Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
May 1, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1996 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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Kansas City Royals 5, Minnesota Twins 6

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 5 0 0 0
Goodwin lf,cf 5 1 2 1
Lockhart 3b 5 0 1 0
Paquette 1b,lf 4 0 0 0
Damon cf 3 0 1 0
  Vitiello ph 1 0 0 0
  Norman lf 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Offerman ss,1b 3 2 1 0
Tucker rf 4 0 0 0
Hamelin dh 4 2 2 4
Macfarlane c 3 0 0 0
Belcher p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 7 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 4 0 1 0
Hocking rf 3 0 0 0
  Hale ph 1 0 1 0
  Kelly pr 0 0 0 0
Molitor dh 4 0 0 1
Cordova lf 3 1 0 0
Myers c 4 1 2 0
Hollins 3b 3 0 1 1
Stahoviak 1b 4 1 1 1
Meares ss 4 1 1 0
Becker cf 3 2 2 3
Radke p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Stevens p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 9 6
Kansas City 021 000 002 0570
Minnesota 010 120 100 1691
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Belcher   8.0 8 5 5 3 2
  Montgomery  L (0-1) 1.1 1 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.1
9
6
6
5
2
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Radke   7.2 4 3 3 3 6
  Guardado   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Stevens  W (1-0) 2.0 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
10.0
7
5
5
3
7

  E–Meares (4).  DP–Kansas City 3, Minnesota 1.  PB–Myers (3).  2B–Kansas City Offerman (5,off Stevens), Minnesota Myers (10,off Belcher); Stahoviak (5,off Belcher).  3B–Minnesota Myers (1,off Belcher).  HR–Kansas City Hamelin 2 (4,2nd inning off Radke 1 on, 2 out,9th inning off Stevens 1 on, 1 out); Goodwin (1,3rd inning off Radke 0 on, 0 out), Minnesota Becker (1,5th inning off Belcher 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Molitor (1,by Montgomery).  SB–Goodwin (14,2nd base off Radke/Myers); Offerman (2,2nd base off Radke/Myers).  CS–Hocking (1,2nd base by Belcher/Macfarlane).  HBP–Montgomery (1,Molitor).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–2:45.  A–11,975.
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