. Buck to third

Top 7th: Kansas City

- Batter singled to second, A. Callaspo and M. Aviles scored

- R. Shealy singled to second, A. Callaspo and M. Aviles scored

Kansas City
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
M. Aviles ss-2b	3	1	1	1	1	0	2	.323
A. Callaspo 2b	4	0	1	0	0	0	4	.312
J. Gathright cf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254
J. Guillen rf	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	.266
T. Pena Jr. ss	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169
R. Shealy 1b	5	0	2	2	0	2	1	.306
M. Teahen lf	3	0	1	1	0	1	2	.256
B. Butler dh	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	.276
A. Gordon 3b	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.261
J. Buck c	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	.227
M. Maier cf-rf	3	0	0	0	0	1	5	.284
Totals	31	3	11	4	1	6	23

Batting 2B - J Guillen (42, G Perkins); J Buck (23, G Perkins). SF - M Aviles. RBI - M Aviles (51), M Teahen (59), R Shealy 2 (20). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Maier 2, A Callaspo 2, M Teahen 1. Team LOB - 10.

Base Running SB - A Gordon 2 (9, 2nd base off D Reyes/J Mauer, 3rd base off D Reyes/J Mauer).    Fielding E - R Shealy (1, line drive); A Gordon (16, throw). DP - 4 (M Aviles-A Callaspo-R Shealy 2, A Callaspo-M Aviles-R Shealy, M Aviles-T Pena-R Shealy).

Minnesota
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
D. Span rf	3	1	0	0	2	1	2	.296
A. Casilla 2b	3	0	1	0	2	1	2	.284
J. Mauer c	2	0	0	1	2	0	2	.330
J. Morneau 1b	5	0	1	0	0	2	6	.303
J. Kubel dh	3	1	1	0	0	1	3	.275
M. Tolbert ph-dh	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.283
D. Young lf	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.293
B. Harris 3b	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	.267
N. Punto ss	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	.282
C. Gomez cf	4	0	1	0	0	0	4	.261
Totals	29	2	8	2	6	6	21

Batting 2B - J Kubel (22, G Meche); B Harris (29, G Meche). SF - J Mauer. RBI - B Harris (49), J Mauer (83). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Morneau 2, D Span 1, C Gomez 1. GIDP - C Gomez, J Kubel, J Morneau, J Mauer. Team LOB - 11.

Base Running SB - A Casilla (7, 3rd base off G Meche/J Buck), D Span (18, 2nd base off G Meche/J Buck), C Gomez (33, 2nd base off G Meche/J Buck).

Kansas City
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
G. Meche (W, 14-11)	6.0	7	2	1	3	7	0	3.98
J. Bale (H, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.39
R. Ramirez (H, 21)	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.64
J. Soria (S, 42)	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.60
Minnesota
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
G. Perkins	4.2	4	0	0	0	4	0	4.36
B. Bonser (BS, 2)	0.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	5.93
C. Breslow	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.91
M. Guerrier (L, 6-9)	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.95
J. Crain	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3.59
D. Reyes	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2.33
J. Mijares	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17

WP - J Crain.

IBB - M Aviles (by D Reyes).

HBP - M Maier (by G Perkins).

Pitches-strikes - G Meche 99-63; J Bale 7-2; R Ramirez 22-11; J Soria 22-10; G Perkins 85-59; B Bonser 9-5; C Breslow 7-4; M Guerrier 15-8; J Crain 14-10; D Reyes 21-10; J Mijares 13-7.

Ground balls-fly balls - G Meche 9-2; J Bale 2-1; R Ramirez 1-2; J Soria 2-1; G Perkins 4-7; B Bonser 0-0; C Breslow 0-0; M Guerrier 1-1; J Crain 0-1; D Reyes 1-1; J Mijares 0-3.

Batters faced - G Meche 28; J Bale 3; R Ramirez 5; J Soria 4; G Perkins 20; B Bonser 4; C Breslow 1; M Guerrier 4; J Crain 4; D Reyes 5; J Mijares 3.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Marty Foster. 1B--Derryl Cousins. 2B--Eric Cooper. 3B--Angel Hernandez. Time: 3:34. Attendance: 38,072. Weather: INDOORS

Updated on Saturday, Sep 27, 2008 11:56 pm ET