Minnesota 7, Kansas City 1

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(44-69)	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Kansas City 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 Minnesota 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 7 10 1 WP: F. Liriano (5-11) LP: B. Bannister (7-9)	(55-58)

Scoring Summary

Top 1st: Kansas City

- W. Bloomquist homered to deep left

Bot 1st: Minnesota

- J. Kubel singled to second, J. Mauer scored, J. Morneau to second

- M. Cuddyer singled to shallow right, J. Morneau scored, J. Kubel to second

- J. Crede homered to deep left, J. Kubel and M. Cuddyer scored

Bot 4th: Minnesota

- D. Span hit sacrifice fly to left, J. Crede scored

- O. Cabrera doubled to shallow right, D. Young scored

Kansas City
	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	SB	LOB	Season Avg
D. DeJesus lf	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.266
W. Bloomquist 2b	4	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	.257
B. Butler dh	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	.298
M. Olivo c	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.243
A. Callaspo 3b	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	.307
M. Teahen 1b	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.280
M. Maier cf	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	.240
Y. Betancourt ss	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.237
J. Anderson rf	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235
Totals	31	1	4	1	1	1	12	0	8

Batting HR - W Bloomquist (4, 1st inning off F Liriano 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - W Bloomquist (22). Team LOB - 4.

Fielding DP - 1 (W Bloomquist-Y Betancourt-M Teahen).

Minnesota
	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	SB	LOB	Season Avg
D. Span cf-lf	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	.297
O. Cabrera ss	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.286
J. Mauer c	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.368
J. Morneau 1b	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.300
J. Kubel dh	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	.305
M. Cuddyer rf	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	.273
J. Crede 3b	3	2	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	.239
D. Young lf	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.266
C. Gomez pr-cf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238
N. Punto 2b	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.202
Totals	32	7	10	7	1	2	5	1	12

Batting 2B - O Cabrera (28, B Bannister); D Young (7, B Bannister). HR - J Crede (15, 1st inning off B Bannister 2 on, 2 Out). SF - D Span. RBI - D Span (43), O Cabrera (48), J Kubel (63), M Cuddyer (57), J Crede 3 (44). 2-out RBI - O Cabrera, J Kubel, M Cuddyer, J Crede 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Mauer 2, N Punto 2. GIDP - N Punto. Team LOB - 5.

Base Running SB - D Span (18, 2nd base off B Bannister/M Olivo).    Fielding E - O Cabrera (16, field).

Kansas City
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	WHIP	Season ERA
B. Bannister (L, 7-9)	6.0	9	7	7	1	3	1	1.34	4.26
J. Bale	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.86	6.46
J. Wright	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.54	4.94
Minnesota
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	WHIP	Season ERA
F. Liriano (W, 5-11)	7.0	3	1	1	1	8	1	1.48	5.39
M. Guerrier	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.82	2.24
J. Nathan	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.80	1.65

WP - J Wright.

HPB - C Gomez (by J Wright).

Pitches-strikes - B Bannister 94-57; J Bale 11-7; J Wright 25-12; F Liriano 91-59; M Guerrier 18-14; J Nathan 16-12.

Ground balls-fly balls - B Bannister 12-7; J Bale 1-1; J Wright 1-1; F Liriano 5-9; M Guerrier 2-0; J Nathan 0-0.

Batters faced - B Bannister 27; J Bale 3; J Wright 6; F Liriano 25; M Guerrier 4; J Nathan 3.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--James Hoye. 1B--Bill Welke. 2B--Jim Reynolds. 3B--Jeff Nelson.

Updated on Thursday, Aug 13, 2009 4:48 am ET