Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 8, Minnesota 1
When: 2:10 PM ET, Sunday, September 2, 2007
Where: Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Jim Joyce, 1B - Jeff Nelson, 2B - Jim Wolf, 3B - Tim Tschida
Attendance: 26454
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 0000000100161
Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
David DeJesus CF 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 .000
Mark Grudzielanek 2B 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 .000
Ross Gload 1B 5 0 2 1 0 0 5 .000
Mike Sweeney DH 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000
Alex Gordon 3B 5 2 2 2 0 1 1 .000
Shane Costa RF 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 .000
John Buck C 5 2 3 2 0 0 2 .000
Joey Gathright LF 5 1 1 1 0 1 1 .000
Tony Francisco Pena SS 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .000
Totals 42 8 16 8 2 2 18  
Batting
2B - David DeJesus (0), Shane Costa (0), Tony Francisco Pena (0)
HR - Alex Gordon 2 (0), John Buck (0)
TB - David DeJesus 2, Mark Grudzielanek, Ross Gload 2, Mike Sweeney, Alex Gordon 8, Shane Costa 4, John Buck 6, Joey Gathright, Tony Francisco Pena 3
RBI - David DeJesus 2 (0), Ross Gload (0), Alex Gordon 2 (0), John Buck 2 (0), Joey Gathright (0)
2-Out RBI - Ross Gload (0), John Buck 2 (0)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ross Gload 3 (0), Mike Sweeney (0), John Buck (0)
GIDP - Joey Gathright (0)
Team LOB - 9
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Brian Bannister (W 0-0) 8.0 6 1 1 0 1 0 0.00
Joakim Soria 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
HBP - Michael Cuddyer (by Bannister)
Pitches-Strikes - Brian Bannister 101-67, Joakim Soria 12-9
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Brian Bannister 12-10, Joakim Soria 1-1
Batters Faced - Brian Bannister 28, Joakim Soria 3
Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Jason Tyner LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000
Jason Bartlett SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Torii Hunter CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Justin Morneau DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Michael Cuddyer RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Mike Redmond C 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .000
Garrett Jones 1B 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000
Luis Rodriguez 3B-2B 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 .000
Nick Punto 2B 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000
     Brian Buscher PH-3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Totals 29 1 6 1 0 2 7  
Batting
TB - Jason Bartlett, Mike Redmond, Garrett Jones 3, Nick Punto
RBI - Luis Rodriguez (0)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jason Tyner (0), Luis Rodriguez (0)
SF - Luis Rodriguez (0)
GIDP - Jason Tyner (0), Luis Rodriguez (0)
Team LOB - 3
Baserunning
CS - Jason Bartlett (0, 2nd by Bannister/Buck)
Fielding
E - Julio DePaula (0)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Boof Bonser (L 0-0) 1.2 7 5 5 0 0 1 0.00
Julio DePaula 3.1 4 1 1 0 1 1 0.00
Carmen Cali 2.1 3 0 0 2 1 0 0.00
Pat Neshek 1.2 2 2 2 0 0 1 0.00
IBB - Mark Grudzielanek (by Cali)
Pitches-Strikes - Boof Bonser 43-27, Julio DePaula 46-27, Carmen Cali 45-26, Pat Neshek 24-17
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Boof Bonser 3-2, Julio DePaula 6-3, Carmen Cali 2-4, Pat Neshek 3-2
Batters Faced - Boof Bonser 12, Julio DePaula 13, Carmen Cali 12, Pat Neshek 7
Inherited Runners-Scored - Julio DePaula 1-0, Pat Neshek 2-0