Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins

57-82, 26-45 Away

Final

83-57, 48-23 Home


KC
MIN

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

RoyalsTop 1st
- B. Duensing pitching for MIN
  KC
  MIN
- Pitch
  1
  Ball
  2
  Strike Looking
  3
  Ground Out
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsBottom 1st
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  MIN
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 2nd
- B. Duensing pitching for MIN
  KC
  MIN
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsBottom 2nd
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  MIN
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 3rd
- B. Duensing pitching for MIN
  KC
  MIN
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsBottom 3rd
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  MIN
- M Tolbert safe at first on error by first baseman W Betemit.
  1
  0
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error
RoyalsTop 4th
- B. Duensing pitching for MIN
  KC
  MIN
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsBottom 4th
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  MIN
- O Hudson caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop.
  1
  0
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 5th
- B. Duensing pitching for MIN
  KC
  MIN
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsBottom 5th
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  MIN
- 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 6th
- B. Duensing pitching for MIN
  KC
  MIN
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TwinsBottom 6th
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  MIN
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 7th
- B. Duensing pitching for MIN
  KC
  MIN
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TwinsBottom 7th
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  MIN
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 8th
- B. Duensing pitching for MIN
  KC
  MIN
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsBottom 8th
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  MIN
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 9th
- M. Capps pitching for MIN
  KC
  MIN
- K Ka'aihue hit for L May.
  2
  4
- K Ka'aihue to second on fielder's indifference.
  2
  4
- M Maier hit for J Miller.
  3
  4
- J Dyson ran for A Gordon.
  3
  4
- J Dyson stole second.
  3
  4
- 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors

Royals
4
Twins
5

Game 1

6/9

Royals
3
Twins
10

Game 2

8/9

Royals
3
Twins
4

Game 3

9/9

Target Field

1:10 AM, 9 September 2010

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Attendance: 39,376

Game Time:2:19

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Mike Muchlinski
First Base Umpire - Brian Knight
Second Base Umpire - Gerry Davis
Third Base Umpire - Sam Holbrook

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

B. Duensing8-2

Z. Greinke8-12

M. Capps11

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Pitch
1 Ball
2 Strike Looking
3 Ground Out