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Royals
@ Twins
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
September 26, 2008
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Kansas City Royals, played on September 26, 2008 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.
Game Summary
| Date | September 26, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 26, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Kyle Davies |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Francisco Liriano |
| Ballpark | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome |
| City | Minneapolis |
| State | MN |
| Attendance | 30,674 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 50 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Angel Hernandez 1B: Marty Foster 2B: Derryl Cousins 3B: Eric Cooper |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mike Aviles | Shortstop |
| Alberto Callaspo | Second Baseman |
| Jose Guillen | Right Fielder |
| Ryan Shealy | First Baseman |
| Mark Teahen | Left Fielder |
| Billy Butler | DH |
| Alex Gordon | Third Baseman |
| Miguel Olivo | Catcher |
| Mitch Maier | Center Fielder |
| Trey Hillman | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Denard Span | Right Fielder |
| Alexi Casilla | Second Baseman |
| Joe Mauer | Catcher |
| Justin Morneau | First Baseman |
| Jason Kubel | DH |
| Delmon Young | Left Fielder |
| Brian Buscher | Third Baseman |
| Nick Punto | Shortstop |
| Carlos Gomez | Center Fielder |
| Ron Gardenhire | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ Twins
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
September 26, 2008
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Aviles vs. Liriano
Aviles strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Callaspo vs. Liriano
Callaspo hits a line drive into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Liriano
Guillen hits a fly ball into center field. Gomez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Span vs. Davies
Span hits a fly ball into left field. Teahen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Casilla vs. Davies
Casilla hits a fly ball into center field. Maier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Davies
Mauer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Morneau vs. Davies
Morneau strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Shealy vs. Liriano
Shealy hits a fly ball into right field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Teahen vs. Liriano
Teahen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Butler vs. Liriano
Butler hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Teahen moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Gordon vs. Liriano
Gordon strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Olivo vs. Liriano
Olivo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Casilla fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Teahen moves to third. Butler moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Maier vs. Liriano
Maier hits a line drive towards short. Punto reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Kubel vs. Davies
Kubel strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Davies
Young hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Buscher vs. Davies
Buscher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aviles vs. Liriano
Aviles hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Young. Aviles reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Callaspo vs. Liriano
Callaspo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Aviles moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Guillen vs. Liriano
Guillen hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Aviles scores. Callaspo moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Shealy vs. Liriano
There's a wild pitch. Callaspo moves to third. Guillen moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Shealy vs. Liriano
Shealy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Callaspo scores. Guillen scores. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Teahen vs. Liriano
Teahen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Casilla scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Shealy moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Butler vs. Liriano
Butler hits a fly ball into right field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Gordon vs. Liriano
Gordon hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Young. Gordon reaches second base with a double. Shealy scores. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Olivo vs. Liriano
There's a wild pitch. Gordon moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Olivo vs. Liriano
Olivo strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Punto vs. Davies
Punto strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Davies
Gomez strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Span vs. Davies
Span strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Maier vs. Liriano
Maier hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aviles vs. Liriano
Aviles hits a fly ball into center field. Gomez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Callaspo vs. Liriano
Liriano fires to first and has Maier trapped. There's the throw to Punto who tags Maier for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Callaspo vs. Liriano
Callaspo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Guillen vs. Liriano
Guillen strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Casilla vs. Davies
Casilla strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Davies
Mauer hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Morneau vs. Davies
Morneau hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kubel vs. Davies
Kubel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Shealy vs. Liriano
Brendan Harris now playing third base.
Shealy strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Teahen vs. Liriano
Teahen hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Span. Teahen reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Butler vs. Liriano
Butler hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Humber
Philip Humber now pitching.
