GAME THREAD: AL: MINNESOTA (57-54) at KANSAS CITY (48-62)

AL: MINNESOTA at KANSAS CITY

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MINNESOTA (1) AT KANSAS CITY (5) - HOW THEY SCORED
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KANSAS CITY 1ST: D DeJesus grounded out to shortstop. M Grudzielanek
grounded out to second. M Teahen singled to left. B Butler singled to left,
M Teahen to third. R Gload doubled to deep right, M Teahen scored, B Butler to
third. A Gordon grounded out to first. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 0,
KANSAS CITY 1.

MINNESOTA 2ND: J Morneau doubled to center. T Hunter doubled to deep
right, J Morneau scored. J Kubel lined out to left. R White reached on
infield single to third, T Hunter to third. L Rodriguez grounded into double
play, pitcher to shortstop to first, R White out at second.(1 Run, 3 Hits,
0 Errors) MINNESOTA 1, KANSAS CITY 1.

KANSAS CITY 3RD: D DeJesus doubled to right, D DeJesus to third on error by
right fielder M Cuddyer. M Grudzielanek hit sacrifice fly to center, D DeJesus
scored. M Teahen singled to right. M Teahen caught stealing second, pitcher
to first to shortstop. B Butler grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 2 Hits,
1 Error) MINNESOTA 1, KANSAS CITY 2.

KANSAS CITY 5TH: J Gathright singled to center. T Pena Jr bunt popped out
to pitcher. D DeJesus doubled to center, J Gathright scored. M Grudzielanek
popped out to first. M Teahen doubled to center, D DeJesus scored. B Butler
flied out to right. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 1, KANSAS CITY 4.

KANSAS CITY 8TH: J Rincon relieved B Bonser. M Grudzielanek grounded out to
shortstop. M Teahen doubled to deep left. N Punto at third base. L Rodriguez
at first base. C Cali relieved J Rincon. B Butler intentionally walked. R Gload
struck out swinging. A Gordon walked, M Teahen to third, B Butler to second.
J Buck walked, M Teahen scored, B Butler to third, A Gordon to second. J Gathright
lined out to second. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 1, KANSAS CITY 5.</div>

 

AL: MINNESOTA at KANSAS CITY

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MINNESOTA (1) AT KANSAS CITY (5) - EVENT LOG
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Minnesota Starting Lineups -- J Bartlett SS, J Mauer C, M Cuddyer RF, J Morneau 1B,
T Hunter CF, J Kubel LF, R White DH, L Rodriguez 3B, A Casilla 2B, B Bonser RHP.

Kansas City Starting Lineups -- D DeJesus CF, M Grudzielanek 2B, M Teahen RF,
B Butler DH, R Gload 1B, A Gordon 3B, J Buck C, J Gathright LF, T Pena Jr SS,
B Bannister RHP.

Umpires -- Brian Gorman (HP), Paul Nauert (1B), Mike Everitt (2B), Gerry Davis (3B).

Gametime Weather: 94 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind right to left at 10 mph.


MINNESOTA 1ST: J Bartlett grounded out to shortstop. J Mauer grounded out
to shortstop. M Cuddyer lined out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
MINNESOTA 0, KANSAS CITY 0.

KANSAS CITY 1ST: D DeJesus grounded out to shortstop. M Grudzielanek
grounded out to second. M Teahen singled to left. B Butler singled to left,
M Teahen to third. R Gload doubled to deep right, M Teahen scored, B Butler to
third. A Gordon grounded out to first. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 0,
KANSAS CITY 1.

MINNESOTA 2ND: J Morneau doubled to center. T Hunter doubled to deep
right, J Morneau scored. J Kubel lined out to left. R White reached on
infield single to third, T Hunter to third. L Rodriguez grounded into double
play, pitcher to shortstop to first, R White out at second.(1 Run, 3 Hits,
0 Errors) MINNESOTA 1, KANSAS CITY 1.

KANSAS CITY 2ND: J Buck fouled out to catcher. J Gathright grounded out to
first. T Pena Jr struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 1,
KANSAS CITY 1.

MINNESOTA 3RD: A Casilla walked. J Bartlett grounded into double play,
shortstop to first, A Casilla out at second. J Mauer fouled out to left.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 1, KANSAS CITY 1.

KANSAS CITY 3RD: D DeJesus doubled to right, D DeJesus to third on error by
right fielder M Cuddyer. M Grudzielanek hit sacrifice fly to center, D DeJesus
scored. M Teahen singled to right. M Teahen caught stealing second, pitcher
to first to shortstop. B Butler grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 2 Hits,
1 Error) MINNESOTA 1, KANSAS CITY 2.

MINNESOTA 4TH: M Cuddyer flied out to left. J Morneau doubled to deep
center. T Hunter grounded out to shortstop. J Kubel struck out looking.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 1, KANSAS CITY 2.

