Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 5, Kansas City 4
When: 4:10 PM ET, Saturday, October 3, 2009
Where: Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Mark Wegner, 1B - Rick Reed, 2B - Jeff Kellogg, 3B - Tim Timmons
Attendance: 48644
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Willie Bloomquist LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .266
Mitch Maier CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .246
Billy Butler 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .303
Mike Jacobs DH 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .228
Alberto Jose Callaspo 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .298
Mark Teahen RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .270
Miguel Olivo C 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 .249
Alex Gordon 3B 3 1 1 2 0 1 2 .231
Luis Hernandez SS 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .186
     Brayan Pena PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .274
     Tug Hulett PR-SS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .059
Totals 32 4 7 3 0 7 5  
Batting
2B - Miguel Olivo (15)
HR - Mike Jacobs (19), Alex Gordon (5)
TB - Willie Bloomquist, Mike Jacobs 5, Alberto Jose Callaspo, Miguel Olivo 2, Alex Gordon 4, Brayan Pena
RBI - Mike Jacobs (61), Alex Gordon 2 (21)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alex Gordon 2 (22)
S - Mark Teahen (2)
GIDP - Mitch Maier (6)
Team LOB - 2
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Zack Greinke 6.0 6 4 4 2 5 0 2.16
Roman Colon 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.83
Dusty Hughes (L 0-2) 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 1 4.61
Juan Cruz 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.72
HBP - Michael Cuddyer (by Greinke)
Pitches-Strikes - Zack Greinke 96-63, Roman Colon 12-7, Dusty Hughes 11-6, Juan Cruz 5-3
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Zack Greinke 6-6, Roman Colon 0-2, Dusty Hughes 1-1, Juan Cruz 1-1
Batters Faced - Zack Greinke 26, Roman Colon 3, Dusty Hughes 3, Juan Cruz 2
Inherited Runners-Scored - Dusty Hughes 1-0
Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Denard Span CF-RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .312
Orlando Cabrera SS 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .282
Joe Mauer C 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 .366
Jason Kubel RF 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .296
     Carlos Gomez CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228
Michael Cuddyer 1B 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 .277
Delmon Young LF 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 .283
Jose Morales DH 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .325
Matt Tolbert 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .226
Nick Punto 2B 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 .230
Totals 30 5 8 5 2 5 9  
Batting
2B - Jason Kubel (35), Delmon Young (16)
HR - Michael Cuddyer (31)
TB - Orlando Cabrera 2, Joe Mauer, Jason Kubel 2, Michael Cuddyer 4, Delmon Young 3, Jose Morales
RBI - Joe Mauer (96), Michael Cuddyer (92), Delmon Young 3 (58)
2-Out RBI - Joe Mauer (37), Delmon Young 3 (21)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Matt Tolbert (21)
S - Denard Span (11)
Team LOB - 5
Baserunning
CS - Delmon Young (5, 2nd by Greinke/Olivo)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Nick Blackburn 7.0 4 2 2 0 5 1 4.03
Jose Mijares 0.0 2 2 2 0 0 1 2.34
Jon Rauch (W 5-1; BS 2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.84
Joe Nathan (SV 47) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.15
Pitches-Strikes - Nick Blackburn 88-60, Jose Mijares 4-3, Jon Rauch 7-6, Joe Nathan 15-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Nick Blackburn 9-7, Jose Mijares 0-0, Jon Rauch 2-1, Joe Nathan 0-1
Batters Faced - Nick Blackburn 25, Jose Mijares 2, Jon Rauch 3, Joe Nathan 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - Jose Mijares 1-1, Jon Rauch 1-1