Gordon strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Olivo vs. Humber
Olivo strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Davies
Young takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Harris vs. Davies
Harris takes first base on ball four. Young moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Punto vs. Davies
Punto hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Young moves to third. Harris moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -23
Gomez vs. Davies
Olivodrops the ball. It gets behind him. There goes Young. The throw to Davies covering the plate. The slide. Young is out. Harris moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Gomez vs. Davies
Gomez strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Maier vs. Humber
Maier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Punto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Aviles vs. Humber
Aviles hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Callaspo vs. Humber
Callaspo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Morneau scoops it up and throws to first, with Humber covering, for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Humber
Guillen hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Shealy vs. Humber
Shealy strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 7 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Span vs. Davies
Span hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Maier who is chasing the ball. Span reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Casilla vs. Davies
Casilla hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Span scores. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Davies
Mauer hits a fly ball into left field. Teahen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Davies
Morneau strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 7 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Teahen vs. Humber
Teahen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Casilla scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Humber
Butler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Punto fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Humber
Gordon takes first base on ball four. Butler moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Olivo vs. Humber
Olivo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Butler scores. Gordon moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Maier vs. Guardado
Eddie Guardado now pitching.
Maier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Punto fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kubel vs. Nunez
Mike Aviles now playing second base. Tony Pena now playing shortstop. Leo Nunez now pitching.
Kubel hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Nunez
Young strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Harris vs. Nunez
Harris hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kubel moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Punto vs. Nunez
Punto hits a ball on the ground towards first. Shealy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Punto for the out. Kubel moves to third. Harris moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -23
Gomez vs. Nunez
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Aviles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Aviles vs. Korecky
Bobby Korecky now pitching.
Aviles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harris fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Korecky
Pena hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Guillen vs. Korecky
Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Punto fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Span vs. Gobble
Joey Gathright now playing center field. Jason Smith now playing third base. Mitch Maier now playing right field. Jimmy Gobble now pitching.
Span strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Casilla vs. Gobble
Casilla hits a popup towards third. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Gobble
Mauer strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shealy vs. Korecky
Shealy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Punto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Teahen vs. Korecky
Teahen takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Butler vs. Korecky
Butler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Punto fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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Royals, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Yabuta
Yasuhiko Yabuta now pitching.
Morneau hits a popup towards third. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kubel vs. Yabuta
Kubel strikes out. Olivo drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Kubel out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Yabuta
Young strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/26/2008 -- Kansas City at Minnesota (N)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI
Aviles M, ss-2b 5 2 2 1 Span D, rf 4 1 1 0
Callaspo A, 2b 3 1 1 0 Casilla A, 2b 4 0 0 1
Pena T, ss 1 0 1 0 Mauer J, c 4 0 2 0
Guillen J, rf 5 1 2 1 Morneau J, 1b 4 0 0 0
Gathright J, cf 0 0 0 0 Kubel J, dh 4 0 1 0
Shealy R, 1b 5 1 1 2 Young D, lf 3 0 1 0
Teahen M, lf 4 1 2 0 Buscher B, 3b 1 0 0 0
Butler B, dh 5 2 3 2 Harris B, 3b 1 0 1 0
Gordon A, 3b 3 0 1 1 Punto N, ss 3 0 0 0
Smith J, 3b 0 0 0 0 Gomez C, cf 3 0 0 0
Olivo M, c 4 0 2 1
Maier M, cf-rf 4 0 1 0
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39 8 16 8 31 1 6 1
Kansas City 004 021 100 -- 8
Minnesota 000 001 000 -- 1
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Davies K (W) 6.0 4 1 1 2 8
Nunez L 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Gobble J 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Yabuta Y 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Liriano F (L) 4.1 11 6 6 1 5
Humber P 2.0 4 2 2 1 3
Guardado E 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Korecky B 2.0 1 0 0 1 0
DP -- Kansas City 1, Minnesota 3
LOB -- Kansas City 7, Minnesota 5
2B -- Aviles M, Gordon A, Teahen M
3B -- Span D
HR -- Butler B, Aviles M
CS -- Maier M
WP -- Liriano F 2
T -- 2:50
A -- 30674
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