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Retrosheet Boxscore: Kansas City Royals 5, Minnesota Twins 3

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Kansas City Royals 5, Minnesota Twins 3

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Game Played on Thursday, July 24, 1997 (D) at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

KC  A    1  3  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   5  9  1
MIN A    0  1  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   3  6  0
BATTING
Kansas City Royals           AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Roberts 3b,lf                 5   0   2   0       0   1       1   0
Goodwin cf                    5   1   2   0       0   1       2   0
Bell ss                       3   1   2   2       1   0       3   7
Davis dh                      3   0   0   0       1   0       0   0
King 1b                       4   0   0   0       0   0      11   1
Offerman 2b                   4   1   1   0       0   2       0   4
Damon lf,rf                   2   1   0   0       2   0       0   0
Macfarlane c                  4   0   0   0       0   1       6   0
Benitez rf                    3   1   1   3       0   1       2   0
  Halter 3b                   1   0   1   0       0   0       0   0
Bones p                       0   0   0   0       0   0       2   0
  Carrasco p                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Montgomery p                0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       34   5   9   5       4   6      27  12
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Offerman-Bell-King.
E: Damon (2).
BATTING - 
2B: Goodwin 2 (13,off Stevens,off Guardado); Roberts (15,off Swindell).
HR: Bell (15,1st inning off Stevens 0 on 2 out); Benitez (1,2nd inning off
Stevens 2 on 1 out).
GDP: Davis (8,off Trombley).
Team LOB: 6.
Minnesota Twins              AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Knoblauch 2b                  3   1   1   0       0   0       2   3
Becker cf                     4   0   1   1       0   2       4   1
Molitor dh                    4   0   2   0       0   0       0   0
Stahoviak 1b                  4   1   1   0       0   1       5   0
Coomer 3b                     3   0   0   0       1   1       0   1
Myers c                       4   0   0   1       0   1       8   0
Cordova lf                    4   0   0   0       0   1       3   0
Lawton rf                     3   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
Meares ss                     3   1   1   0       0   0       3   3
Stevens p                     0   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
  Guardado p                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Trombley p                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Swindell p                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       32   3   6   2       1   6      27   8
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Meares-Stahoviak.
BATTING - 
2B: Stahoviak (11,off Bones); Knoblauch (19,off Bones); Molitor (22,off Bones).
HBP: Knoblauch (12,by Bones).
GDP: Myers (3,off Bones).
Team LOB: 4.
PITCHING
Kansas City Royals           IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Bones W(1-2)                  7     5   3   2   1   5   0  27
Carrasco                      1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4
Montgomery SV(4)              1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3
Totals                        9     6   3   2   1   6   0  34
HBP: Bones (2,Knoblauch).
Minnesota Twins              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Stevens L(1-3)                1.1   5   4   4   2   0   2  11
Guardado                      3.2   2   1   1   1   2   0  14
Trombley                      2.1   0   0   0   1   2   0   7
Swindell                      1.2   2   0   0   0   2   0   6
Totals                        9     9   5   5   4   6   2  38
Guardado faced 1 batter in the 6th inning
BK: Stevens (2).
Inherited Runners - Scored: Guardado 2-0; Trombley 1-0.
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Umpires: HP - Tim Welke, 1B - Tim Tschida, 2B - Joe Brinkman, 3B - Derryl Cousins
Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 21533
Starting Lineups:

   Kansas City Royals            Minnesota Twins          
1. Roberts             3b        Knoblauch           2b
2. Goodwin             cf        Becker              cf
3. Bell                ss        Molitor             dh
4. Davis               dh        Stahoviak           1b
5. King                1b        Coomer              3b
6. Offerman            2b        Myers               c
7. Damon               lf        Cordova             lf
8. Macfarlane          c         Lawton              rf
9. Benitez             rf        Meares              ss
   Bones               p         Stevens             p

ROYALS 1ST: Roberts flied to left; On a bunt Goodwin made an out
to pitcher; Bell homered to left-center; Davis walked; Stevens
balked [Davis to second]; King grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Knoblauch flied to right; Becker was called out on
strikes; Molitor flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
1, Twins 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Offerman singled to left; Damon walked [Offerman to
second]; Macfarlane flied to center; Benitez homered to left
[Offerman scored, Damon scored]; Roberts singled to right;
Goodwin doubled to right [Roberts to third]; GUARDADO REPLACED
STEVENS (PITCHING); Bell popped to catcher; Davis lined to
shortstop; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 4, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Stahoviak doubled to right; Coomer grounded out
(second to first) [Stahoviak to third]; Myers grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Stahoviak scored]; Cordova struck out; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Twins 1.

ROYALS 3RD: King grounded out (second to first); Offerman struck
out; Damon flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4,
Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: Lawton flied to center; Meares flied to center;
Knoblauch doubled to center; Becker struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 4, Twins 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Macfarlane flied to left; Benitez flied to center;
Roberts flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Twins
1.

TWINS 4TH: Molitor doubled to left; Stahoviak grounded out
(pitcher unassisted) [Molitor to third]; Coomer walked; Myers
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Coomer out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Twins 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Goodwin doubled to center; Bell singled to center
[Goodwin scored]; Davis forced Bell (shortstop to second); King
flied to left; Offerman struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Royals 5, Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: Cordova grounded out (shortstop to first); Lawton
popped to first; Meares singled to third; Knoblauch was hit by a
pitch [Meares to second]; Becker singled to center [Meares
scored, Knoblauch scored (error by Damon) (unearned) (no RBI),
Becker to third]; Molitor lined to first; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 5, Twins 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Damon walked; TROMBLEY REPLACED GUARDADO (PITCHING);
Macfarlane grounded out (third to first) [Damon to second];
Benitez struck out; Roberts struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Royals 5, Twins 3.

TWINS 6TH: HALTER REPLACED BENITEZ (PLAYING 3B); ROBERTS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); DAMON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF);
Stahoviak was called out on strikes; Coomer grounded out
(shortstop to first); Myers struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Royals 5, Twins 3.

ROYALS 7TH: Goodwin grounded out (second to first); Bell walked;
Davis grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Bell out
at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Twins 3.

TWINS 7TH: Cordova grounded out (shortstop to first); Lawton
grounded out (first to pitcher); Meares grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Twins 3.

ROYALS 8TH: King lined to shortstop; SWINDELL REPLACED TROMBLEY
(PITCHING); Offerman lined to second; Damon flied to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Twins 3.

TWINS 8TH: CARRASCO REPLACED BONES (PITCHING); Knoblauch
grounded out (shortstop to first); Becker flied to left; On a
bunt Molitor singled to pitcher; Stahoviak forced Molitor
(second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Twins 3.

ROYALS 9TH: Macfarlane was called out on strikes; Halter singled
to center; Roberts doubled to center [Halter out at home (center
to second to catcher)]; Goodwin struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 5, Twins 3.

TWINS 9TH: MONTGOMERY REPLACED CARRASCO (PITCHING); Coomer
struck out; Myers grounded out (second to first); Cordova popped
to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Twins 3.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Royals           5   9   1    6
 Twins            3   6   0    4
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