Kansas City 5, Minnesota 4

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(45-69)	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Kansas City 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 0 Minnesota 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 7 0 WP: G. Meche (5-9) S: J. Soria (19) LP: C. Pavano (10-9)	(55-59)

Scoring Summary

Top 1st: Kansas City

- W. Bloomquist grounded out to shortstop, D. DeJesus scored

Bot 1st: Minnesota

- J. Mauer doubled to right center, D. Span scored

Top 3rd: Kansas City

- W. Bloomquist singled to shallow left, A. Gordon scored, Y. Betancourt to second

- B. Butler doubled to right, Y. Betancourt scored, W. Bloomquist to third

- M. Jacobs grounded out to shortstop, W. Bloomquist scored

Top 4th: Kansas City

- A. Gordon homered to deep left

Bot 5th: Minnesota

- J. Mauer homered to deep right center, D. Span and O. Cabrera scored

Kansas City
	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	SB	LOB	Season Avg
D. DeJesus lf	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	3	.266
W. Bloomquist cf	4	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	.257
B. Butler 1b	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.300
J. Anderson pr-rf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235
M. Jacobs dh	4	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	.233
A. Callaspo 2b	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	.307
M. Teahen rf-1b	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.278
J. Buck c	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.215
A. Gordon 3b	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	.224
Y. Betancourt ss	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241
Totals	34	5	8	5	1	3	10	1	10

Batting 2B - B Butler (37, C Pavano). 3B - D DeJesus (8, C Pavano); Y Betancourt (5, J Crain). HR - A Gordon (3, 4th inning off C Pavano 0 on, 2 Out). RBI - W Bloomquist 2 (24), B Butler (59), M Jacobs (40), A Gordon (11). 2-out RBI - A Gordon. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D DeJesus 1, W Bloomquist 1, A Callaspo 1. Team LOB - 5.

Base Running SB - D DeJesus (4, 2nd base off C Pavano/M Redmond).    Fielding DP - 1 (A Callaspo-B Butler).

Minnesota
	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	SB	LOB	Season Avg
D. Span cf	3	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	.297
O. Cabrera ss	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.285
J. Mauer dh	4	1	2	4	1	1	0	0	1	.370
J. Morneau 1b	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.298
J. Kubel lf	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.307
M. Cuddyer rf	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.271
J. Crede 3b	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	.237
M. Redmond c	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.257
N. Punto 2b	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	.204
B. Harris ph	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.266
A. Casilla pr-2b	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172
Totals	33	4	7	4	1	7	5	0	14

Batting 2B - J Mauer (20, G Meche); N Punto (7, G Meche). HR - J Mauer (21, 5th inning off G Meche 2 on, 2 Out). RBI - J Mauer 4 (70). 2-out RBI - J Mauer 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Mauer 1, J Kubel 1, M Cuddyer 2. GIDP - O Cabrera. Team LOB - 9.

Fielding Outfield assists - M Cuddyer.

Kansas City
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	WHIP	Season ERA
G. Meche (W, 5-9)	5.0	7	4	4	2	2	1	1.51	4.62
R. Tejeda	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.60	4.98
J. Wright (H, 8)	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.54	4.85
J. Bale (H, 10)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.78	6.20
J. Soria (S, 19)	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1.01	2.34
Minnesota
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	WHIP	Season ERA
C. Pavano (L, 10-9)	7.0	5	5	5	3	6	1	1.33	5.16
J. Mijares	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.30	2.43
J. Crain	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1.76	6.83

Pitches-strikes - G Meche 83-54; R Tejeda 6-0; J Wright 20-10; J Bale 11-6; J Soria 35-25; C Pavano 112-74; J Mijares 11-10; J Crain 21-15.

Ground balls-fly balls - G Meche 11-6; R Tejeda 0-0; J Wright 1-0; J Bale 2-1; J Soria 1-2; C Pavano 13-4; J Mijares 2-1; J Crain 0-0.

Batters faced - G Meche 24; R Tejeda 2; J Wright 4; J Bale 3; J Soria 7; C Pavano 29; J Mijares 4; J Crain 4.

Game Details

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

Updated on Friday, Aug 14, 2009 3:53 am ET