Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals
April 1, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 1, 2002 at Kauffman Stadium. 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

Minnesota Twins 8, Kansas City Royals 6

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Jones lf 5 2 3 4
Guzman ss 5 0 0 0
Mientkiewicz 1b 5 1 1 0
Ortiz dh 4 1 3 1
Hunter cf 4 1 1 1
Koskie 3b 3 0 0 1
Buchanan rf 4 2 2 1
  Hocking rf 0 0 0 0
Pierzynski c 4 0 0 0
Rivas 2b 4 1 2 0
Radke p 0 0 0 0
  Cressend p 0 0 0 0
  Romero p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 12 8
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch lf 4 1 1 0
Perez ss 5 2 3 1
Beltran cf 3 0 1 2
Sweeney 1b 4 0 2 2
Tucker rf 3 1 1 0
Randa 3b 3 0 0 1
Ibanez dh 3 0 0 0
  Sadler ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Mayne c 3 1 1 0
  Berger ph 1 0 0 0
Febles 2b 3 1 1 0
Suppan p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
  Shouse p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 10 6
Minnesota 210 001 4008121
Kansas City 013 020 0006100
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Radke   4.1 8 6 5 0 2
  Cressend   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Romero  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Jackson   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Guardado  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
5
3
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Suppan   6.0 7 4 4 0 3
  Bailey  L (0-1) 0.2 5 4 4 1 0
  Shouse   1.1 0 0 0 1 2
  Grimsley   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
3
5

  E–Pierzynski (1).  DP–Minnesota 2, Kansas City 1.  2B–Minnesota Ortiz (1,off Bailey), Kansas City Sweeney (1,off Radke); Febles (1,off Radke).  3B–Kansas City Perez (1,off Radke); Beltran (1,off Cressend).  HR–Minnesota Jones 2 (2,1st inning off Suppan 0 on, 0 out,7th inning off Bailey 2 on, 1 out); Ortiz (1,1st inning off Suppan 0 on, 2 out); Buchanan (1,2nd inning off Suppan 0 on, 1 out); Hunter (1,6th inning off Suppan 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Hunter (1,by Bailey).  SF–Randa (1,off Radke); Beltran (1,off Radke).  SB–Tucker 2 (2,2nd base off Radke/Pierzynski,2nd base off Cressend/Pierzynski).  IBB–Bailey (1,Hunter).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Charlie Reliford, 2B–Kerwin Danley, 3B–Marvin Hudson.  T–3:07.  A–40,605.
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