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Min
9
FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Twins 0 0 1 1 4 0 2 0 1
9
9
1
Royals 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0
4
11
2
KC
4

Ewing M. Kauffman Stadium - Kansas City, Missouri
Carl Pavano
Ht: 6' 5"
Wt: 240
Throws: Right
Bats: Right
Robinson Tejeda
Ht: 6' 3"
Wt: 230
Throws: Right
Bats: Right
W (13-11)
IP H ER BB K ERA
6.0 8 4 1 5 4.86
L (4-2)
IP H ER BB K ERA
4.1 2 5 7 3 3.41

Cuddyer's 30th HR helps Twins cut Central lead
When Justin Morneau and his 30 home runs and 100 RBIs went out for the rest of the season with an injury, the Minnesota Twins were two games below .500 and their playoff hopes were in trouble. Michael Cuddyer stepped in for Morneau at first base and the Twins have stepped up in a playoff run. Cuddyer hit his 30th homer and walked with the bases loaded and the Twins moved within two games of first-place Detroit in the AL Central with a 9-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night.
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Scoring Summary
Top of 3rd
- On Tejeda's wild pitch, Punto scored.
Bottom of 3rd
- Butler homered to center on the first pitch.
Top of 4th
- Cuddyer homered to left on a 1-0 count.
Top of 5th
- Cabrera singled to right, Morales scored, Tolbert to third, Span to second.
- Mauer walked, Tolbert scored, Span to third, Cabrera to second.
- Kubel walked, Span scored, Cabrera to third, Mauer to second.
- Cuddyer walked on a full count, Cabrera scored, Mauer to third, Kubel to second.
Bottom of 5th
- Butler homered to left on a 2-1 count, Anderson scored, Maier scored.
Top of 7th
- Young tripled to center, Cuddyer scored.
- Tolbert singled to left, Young scored.
Top of 9th
- Young homered to left on a 2-0 count.

Season Series
Date Home Score Pitchers
Fri 5/1 Min KC 5 at
MIN 7
W: Slowey
L: Ponson
Sat 5/2 Min KC 10 at
MIN 7
W: Soria
L: Breslow
Sun 5/3 Min KC 7 at
MIN 5
W: Meche
L: Baker
Mon 6/29 KC MIN 2 at
KC 4
W: Hochevar
L: Blackburn
Tue 6/30 KC MIN 2 at
KC 1
W: Baker
L: Bannister
Wed 7/1 KC MIN 5 at
KC 1
W: Perkins
L: Meche
Tue 8/11 Min KC 14 at
MIN 6
W: Davies
L: Blackburn
Wed 8/12 Min KC 1 at
MIN 7
W: Liriano
L: Bannister
Thu 8/13 Min KC 5 at
MIN 4
W: Meche
L: Pavano
Fri 8/21 KC MIN 5 at
KC 4
W: Nathan
L: Soria
Sat 8/22 KC MIN 8 at
KC 7
W: Duensing
L: Davies
Sun 8/23 KC MIN 10 at
KC 3
W: Pavano
L: Bannister
Fri 9/25 KC MIN 9 at
KC 4
W: Pavano
L: Tejeda
Sat 9/26 KC MIN 11 at
KC 6
W: Baker
L: DiNardo
Sun 9/27 KC MIN 1 at
KC 4
W: Greinke
L: Liriano
Fri 10/2 Min KC 7 at
MIN 10
W: Manship
L: DiNardo
Sat 10/3 Min KC 4 at
MIN 5
W: Rauch
L: Hughes
Sun 10/4 Min KC 4 at
MIN 13
W: Pavano
L: Hochevar
Box Scores
Lineup
Name AB R H RBI BB
1. D Span, CF-RF 4 1 2 0 1
2. O Cabrera, SS 5 1 2 1 0
3. J Mauer, C 2 0 0 1 3
4. J Kubel, RF 3 0 0 1 1
4. C Gomez, CF 1 0 0 0 0
5. M Cuddyer, 1B 4 2 2 2 1
6. D Young, LF 5 2 2 2 0
7. J Morales, DH 4 1 0 0 1
8. M Tolbert, 3B 4 1 1 1 0
9. N Punto, 2B 2 1 0 0 1
Totals 34 9 9 8 8
Lineup
Name AB R H RBI BB
1. W Bloomquist, RF 5 0 0 0 0
2. M Maier, LF 4 1 0 0 1
3. B Butler, 1B 5 2 4 4 0
4. M Jacobs, DH 4 0 1 0 0
5. A Callaspo, 2B 3 0 1 0 1
6. J Buck, C 4 0 1 0 0
7. A Gordon, 3B 4 0 0 0 0
8. Y Betancourt, SS 4 0 2 0 0
9. J Anderson, CF 4 1 2 0 0
Totals 37 4 11 4 2
Pitcher
Name IP H R ER BB K ERA*
C Pavano
(W, 13-11)
6.0 8 4 4 1 5 4.86
R Mahay 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 4.44
J Rauch 0.2 1 0 0 1 2 2.53
J Mijares
(H, 27)
0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2.09
M Guerrier 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 2.24
Pitcher
Name IP H R ER BB K ERA*
R Tejeda
(L, 4-2)
4.1 2 6 5 7 3 3.41
J Cruz 1.2 2 0 0 1 1 5.96
R Colon 1.0 3 2 2 0 1 4.99
C Rosa 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 6.35
V Marte 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 8.00
* = Season Stat

BATTING
3B: D Young (2)
HR: M Cuddyer (30), D Young (9)
BASERUNNING
SB: D Span (22), M Cuddyer (6), N Punto (16)CS: M Tolbert (1)
BATTING
2B: J Anderson (7)
HR: B Butler 2 (21)
BASERUNNING
SB: M Maier (9)
Complete Box Score

Player News
Twins
Estarlin De Los Santos (MIN)

News: De Los Santos was added to Minnesota's 40-man roster.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 20, 2009)
Robert Delaney (MIN)

News: Delaney was added to Minnesota's 40-man roster. He had a 4.53 ERA and 38:15 K:BB ratio in 47.2 innings with seven saves after he was promoted to Triple-A in June and took over as Rochester's closer.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 20, 2009)
Loek Van Mil (MIN)

News: Van Mil was added to Minnesota's 40-man roster.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 20, 2009)
Royals

News: Wilson has signed a minor league deal with the Royals.  (RotoWire - Nov 22, 2009)

News: According to the New York Daily News, Jose Guillen may be on the Mets wish list if they can't nail down one of the top-tier free agents.  (Fanball - Sun. Nov 22, 2009)

News: Jorge Campillo has signed a minor league contract with the Kansas City Royals, according to MLB.com.  (Fanball - Fri. Nov 20, 2009)

Injury Report
Twins
NameInjuryStatus
No Injuries
Royals
NameInjuryStatus
No Injuries


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