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LAA  8
SEA  4

BAL  5
TOR  4

BOS  7
NYY  6

CHW  5
@DET  4

KCR 11
MIN  7

CLE  4
@TBD  3

OAK 16
@TEX  4

STL  2
@CHC  1

CIN  2
PHI  1

(10)
SDP 11
@COL  1

WSN  6
@FLA  5

(14)
LAD 10
PIT  2

HOU  6
@MIL  5

ATL  7
@NYM  3

SFG  4
ARI  2

Standings at end of play this day

Kauffman Stadium, Attendance: 31,813

Friday, April 20, 2007, 7:10PM
Time of Game: 3:11
Twins
7
10-6
Lost 1
1st
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Twins           0  2  1   0  1  2   0  0  1    7 13  0
Royals          0  1  1   0  5  0   1  3  X   11 15  0
W: O Perez (1-2), L: S Ponson (1-2), S: D Riske (2)
Royals
11
5-11
Won 2
5th, 5 GB

BATTING

Minnesota Twins              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
A Casilla 2B                  5   0   1   0    0   0  .235  .470   15    2   4   SB
N Punto 3B                    4   2   2   2    1   0  .174  .516   17    0   3   2B,SB
J Mauer C                     5   0   3   2    0   2  .377  .967   26    4   0   2B
M Cuddyer RF                  4   1   1   1    1   0  .333  .929   20    3   0   HR
J Morneau 1B                  5   1   2   0    0   0  .300  .941    8    9   1   
T Hunter CF                   5   0   1   0    0   2  .283  .894   22    2   0   2B,GDP
M Redmond DH                  4   2   1   1    0   0  .192  .491   16    0   0   2B
J Tyner LF                    3   1   1   0    1   0  .343  .835   12    2   0   
J Bartlett SS                 3   0   1   1    1   0  .227  .556   10    1   4   GDP

S Ponson P                                                               0   1
  G Perkins P                                                            0   0
  M Guerrier P                                                           1   0
  D Reyes P                                                              0   0
  J Rincon P                                                             0   0
Totals                       38   7  13   7    4   4              146   24  13
BATTING
2B: J Mauer (6, off O Perez); N Punto (4, off O Perez); T Hunter (10, off R Braun); M Redmond (2, off O Perez).
HR: M Cuddyer (2, off D Riske; 9th inn, 0 on, 1 out to LF).
TB: M Cuddyer 4; J Mauer 4; N Punto 3; M Redmond 2; T Hunter 2; J Morneau 2; A Casilla; J Bartlett; J Tyner.
GIDP: T Hunter (3); J Bartlett (1).
RBI: N Punto 2 (3); J Mauer 2 (7); M Cuddyer (15); M Redmond (4); J Bartlett (4).
2-out RBI: N Punto 2; J Bartlett.
Team LOB: 8.
With RISP: 4 for 16.
FIELDING
DP: 2. N Punto-A Casilla-J Morneau; A Casilla-J Bartlett-J Morneau.
BASERUNNING
SB: N Punto (1, 2nd base off O Perez/J Buck); A Casilla (2, 2nd base off D Riske/J Buck).
Kansas City Royals           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D DeJesus CF                  5   2   3   0    0   0  .358 1.001   21    1   0   
M Grudzielanek 2B             4   1   1   2    0   0  .233  .655   24    2   2   HR,HBP,GDP
M Teahen RF                   4   2   3   1    0   0  .245  .709   11    3   0   SB,HBP
M Sweeney DH                  4   2   2   2    1   0  .222  .583   14    0   0   HR
R Gload 1B                    5   1   0   1    0   1  .250  .575   26   11   0   
R Sanders LF                  4   1   2   1    0   1  .407 1.226    9    2   0   HR
  E Brown LF                  0   0   0   1    0   0  .167  .396   10    0   0   SF
A Gordon 3B                   3   1   1   1    2   0  .137  .496   18    3   3   2B
J Buck C                      3   0   1   0    2   1  .429 1.422   21    4   0   
T Pena SS                     4   1   2   0    0   0  .211  .601   10    1   5   GDP

