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Twins
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
August 9, 2008
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Minnesota Twins, played on August 9, 2008 at Kauffman Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 9, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 9, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Francisco Liriano |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Zack Greinke |
| Ballpark | Kauffman Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 27,960 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 15 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Alfonso Marquez 1B: Bob Davidson 2B: Rob Drake 3B: Andy Fletcher |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Denard Span | Right Fielder |
| Nick Punto | Second Baseman |
| Joe Mauer | Catcher |
| Justin Morneau | First Baseman |
| Jason Kubel | DH |
| Delmon Young | Left Fielder |
| Brian Buscher | Third Baseman |
| Adam Everett | Shortstop |
| Carlos Gomez | Center Fielder |
| Ron Gardenhire | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mike Aviles | Shortstop |
| David DeJesus | Center Fielder |
| Billy Butler | First Baseman |
| Jose Guillen | Left Fielder |
| Miguel Olivo | DH |
| Alex Gordon | Third Baseman |
| Mark Teahen | Right Fielder |
| John Buck | Catcher |
| Esteban German | Second Baseman |
| Trey Hillman | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Twins
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
August 9, 2008
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Span vs. Greinke
Span hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Punto vs. Greinke
Punto hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Span moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Mauer vs. Greinke
There goes Punto. The throw from Buck and he is out, Aviles applying the tag. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Mauer vs. Greinke
Mauer strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Morneau vs. Greinke
Morneau hits a fly ball into center field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Aviles vs. Liriano
Aviles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Everett fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
DeJesus vs. Liriano
DeJesus takes first base on ball four. Aviles moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Butler vs. Liriano
Butler strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Guillen vs. Liriano
Guillen strikes out. There goes Aviles. Here's the throw, and he's safe. There goes DeJesus. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -23
Olivo vs. Liriano
Olivo hits a fly ball into right field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Kubel vs. Greinke
Kubel takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Greinke
Young hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Buscher vs. Greinke
Buscher hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Everett vs. Greinke
Everett hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Buscher moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Gomez vs. Greinke
Gomez strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Span vs. Greinke
Span hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon has Buscher trapped. There's the throw to Buck and back to Gordon, who tags Buscher for the out. Everett moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Punto vs. Greinke
Punto strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Liriano
Gordon hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Gomez. Gordon reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Teahen vs. Liriano
Teahen strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Buck vs. Liriano
Buck hits a fly ball into right field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
German vs. Liriano
German hits a line drive towards short. Everett reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Greinke
Mauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aviles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Greinke
Morneau strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kubel vs. Greinke
Kubel hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Greinke
Young hits a fly ball into center field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aviles vs. Liriano
Aviles hits a popup towards short. Everett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Liriano
DeJesus hits a popup towards short. Everett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Liriano
Butler hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Punto settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Buscher vs. Greinke
Buscher hits a fly ball into center field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Everett vs. Greinke
Everett strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Greinke
Gomez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Span vs. Greinke
There goes Gomez. The throw from Buck and he is safe. Gomez steals second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Span vs. Greinke
Greinke spins and fires to second, with Aviles covering, and Gomez is picked off. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Liriano
Guillen hits a popup, foul, towards first. Morneau settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Olivo vs. Liriano
Olivo hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Liriano
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Punto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Teahen vs. Liriano
Teahen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Everett scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Span vs. Greinke
Span hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. German scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Punto vs. Greinke
Punto strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Greinke
Mauer hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Morneau vs. Greinke
Morneau hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Aviles fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Buck vs. Liriano
Buck strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
German vs. Liriano
German strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Aviles vs. Liriano
Aviles hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
DeJesus vs. Liriano
DeJesus hits a fly ball into center field. Gomez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Kubel vs. Greinke
Kubel hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Teahen who is chasing the ball. Kubel reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Young vs. Greinke
Young is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Buscher vs. Greinke
Buscher hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kubel scores. Young moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Everett vs. Greinke
Everett takes first base on ball four. Young moves to third. Buscher moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 123
Gomez vs. Nunez
Leo Nunez now pitching.
