Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 10, Kansas City 3
When: 8:10 PM ET, Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 60°
Umpires: Home - Sam Holbrook, 1B - Mike Muchlinski, 2B - Brian Knight, 3B - Gerry Davis
Attendance: 38816
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Gregor Blanco CF 5 0 1 1 0 1 5 .244
Mike Aviles 2B 5 0 1 0 0 0 4 .289
Billy Butler 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313
     Kila Ka'aihue 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .190
Wilson Betemit DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .299
Josh Fields 3B 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 .385
Alex Gordon LF 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .230
     Jarrod Dyson PH 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000
Brayan Pena C 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .234
     Lucas May PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Jai Miller RF 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 .280
Yuniesky Betancourt SS 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 .264
Totals 36 3 9 2 2 6 18  
Batting
2B - Jai Miller (2)
HR - Josh Fields (1)
TB - Gregor Blanco, Mike Aviles, Josh Fields 5, Brayan Pena, Jai Miller 3, Yuniesky Betancourt 2
RBI - Gregor Blanco (7), Josh Fields (1)
2-Out RBI - Gregor Blanco (2), Josh Fields (1)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Gregor Blanco (12), Mike Aviles 4 (22), Josh Fields (2)
Team LOB - 8
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Brian Bannister (L 7-12) 2.2 8 7 7 2 0 0 6.32
Greg Holland 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.42
Luke Hochevar 3.0 5 3 3 1 3 1 5.11
Jesse Chavez 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 7.64
WP - Brian Bannister
HBP - Jim Thome (by Hochevar)
Pitches-Strikes - Brian Bannister 55-33, Greg Holland 2-1, Luke Hochevar 53-33, Jesse Chavez 30-20
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Brian Bannister 5-3, Greg Holland 1-0, Luke Hochevar 1-5, Jesse Chavez 1-3
Batters Faced - Brian Bannister 18, Greg Holland 1, Luke Hochevar 16, Jesse Chavez 7
Inherited Runners-Scored - Greg Holland 1-0
Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Denard Span CF 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .267
     Ben Revere PH-CF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Orlando Hudson 2B 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 .284
Joe Mauer C 4 1 2 0 0 0 3 .325
     Jose Morales C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231
Jason Kubel RF 5 1 1 1 0 2 5 .259
Michael Cuddyer 1B 4 1 1 0 1 1 2 .275
Jim Thome DH 1 3 1 1 2 0 0 .278
     Trevor Plouffe PH-DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .129
Delmon Young LF 4 1 3 4 0 0 0 .303
J.J. Hardy SS 3 1 1 3 0 0 2 .262
Matt Tolbert 3B 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 .238
Totals 36 10 13 10 4 5 17  
Batting
2B - Delmon Young 2 (40)
3B - Matt Tolbert (3)
HR - Jim Thome (22)
TB - Denard Span, Orlando Hudson 2, Joe Mauer 2, Jason Kubel, Michael Cuddyer, Jim Thome 4, Delmon Young 5, J.J. Hardy, Matt Tolbert 3
RBI - Jason Kubel (84), Jim Thome (52), Delmon Young 4 (97), J.J. Hardy 3 (34), Matt Tolbert (15)
2-Out RBI - Jason Kubel (40), Delmon Young 4 (42), J.J. Hardy 2 (14), Matt Tolbert (10)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Denard Span (53), Jason Kubel 2 (60), J.J. Hardy 2 (36), Matt Tolbert (6)
SF - J.J. Hardy (4)
Team LOB - 8
Baserunning
SB - Denard Span (21, 2nd off Bannister/Pena)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Francisco Liriano (W 13-7) 7.0 7 2 2 0 4 1 3.24
Glen Perkins 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 8.18
Pat Neshek 1.0 1 1 1 2 0 0 5.06
WP - Francisco Liriano
Pitches-Strikes - Francisco Liriano 95-61, Glen Perkins 16-14, Pat Neshek 25-13
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Francisco Liriano 11-5, Glen Perkins 1-0, Pat Neshek 0-3
Batters Faced - Francisco Liriano 28, Glen Perkins 4, Pat Neshek 6