O Perez P                                                                0   1
  R Braun P                                                              0   1
  J Gobble P                                                             0   0
  T Wellemeyer P                                                         0   1
  D Riske P                                                              0   0
Totals                       36  11  15   9    5   3              164   27  13
BATTING
2B: A Gordon (3, off G Perkins).
HR: R Sanders (2, off M Guerrier; 7th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF-CF); M Grudzielanek (1, off S Ponson; 5th inn, 1 on, 0 outs to LF); M Sweeney (1, off S Ponson; 2nd inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF-CF).
SF: E Brown (1, off J Rincon).
HBP: M Teahen (1, by D Reyes); M Grudzielanek (2, by M Guerrier).
TB: M Sweeney 5; R Sanders 5; M Grudzielanek 4; M Teahen 3; D DeJesus 3; T Pena 2; A Gordon 2; J Buck.
GIDP: M Grudzielanek (2); T Pena (1).
RBI: M Sweeney 2 (5); M Grudzielanek 2 (9); R Sanders (6); R Gload (3); E Brown (3); A Gordon (3); M Teahen (5).
2-out RBI: A Gordon; M Teahen.
Team LOB: 9.
With RISP: 1 for 9.
FIELDING
DP: 2. M Grudzielanek-R Gload; T Pena-M Grudzielanek-R Gload.
BASERUNNING
SB: M Teahen (1, 2nd base off G Perkins/J Mauer).

PITCHING

Minnesota Twins               IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
S Ponson, L (1-2)              4.1  10   6   6    1   2   2   9.39   23   69-42   27· 8· 7   12· 4· 4· 0     20    -     1.21  -0.36
G Perkins                      1.2   3   1   1    1   0   0   8.31    9   39-23   17· 1· 5    3· 2· 3· 0          1-1    0.91  -0.09
M Guerrier                     1     2   3   3    1   0   1   2.61    6   18-10    7· 2· 1    3· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.45  -0.09
D Reyes                        0     0   1   1    0   0   0  10.80    1    2-1     1· 0· 0    0· 0· 0· 0          2-0    0.44  -0.02
J Rincon                       1     0   0   0    2   1   0   2.84    5   24-10    4· 3· 3    1· 1· 0· 0          3-3    0.17  -0.02
Totals                         8    15  11  11    5   3   3          44  152-86   56·14·16   19· 8· 7· 0          6-4 
Kansas City Royals            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
O Perez, W (1-2)               5     7   4   4    1   2   0   8.64   23   71-49   27· 5·17    8· 7· 5· 0     38    -     0.95  -0.16
R Braun, H (1)                 0.1   1   2   2    2   0   0   3.24    4   19-7     3· 1· 3    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    1.48  -0.12
J Gobble, H (2)                0.2   1   0   0    0   1   0   1.59    3    8-7     4· 1· 2    0· 1· 1· 0          3-2    3.25   0.00
T Wellemeyer, H (1)            1     1   0   0    1   0   0  12.71    4   21-11    7· 2· 2    2· 0· 1· 0          0-0    2.59   0.10
D Riske, S (2)                 2     3   1   1    0   1   1   5.40    8   19-14    9· 0· 5    3· 2· 2· 0          0-0    0.89   0.09
Totals                         9    13   7   7    4   4   1          42  138-88   50· 9·29   14·11· 9· 0          3-2 
M Guerrier faced 2 batters in the 8th inning.
D Reyes faced 1 batter in the 8th inning.
Balks: None.
WP: G Perkins 2 (2); M Guerrier (1); J Rincon (2).
IBB: None.
HBP: D Reyes (1; M Teahen); M Guerrier (1; M Grudzielanek).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - John Hirschbeck, 1B - Bill Welke, 2B - Rob Drake, 3B - Laz Diaz.
Time of Game: 3:11.
Attendance: 31,813.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Weather: 74° F, Wind 11mph from Right to Left, Sunny.

LINEUPS

   Minnesota Twins               Kansas City Royals                   
1. A Casilla            2B    1. D DeJesus            CF 
2. N Punto              3B    2. M Grudzielanek       2B 
3. J Mauer              C     3. M Teahen             RF 
4. M Cuddyer            RF    4. M Sweeney            DH 
5. J Morneau            1B    5. R Gload              1B 
6. T Hunter             CF    6. R Sanders            LF 
7. M Redmond            DH    7. A Gordon             3B 
8. J Tyner              LF    8. J Buck               C  
9. J Bartlett           SS    9. T Pena               SS 

