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Minnesota 9, Kansas City 4
Preview - Box Score - Recap

(80-73)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Minnesota 0 0 1 1 4 0 2 0 1 9 9 1
Kansas City 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 11 2
WP: C. Pavano (13-11)
LP: R. Tejeda (4-2)
(63-91)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 3rd: Minnesota
- N. Punto scored on wild pitch
Bot 3rd: Kansas City
- B. Butler homered to deep center
Top 4th: Minnesota
- M. Cuddyer homered to deep left
Top 5th: Minnesota
- O. Cabrera singled to shallow right, J. Morales scored, M. Tolbert to third, D. Span to second
- J. Mauer walked, M. Tolbert scored, D. Span to third, O. Cabrera to second
- J. Kubel walked, D. Span scored, O. Cabrera to third, J. Mauer to second
- M. Cuddyer walked, O. Cabrera scored, J. Mauer to third, J. Kubel to second
Bot 5th: Kansas City
- B. Butler homered to deep left, J. Anderson and M. Maier scored
Top 7th: Minnesota
- D. Young tripled to deep left center, M. Cuddyer scored
- M. Tolbert singled to shallow left center, D. Young scored
Top 9th: Minnesota
- D. Young homered to deep left
 Minnesota
  AB R H RBI HR BB K SB LOB Season Avg 
D. Span cf-rf 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 .307
O. Cabrera ss 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .273
J. Mauer c 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 .370
J. Kubel rf 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 .298
    C. Gomez cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231
M. Cuddyer 1b 4 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 .278
D. Young lf 5 2 2 2 1 0 2 0 3 .275
J. Morales dh 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 .340
M. Tolbert 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .217
N. Punto 2b 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .231
 Totals 34 9 9 8 2 8 5 3 14  
 Batting
3B - D Young (2, R Colon).
HR - M Cuddyer (30, 4th inning off R Tejeda 0 on, 2 Out), D Young (9, 9th inning off V Marte 0 on, 2 Out).
S - N Punto.
RBI - O Cabrera (67), J Mauer (90), J Kubel (90), M Cuddyer 2 (88), D Young 2 (47), M Tolbert (16).
2-out RBI - M Cuddyer, D Young, M Tolbert.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Mauer 1, J Morales 2.
GIDP - J Kubel.
Team LOB - 7.
 Base Running
SB - D Span (22, 2nd base off J Cruz/J Buck), M Cuddyer (6, 3rd base off R Colon/J Buck), N Punto (16, 2nd base off R Tejeda/J Buck).
CS - M Tolbert (1, 2nd base by R Colon/J Buck).
 
 Fielding
E - M Tolbert (3, field).
DP - 1 (O Cabrera-N Punto-M Cuddyer).
 Kansas City
  AB R H RBI HR BB K SB LOB Season Avg 
W. Bloomquist rf 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .265
M. Maier lf 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 .253
B. Butler 1b 5 2 4 4 2 0 1 0 2 .306
M. Jacobs dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .229
A. Callaspo 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 .300
J. Buck c 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 .241
A. Gordon 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 .224
Y. Betancourt ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .243
J. Anderson cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .242
 Totals 37 4 11 4 2 2 8 1 17  
 Batting
2B - J Anderson (7, C Pavano).
HR - B Butler 2 (21, 3rd inning off C Pavano 0 on, 2 Out, 5th inning off C Pavano 2 on, 1 Out).
RBI - B Butler 4 (91).
2-out RBI - B Butler.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Butler 1, A Callaspo 1, A Gordon 1.
GIDP - Y Betancourt.
Team LOB - 8.
 Base Running
SB - M Maier (9, 2nd base off C Pavano/J Mauer).
 
 Fielding
E - J Buck (7, throw); Y Betancourt (16, field).
DP - 1 (Y Betancourt-B Butler).
 Minnesota
  IP H R ER BB K HR WHIP Season ERA 
C. Pavano (W, 13-11) 6.0 8 4 4 1 5 2 1.35 4.86  
R. Mahay 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.71 4.44  
J. Rauch 0.2 1 0 0 1 2 0 1.41 2.53  
J. Mijares (H, 27) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.11 2.09  
M. Guerrier 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0.94 2.24  
 Kansas City
  IP H R ER BB K HR WHIP Season ERA 
R. Tejeda (L, 4-2) 4.1 2 6 5 7 3 1 1.25 3.41  
J. Cruz 1.2 2 0 0 1 1 0 1.51 5.96  
R. Colon 1.0 3 2 2 0 1 0 1.46 4.99  
C. Rosa 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.12 6.35  
V. Marte 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2.00 8.00  
WP - R Tejeda.
Pitches-strikes - C Pavano 91-63; R Mahay 8-5; J Rauch 19-9; J Mijares 3-2; M Guerrier 13-11; R Tejeda 83-42; J Cruz 41-26; R Colon 20-11; C Rosa 16-9; V Marte 10-5.
Ground balls-fly balls - C Pavano 7-8; R Mahay 2-0; J Rauch 1-0; J Mijares 0-1; M Guerrier 2-1; R Tejeda 4-5; J Cruz 4-1; R Colon 0-4; C Rosa 2-0; V Marte 0-3.
Batters faced - C Pavano 26; R Mahay 3; J Rauch 4; J Mijares 1; M Guerrier 5; R Tejeda 22; J Cruz 8; R Colon 5; C Rosa 4; V Marte 4.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Laz Diaz. 1B--Eric Cooper. 2B--Mike Reilly. 3B--Chuck Meriwether.

Updated on Saturday, Sep 26, 2009 3:55 am ET

 
 Top Batters
 Minnesota
D. Young Delmon Young
2-5, 1 HR
2 RBI
 Kansas City
B. Butler Billy Butler
4-5, 2 HR
4 RBI