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Ht: 6' 5"
Ht: 6' 3"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.Full Story
| Scoring Summary | ||
| Top of 3rd | ||
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- On Tejeda's wild pitch, Punto scored. | |
| Bottom of 3rd | ||
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- Butler homered to center on the first pitch. | |
| Top of 4th | ||
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- Cuddyer homered to left on a 1-0 count. | |
| Top of 5th | ||
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- 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 | ||
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- Butler homered to left on a 2-1 count, Anderson scored, Maier scored. | |
| Top of 7th | ||
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- Young tripled to center, Cuddyer scored. - Tolbert singled to left, Young scored. | |
| Top of 9th | ||
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- 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 |
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