Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
July 4, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1996 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. 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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Kansas City Royals 5, Minnesota Twins 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b,1b 4 0 4 2
Goodwin cf,lf 5 0 1 0
Paquette lf 4 1 0 0
  Damon cf 0 0 0 0
Vitiello dh 3 1 0 0
Young 1b 3 1 1 3
  Lockhart ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Randa 3b 3 0 1 0
Tucker rf 3 1 0 0
Fasano c 4 0 0 0
Howard ss 3 1 0 0
Linton p 0 0 0 0
  Jacome p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 7 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 4 0 2 1
Becker lf 3 0 1 0
  Reboulet ph,lf 1 0 0 0
  Hale ph 1 0 0 0
Molitor dh 5 0 0 0
Stahoviak 1b 3 1 2 0
  Coomer ph,1b 1 0 1 0
Hollins 3b 3 1 1 0
Lawton cf 4 0 2 1
Meares ss 4 0 0 1
Walbeck c 4 1 1 0
Hocking rf 3 0 0 0
Robertson p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
  Naulty p 0 0 0 0
  Hansell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 10 3
Kansas City 000 005 000570
Minnesota 020 000 0013100
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Linton  W (3-4) 6.0 6 2 2 2 6
  Jacome   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Montgomery  SV (17) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
3
7
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Robertson  L (3-9) 5.0 5 3 3 4 3
  Trombley   1.0 1 2 2 2 1
  Naulty   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Hansell   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
6
5

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Goodwin (8,off Robertson); Offerman (15,off Hansell), Minnesota Stahoviak (15,off Linton); Lawton (2,off Linton); Walbeck (2,off Montgomery).  3B–Kansas City Offerman (1,off Trombley).  HR–Kansas City Young (3,6th inning off Robertson 2 on, 0 out).  SB–Offerman (8,2nd base off Robertson/Walbeck); Knoblauch 3 (17,2nd base off Linton/Fasano,3rd base off Linton/Fasano,2nd base off Montgomery/Fasano); Becker (8,2nd base off Linton/Fasano).  CS–Randa (3,2nd base by Trombley/Walbeck).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Chuck Meriwether, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:58.  A–37,295.
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