KANSAS CITY 4TH: R Gload grounded out to shortstop. A Gordon grounded out
to first. J Buck struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 1,
KANSAS CITY 2.

MINNESOTA 5TH: R White flied out to right. L Rodriguez doubled to deep
right. A Casilla grounded out to shortstop, L Rodriguez to third. J Bartlett
grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 1, KANSAS CITY 2.

KANSAS CITY 5TH: J Gathright singled to center. T Pena Jr bunt popped out
to pitcher. D DeJesus doubled to center, J Gathright scored. M Grudzielanek
popped out to first. M Teahen doubled to center, D DeJesus scored. B Butler
flied out to right. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 1, KANSAS CITY 4.

MINNESOTA 6TH: J Mauer grounded out to first. M Cuddyer flied out to left.
J Morneau grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 1,
KANSAS CITY 4.

KANSAS CITY 6TH: R Gload singled to left. A Gordon grounded into double
play, shortstop to second to first, R Gload out at second. J Buck grounded out
to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 1, KANSAS CITY 4.

MINNESOTA 7TH: T Hunter grounded out to shortstop. J Kubel flied out to
center. R White hit by pitch. L Rodriguez singled to right center, R White to
third. A Casilla grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, L Rodriguez out
at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 1, KANSAS CITY 4.

KANSAS CITY 7TH: J Gathright struck out swinging. T Pena Jr flied out to
left. D DeJesus popped out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 1,
KANSAS CITY 4.

MINNESOTA 8TH: Z Greinke relieved B Bannister. J Bartlett singled to
center. J Mauer grounded out to first, J Bartlett to second. M Cuddyer struck
out swinging. J Morneau popped out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
MINNESOTA 1, KANSAS CITY 4.

KANSAS CITY 8TH: J Rincon relieved B Bonser. M Grudzielanek grounded out to
shortstop. M Teahen doubled to deep left. N Punto at third base. L Rodriguez
at first base. C Cali relieved J Rincon. B Butler intentionally walked. R Gload
struck out swinging. A Gordon walked, M Teahen to third, B Butler to second.
J Buck walked, M Teahen scored, B Butler to third, A Gordon to second. J Gathright
lined out to second. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 1, KANSAS CITY 5.

MINNESOTA 9TH: J Soria relieved Z Greinke. T Hunter singled to left.
J Kubel lined into double play, to first, T Hunter doubled off first. R White
struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 1, KANSAS CITY 5.</div>

 

AL: MINNESOTA at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">MINNESOTA (1) VS KANSAS CITY (5) - FINAL

MINNESOTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Bartlett ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .260
J Mauer c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .299
M Cuddyer rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .283
J Morneau 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .289
N Punto 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .209
T Hunter cf 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 .290
J Kubel lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .247
R White dh 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .156
L Rodriguez 3b-1b 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 .204
A Casilla 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .231

Totals 32 1 8 1 1 3 12

BATTING: 2B - J Morneau 2 (22, B Bannister 2); T Hunter (31, B Bannister); L
Rodriguez (3, B Bannister). RBI - T Hunter (76). Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - J Morneau 1, J Kubel 1, J Bartlett 1, A Casilla 1. GIDP - L
Rodriguez, J Bartlett. Team LOB - 6.

FIELDING: E - M Cuddyer (3, bobble). DP: 1 (J Bartlett-A Casilla-J Morneau).



KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D DeJesus cf 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 .285
M Grudzielanek 2b 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 .305
M Teahen rf 4 2 4 1 0 0 0 .291
B Butler dh 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .301
R Gload 1b 4 0 2 1 0 1 2 .299
A Gordon 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 .238
J Buck c 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 .228
J Gathright lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 .348
T Pena Jr ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .275

Totals 31 5 10 5 3 4 11

BATTING: 2B - R Gload (16, B Bonser); D DeJesus 2 (26, B Bonser 2); M Teahen 2
(23, J Rincon, B Bonser). SF - M Grudzielanek. RBI - R Gload (37), M
Grudzielanek (38), D DeJesus (48), M Teahen (48), J Buck (37). 2-out RBI - R
Gload, M Teahen, J Buck. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Gathright
2, A Gordon 2, B Butler 1. GIDP - A Gordon. Team LOB - 6.

BASERUNNING: CS - M Teahen (4, 2nd base by B Bonser).

FIELDING: DP: 3 (B Bannister-T Pena Jr-R Gload, T Pena Jr-R Gload, R Gload).



