Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals
September 16, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1996 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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Minnesota Twins 5, Kansas City Royals 6

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 5 1 1 0
Becker cf 5 0 2 1
Molitor dh 4 1 3 1
Cordova lf 5 0 1 1
Kelly rf 3 0 1 0
Coomer 1b 4 0 0 0
Walbeck c 4 1 1 0
Meares ss 2 1 1 2
  Lawton ph 1 1 1 0
Walker 3b 2 0 0 0
  Reboulet ph,3b 1 0 0 0
  Hale ph 1 0 1 0
Radke p 0 0 0 0
  Stevens p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 12 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b 4 1 2 0
Myers cf 3 1 1 1
Lockhart 3b 4 1 1 2
Roberts dh 4 0 2 0
Paquette 1b 3 1 2 0
Nunnally rf 4 1 1 1
Sweeney c 3 0 1 1
  Goodwin pr 0 0 0 0
  Mercedes c 1 0 0 0
Stynes lf 3 0 1 0
  Norman pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Howard ss 2 0 0 1
Rosado p 0 0 0 0
  Scanlan p 0 0 0 0
  Bluma p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 11 6
Minnesota 120 000 0025121
Kansas City 000 005 10x6110
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Radke  L (10-15) 6.0 9 6 6 1 2
  Stevens   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals 8.0 11 6 6 1 2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Rosado  W (7-5) 6.2 7 3 3 1 5
  Scanlan   1.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Bluma  SV (3) 1.0 3 2 2 0 1
Totals 9.0 12 5 5 1 6

  E–Walbeck (2).  DP–Minnesota 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Minnesota Knoblauch (35,off Rosado), Kansas City Offerman (33,off Radke); Myers (3,off Radke); Stynes (4,off Radke).  3B–Minnesota Molitor (8,off Rosado), Kansas City Nunnally (1,off Radke).  HR–Minnesota Meares (8,2nd inning off Rosado 1 on, 1 out), Kansas City Lockhart (6,6th inning off Radke 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Molitor (9,off Bluma); Howard (4,off Stevens).  HBP–Meares (9,by Rosado).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Paquette (3,off Stevens).  Team–4.  SB–Becker (16,2nd base off Bluma/Mercedes).  CS–Goodwin (22,2nd base by Radke/Walbeck).  WP–Rosado (4).  HBP–Rosado (4,Meares).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Chuck Meriwether.  T–2:43.  A–16,843.

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