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon juggles the ball. That's an error on Gordon. Young scores. Buscher moves to third. Everett moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Span vs. Nunez
Span hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Buscher scores. Everett scores. Gomez moves to third. Span moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Punto vs. Nunez
Punto hits a fly ball into center field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Mauer vs. Nunez
Mauer is walked intentionally. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Morneau vs. Nunez
Morneau hits a fly ball into center field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gomez tags and scores. Span tags and moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Kubel vs. Nunez
Kubel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. German scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 7 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Liriano
Butler hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Punto settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Liriano
Guillen hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Young. Guillen reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Olivo vs. Liriano
Olivo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Everett scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Gordon vs. Liriano
Gordon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Teahen vs. Liriano
Teahen hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Young. Teahen reaches second base with a double. Guillen scores. Gordon goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Buck vs. Bonser
Boof Bonser now pitching.
Buck strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Nunez
Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Buscher vs. Nunez
Buscher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aviles fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Everett vs. Nunez
Everett hits a popup towards short. Aviles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Bonser
Jason Smith pinch hits for Esteban German.
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Aviles vs. Bonser
Aviles takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
DeJesus vs. Bonser
DeJesus strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Butler vs. Bonser
Butler hits a fly ball into center field. Gomez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Tejeda
Mitch Maier now playing center field. Jason Smith now playing second base. Rob Tejeda now pitching.
Gomez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Span vs. Tejeda
Tejeda fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Tejeda. Gomez moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Span vs. Tejeda
Span hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aviles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gomez moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Punto vs. Tejeda
Punto hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Mauer vs. Tejeda
Mauer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Bonser
Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buscher fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Olivo vs. Bonser
Olivo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buscher fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Bonser
Gordon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Teahen vs. Bonser
Teahen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Everett fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gordon moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Buck vs. Bonser
Buck hits a ball on the ground towards short. Everett fields it and throws to third for the out. Teahen moves to second. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Tejeda
Morneau hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Kubel vs. Tejeda
Kubel hits a ball on the ground towards first. Butler scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kubel for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Young vs. Tejeda
Young hits a fly ball into left field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Twins, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Reyes
Dennys Reyes now pitching.
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Aviles vs. Reyes
Aviles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buscher fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Maier vs. Reyes
Maier hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Butler vs. Reyes
Butler hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Punto reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/9/2008 -- Minnesota at Kansas City (N)
Minnesota AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Span D, rf 5 0 2 2 Aviles M, ss 4 0 2 0
Punto N, 2b 5 0 1 0 DeJesus D, cf 3 0 0 0
Mauer J, c 4 0 1 0 Maier M, cf 1 0 1 0
Morneau J, 1b 4 0 0 1 Butler B, 1b 5 0 0 0
Kubel J, dh 4 2 2 0 Guillen J, lf 4 1 1 0
Young D, lf 4 2 2 2 Olivo M, dh 4 1 1 1
Buscher B, 3b 4 1 2 1 Gordon A, 3b 2 1 1 0
Everett A, ss 3 1 1 0 Teahen M, rf 4 0 2 2
Gomez C, cf 2 1 0 0 Buck J, c 4 0 0 0
German E, 2b 2 0 0 0
Smith J, ph-2b 2 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 7 11 6 35 3 8 3
Minnesota 020 005 000 -- 7
Kansas City 000 102 000 -- 3
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Liriano F (W) 5.2 6 3 3 2 5
Bonser B 2.1 1 0 0 2 3
Reyes D 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Greinke Z (L)* 5.0 9 6 5 3 6
Nunez L 2.0 2 1 0 1 0
Tejeda R 2.0 0 0 0 1 0
* Pitched to 4 batters in 6th
E -- Gordon A, Tejeda R
DP -- Kansas City 1
LOB -- Minnesota 8, Kansas City 9
2B -- Gordon A, Guillen J, Teahen M
3B -- Kubel J
HR -- Young D, Olivo M
SB -- DeJesus D, Aviles M, Gomez C
CS -- Punto N
SF -- Morneau J
HBP -- by Greinke Z (Young D)
T -- 3:15
A -- 27960
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