Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
July 5, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 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 8, Minnesota Twins 9

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 1b 5 2 2 0
Goodwin lf 3 2 1 0
Lockhart 2b 5 0 1 0
Paquette dh 4 1 1 1
Tucker rf 4 2 1 1
Damon cf 4 0 2 3
Randa 3b 4 0 0 0
Fasano c 2 1 0 0
Howard ss 3 0 1 0
Gubicza p 0 0 0 0
  Magnante p 0 0 0 0
  Pugh p 0 0 0 0
  Pichardo p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 9 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 3 2 2 2
Becker lf 5 1 3 1
Molitor dh 5 1 2 0
Stahoviak 1b 5 3 2 2
Hollins 3b 5 0 1 0
Myers c 3 0 1 1
  Hocking pr 0 1 0 0
Coomer rf 3 0 0 0
  Hale ph,rf 2 0 2 3
Lawton cf 4 1 0 0
Meares ss 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Klingenbeck p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 13 9
Kansas City 320 011 100893
Minnesota 002 100 0159132
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gubicza   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Magnante   2.2 5 3 1 0 2
  Pugh   4.0 2 1 1 2 2
  Pichardo   0.2 4 3 3 0 0
  Montgomery  L (1-6) 0.1 2 2 2 1 1
Totals
8.2
13
9
7
3
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez   5.0 7 6 4 2 1
  Klingenbeck   3.2 2 2 2 3 0
  Guardado  W (4-3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
8
6
5
1

  E–Goodwin (3), Lockhart (6), Fasano (5), Knoblauch (5), Rodriguez (1).  DP–Kansas City 1, Minnesota 1.  2B–Kansas City Lockhart (18,off Klingenbeck), Minnesota Knoblauch (21,off Pichardo); Molitor (19,off Pichardo); Stahoviak (16,off Montgomery); Hale (5,off Montgomery).  3B–Kansas City Offerman (2,off Rodriguez); Damon (3,off Rodriguez).  HR–Kansas City Tucker (7,7th inning off Klingenbeck 0 on, 1 out), Minnesota Knoblauch (6,3rd inning off Magnante 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Howard (11,off Klingenbeck).  SF–Paquette (3,off Rodriguez).  HBP–Knoblauch (8,by Gubicza).  SB–Tucker (8,2nd base off Rodriguez/Myers); Goodwin 2 (34,2nd base off Rodriguez/Myers,2nd base off Klingenbeck/Myers); Fasano (1,Home off Klingenbeck/Myers); Becker (9,2nd base off Magnante/Fasano).  HBP–Gubicza (7,Knoblauch).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:56.  A–18,465.
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