Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins

47-58, 23-27 Away

Final

54-51, 29-24 Home


KC
MIN

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-	3	9	0

Royals Hitting

hitters
D. DeJesusCF
M. Grudzielanek2B
M. TeahenRF
B. ButlerDH
R. Gload1B
A. Gordon3B
E. BrownLF
J. BuckC
aJ. SmithPH
Peña Jr.SS
team

AB	R	H	RBI	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	1	1	0	1	.281	.366	.403
3	0	1	1	0	.305	.346	.441
3	0	0	0	2	.283	.356	.404
3	0	0	0	1	.305	.346	.464
3	0	0	0	0	.288	.316	.448
3	0	0	0	2	.243	.321	.381
3	0	0	0	0	.232	.287	.324
2	0	0	0	1	.241	.328	.513
1	0	0	0	0	.206	.250	.294
3	0	0	0	0	.284	.300	.379
28	1	2	1	7

a-flied out to center for J Buck in the 9th

Batting
2BD DeJesus (24, S Baker)
RBIM Grudzielanek (36)
Team LOB0

Baserunning
SBM Grudzielanek (1, 2nd base off S Baker/J Mauer)

Fielding
DP2 (A Gordon-R Gload, T Pena-M Grudzielanek-R Gload)

Twins Hitting

hitters
J. TynerRF
J. BartlettSS
J. MauerC
J. Morneau1B
T. HunterCF
J. KubelLF
R. WhiteDH
B. Buscher3B
L. Rodriguez3B
N. Punto2B
team

AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	2	3	0	0	0	.291	.337	.374
4	1	1	0	0	1	.257	.327	.329
4	0	2	3	0	0	.303	.392	.448
3	0	2	0	1	1	.300	.367	.580
3	0	0	0	1	1	.288	.333	.532
4	0	0	0	0	3	.241	.295	.402
3	0	0	0	0	1	.138	.219	.172
3	0	1	0	0	0	.273	.273	.273
0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.270	.270
3	0	0	0	0	1	.211	.301	.275
31	3	9	3	2	8

Batting
2BJ Mauer (19, G Meche); J Tyner (10, J Gobble)
3BJ Tyner (1, G Meche)
RBIJ Mauer 3 (46)
GIDPT Hunter; N Punto
Team LOB6

Fielding
DP1 (N Punto-J Bartlett)

Royals Pitching

pitchers
G. Meche(L,9-13)
J. Gobble
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
7.0	7	2	2	1	6	98-65	3.70
1.0	2	1	1	1	2	25-15	3.25
8.0	9	3	3	2	8	123-80

Pitching
WPJ Gobble
Ground Balls-Fly BallsG Meche 12-3; J Gobble 0-1
Game ScoresG Meche 60

Twins Pitching

pitchers
S. Baker(W,9-9)
J. Nathan(S,37)
team

IP	H	R	ER	K	PC-ST	ERA
8.0	2	1	1	7	99-71	4.88
1.0	0	0	0	0	9-8	1.88
9.0	2	1	1	7	108-79

Pitching
IBBT Hunter (By J Gobble)
Ground Balls-Fly BallsS Baker 4-13; J Nathan 1-2
Game ScoresS Baker 81

Scoring Summary

		KC	MIN
1st	J Mauer doubled to deep left, J Tyner and J Bartlett scored.	0	2
4th	M Grudzielanek singled to right center, D DeJesus scored.	1	2
8th	J Mauer singled to right, J Tyner scored.	1	3

Royals
1
Twins
3

Game 1

31/7

Royals
3
Twins
5

Game 2

1/8

Royals
5
Twins
3

Game 3

2/8

Royals
-
Twins
-

Game 4

2/8

Metrodome

1:10 AM, 31 July 2007

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Attendance: 23,628

Game Time:2:18

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Tim Mcclelland
First Base Umpire - Marty Foster
Second Base Umpire - Fieldin Culbreth
Third Base Umpire - Paul Schrieber

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	88	74	.543	-	W2
Detroit	87	75	.537	1	L1
Kansas City	82	80	.506	6	W2
Minnesota	70	92	.432	18	L1
Chicago	60	102	.370	28	W1

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Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins

S. Baker5-4

G. Meche7-8

J. Nathan23

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