Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 8, Minnesota 1
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, September 26, 2008
Where: Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Angel Hernandez, 1B - Marty Foster, 2B - Derryl Cousins, 3B - Eric Cooper
Attendance: 30674
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Kansas City 0040211008160
Minnesota 000001000160
Team Records
 
Team W/L Home Away Streak
Kansas City 74-86 38-43 36-43 W4
Minnesota 87-73 52-27 35-46 L1
Recap Quick Hits
  • With this loss, the Minnesota Twins have a 52-27 record at home this season. The Kansas City Royals have a 36-43 record on the road.
  • Minnesota has a streak of 1 straight up loss. The Twins have won 5 of their last 10 games.
  • Kansas City has a streak of 4 straight up wins. The Royals have won 8 of their last 10 games.
  • Kyle Davies pitched 6.0 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 4.06. Francisco Liriano took the loss for Minnesota.
  • Mike Aviles, Billy Butler hit homeruns for Kansas City.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Kansas City   Minnesota
Kyle Davies Player Francisco Liriano
Win W/L Loss
6.0 IP 4.1
8 Strikeouts 5
4 Hits 11
1.50 ERA 12.46
Hitting
Kansas City   Minnesota
Billy Butler Player Joe Mauer
3 Hits 2
2 RBI 0
1 HR 0
6 TB 2
.600 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Kansas City 16 2 25 .410 15 8 8 3 0 0
Minnesota 6 0 8 .194 12 13 1 2 0 0