Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals
September 18, 1995 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1995 at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Minnesota Twins 7, Kansas City Royals 16

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 5 2 2 0
Lawton cf 4 1 2 1
Puckett rf 3 1 1 2
  Dunn 1b 1 0 0 0
Munoz dh 3 0 0 0
  Hale ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Cordova lf 3 0 1 1
  Becker lf 1 1 1 0
Merullo c 3 1 1 1
Leius 3b 5 0 3 1
Masteller 1b,rf 5 0 1 1
Hocking ss 4 1 1 0
Parra p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Klingenbeck p 0 0 0 0
  Schullstrom p 0 0 0 0
  Watkins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 13 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 5 1 2 2
  Norman cf 1 0 0 0
Goodwin lf 5 3 3 0
  Cookson lf 1 0 0 0
Joyner 1b 5 3 3 2
  Caceres 1b 0 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 4 0 0 0
  Randa 3b 1 1 1 1
Hamelin dh 2 0 0 0
  Samuel ph,dh 1 1 0 0
  Tucker ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Lockhart 2b 2 2 2 0
  Gagne ph,ss 3 1 3 4
Nunnally rf 4 2 3 2
Howard ss,2b 3 2 2 1
Mercedes c 2 0 1 2
  Sweeney ph,c 1 0 0 0
Gubicza p 0 0 0 0
  Meacham p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 16 20 14
Minnesota 300 200 0027131
Kansas City 223 500 40x16201
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Parra  L (1-4) 2.2 9 7 7 1 1
  Guardado   0.2 4 5 5 1 1
  Klingenbeck   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Schullstrom   2.1 6 4 4 2 1
  Watkins   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
20
16
16
4
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gubicza  W (11-13) 5.0 8 5 5 4 4
  Meacham  SV (2) 4.0 5 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
5
5

  E–Puckett (4), Sweeney (1).  DP–Minnesota 1, Kansas City 1.  PB–Mercedes (2).  2B–Minnesota Knoblauch (29,off Gubicza); Puckett (36,off Gubicza); Lawton (1,off Meacham); Leius (16,off Meacham), Kansas City Gagne (25,off Guardado).  3B–Kansas City Goodwin (3,off Parra).  HR–Kansas City Joyner (12,1st inning off Parra 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Merullo (3,off Gubicza); Mercedes (2,off Klingenbeck); Howard (1,off Watkins).  HBP–Lawton (2,by Gubicza).  Team LOB–11.  IBB–Samuel (1,by Guardado).  Team–7.  SB–Goodwin (43,2nd base off Parra/Merullo); Lockhart (6,2nd base off Parra/Merullo); Nunnally (6,Home off Parra/Merullo); Howard (6,2nd base off Parra/Merullo).  WP–Guardado (4), Schullstrom (5).  HBP–Gubicza (6,Lawton).  IBB–Guardado (2,Samuel).  U-HP–Mark Johnson, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–3:22.
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