Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 8, Kansas City 3
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, April 23, 2010
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 74°
Umpires: Home - Scott Barry, 1B - Gerry Davis, 2B - Brian Knight, 3B - Greg Gibson
Attendance: 16605
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 20111001208110
Kansas City 0010010100361
Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Denard Span CF 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 .258
Orlando Hudson 2B 4 1 3 0 1 0 1 .281
Joe Mauer C 5 0 1 0 0 1 5 .333
Justin Morneau 1B 3 1 1 1 2 0 1 .356
Michael Cuddyer RF 4 1 1 2 1 0 5 .324
Jason Kubel LF 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 .185
Jim Thome DH 5 1 2 3 0 0 3 .241
     Alexi Casilla PR-DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J.J. Hardy SS 5 1 1 1 0 2 1 .226
Brendan Harris 3B 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 .172
Totals 38 8 11 7 7 4 18  
Batting
2B - Joe Mauer (6), Michael Cuddyer (3), Jim Thome (2)
HR - Jim Thome (3), J.J. Hardy (3)
TB - Denard Span, Orlando Hudson 3, Joe Mauer 2, Justin Morneau, Michael Cuddyer 2, Jason Kubel, Jim Thome 6, J.J. Hardy 4
RBI - Justin Morneau (11), Michael Cuddyer 2 (15), Jim Thome 3 (8), J.J. Hardy (8)
2-Out RBI - Justin Morneau (2), Michael Cuddyer (5)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Michael Cuddyer 2 (12), Jason Kubel (8), Jim Thome 2 (7), Brendan Harris (1)
Team LOB - 10
Baserunning
SB - Denard Span (5, 2nd off Meche/Kendall), Orlando Hudson (1, 2nd off Meche/Kendall), Michael Cuddyer (2, 2nd off Tejeda/Kendall)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Carl Pavano (W 3-1) 7.0 4 2 2 0 5 1 4.24
Matt Guerrier 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0.96
Brian Duensing 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.16
HBP - David DeJesus (by Guerrier)
Pitches-Strikes - Carl Pavano 104-70, Matt Guerrier 20-9, Brian Duensing 12-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Carl Pavano 9-6, Matt Guerrier 1-1, Brian Duensing 0-2
Batters Faced - Carl Pavano 24, Matt Guerrier 6, Brian Duensing 4
Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
David DeJesus RF 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 .277
Scott Podsednik LF 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 .415
Billy Butler 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .281
Jose Guillen DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .354
Alberto Jose Callaspo 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .302
Rick Ankiel CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .207
Jason Kendall C 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 .333
Alex Gordon 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .231
Yuniesky Betancourt SS 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 .310
Totals 32 3 6 3 1 7 10  
Batting
2B - Yuniesky Betancourt (2)
HR - David DeJesus (2)
TB - David DeJesus 5, Alberto Jose Callaspo 2, Alex Gordon, Yuniesky Betancourt 2
RBI - David DeJesus 2 (8), Scott Podsednik (7)
2-Out RBI - David DeJesus (5)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Billy Butler (7)
GIDP - Rick Ankiel (1)
Team LOB - 4
Fielding
E - Alberto Jose Callaspo (1)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Gil Meche (L 0-2) 3.1 4 4 4 5 2 0 11.37
Brad Thompson 1.2 2 1 1 1 0 1 5.40
Dusty Hughes 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6.43
Kyle Farnsworth 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 4.76
Robinson Tejeda 1.0 2 2 2 1 1 0 11.74
WP - Gil Meche
IBB - Justin Morneau (by Thompson)
Pitches-Strikes - Gil Meche 84-43, Brad Thompson 27-15, Dusty Hughes 24-15, Kyle Farnsworth 19-11, Robinson Tejeda 26-14
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Gil Meche 7-1, Brad Thompson 3-2, Dusty Hughes 1-4, Kyle Farnsworth 2-0, Robinson Tejeda 0-2
Batters Faced - Gil Meche 19, Brad Thompson 8, Dusty Hughes 7, Kyle Farnsworth 5, Robinson Tejeda 6
Inherited Runners-Scored - Brad Thompson 2-1