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	Twins gain a game

Twins 9, Royals 4

Nick Punto stole second base in the third, then scored on a wild pitch. (Charlie Riedel/AP)

By Kelly Thesier / MLB.com

Michael Cuddyer hit his 30th homer and Nick Punto scored from second base on a wild pitch early, but the Twins did real damage in the fifth, when they scored four runs on just one hit and three bases-loaded walks. Minnesota is now two games back of Detroit in the AL Central.

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Series at a glance:

Fri. 09/25: MIN 9, KC 4
Sat. 09/26: MIN 11, KC 6
Sun. 09/27: KC 4, MIN 1

Minnesota (80-73)
Won 4

Minnesota 9, Kansas City 4

Kansas City (63-91)
Lost 3

September 25, 2009

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota	0	0	1	1	4	0	2	0	1	9	9	1
Kansas City	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	11	2

Minnesota	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Span, CF-RF	4	1	2	0	1	0	1	.307
Cabrera, O, SS	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	.273
Mauer, C	2	0	0	1	3	0	3	.370
Kubel, RF	3	0	0	1	1	2	2	.298
Gomez, CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231
Cuddyer, 1B	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	.278
Young, D, LF	5	2	2	2	0	2	3	.275
Morales, J, DH	4	1	0	0	1	1	4	.340
Tolbert, 3B	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	.217
Punto, 2B	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.231
Totals	34	9	9	8	8	5	15
BATTING 3B: Young, D (2, Colon). HR: Cuddyer (30, 4th inning off Tejeda, 0 on, 2 out), Young, D (9, 9th inning off Marte, V, 0 on, 2 out). TB: Span 2; Cabrera, O 2; Cuddyer 5; Young, D 7; Tolbert. RBI: Cuddyer 2 (88), Cabrera, O (67), Mauer (90), Kubel (90), Young, D 2 (47), Tolbert (16). 2-out RBI: Cuddyer; Tolbert; Young, D. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Morales, J 2; Mauer. SAC: Punto. GIDP: Kubel. Team RISP: 4-for-8. Team LOB: 7. BASERUNNING SB: Cuddyer (6, 2nd base off Colon/Buck, J), Span (22, 2nd base off Cruz, J/Buck, J), Punto (16, 2nd base off Tejeda/Buck, J). CS: Tolbert (1, 2nd base by Colon/Buck, J). FIELDING E: Tolbert (3, fielding). DP: (Cabrera, O-Punto-Cuddyer).

Kansas City	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Bloomquist, RF	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	.265
Maier, LF	4	1	0	0	1	1	2	.253
Butler, 1B	5	2	4	4	0	1	2	.306
Jacobs, DH	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.229
Callaspo, 2B	3	0	1	0	1	1	2	.300
Buck, J, C	4	0	1	0	0	2	2	.241
Gordon, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	4	.224
Betancourt, Y, SS	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	.243
Anderson, J, CF	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	.242
Totals	37	4	11	4	2	8	19
BATTING 2B: Anderson, J (7, Pavano). HR: Butler 2 (21, 3rd inning off Pavano, 0 on, 2 out; 5th inning off Pavano, 2 on, 1 out). TB: Butler 10; Jacobs; Callaspo; Buck, J; Betancourt, Y 2; Anderson, J 3. RBI: Butler 4 (91). 2-out RBI: Butler. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Callaspo; Gordon; Butler. GIDP: Betancourt, Y. Team RISP: 1-for-10. Team LOB: 8. BASERUNNING SB: Maier (9, 2nd base off Pavano/Mauer). FIELDING E: Betancourt, Y (16, fielding), Buck, J (7, throw). DP: (Betancourt, Y-Butler).

Minnesota	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Pavano (W, 13-11)	6.0	8	4	4	1	5	2	4.86
Mahay	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.44
Rauch	0.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	3.88
Mijares, Jo (H, 27)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.09
Guerrier	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2.24

Kansas City	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Tejeda (L, 4-2)	4.1	2	6	5	7	3	1	3.41
Cruz, J	1.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	5.96
Colon	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	4.99
Rosa	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6.35
Marte, V	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	8.00

WP: Tejeda.
Pitches-strikes: Pavano 91-63, Mahay 8-5, Rauch 19-9, Mijares, Jo 3-2, Guerrier 13-11, Tejeda 82-42, Cruz, J 41-26, Colon 20-11, Rosa 16-9, Marte, V 10-5.
Groundouts-flyouts: Pavano 6-4, Mahay 2-0, Rauch 0-0, Mijares, Jo 0-0, Guerrier 1-1, Tejeda 5-3, Cruz, J 3-1, Colon 0-1, Rosa 2-0, Marte, V 0-2.
Batters faced: Pavano 26, Mahay 3, Rauch 4, Mijares, Jo 1, Guerrier 5, Tejeda 22, Cruz, J 8, Colon 5, Rosa 4, Marte, V 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Mijares, Jo 2-0, Cruz, J 3-1.
Umpires: HP: Laz Diaz. 1B: Eric Cooper. 2B: Mike Reilly. 3B: Chuck Meriwether.
Weather: 72 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 4 mph, R to L.
T: 3:11.
Att: 23,307.
September 25, 2009

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner

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