KC 15 vs MIN 17

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Kansas City Royals At 2008 Minnesota Twins           4/27/2008

 

  Royals             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG

  D.Dejesus CF        4  0  3  0 .293     D.Span RF           4  0  0  0 .296  

  M.Grudzielanek 2B   5  0  1  0 .296     A.Casilla 2B        3  1  3  1 .274  

  A.Gordon 3B         5  0  2  0 .286     J.Mauer C           4  0  1  1 .286  

  J.Guillen LF        5  0  2  0 .231     J.Morneau 1B        3  1  1  1 .328  

  M.Teahen RF         4  0  1  0 .241     D.Young LF          4  0  0  0 .148  

  J.Gathright DH      4  0  1  0 .167     J.Kubel DH          4  1  1  1 .190  

  R.Gload 1B          4  0  1  0 .140     B.Buscher 3B        3  0  1  0 .314  

  J.Buck C            4  0  0  0 .276     N.Punto SS          2  0  1  0 .265  

  T.Pena Jr SS        4  0  1  0 .250   A-B.Harris SS         1  0  0  0 .143  

                                          C.Gomez CF          2  1  0  0 .241  

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         Totals      39  0 12  0                 Totals      30  4  8  4

 

A-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Punto In 8th Inning

 

INJURY: Nick Punto INJURED (for 1 more game) in 7th inning

 

Royals.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0 12  0

Twins........... 0 1 1  0 0 0  1 1    -  4  8  0

 

Royals (7-8)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA

Z.Greinke LOSS(1-3)       8       8   4   4   4   4   2 126   3.60

Totals                    8       8   4   4   4   4   2

 

Twins (9-8)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA

K.Slowey WIN(3-0)         8 2/3  11   0   0   0   9   0 140   1.52

J.Nathan SAVE(6th)        0 1/3   1   0   0   0   1   0  12   0.64

Totals                    9      12   0   0   0  10   0

 

ATTENDANCE- 37,444 DATE-  TIME- Day 

UMPIRES- Dale Scott, Bill Hohn, Ron Kulpa, Dan Iassogna

T- 2:53

LEFT ON BASE- Royals:13  Twins: 7

DOUBLE PLAYS- Royals: 1  Twins: 0

DOUBLES- A.Casilla-2(5th)

HOME RUNS- J.Morneau(2nd), J.Kubel(1st)

SACRIFICE HITS- N.Punto

WALKS- A.Casilla, J.Morneau, B.Buscher, C.Gomez

HIT BY PITCH- D.Dejesus

STRIKE OUTS- M.Grudzielanek-3, A.Gordon-2, J.Guillen, M.Teahen-2, J.Gathright,

             R.Gload, D.Span, D.Young, B.Buscher-2

GIDP- D.Young

 

In a game for the baseball purist, Kevin Slowey(3-0) and Zack Greinke(1-3)

squared off in a tense pitching duel, Minnesota Twins finally emerged

victorious over Kansas City Royals, 4 to 0.

 

Slowey pitched a solid game.  He surrendered 11 hits and no walks in 8 and 2/3

innings.  Slowey whiffed an impressive total of 9 Kansas City batters seeing

his ERA drop from 2.14 to 1.52.  Despite losing, Kansas City out-hit

Minnesota 12 to 8.  

 

Slowey was helped out by Joe Nathan who recorded his 6th save.

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