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September 25, 2009

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Bottom 9 R H E
Twins 9 9 1
Royals 4 11 2
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Twins 9 9 1
Royals 4 11 2

Billy Butler Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .306
OBP 1.000 .364
At Bats 4 578
Hits 4 177
• Singles 2 106
• Doubles 0 49
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 2 21
Walks 0 53
RBI’s 4 91

Matt Guerrier Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 1 1
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Kauffman Stadium - September 25, 2009
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Strikeout
Matt Guerrier
Joe Mauer
Michael Cuddyer
Nick Punto
Matt Tolbert
Orlando Cabrera
Delmon Young
Carlos Gomez
Denard Span
Billy Butler
Willie Bloomquist
Yuniesky Betancourt

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Minnesota Twins 9 9 1 7
Kansas City Royals 4 11 2 8
Winning Pitcher Carl Pavano
Losing Pitcher Rob Tejeda
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Michael Cuddyer
Attendance 23,307
Time of Game 3 hours 11 minutes
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Count: 1-2, 2 Outs
Count: 1-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Butler strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Maier hits a fly ball into center field. Gomez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Bloomquist hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cabrera fields it and throws to second for the out. Betancourt moves to third.
Bottom 9 Anderson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Betancourt moves to second.
Bottom 9 Matt Guerrier now pitching. Betancourt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cabrera fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Morales hits a fly ball into center field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Young hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Cuddyer hits a line drive into left field. Maier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Victor Marte now pitching. Gomez hits a fly ball into right field. Bloomquist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Jose Mijares now pitching. Gordon hits a popup towards short. Cabrera settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Buck strikes out.
Bottom 8 Callaspo takes first base on ball four. Butler moves to second.
Bottom 8 Jacobs strikes out.
Bottom 8 Denard Span now playing right field. Carlos Gomez now playing center field. Jon Rauch now pitching. Butler hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Mauer hits a line drive towards short. Betancourt reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cabrera hits a ball on the ground towards first. Butler fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Span hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Carlos Rosa now pitching. Punto hits a ball on the ground towards short. Betancourt scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Maier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Punto scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Maier hits a popup, foul, towards third. Tolbert settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Tolbert.
Bottom 7 Bloomquist hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cabrera scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Ron Mahay now pitching. Anderson bunts towards first. Cuddyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 There goes Tolbert. The throw from Buck and he is out, Betancourt applying the tag.
Top 7 Tolbert hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Young scores.
Top 7 Morales hits a fly ball into left field. Maier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Young hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Anderson who is chasing the ball. Young reaches third base with a triple. Cuddyer scores.
Top 7 There goes Cuddyer. The throw from Buck and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 7 Cuddyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Roman Colon now pitching. Kubel strikes out.
Bottom 6 Betancourt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cabrera scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Gordon hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Buck strikes out.
Top 6 Mauer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Cabrera hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Span moves to third.
Top 6 There goes Span. The throw from Buck and he is safe. Span steals second.
Top 6 Span bunts towards first. Butler fields the ball and throws to Cruz covering. Safe.
Top 6 Punto hits a fly ball into center field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Tolbert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Callaspo strikes out.
Bottom 5 Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cuddyer scoops it up and throws to first, with Pavano covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Butler hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 5 There goes Maier. The throw from Mauer and he is safe. Maier steals second.
Bottom 5 Maier takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Bloomquist hits a fly ball into right field. Kubel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Anderson moves to third.
Bottom 5 Anderson hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Span. Anderson reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Morales hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Young strikes out.
Top 5 Juan Cruz now pitching. Cuddyer takes first base on ball four. Cabrera scores. Mauer moves to third. Kubel moves to second.
Top 5 Kubel takes first base on ball four. Span scores. Cabrera moves to third. Mauer moves to second.
Top 5 Mauer takes first base on ball four. Tolbert scores. Span moves to third. Cabrera moves to second.
Top 5 Cabrera hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Morales scores. Tolbert moves to third. Span moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Span takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Punto bunts towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out. Morales moves to third. Tolbert moves to second.
Top 5 Tolbert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Betancourt misplays the ball. That's an error on Betancourt. Morales moves to second.
Top 5 Morales takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Betancourt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cabrera fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Gordon strikes out.
Bottom 4 Buck hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Callaspo moves to second.
Bottom 4 Callaspo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Cuddyer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Kubel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Betancourt scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 4 Mauer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tolbert fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Butler hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Maier strikes out.
Bottom 3 Bloomquist strikes out.
Top 3 Cabrera hits a line drive towards first. Butler reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Punto scores.
Top 3 There goes Punto. The throw from Buck and he is safe. Punto steals second.
Top 3 Span hits a fly ball into left field. Maier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Punto takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Tolbert hits a fly ball into center field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cabrera scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Betancourt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Buck hits a line drive towards first. Cuddyer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Morales strikes out.
Top 2 Young strikes out.
Top 2 Cuddyer hits a fly ball into left field. Maier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Callaspo hits a fly ball into right field. Kubel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Jacobs hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Butler moves to second.
Bottom 1 Butler hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Maier hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Punto reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bloomquist hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Punto scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Kubel strikes out.
Top 1 Mauer takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Cabrera hits a popup towards short. Betancourt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Span hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.