   S Ponson             P        O Perez              P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 5   0  4-2  1--  1   21%  57% M Grudzielanek  S Ponson        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); DeJesus Scores
   t 7   0  7-6  12-  7   20%  71% T Hunter        T Wellemeyer    Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-1B (Weak SS-2B); Cuddyer to 3B
   t 6   2  7-4  123  3  -18%  64% N Punto         J Gobble        Single to RF (Line Drive); Redmond Scores; Tyner Scores; Bartlett to 3B; Punto to 2B/Adv on throw
   t 8   0  8-6  1--  1   14%  92% J Bartlett      D Riske         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B (Weak SS)
   b 5   2  4-5  1--  3   12%  79% A Gordon        G Perkins       Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Gload Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Twins Batting, Tied 0-0, Odalis Perez facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  5   52%  A Casilla       Flyball: LF (Short LF-CF)
   O      ---  2   54%  N Punto         Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
          ---  3   53%  J Mauer         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
   O      1--  3   55%  M Cuddyer       Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Sidney Ponson facing 1-2-3
          ---  4   58%  D DeJesus       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
   OO     1--  3   51%  M Grudzielanek  Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  3   50%  M Teahen        Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0.

Top of the 2nd, Twins Batting, Tied 0-0, Odalis Perez facing 5-6-7
          ---  3   46%  J Morneau       Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  3   50%  T Hunter        Strikeout Swinging
   R      1--  4   39%  M Redmond       Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Morneau Scores
   O      -2-  1   42%  J Tyner         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak SS); Redmond to 3B
   R      --3  2   34%  J Bartlett      Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Redmond Scores
   O      1--  1   35%  A Casilla       Bunt Groundout: 1B unassisted (Weak 1B)
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Behind 0-2, Sidney Ponson facing 4-5-6
   R      ---  1   45%  M Sweeney       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  2   43%  R Gload         Lineout: CF (LF-CF)
   O      ---  4   41%  R Sanders       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  7   42%  A Gordon        Walk
   O      1--  2   40%  J Buck          Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 1.

Top of the 3rd, Twins Batting, Ahead 2-1, Odalis Perez facing 2-3-4
          ---  2   34%  N Punto         Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   R      -2-  3   25%  J Mauer         Double to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Punto Scores
   O      -2-  3   29%  M Cuddyer       Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      -2-  1   31%  J Morneau       Flyball: RF (CF-RF); Mauer to 3B
   O      --3  5   34%  T Hunter        Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Behind 1-3, Sidney Ponson facing 9-1-2
          ---  1   38%  T Pena          Single to SS (Ground Ball to Weak 3B)
   O      1--  4   36%  D DeJesus       Groundout: 2B-1B; Pena to 2B
   O      -2-  3   32%  M Grudzielanek  Flyball: RF (Short RF)
   R      -2-  4   41%  M Teahen        Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Pena Scores
   O      1--  3   38%  M Sweeney       Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 2.

Top of the 4th, Twins Batting, Ahead 3-2, Odalis Perez facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  2   41%  M Redmond       Groundout: SS-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  3   43%  J Tyner         Groundout: P-1B (Short 1B Line)
   O      ---  2   44%  J Bartlett      Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 2.

Bottom of the 4th, Royals Batting, Behind 2-3, Sidney Ponson facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  7   41%  R Gload         Strikeout Swinging
          ---  2   44%  R Sanders       Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Short 3B Line)
   O      1--  1   40%  A Gordon        Flyball: LF
          1--  5   43%  J Buck          Single to 2B (Ground Ball to SS-2B); Sanders to 2B
   O      12-  1   37%  T Pena          Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 2.

Top of the 5th, Twins Batting, Ahead 3-2, Odalis Perez facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   40%  A Casilla       Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
          ---  4   37%  N Punto         Walk
          1--      35%  J Mauer         Punto Steals 2B
   R      -2-  7   25%  " "             Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Punto Scores; Mauer to 2B/Adv on throw
   O      -2-  6   27%  M Cuddyer       Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF); Mauer to 3B
   O      --3  2   31%  J Morneau       Flyball: RF (CF-RF)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 2.

Bottom of the 5th, Royals Batting, Behind 2-4, Sidney Ponson facing 1-2-3
          ---  4   36%  D DeJesus       Single to 2B (Ground Ball)
   RR     1--  1   57%  M Grudzielanek  Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); DeJesus Scores
          ---  1   61%  M Teahen        Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  1   72%  M Sweeney       Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Teahen to 3B
   RO     1-3  5   70%  R Gload         Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak SS); Teahen Scores
                  Glen Perkins replaces Sidney Ponson pitching
   O      1--  2   67%  R Sanders       Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
   R      1--  3   79%  A Gordon        Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Gload Scores
          -2-      79%  J Buck          Wild Pitch; Gordon to 3B
   R      --3  4   86%  " "             Walk, Wild Pitch; Gordon Scores/No RBI
          1--  7   87%  T Pena          Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF); Buck to 2B
   O      12-  7   85%  D DeJesus       Lineout: LF (LF-CF)
                  5 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 7.

