Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
April 5, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 5, 1998 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 1, Minnesota Twins 10

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 4 0 1 0
Offerman 2b 4 0 1 0
  Hansen ph 1 0 0 0
King 1b 3 0 1 0
Palmer 3b 3 0 0 0
Vitiello dh 2 0 0 0
  Pendleton ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Morris lf 4 0 0 0
Young rf 4 0 2 0
Macfarlane c 4 0 0 0
Halter ss 4 1 2 1
Belcher p 0 0 0 0
  Service p 0 0 0 0
  Whisenant p 0 0 0 0
  Pittsley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Lawton cf 2 2 1 0
Ochoa rf 5 1 1 1
Molitor dh 5 2 3 0
Cordova lf 2 1 0 1
Merced 1b 4 0 2 3
Coomer 3b 5 1 2 1
Walker 2b 2 0 0 1
  Hocking 2b 1 1 0 0
Steinbach c 4 1 2 0
Meares ss 4 1 3 2
Milton p 0 0 0 0
  Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 10 14 9
Kansas City 000 000 100172
Minnesota 000 101 17x10140
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Belcher  L (1-1) 6.0 7 2 1 3 3
  Service   0.2 1 1 1 2 1
  Whisenant   0.1 5 6 6 2 0
  Pittsley   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
10
9
7
4
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Milton  W (1-0) 6.0 6 0 0 2 1
  Swindell   0.2 1 1 1 1 1
  Trombley   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Rodriguez   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
5

  E–Offerman (2), Palmer (2).  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Minnesota Lawton (1,off Belcher).  HR–Kansas City Halter (1,7th inning off Swindell 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Damon (1,by Rodriguez); Cordova (1,by Pittsley).  SF–Walker (1,off Belcher).  CS–Merced (1,2nd base by Belcher/Macfarlane).  HBP–Pittsley (1,Cordova); Rodriguez (1,Damon).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–Brian O'Nora.  T–3:05.  A–10,851.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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