Minnesota 10, Kansas City 3
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, April 16, 2010
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature:
56°
Umpires:
Home -
Eric Cooper, 1B -
Bill Miller, 2B -
Chad Fairchild, 3B -
Mike Reilly
Attendance:
38532
By SportsDirect Inc.
Scott Baker outdueled reigning American League Cy Young award winner Zack Greinke to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 10-3 win over the Kansas City Royals on Friday.
Michael Cuddyer was the first to get to Greinke, putting the Twins on top with a two-run double in the third. Greinke gave up two more in the fifth when he uncharacteristically walked Jason Kubel with the bases loaded and yielded a sacrifice fly to Delmon Young.
Baker (2-1) went seven innings, allowing two runs and scattering seven hits while striking out six to pick up his second win of the campaign.
Greinke (0-2) was pulled after five innings and four runs – two earned. He struck out five and issued five walks. The right-hander walked as many as four batters only once during his spectacular 2009 season.
Orlando Hudson had a two-run double and J.J. Hardy singled in a pair as the Twins put the game away with a five-run eighth.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Kansas City |
|
Minnesota |
|
Zack Greinke
|
Player |
Scott Baker
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
5.0 |
IP |
7.0 |
|
5 |
Strikeouts |
6 |
|
6 |
Hits |
7 |
|
3.60 |
ERA |
2.57 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Kansas City
|
9 |
1 |
14 |
.257 |
11 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Minnesota
|
11 |
0 |
13 |
.344 |
22 |
7 |
10 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
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