Top of the 6th, Twins Batting, Behind 4-7, Ryan Braun facing 6-7-8
                  Ryan Braun replaces Odalis Perez pitching
          ---  5   79%  T Hunter        Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
   O      -2-  4   85%  M Redmond       Fielder's Choice P; Hunter out at 3B/P-3B
          1--  5   81%  J Tyner         Walk; Redmond to 2B
          12-  5   73%  J Bartlett      Walk; Redmond to 3B; Tyner to 2B
                  Jimmy Gobble replaces Ryan Braun pitching
   O      123  2   82%  A Casilla       Popfly: 3B (Weak 3B)
   RR     123  3   64%  N Punto         Single to RF (Line Drive); Redmond Scores; Tyner Scores; Bartlett to 3B; Punto to 2B/Adv on throw
   O      -23  3   73%  J Mauer         Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 7.

Bottom of the 6th, Royals Batting, Ahead 7-6, Glen Perkins facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  6   71%  M Grudzielanek  Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
          ---  1   73%  M Teahen        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
          1--      75%  M Sweeney       Teahen Steals 2B
   O      -2-  3   72%  " "             Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      -2-  6   68%  R Gload         Lineout: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 7.

Top of the 7th, Twins Batting, Behind 6-7, Todd Wellemeyer facing 4-5-6
                  Todd Wellemeyer replaces Jimmy Gobble pitching
          ---  7   61%  M Cuddyer       Walk
          1--  1   51%  J Morneau       Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Cuddyer to 2B
   OO     12-  7   71%  T Hunter        Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-1B (Weak SS-2B); Cuddyer to 3B
   O      --3  6   78%  M Redmond       Groundout: P-SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 7.

Bottom of the 7th, Royals Batting, Ahead 7-6, Matt Guerrier facing 6-7-8
                  Matt Guerrier replaces Glen Perkins pitching
   R      ---  1   88%  R Sanders       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  3   87%  A Gordon        Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
          ---  4   88%  J Buck          Walk
   OO     1--  1   85%  T Pena          Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 8.

Top of the 8th, Twins Batting, Behind 6-8, David Riske facing 8-9-1
                  David Riske replaces Todd Wellemeyer pitching; Emil Brown replaces Reggie Sanders playing LF batting 6th
          ---  3   78%  J Tyner         Single to P (Ground Ball to Weak 2B-1B)
   OO     1--  1   92%  J Bartlett      Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B (Weak SS)
          ---  3   90%  A Casilla       Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
          1--      89%  N Punto         Casilla Steals 2B
   O      -2-  4   93%  " "             Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 8.

Bottom of the 8th, Royals Batting, Ahead 8-6, Matt Guerrier facing 1-2-3
          ---  2   94%  D DeJesus       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B)
          1--      95%  M Grudzielanek  Wild Pitch; DeJesus to 2B
          -2-  7   96%  " "             Hit By Pitch
                  Dennys Reyes replaces Matt Guerrier pitching
          12-  2   97%  M Teahen        Hit By Pitch; DeJesus to 3B; Grudzielanek to 2B
                  Juan Rincon replaces Dennys Reyes pitching
   R      123  4   99%  M Sweeney       Walk; DeJesus Scores; Grudzielanek to 3B; Teahen to 2B
   O      123  6   98%  R Gload         Groundout: 2B-C/Forceout at Hm (Weak 2B); Teahen to 3B; Sweeney to 2B
   R      123      99%  E Brown         Wild Pitch; Teahen Scores; Sweeney to 3B; Gload to 2B
   RO     -23  6   99%  " "             Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly (Short RF); Sweeney Scores
          -2-  4   99%  A Gordon        Walk
   O      12-  4   99%  J Buck          Strikeout Swinging
                  3 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 11.

Top of the 9th, Twins Batting, Behind 6-11, David Riske facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  4  100%  J Mauer         Strikeout Looking
   R      ---  1   99%  M Cuddyer       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
   O      ---  1  100%  J Morneau       Popfly: SS (Deep SS-2B)
   O      ---  2  100%  T Hunter        Lineout: 3B
        1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 7, Royals 11.

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