Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
September 2, 2007 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 2007 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 8, Minnesota Twins 1

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus cf 4 1 1 2
Grudzielanek 2b 4 0 1 0
Gload 1b 5 0 2 1
Sweeney dh 5 0 1 0
Gordon 3b 5 2 2 2
Costa rf 5 2 3 0
Buck c 5 2 3 2
Gathright lf 5 1 1 1
Pena ss 4 0 2 0
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Soria p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 8 16 8
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tyner lf 4 0 0 0
Bartlett ss 4 0 1 0
Hunter cf 4 0 0 0
Morneau dh 4 0 0 0
Cuddyer rf 2 0 0 0
Redmond c 3 1 1 0
Jones 1b 3 0 3 0
Rodriguez 3b,2b 2 0 0 1
Punto 2b 2 0 1 0
  Buscher ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Bonser p 0 0 0 0
  DePaula p 0 0 0 0
  Cali p 0 0 0 0
  Neshek p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 6 1
Kansas City 051 000 0028160
Minnesota 000 000 010161
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  W (12-7) 8.0 6 1 1 0 1
  Soria   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
0
2
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Bonser  L (6-12) 1.2 7 5 5 0 0
  DePaula   3.1 4 1 1 0 1
  Cali   2.1 3 0 0 2 1
  Neshek   1.2 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
8
8
2
2

  E–DePaula (1).  DP–Kansas City 2. Pena-Gload, Pena-Grudzielanek-Gload, Minnesota 1. Bartlett-Punto-Jones.  2B–Kansas City DeJesus (29,off Bonser); Costa (5,off DePaula); Pena (21,off Cali).  HR–Kansas City Gordon 2 (14,2nd inning off Bonser 0 on 0 out,3rd inning off DePaula 0 on 0 out); Buck (17,9th inning off Neshek 1 on 2 out).  IBB–Grudzielanek (1,by Cali).  Team LOB–9.  SF–Rodriguez (1,off Bannister).  HBP–Cuddyer (6,by Bannister).  Team–3.  CS–Bartlett (3,2nd base by Bannister/Buck).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Jeff Nelson, 2B–Jim Wolf, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–2:34.  A–26,454.
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