Kansas City Royals vs. Minnesota Twins Preview Predictions Odds & Recap 10/04/2009 - MLB

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Loss: L. Hochevar (7-13)

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Win: C. Pavano (5-4)

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Box Score

Minnesota vs. Kansas City

FINAL	1	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	4	12	0
Minnesota	4	3	0	1	1	1	3	X	13	11	0
Kansas City	4	3	0	1	1	1	3	X		12
Minnesota	4	3	0	1	1	1	3	X		12

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Kansas City Royals
Willie Bloomquist, LF	5	0	1	0	0	2	.265
Mitch Maier, CF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.243
Billy Butler, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.301
Brayan Pena, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.273
Mike Jacobs, DH	5	1	1	0	0	0	.228
Alberto Callaspo, 2B	3	2	2	1	1	0	.300
Tug Hulett, 2B	1	0	1	0	0	0	.111
Mark Teahen, RF	5	0	2	1	0	1	.271
John Buck, C	4	0	2	1	0	0	.247
Alex Gordon, 3B	4	1	1	1	0	1	.232
Luis Hernandez, SS	3	0	2	0	1	1	.205
Totals	39	4	12	4	2	9

Batting
Home runs  -  Gordon (6, off Pavano)
Triples  -  Callaspo
Doubles  -  Callaspo, Teahen 2, Hernandez
Hit by pitch  -   Maier
Team LOB  -  11

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA	PC-ST
Luke Hochevar (L, 7-13)	3	4	7	7	3	2	3	6.55	58-35
Anthony Lerew	2.2	2	2	2	3	2	1	4.05	57-31
Dusty Hughes	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.14	3-2
Yasuhiko Yabuta	2	4	3	3	1	0	1	13.50	44-29

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Minnesota Twins
Denard Span, 8,9	3	3	1	0	2	0	.312
Brian Buscher, 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235
Orlando Cabrera, SS	5	2	3	2	0	1	.285
Joe Mauer, C	3	2	0	0	2	0	.364
Jason Kubel, RF	4	2	3	6	0	0	.300
Carlos Gomez, pr,8	1	1	0	0	0	0	.227
Michael Cuddyer, 1B	5	1	1	2	0	0	.276
Delmon Young, LF	5	2	2	2	0	1	.285
Jose Morales, DH	3	0	0	0	1	1	.316
Matt Tolbert, 3B	3	0	1	1	1	1	.228
Nick Punto, 2B	3	0	0	0	1	0	.228
Totals	35	13	11	13	7	4

Batting
Home runs  -  Kubel 2 (27, off Hochevar, Hochevar), Cuddyer (32, off Yabuta), Young 2 (12, off Lerew, Hochevar)
Doubles  -  Cabrera 2, Tolbert
Stolen Bases  -   Span,  Gomez
Team LOB  -  5

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA	PC-ST
Carl Pavano (W, 14-12)	5.2	8	4	4	1	7	1	5.10	93-65
Bob Keppel	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.96	6-5
Ron Mahay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.32	5-2
Jon Rauch	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.80	4-3
Brian Duensing	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.64	11-8
Jesse Crain	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	4.65	14-10
Francisco Liriano	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.80	13-10

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG
Kansas City Royals
Willie Bloomquist, LF				29
Mitch Maier, CF				31
Billy Butler, 1B				93
Brayan Pena, PH				18
Mike Jacobs, DH				61
Alberto Callaspo, 2B				73
Tug Hulett, 2B				1
Mark Teahen, RF				50
John Buck, C				36
Alex Gordon, 3B				22
Luis Hernandez, SS				4
Totals	39	4	12	4	2	9