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MINNESOTA - 010 000 000 -- 1
KANSAS CITY - 101 020 01x -- 5
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MINNESOTA ip h r er bb so hr era
B Bonser (L, 5-8) 7 9 4 4 0 3 0 4.63
J Rincon 1/3 1 1 1 0 0 0 6.23
C Cali 2/3 0 0 0 3 1 0 4.91

KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
B Bannister (W, 8-6) 7 6 1 1 1 1 0 3.32
Z Greinke (H, 10) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.72
J Soria 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.28

IBB - B Butler (by C Cali). HBP - R White (by B Bannister). Pitches-strikes:
B Bonser 93-68; J Rincon 5-4; C Cali 25-12; B Bannister 98-59; Z Greinke 23-15;
J Soria 9-6. Ground balls-fly balls: B Bonser 10-7; J Rincon 1-0; C Cali 0-1; B
Bannister 13-7; Z Greinke 1-1; J Soria 0-1. Batters faced: B Bonser 28; J
Rincon 2; C Cali 5; B Bannister 27; Z Greinke 4; J Soria 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Brian Gorman. 1B--Paul Nauert. 2B--Mike Everitt. 3B--Gerry
Davis.

T--2:31. (Plus unknown delay totaling 35 minutes in the 8th). Att--15,648.

Weather: 94 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, right to left.</div>

 

Bannister, Royals shut down Twins

<h3>KANSAS CITY 5, MINNESOTA 1</h3>By Marc Bowman
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) - Brian Bannister scattered sixhits over seven innings as the Kansas City Royals beat theMinnesota Twins, 5-1, on Tuesday.


Mark Teahen tied a career high with four hits and David DeJesusdoubled twice to help the Royals snap a three-game losingstreak.


Bannister (8-6) won for the eighth time in his last 12 startsdespite surrendering four extra-base hits.


"He has such an awareness about him," Royals manager Buddy Bellsaid. "He really knows what he's trying to do out there and, ofcourse, he has such great command. He seems to hit a littlebump early on, but he always recovers and bounces back.

"For whatever reason, when you're throwing strikes and have agood tempo, it's a lot easier. He's capable of pitching out ofjams. He got into a couple of them but he was able to make hispitches. Guys have a lot of confidence in him."


In pitching seven innings for the fourth consecutive start,Bannister allowed six hits and one run, walking one and strikingout one. He is 3-0 with one no-decision in those four starts.

"My number one goal has been to be a guy who they can count onto go out there and go seven innings every start," Bannistersaid. "When you can do that, the lineup starts to trust you andthe defense comes along, and you can build on that confidence.I just want to be a guy people can trust day in and day out."

"His curveball wasn't there at the beginning," catcher John Bucksaid. "But he stuck with it, fortunately, because he came backwith it and got some big outs with it later. That was the keytonight."


Teahen scored ahead of Ross Gload's two-out double in the firstinning to give Kansas City a 1-0 lead.


DeJesus doubled in the third and broke a 1-1 tie when he scoredon Mark Grudzielanek's sacrifice fly.


"David gave us a lot of energy," Bell said. "His double reallygot us going."


After DeJesus' second double drove in Joey Gathright in thefifth inning, Teahen doubled to center, plating DeJesus toincrease the Royals lead to 4-1. Teahen also doubled and scoredin the eighth.


"I've been working on a few things, and taking good swings,"Teahen said of the four-hit night. "You take what you can get.I'm always trying to working on things, day to day, alwaysmessing with stuff. It's a game of adjustments and it's goingwell right now."


"When he got his third hit - a hustle double - it gave us aboost," Bell said. "I thought we played with a lot of energy.It was a solid night all the way around."


Zack Greinke pitched a scoreless eighth before Joakim Soriaworked around a leadoff single in the ninth to close out theTwins for his 12th save.


Minnesota collected their lone run when Justin Morneau and ToriiHunter hit back-to-back doubles to lead off the second inning.

"Our offense just isn't going right now," Twins manager RonGardenhire said. "Torii hits some balls hard, but overall we'renot driving in runs. Some of our guys hit the ball hardtonight. We need to keep swinging and see if we can get out ofthis thing."


Morneau, the reigning American League MVP, entered the gamemired in an 0-for-17 slump. He went 2-for-4.


"It doesn't matter when you lose," Morneau said. "It was atough day for us. We just need to string some hits together andgets some balls to fall, and things will go our way. We hitsome line drives, hit some balls hard. It's a good sign."

Twins righthander Boof Bonser (5-8) went seven innings, allowingfour runs on nine hits with no walks and two strikeouts.

"Bonser was pitching with a fastball most of the time,"Gardenhire said. "He really didn't have a breaking ball. Hebattled pretty good after he'd given up the four runs. Hestayed in there for a couple of extra innings."


Bonser lost his sixth consecutive game and has not won sinceJune 10.


"I can't worry about that," Bonser said. "I've just got to domy job. We're definitely capable of putting a bunch of runs onthe board. We got some hits early. Unfortunately, we didn'tget them across. That happens. There's nothing you can doabout it."


The game was delayed in the bottom of the eighth inning when abank of lights over the right field stands failed.