Batting
Home runs  -   4 (, off ), 3 (, off ), 21 (, off ), 6 (, off ), 19 (, off ), 11 (, off ), 12 (, off ), 8 (, off ), 6 (, off )
Triples  -   8, 3, , , 8, , 4
Doubles  -   11, 15, 51, 10, 16, 41, 34, 12, 6,
Stolen Bases  -  25 Bloomquist, 9 Maier,  Butler, 2 Callaspo, 8 Teahen,  Buck, 5 Gordon,  Hernandez
Caught Stealing  -  6 Bloomquist, 2 Maier,  Callaspo,  Teahen,  Buck
Team LOB  -
Fielding
Errors  -   Bloomquist, Butler, Jacobs, Callaspo, Hulett, Teahen, Buck, Gordon, Hernandez
Passed Balls  -   Pena, Buck

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WP
Luke Hochevar
Anthony Lerew
Dusty Hughes
Yasuhiko Yabuta

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG
Minnesota Twins
Denard Span, 8,9				68
Brian Buscher, 3B				12
Orlando Cabrera, SS				75
Joe Mauer, C				96
Jason Kubel, RF				102
Carlos Gomez, pr,8				28
Michael Cuddyer, 1B				94
Delmon Young, LF				60
Jose Morales, DH				7
Matt Tolbert, 3B				18
Nick Punto, 2B				38
Totals	39	4	12	4	2	9

Batting
Home runs  -   8 (, off ), 2 (, off ), 8 (, off ), 28 (, off ), 27 (, off ), 3 (, off ), 32 (, off ), 12 (, off ), 2 (, off ),  (, off )
Triples  -   10, , 3, , 2, 5, 6, 2, ,
Doubles  -   16, 3, 36, 29, 35, 15, 34, 16, 6, 7, 15
Stolen Bases  -  23 Span, 13 Cabrera, 4 Mauer,  Kubel, 14 Gomez, 6 Cuddyer, 2 Young, 6 Tolbert, 16 Punto
Caught Stealing  -  10 Span, 4 Cabrera,  Mauer,  Kubel, 7 Gomez,  Cuddyer, 5 Young, 2 Tolbert, 3 Punto
Team LOB  -
Fielding
Errors  -   Span, Buscher, Cabrera, Mauer, Gomez, Cuddyer, Young, Morales, Tolbert, Punto
Passed Balls  -   Mauer, Morales

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WP
Carl Pavano
Bob Keppel
Ron Mahay
Jon Rauch
Brian Duensing
Jesse Crain
Francisco Liriano

GAME NOTES
Pitching notes: D.Hughes pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.B.Keppel pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.R.Mahay pitched to 1 batter in the 6th.
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Rick Reed, First Base Umpire - Jeff Kellogg, Second Base Umpire - Tim Timmons, Third Base Umpire - Mark Wegner
Duration: 3:08
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Last updated: October 5, 2009 at 1:04 AM

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50 days ago

american_sherrybaby

	MIN 6-3
5	BlueJaxRecruit wrote: Won't Susan be mad at you? I thought you and she were gal-pals! No she won't. I cheer for everybody. Ask Tim.

51 days ago

Jengirrl

	MIN 5-3
1	GO TWINS!! Finish it off, and not even need the playoff!! =)

50 days ago

mjc613

	KC 11-2
2	Pavano has only had 3 days rest... look out

50 days ago

fordman720

	KC 6-4
1	Hoch and the Royals end the season with a win

50 days ago

george21362

	MIN
1	Last game of the season and a dead tie between the Tigers and Twins for first place in the AL Central.Today is the day we find out who wants the division title the most. Good luck to both teams.

50 days ago

Burrellfan1

	KC 6-4
1	Pavano blows it for the Twins.

50 days ago

knpaulson

	MIN 7-4
3	...my prayers were answered!

50 days ago

american_sherrybaby

	MIN 6-3
5	Twins again!!

50 days ago

I_Bleed_Purple

	MIN
2	The Twins are not losing their last scheduled game in the Dome. Good luck Tigers or we'll see ya on Tuesday!

50 days ago

american_sherrybaby

	MIN 6-3
5	BlueJaxRecruit wrote: Won't Susan be mad at you? I thought you and she were gal-pals! No she won't. I cheer for everybody. Ask Tim.